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FREE Appreciating Diversity Film Screening: Taking Root: The Visiton on Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai – educator, Nobel Peace Prize winner, leader of the Green Belt Movement – changed history in Kenya.
She began by teaching rural women to plant trees. They worked against poverty, deforestation, ignorance, global economic interests, and government repression, until the movement became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship.
The film has won numerous awards, including the Audience Award at Hot Docs, Montreal, 2008.
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Reception with free beverages and dessert, 6:30 PM.
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