Call for a West Coast Meeting of the North American Delegation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULIALYNNE WALKER
November 9, 2014 +1.614.214.6277
Hosts: Organizing Committee for the 8thPan African Congress of North America
Saturday, November 15, 2014, from 3 to 7 pm
Location: New Vision Theater
3341 43rd Place
Los Angeles CA 9008
The International Organizing Committee of the 8th Pan African Congress, Pan African organizations and activists from across the United States and Canada are invited to participate in the West Coast Regional preparatory meeting for the 8th Pan African Congress to be convened in Accra, Ghana, in early 2015 hosted by the Government of Ghana with the support of the African Union.
Recognizing the African Union vision of “Peace, Prosperity and Unity,” the theme of the Congress is: “The Pan-African World We Want: Building a People’s Movement for Just, Accountable and Inclusive Structural Transformation.”
The goal of the West Coast Regional Meeting is to mobilize Pan African organizations and activists in North America to organize and engage in the process and develop strategies and recommendations for incorporation into the final congress plan of action. This meeting follows the first preparatory session held at Howard University August 2, 2014 and attended by almost 100 delegates. Recommendations from this session can be found on the website at http://www.8thpanafricancongress.com. You may also “like” the Facebook page: 8th Pan African Congress-Ghana.
Prof. Horace Campbell, a member of the International Organizing Committee, explained that at the top of the agenda are “ the Global rights of all Africans, the unification of Africa and building on the strengths of the Pan African Women’s Liberation Organization (PAWLO). In addition, questions of infrastructure, climate change, reparations, peace and demilitarization will be addressed.”
Kahinda Otafire, Chairman Pan African Movement, stated “The congress, in keeping with the broad character of all previous congresses, 1900-1994, will be open to all shades of opinion, groups and individuals, in the whole Pan African world. In addition, African governments on the continent and in the Diaspora will participate on an equal footing with all other delegates. The African Union and its organs and institutions as well as regional economic blocs and platforms will also participate”. Historically, the 8th Pan African Congress represents a direct link within the Pan African movement from the first Congress organized by Henry Sylvester Williams in London in 1900. The last major Congress was held in Kampala in April 1994. The last Secretary General of the Pan African Movement was the late Dr. Tajudeen Abdul Raheem. * * *
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