Mike Bugason is Advisor to the African Union Special Envoy on LRA issues, Secretariat of the Joint Coordination Mechanism for the Regional Cooperation Initiative on LRA, Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR). As a Special Envoy advisor, Bugason analyzes information and produces reports with recommendations for effective interventions, coordination of regional efforts, and the mobilization of international support against the LRA--which has spread across the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the southeastern Central African Republic, and parts of south Sudan.

This is the sixth talk in the 2013-2014 speaker series on Human Rights, Reconciliation, and Community Resiliency.

Sponsored by: The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, CLAHS Dean's Advisory Committee on International Initiatives, CLAHS Diversity Committee, Department of Sociology, and the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention.

Location:	Fralin Auditorium
Price:	Free
Sponsor:	CLAHS, CLAHS DACII, CLAHS Diversity Committee, Department of Sociology, CPSVP
Contact:	Amy Splitt amys@vt.edu 540-231-2345
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