10 June 2008
Tutu talks to the City on how to create more cohesive
communities
Archbishop Desmond Tutu gives a talk on peace, reconciliation,
and developing cohesive communities at a Guildhall event at 5pm
Wednesday 11 June - hosted by the City of London Corporation
together with the Association of Charitable Foundations.
The Most Reverend Dr Tutu’s talk – which has now "sold out" – is
backed by the City of London financial district in its wider role
as supporting a sustainable and cohesive London.
Stuart Fraser, Policy Chairman of the City of London
Corporation, said: "Community cohesion is vital for the continued
success of London as a world city and leading international
financial centre. This occasion will provide a unique opportunity
to learn more from the informed experience of one of the world’s
most eminent authorities in this important area."
The "Square Mile" leads in innovative regeneration, partnership
and CSR work across the capital, with its major projects, including
the Heart of the City project and the Lord Mayor’s pioneering
Dragon Awards. Its City Bridge Trust has made over 5,500 grants
(totalling £211 million) to London projects since 1995.
Archbishop Tutu is renowned for his work for civil rights, peace
and justice, especially in southern Africa. He was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 and led South Africa’s Truth and
Reconciliation Commission after the end of apartheid. Tutu
Foundations have now been created in South Africa, the USA and the
UK.
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The City of London is an unusually diverse organisation that
supports and promotes the Square Mile as the world’s leading
international financial and business centre and provides local
government and police services for workers, residents and visitors.
It also provides valued services to London and the nation as a
whole including management of Guildhall Art Gallery, the Barbican
Centre, the Central Criminal Court at Old Bailey, 10,700
acres/4,240 hectares of open space (including Hampstead Heath and
Epping Forest), three wholesale food markets and acts as London’s
Port Health Authority.
More information from Greg Williams on 020 7332 1455/07889 167
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