Word: bishops
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...Harvard, but his campus critics are not alone. We are attempting to support the struggle for human dignity in South Africa as the leaders of that struggle have informed us we should. Does President Bok think he has spent more time thinking abouth South Africa than Stephen Biko and Bishop Luthuli did in their whole lifetimes? Does he think he has more experience in the matter than Bishop Tutu, who last month said in Memorial Church that investing in torture and the wholesale destruction of black family life? Are we to believe that if Nelson Mandela, the leader...
...fall of the 1984-85 academic year was especially productive. We hosted a Freshman Brunch for over 700 persons; a Memorial Church service for 900 persons to celebrate the life and work of South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize recipient; and the NAACP dinner for over 100 persons, including the organization's Executive Director, Dr. Benjamin Hooks, and his wife Frances Hooks. The Foundation is especially proud that all of these events were attended by students, faculty and staff of all races, backgrounds, colors and religions...
...special faculty Club luncheon for Bishop Tutu and over 60 diverse students, faculty members, and administrators, the Bishop spoke of the importance of racial harmony and praised the Foundation's approach toward achieving this end. In his award acceptance remarks at the NAACP dinner and later in a letter to the Foundation. Dr. Hooks commended the multiracial gathering and thanked Harvard for remembering the 75th birthday of the organization...
Unfortunately we have also received a number of complaints from students who were not invited to the luncheon for Bishop Tutu, the NAACP dinner and a recent dinner for the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya. We humbly apologize to those students who were not invited but were interested in attending these events. We would like to assure them that no student of any background was deliberately excluded from these activities...
...apologize to those in the Harvard African Students Association who complained that we had "invited too many Afro-Americans and too few Africans" to the Bishop Tutu Luncheon and the Ambassador's dinner. At the same time we disagree with those who maintain that African students were more entitled to join the Bishop at the luncheon because he too is an African. The Bishop is a world leader who belongs to everyone, and we invited several African students to join other groups in celebrating the significance of this life...