Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was ordained as an Anglican Priest in 1961. He was the first black African to serve as Dean of St. Mary’s Cathedral in Johannesburg and the first to serve as General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches. In this latter position, he became an international moral voice for his denunciation of apartheid. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, and two years later became the first black African to serve as Archbishop of Cape Town. In 1994, President Nelson Mandela appointed Archbishop Tutu to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, charged with investigating human rights abuses during the era of apartheid.

Published collections of his writings include Crying in the Wilderness, Hope and Suffering, and The Rainbow People of God.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu will speak at Oklahoma City University on Tuesday, March 23, 2004, at 8:00 p.m. in the Henry J. Freede Wellness and Activity Center located on the southwest corner of NW Twenty-seventh and Florida. This event is free and open to the public. The doors on the north side of the building will open at 6:00 p.m. Seating will be available to the first 3000 people. Admission tickets will not be issued. Parking is available on the north, east, and west sides of the building and in several lots across the campus. Oklahoma City University is located on NW Twenty-third and Blackwelder between Classen and Pennsylvania. It is about 4 miles west of I-35 and NW Twenty-third Street.

Don’t miss the screening of Long Night’s Journey into Day, the documentary on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, in the Kerr-McGee Auditorium at the Meinders School of Business located at NW Twenty-sixth and McKinley Ave. Monday, March 22, 7:00 p.m.