Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel To Visit Metropolitan State

Adolfo Perez Esquivel of Argentina will be the keynote speaker at Metropolitan State’s 2009 President Lecture Series on Friday, March 27, 2009 at 7p.m. in the Founder’s Hall Auditorium. Esquivel will also take part in this year’s PeaceJam events on March 28 and 29, 2009, hosted by Metropolitan State in partnership with youthrive.

Esquivel was a teacher and architect by trade, and in the mid 70’s, after becoming very concerned about the ‘disappearances’ of local leaders who had been working for peace and democracy, he devoted his time to nonviolence movements in Latin America. In 1977, Adolfo himself ‘disappeared’ and was tortured by the Argentinean Military for 14 months. Esquivel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 for his leadership for human rights and true democracy for the people of Latin America.

The March 27th public talk is free but tickets are required. Please contact Metropolitan State’s Center for Community-Based Learning at 651-793-1285 or cbl.center@metrostate.edu for tickets.