S. Africa’s Tutu Arrives in L.A.
South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, winner of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday with plans to raise money for human rights activities and to address students, clergy and Democratic Party activists.
The black Anglican prelate, an outspoken opponent of South Africa’s racial segregation, was welcomed at the airport by Mayor Tom Bradley.
Tutu is scheduled to speak at 1 p.m. today at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion.
Tutu’s trip to the United States is sponsored by the California Democratic Council, a statewide activist organization. The bishop will address the group’s 33rd annual convention in Los Angeles on Friday.
On Saturday, Tutu will attend the graduation of his daughter, Naomi, and deliver the commencement at the University of Kentucky.
He also is scheduled to address the California Legislature and to appear in San Francisco, Oakland and at UC Berkeley and UC Davis before returning to South Africa on Tuesday.
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