Oct 27, 2011 | root_ks8kzico

Holbrook digs in

Jackie Nyangala, keynote speaker at our Encountering Kenya event last month, helped the University of Florida Center for African Studies plant a 20-foot oak tree in honor of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai. http://bit.ly/oLRiLQ

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