Ndura will address "Cultural Diversity and the Quest for Social Justice: Calling for Individual and Collective Transformation for the Common Good."

The public is invited to attend this free event.

Ndura will raise critical questions that capture the complexity of the interplay between cultural diversity, cultural identity, equity and social justice in schools and communities in the United States. Focusing on the role of institutions of higher education in furthering equity and social justice, Ndura will highlight practical implications for entering the cultural diversity discourse and will propose ways to foster transformative commitments and actions for the common good.

Ndura is a Hutu widow from Burundi in Africa, where she and her family experienced colonialism, exploitation and genocide.

She completed a doctoral degree in curriculum and instruction with emphasis in bilingual and multicultural education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. She has delivered numerous presentations and keynote addresses at international, national and local professional meetings.