Nobel Peace Prize recipient speaks at Napa Valley College May 5, 2009

Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1992, will speak Tuesday, May 5 at Napa Valley College. The lecture will be from 7 to 8:15 p.m. in the NVC Gymnasium followed by a book signing. The event is co-sponsored by the NVC Inclusivity Committee and Napa County Hispanic Network.
She is a Guatemalan leader known for her work in the promotion of human rights, peace and Indigenous Peoples’ rights. She was the youngest person to receive this distinction. She was born in 1959 in the village of Chimel and, in her youth, worked in the fields. Self-educated, she became an active political worker in labor, campesino and human rights groups. Her book, “I, Rigoberta Menchu, An Indian Woman in Guatemala” was published in 1983. She has received international recognition and several honorary doctorates. At present, she is the promoter of the International Decade of Indigenous Peoples, mandated by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact the Office of Student Services at (707) 253-3110 or email [email protected].

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