This month, St. Petersburg’s Eckerd College launches an ambitious, yearlong program of events designed to spur public conversations about Africa, global interconnectivity and social justice. While Eckerd students will reap the benefits of special classroom and travel opportunities—like humanitarian trips to Malawi and Ethiopia—many of the offerings associated with The Plight & Promise of Africa are geared to the broader Tampa Bay community. January highlights include the photo exhibition, Congo/Women, featuring images of the war-torn country by noted photographers
This article appears in Jan 6-12, 2010.