The Friendship Force of the San Francisco Bay Area has scheduled Sibongile Masuku van Damme, former general manager of South Africa National Parks, to speak on her experiences with environmental education, community-based conservation, cultural heritage and social science research 1-3 p.m. May 18 at the Los Altos main library, 13 S. San Antonio Road.

Van Damme, a research fellow at the Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, earned undergraduate degrees in history, education, English and English literature from the University of Swaziland and masters’ degrees from the University of Brussels and Rhodes University.

The Friendship Force of the San Francisco Bay Area was formed 24 years ago on the premise that each person can make a contribution to global goodwill through personal connections and cross-cultural understanding.

The non-profit organization has members from more than 350 countries.

The talk is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.

For more information, call 961-3539 or visit www.ffsfba.org or www.thefriendshipforce.org.