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MOVING FORWARD UNITED

PAN-AFRICAN DIASPORA FORUM
 Kicking off the African Liberation Week.
May 19-22, 2016
New York - Washington, DC

Tentative Venue in New York Venue: 
African Union Permanent Mission, NY

Tentative Agenda

Historical and Contemporary Diasporas Unity
Keynote: 
The Honorable Mayor Ras J. Baraka of Newark, 
New Jersey

Listed in The Nation's 2015 "Most Valuable Progressives" as "Most Valuable Mayor",

Priority Items on the Forum Agenda 

Working Relationships between the Historical and Contemporary Diasporas. 
Effective and Fair Representation of the Diaspora at the AU ECOSOCC and transparency.
 
Effective engagements with AU CIDO on AU Diaspora Legacy Projects.
 
Adoption of Convention Resolutions.
Meeting with the New Chair of the AUC (after October 2016) and farewell event with H.E. Dlamini-Zuma.
 
Meeting with the Pan African Parliament.

Side Events at the AU Summit in Kigali with Organizations in Africa.

African and African Diaspora Summit (the original concept by Dr. Leon Sullivan) on socio-economic and socio-cultural developments. 

African and African Diaspora Youth Passion to Action - Leadership (Immersion Leadership Exchange in Africa).

Various regions are encouraged to identify their representatives.