SATURDAY 6 NOVEMBER · ST LUKE'S CHURCH · GLASGOW

A COP26 SPECIAL EVENT

A COP26 SPECIAL EVENT

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Kumi Naidoo

Bio

Kumi Naidoo – Global Ambassador, African Rising for Justice, Peace and Dignity; Global Leadership Council, Sanitation and Water for All; Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow at the Robert Bosch Academy.

Kumi was International Executive Director of Greenpeace International, from 2009-2015, and Secretary General of Amnesty International, from 2018-2020. As of June 2020, he is Global Ambassador for Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity. 

He has served as the Secretary-General of Civicus, an international alliance for citizen participation, from 1998 to 2008. 

Kumi has also served the Global Call to Action Against Poverty and the Global Call for Climate Action, which brings together environmental aid, religious and human rights groups, labour unions, scientists and others and has organised mass demonstrations around climate negotiations.

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Sat 6 Nov · 13:30 – 14:15
St Luke’s Church, Glasgow
In Conversation with Kumi Naidoo and Maryam Pasha

A very special conversation with Kumi Naidoo. Ex-Secretary General for Amnesty International, Executive Director of Greenpeace, member of the Civil Society Advisory Committee for UN Women and now Founding Chair of Africans Rising. Kumi is a phenomenal speaker with a unique understanding of how culture influences communities and global trends. Joined by the incredible Maryam Pasha who has been organising TEDx events for almost 10 years. Founder of TEDxEastEnd and Director, Curator and Host of TEDxLondon and TEDxLondonWomen.

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