Current Politics, Economic Development and Youth in Africa, talk by Pastor Tolly Croix. Co-sponsored by the Department of Cultures, Societies, and Global Studies, Northeastern Law School, the Northeast African Student Organization, and the John D. O'Bryant African American Institute.
Biography of Torli Krua
A pastor and human rights activist, Torli Krua, a refugee of the Liberian civil war, settled in Boston in 1990. He was instrumental in lobbying US congressmen and politicians to increase the quota of African refugees allowed into the USA. He has also worked tirelessly in the New England region and beyond to champion the rights of refugees and immigrants and participatory democracy in Africa. Krua founded Universal Human Rights International, worked with thousands of immigrants/refugees from 38 different countries over 27 years. With the goal of promoting sustainable global peace, UHRI equips and supports refugees to bring systemic change, democracy and economic mobility to their war-torn homelands when it is safe to return.
Krua's work has won recognition from members of Congress, the cities of Boston and Baltimore, MD. He has been honored by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, the National Peace Corps Association, the Massachusetts Chapter of the National Bar Association, and the African Cultural Association of Massachusetts. Torli Krua is the founding co-director of the Greater Boston Refugee Department (GBRM) and pastor of Ziah Mission Baptist Church in the Allston neighborhood of Boston. Krua's fellowship experiences in Boston include The Massachusetts Initiative For Diversity In Civic Leadership, Commonwealth Seminar, Boston Foundation Neighborhood Fellowship, Association Of Fundraising Professionals' Diversity Fellowship among others. Torli is married to Saawile and they have a son, Mahn C. Krua II.
