Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu will present “Our Shared Humanity: Creating Understanding Through the Principles of MLK” on January 29 at 6:30 p.m. in Laughlin Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Please register in advance to attend.
In this empowering keynote speech, the Rev. Naomi Tutu, a race and gender justice activist and daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, combines Dr. King's dream of the "Beloved Community" with the teachings of a South African proverb, speaking to the need to understand how our actions–or inactions–affect all with whom we come in contact and ourselves. Rather than focus on what separates us, Naomi encourages us to focus on our shared humanity to build a just world. Both the "Beloved Community" and the proverb share an underlying theme: The importance of not dehumanizing those with whom we are in conflict, but rather concentrating on what we have the power to change.