Archbishop Desmond Tutu to speak at 2009 peace symposium

Rotary International News

The Rotary Foundation has announced that Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of South Africa will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 Rotary World Peace Symposium on 18 June in Birmingham, England. Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, will address Rotarians and Rotary peace programs alumni on the challenges of peace-building.

Rotary's peace symposium, a preconvention event scheduled for 18-19 June, will focus on issues related to migration and refugees, recovery and development, and the role of religion and ethnicity.

The Rotary World Peace Fellowships program is a peace studies initiative that provides the next generation of leaders and diplomats with the skills needed to resolve conflicts and promote peace. Attending alumni are dedicating their careers to preventing and resolving the root causes of conflict, such as poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and environmental degradation.

Foundation alumni from 2001 or later are eligible to attend the RI Convention, 21-24 June, at a reduced rate.

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