Charles Baquet, a New Orleans native who was deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration and ambassador to Djibouti during the first Bush administration, is the featured speaker at a forum Tuesday on "How to be a Leader Who Respects Cultural Differences."



Charles Baquet, a New Orleans native who was deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration and ambassador to Djibouti during the first Bush administration, is the featured speaker at a forum Tuesday on "How to be a Leader Who Respects Cultural Differences."

Veteran diplomat to speak at UNO

Forum will address cultural differences

Saturday March 20, 2004

From staff reports

Charles Baquet, a New Orleans native who was deputy director of the Peace Corps during the Clinton administration and ambassador to Djibouti during the first Bush administration, is the featured speaker at a forum Tuesday on "How to be a Leader Who Respects Cultural Differences."

Baquet's diplomatic career included postings to France, Hong Kong and Beirut. He also served in Somalia and South Africa, where he was witness to the end of apartheid.

The forum, which is free and open to the public under the sponsorship of the International Project for Nonprofit Leadership, begins Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. in the Math Building, Room 102 on the lakefront campus of the University of New Orleans. The forum's purpose is to engage students, practitioners and academics in an active dialogue about the tools they will need to make a difference in their communities and the world.

To reserve a seat, call 849-8153. For information, call Pat Evans at 849-8151 or email her at pevans@uno.edu.