A story about Desmond Tutu

I got to see the venerable Bishop Tutu when he came to speak at Harvard, whose policies, at the time were supportive of apartheid. It was an interesting time in that quite a number of students and activists set up shanty shacks on Harvard Yard to protest Harvard’s position.

The school finally divested, largely, I suspect, from the embarrassment caused by the protests, and Bishops Tutu’s impassioned words and deeds.


Comments

bookbabe
Boulder

Wow.

My friends and I did a shantytown on our local campus (I’ve just dated myself, haven’t I?). That was quite a time (in my personal experience, and as a point in history). Seeing Bishop Tutu speak must have been so inspiring…

Dave Beckwith
Charlotte

Desmond was (and is) awesome

Very cool about your shantytown experience. Des would be proud.

Peace
Dave

PS - I had once thought I’d be going to Naropa, but things changed. Is it still there?


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