Monday, February 02, 2009

ZimTalk

My friend Braam Hanekom will be speaking at Harvard Law this month.
Time and Place
Date: Monday, February 16, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Ropes Grey, Harvard Law School
Street: 1563 Massachusetts Ave
City/Town: Cambridge, MA

Details
The Zimbabwe Kupemha is a dinner to raise money for PASSOP (People Against Suffering, Suppression, Oppression, and Poverty), an organization based in Cape Town, South Africa that works both with Zimbabwean refugees in South Africa and with those remaining in Zimbabwe.

Braam Hanekom, the Chairperson of PASSOP, will be speaking at the event about the current situation in Zimbabwe, as well as about PASSOP's initiatives to aid Zimbabweans. Braam is regularly featured in South African media reports on the problems immigrants face in South Africa, in addition to the situation in Zimbabwe. Braam recently won the Inyathelo Award for Youth in Philanthropy, an award from the South African Institute for Advancement.
Tickets are $20. Contact Leigh Ann for additional information: lwebster@jd10.law.harvard.edu

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