Friday, September 23, 2016 12:00 PM - 1:30 PMKnox Hall, 606 W. 122 St., New York, NY 10027 208Twesigye Jackson Kaguri, a participant in the 1996 Human Rights Advocates Program at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, is the founder and executive director of the Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project. Jackson and his team works on behalf of HIV/AIDS orphans in rural Uganda to end systemic deprivation, poverty, and hunger through a holistic approach to community development, education, and healthcare. He has been named a CNN Hero and the winner of the 2015 Waislitz Global Citizen Award, He wrote "Building a School for My Village" and is the subject of the documentary CORNERSTONE which will have its premiere in Uganda on World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2016. Pizza will be served.
