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"Is Peace Possible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?"

Date:
Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Time:
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Event Type:
Meeting
Organizer/Author:
Michael Lyon
Location Details:
Unitarian-Universalist Center
1187 Franklin St (betw Geary and O'Farrell)
Fireside Room

Jacques Depelchin examines under which conditions sustained peace can be achieved and explores the political and social environment in the country of his birth.

* Have the political environment, the nature and character of political leadership in the DRC changed since June 30, 1960?

* Why does militarism and violence continue to dictate political solutions, both nationally and regionally?

Dr. Jacques Depelchin is a committed intellectual, academic, and activist for peace, democracy, transparency and pro-people politics in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

He was born in the Congo and educated at Lovanium University (Kinshasa) in the DRC, the University of London, Johns Hopkins University in Italy, and Stanford. He has taught African History and related subjects at UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, San Francisco State, Stanford, Syracuse, and universities in DR Congo, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

He was present in the Eastern Congo during the most recent war in 1996-2002, and was a member of the non-militarist RCD-Kisangani movement led by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba which opposed continuation of the war. He participated in the negotiations leading to the Lusaka Cease-fire, those leading to Sun City-1 in 2002, and later, in portions of the negotiations leading to the Global and Inclusive Accord in Pretoria, 2003.

He is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Berkeley-based Ota Benga International Alliance for Peace in the DR Congo. Under its umbrella, he is researching American and Congolese social healing and bringing together the healers, as well as lecturing and writing on the DR Congo to improve American understanding of its history and present realities. The Ota Benga Alliance is linked with a sister organization in Kinshasa, The Ota Benga Center for Human Dignity.

For more information on Jacques Depelchin:
http://msupress.msu.edu/authorbio.php?authorID=830

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