2nd Annual Baraza
“The U.S. & Africa: Questions that Need Answers”

December 3 & 4, 2004

Day One

9:00 – 11:00am Welcome & Morning Plenary

Part 1 – The State of Africa: Muthoni Wanyeki (FEMNET) (read presentation)
Part 2 – The State of US Africa policy: Ann-Louise Colgan (Africa Action) (read presentation)

11:15 – 1:00pm Panels (Concurrent)

1. Who You Gonna Call?: When Intervention is Necessary in Africa

Panelists:
Bill Fletcher, Jr. (TransAfrica Forum)
Emira Woods (Foreign Policy in Focus/Africa Action Board Member)
John Prendergast (International Crisis Group)

Moderator:
Salih Booker (Africa Action)

2. Washington’s Picks: The Trend Toward Selectivity in U.S. Africa policy

Panelists:
Imani Countess (American Friends Service Committee)
William Martin (SUNY-Binghamton)
Edmond Keller (UCLA)

Moderator:
Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)

1:00 – 2:30pm Lunch

2:30 – 4:15pm Panels (Concurrent)

1. The Answer to AIDS in Africa: How the Pandemic Can Be Defeated

Panelists:
Karin Santi (UNIFEM)
Matilda Moyo (Pan African Treatment Access Movement)
Adam Taylor (Global Justice)

Moderator:
Ann-Louise Colgan (Africa Action)

2. Follow the Money: U.S.-Africa Economic Ties

Panelists: Njoki Njoroge Njehu (50 Years is Enough/Africa Action Board Member)
Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)
Horace Campbell (Syracuse University)

Moderator:
Howard Wolpe (Woodrow Wilson Center)

4:30pm Closing Plenary – It’s a Wrap!

Day Two

9:00 – 11:00am Morning Plenary

How to Make Friends & Influence U.S. Foreign Policy: Historic Precedents & Current Strategies

Presenters:
Aram Hamparian (Armenian National Cmte of America)
Salih Booker (Africa Action)
Ronald Walters (University of Maryland)

Moderator:
Joe Volk (Friends Committee on National Legislation/Africa Action Board Member)

11:15 – 1:00pm Panels (Concurrent): “Africa’s Giants”

The Future of U.S. relations with Nigeria

Panelists:
Howard Jeter (Good Works International/Africa Action Board Member)
Sulayman Nyang (Howard University)
Leslie Fields (Friends of the Earth)

Moderator:
Mobolaji Aluko (Howard University/Africa Action Board Member)

The Future of U.S. relations with South Africa

Panelists:
Rev. Dr. Molefe Tsele (South African Council of Churches)
Daniel Ngwepe (Embassy of South Africa)
Jennifer Davis (Washington Office on Africa)

Moderator:
Jim Cason (AllAfrica.com)

1:00 – 2:15pm Lunch

2:15 – 3:30pm Group Photo

2:30 – 4:00pm Afternoon Plenary

OogaboogaJournalism: Misrepresenting Africa in the U.S. media

Presenters:
Hugh Hamilton (WBAI Radio) (read presentation)
Gumisai Mutume (Africa Renewal)
Marie Nelson (ABC Nightline)
Lynne Duke (The Washington Post)

Moderator:
Makani Themba Nixon (Praxis Project/Africa Action Board Member)

4:00 – 4:30pm African Oracles: “A Forecast for Africa in 2005"

Presenters:
Rt. Rev. Peter Njenga (ret. Anglican Bishop of Kenya)
Matilda Moyo (Pan African Treatment Access Movement)

4:30pm Closing

5:30pm Reception

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