Talk keys on desks for pupils in Africa
The chief executive officer of an organization working to provide desks for children in sub-Saharan Africa will speak Monday.
The Desmond Tutu Tutudesk Campaign Center was created to address the shortage of 95 million desks in Africa by setting a goal of providing 20 million "Tutudesks" to 20 million children by 2020.
The Tutudesk is an environmentally friendly, light and portable desk that children can use at school and home, in regular classrooms or under trees.
Thandeka Tutu-Gxashe, CEO of the organization, will speak at 6 p.m. Monday at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service's Sturgis Hall, 1200 President Clinton Ave.
The aim of providing the desks is to improve the lives of African children and make Africa a more globally competitive continent through education.
Tutu-Gxashe has lived in the United Kingdom, Swaziland, Botswana and the U.S. She is the daughter of South African Anglican cleric and human-rights activist Desmond Tutu.
Watercolorists set for annual exhibit
The annual juried exhibition of the Mid-Southern Watercolorists will go on display Friday.
The exhibition, on view through June 30, will premier at the Butler Center Galleries from 5-8 p.m. during 2nd Friday Art Night.
The watercolorists group was founded by five artists in Little Rock in 1970.
The work will be displayed in the Butler Center West Gallery.
Sessions will focus on financial matters
The Central Arkansas Library System is teaming up with Arvest Bank to host a series of financial literacy classes this month.
The first is a homebuying seminar Monday at 6 p.m. at the Rooker Library at 11 Otter Creek Court.
A second homebuying seminar will be presented Saturday at 2 p.m. at Terry Library at 2015 Napa Valley Drive. The sessions will cover the basics of mortgage loans, how to find the right lender and the steps to obtaining a home.
Then there will be two sessions on understanding credit. The first will be March 20 at 6 p.m. at the Dee Brown Library at 6325 Baseline Road. The second will be April 12 at the Terry Library. A professional will talk about how credit is used in lending and what factors can affect credit scores.
Another session called Banking 101 will be offered March 29 at the Maumelle Library at 10 Lake Pointe Drive. Topics will include why a bank is necessary, different types of bank accounts, fraud and credit scores.
Theater to screen UA strawberry film
An hourlong film produced by University of Arkansas, Fayetteville professors will be shown at the Ron Robinson Theater on Wednesday.
The Favored Strawberry, a film about the strawberry industry in Arkansas and elsewhere, will be shown at noon. The documentary was made by professors Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter. It is part of a national project led by the UA System's Agriculture Division and its Center for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability.
The event is a partnership between the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service and the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies.
Metro on 03/04/2018