Tuesday, March 26, 2019
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM (ET)
Heritage Room, Maxwell Library
Event Type
Lecture
Department
Minnock Institute for Global Engagement
Link
https://ems.bridgew.edu/MasterCalendar/EventDetails.aspx?EventDetailId=36469
The
Minnock Institute for Global Engagement and the Center for Sustainability will
present a lecture by the Honorable Jacqueline Amongin, MP Uganda--African Union and UN Sustainable Development
Goals--on March 26 from 9:30-11 a.m. in the
Heritage Room of the Maxwell Library.
A
BSU Mandela Fellow in 2017, Ms. Amongin was awarded the Mandela Women
Leadership Prize that same year for her "actions towards social justice
and valuable achievements in community change." She is a founder of the Jacqueline Amongin Development Foundation
(formerly the Hope Foundation). JADEF is a non-governmental organization
targeting educational, health, and agricultural improvements in the social
economic status of vulnerable groups, especially women and needy children in
Uganda.
The event is open to the BSU community and the
public.