African Union Leaders to Visit LMU

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Sep 29, 2014, 07:09 ET

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Her Excellency Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chair of the African Union Commission, will join other leaders and staff members from the African Union at Loyola Marymount University on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014.

Dlamini-Zuma will be joined by representatives from Congresswoman Karen Bass's office, as well as professors and students from LMU. The event will feature a luncheon and open forum for students to ask Dlamini-Zuma about international politics and other topics. The African Union includes 54 African nations and its leadership is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

What:	Discussion of African politics
Who:	Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, chair of the African Union Commission
	Amina Ali, African Union ambassador to the United States
	Margot Sullivan, senior policy advisor to Rep. Karen Bass
	Professor Theresia de Vroom, Director, Marymount Institute
	Professor Cheryl Grills, Psychology
Where:	Loyola Marymount University
	Marymount Institute, University Hall Third Floor
	1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles
When:	Tuesday, Sept. 30
	12 - 1 p.m.

About Loyola Marymount University
Located between the Pacific Ocean and downtown Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount University is a comprehensive university offering 60 major programs, 36 master's degrees and a doctoral degree in education from four colleges, two schools and Loyola Law School. Founded in 1911, LMU is ranked third in "Best Regional Universities/West" by U.S. News & World Report. LMU is the largest Jesuit Catholic university for undergraduates on the West Coast with more than 5,900 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 graduate and law students. For more LMU news and events, please visit www.lmu.edu/news.

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