Public forum at UPS will focus on Africa

Public forum at UPS will focus on Africa

by David Wickert
The News Tribune
2/8/05

The University of Puget Sound will host a forum on “The Future of U.S. Relations with Africa” at 7 p.m. Thursday at Trimble Forum on campus.

Speakers will include Lewis Macfarlane, a former foreign service officer with the State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs; Peter Gishuru, president of the African Chamber of Commerce of the Pacific Northwest; and Ann Lewis, former U.S. Agency for International Development officer, Rwanda.

The event is sponsored by Americans for Informed Democracy. It is free and open to the public, and free pizza will be served.

For more information, visit www.aidemocracy.org