Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe speaks on Building Civil Society and Resolving Conflicts

Please join the RCNV in welcoming international scholar and activist Dr. Boatamo Mosupyoe will speak at the Santa Cruz Veterans Memorial hall on Wednesday January 10th at 7:30 pm.

Dr. Mosupyoe is the African Studies Program Director, at the California State University, Sacramento. She is also an expert on mediation and interest-based negotiation, conflict resolution and civil society’s role in mitigating and resolving conflicts. Mosupyoe will address Africa’s unique contribution to the growing appreciation of mediation and conflict resolution methodologies and ethics in addressing regional and world problems. Her presentation will include various South Africa case studies.

Dr. Mosupyoe also serves on the Advisory Board of Global Majority in Monterey. She is a native of Tshwane, South Africa, received her PhD from UC Berkeley, and has published on a broad range of subjects, including Pan Africanism, ethnic studies, and “Mediation of Patriarchy and Sexism by Women in South Africa.”

A $5-10 suggested sliding-scale donation is asked for the 7:30 p.m. program, with no one turned away for lack of funds. For more information, call 423-1626.