Tomorrow would have been my mother's 93rd birthday. She was famously born on a leap day, and so we celebrated her "real" birthday every four years. She passed last year on October 24, 2024. And, after she retired from Wilfrid Laurier University, she was interviewed back in 2018 by IACCP - the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, where she recounted some of the events of her life, and her interest in race relations and overcoming racism. The interview is captured in a short 25 minute video that you can view here:
Mum and I visit South Africa in 2007 and 2012 to learn about the life and times of my great grandfather, Vincent Lawrence (1872-1965). Lawrence worked with Gandhi when the Mahatma was in South Africa, got involved in the struggle against apartheid, and helped found St. Anthony's Church in Durban.
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