> >From: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Organizing an All-African Student Movement for the 21st
> Century
> >Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 03:47:01 -0400 (EDT)
> >
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> >To All African (Black, African American, New Afrikan, Continental,
> >Caribbean, Latino, etc.) Student Organizations and
> Leaders/Organizers.
> >
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL!
> >
> >29 June marks the 60th birthday of Kwame Ture, formerly known as
> Stokley
> >Carmichael. You perhaps have heard of him and his work with the
> Nonviolent
> >Action Group (NAG) at Howard University, the Student Nonviolent
> >Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Mississippi Freedom Democratic
> Party
> >(MFDP), the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO), the Black
> Panther
> >Party (BPP), the Democratic Party of Guinea (PDG), the All-African
> People's
> >Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), and a host of other movements and
> >organizations in Africa, the African Diaspora and the world.
> >
> >For four decades, Kwame inspired, mentored and organized progressive
> and
> >revolutionary students in every corner of Africa, the African
> Diaspora and
> >the world. He challenged them to work, study and struggle on behalf
> of
> >African and all Oppressed Peoples; and to organize, organize,
> organize! He
> >made his transition to the ranks of the Ancestors on 15 November
> 1998 in
> >Conakry, Guinea, his beloved homeland.
> >
> >On the occasion of Kwame's 60th birthday, the Kwame Ture Work-Study
> >Institute and Library, the Alliance for Global Justice, the Black
> United
> >Fund of Illinois, the National Black United Front and the
> Pan-African
> >Liberation Organization invites all African Student organizations
> and
> >leaders/organizers to attend a meeting from 29-30 June 2001 at Bowie
> State
> >University in Bowie, MD. The purpose of this historic meeting is to
> provide
> >African student leaders/organizers from every corner of Africa and
> the
> >African Diaspora an opportunity to meet each other, to discuss how
> to build
> >a militant and massive All-African student movement for the 21st
> century,
> >and to plan an All-African Student Conference to be held in 16-18
> November
> >2001.
> >
> >The tentative/suggested agenda includes:
> >
> >(1) Brief Welcome and Acknowledgment of Messages and Solidarity
> Statements.
> >
> >(2) Discussion about the issues and concerns that affect African
> people in
> >every corner of Africa and the African Diaspora, and what African
> students
> >must do to help address/resolve them.
> >
> >(3) Brief reports on the movement to free political prisoners and
> prisoners
> >of war the struggles: to break the embargoes and travel bans against
> Cuba
> >and Libya; to build the Student Sweat Shop Campaign and the Movement
>
> >Against Environmental Racism; to demand Global Justice and to help
> build
> >the demonstrations that are planned for 29-30 September 2001 against
> the
> >military-police-prison-industrial complex, the World Bank, IMF and
> WTO; to
> >free all political prisoners and prisoners of war in United States
> and
> >South African jails; to help the Zimbabwean, Azanian (South
> African),
> >Palestinian, Indigenous, Dalit, Irish, and all Oppressed Peoples
> return to
> >and reclaim their land; to stop the "Drug War" and dismantle the
> prison
> >industrial complex; to stop the US military exercises on Vieques
> Island in
> >Puerto Rico; and other ongoing actions and struggles.
> >
> >(4) Discussion about the role that African students can and must
> play in
> >the struggle: (1) to demand that the transatlantic slave-trade,
> slavery,
> >colonialism, settler-colonialism, segregation, apartheid and
> neocolonialism
> >be declared crimes against humanity without statue of limitations;
> (2) to
> >demand that racism, racial discrimination, caste-based
> discrimination,
> >gender-based discrimination, and related intolerance be declared
> gross
> >violations of human rights; and (3) to demand that reparations and
> >compensation be paid to the victims of these crimes against humanity
> and
> >human rights violations, and to their descendants, collectively and
> >individually. Report on the 3rd UN World Conference against Racism
> (WCAR)
> >that will be held in Durban, South Africa from 31 August to 7
> September
> >2001, and the efforts to build an International Day of Action
> Against
> >Racism (IDAAR 2001) on 31 August 2001. Discuss how students can
> participate
> >in the Youth Summit in Durban, and how they can help build IDAAR
> 2001 on
> >their campus.
> >
> >(5) Discussion about how best to organize an All-African student
> movement
> >for the 21st century, and how to organize an All-African Student
> Conference
> >on 16-18 November 2001.
> >
> >(6) Discussion of other agenda items and concerns.
> >
> >This historic Planning Meeting starts at 5:00 p.m. on 29 June 2001
> and ends
> >at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, 30 June 2001. All African students (Black,
>
> >African American, New Afrikan, Continental, Caribbean, Latino,
> etc.), with
> >a valid college ID, are invited to attend and participate.
> Non-student and
> >non-African organizations and leaders/organizers are asked to enable
> and
> >empower African students to attend and participate in this Planning
> >Meeting; and to send messages of solidarity and support.
> >
> >Registration is $50 per student, which covers overnight
> accommodations in
> >the dormitory (two persons to a room) and four meals (dinner on
> Friday, and
> >breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday). All students must register
> and
> >confirm their attendance in advance (no later than 24 June 2001), in
> order
> >to reserve housing and food. The Registration Fee will be collected
> at the
> >door.
> >
> >To register send reply to: [log in to unmask] with your
> name,
> >organization, address, telephone number, fax number, cell number and
> email
> >address. We will send you a confirmation reply, and further
> information
> >about the Planning Meeting, including the address for the Planning
> Meeting.
> >
> >Students must provide their own transportation to and from Bowie,
> Maryland,
> >which is 20 miles from Washington, DC. The MARC train stops at Bowie
> State
> >University, but does not run on Saturday. It costs $7.50 round trip
> from
> >DC.
> >
> >African Students are the Spark of the African Revolution. Light the
> Fire!
> >See you at 5:00 p.m. at Bowie State University on 29 June 2001.
> >
> >PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL!
> >
> >Thank you!
> >
> >Bob Brown
> >
> >Director: Kwame Ture Work-Study Institute and Library Email:
> >[log in to unmask],
> >
> >
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> >
> >
>
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