--- Ylva Hernlund <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:21:09 -0000 > From: [log in to unmask] > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Invitation to join african2000 > > > Hello! > > [log in to unmask] has invited you to join the > african2000 group > at eGroups.com, a free email service. By joining > this group, > you can share information, store photographs and > files, coordinate > events and more! > > [log in to unmask] says: > > Here is a welcome statement provided by the group > moderator: > --------------------- > Great friends, > Africa Matters! This is the 21st Century paradigm > and, it was wonderful meeting all of you and > exchanging business cards and email addresses at the > just concluded National Summit on Africa. The work > must continue beyond the Washington Convention > Center. We are inviting you to be a part of history > by joining a great discussion team in preparation > for the First African Continental/Global Youth > Assembly under the auspices of the Twenty-first > Century African Youth Movement and collaborating > organizations. The gathering will take place in > Freetown, the capital city of Sierra Leone from > Monday, May 21, through Saturday, May 26, 2001. > > At this conference, young people from all over > Africa and the African Diaspora will come together > to celebrate and to honor PEACE (Participation > Ensures Advancement and Concerns Everyone) They will > also be mapping out strategies for African and > African Diaspora youth collaboration. The theme of > the conference will be: > > African Youth 2000: > BUILDING A MORAL AND SPIRITUAL FRONTIER THROUGH > TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT. > > The conference will focus on two projects: Access To > Technology and the creation of an International > Youth Business Mentoring Program. These two > projects will be at the core of the working groups > to the Continental/Global African Youth Assembly. > > You are receiving this e-mail because you are an > African, a descendant of Africa or, a friend of > Africa. In whatever capacity, your input is > valuable to us. You may also have a lot of ideas to > contribute to the success of this movement and to > the Assembly. Please feel free to be a part of this > discussion group. Two thousand years of history is > at an end. We as a people must come to terms with > the end of the second millennium and define our > needs for the third. Let us give our time and > support to the youth of Africa. Let us understand > that the adults of today's generation were the youth > of yesterday – the youth that fought to get us where > we are today. Let us understand that poverty is a > disease that can destroy our people in this age of > greed and avarice (selfishness). We believe that > those of us who will come forward and make this > vision a reality are on our way to fulfilling the > many challenges and responsibilities that our > ancestors are calling upon us to undertake. > > The mission of the Twenty-first Century African > Youth Movement is to inspire the youth of Africa and > its Diaspora to establish a firm spiritual, > cultural, social, political and economic link. > Please join the discussion group…play your part…and > leave the rest to history. Let us build the > link…spiritually, culturally, socially, politically > and economically. > > > Thank you and God Bless us all, > > Mariama S. Samba > (Executive Manager,Online Discussion Group) > > Abu-Hassan Koroma (Chairman & CEO) > > 21st Century African Youth Movement > International Coordinating Secretariat > P.O.Box 8582 > Madison, WI 53708-8582 > E-Mail: [log in to unmask] > > > > --------------------- > > TO JOIN THIS GROUP: > Click Reply in your email program and then Send. > > If you do not wish to join, please ignore this > invitation. > > Thanks! > > eGroups.com - The easiest way for groups of people > to communicate! > http://www.egroups.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of > postings, go to the Gambia-L > Web interface at: > http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------