9:00am MORNING PLENARY: FRAMING U.S. AFRICA RELATIONS
Welcome
Salih Booker (Executive Director, Africa Action)
Mark Toney (Board Chair, Africa Action)
9:30am
The Big Picture: Africa in 2005
Ezra Mbogori (MWENGO)
Snapshot: African States & AU
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem (Justice Africa/Global Pan-African
Movement)
Snapshot: U.S. Policy Toward Africa
Ann-Louise Colgan (Africa Action)
(read
presentation)
Discussion
Facilitator: Salih Booker
11:10am Break
11:25am
Forward Ever: Social Movements in Africa
Wahu Kaara (KENDREN/All Africa Conference of Churches)
Backward Never: U.S. Social Movements
Marie Clarke Brill (Africa Action)
(read
presentation)
Discussion
Facilitator: Emira Woods (Africa Action Board Vice-Chair)
1:00pm CHAKULA CHA MCHANA (Lunch)
2:00pm Roundtable 1 - MDGs, G-CAP, PEPFAR: FROM ACRONYMS TO
ACTION (background reading)
Debunking Myths About Africa’s Development
Facilitator: Mvuselelo Ngcoya (Africa Action)
Respondent: Brian Kagoro (ActionAid)
3:10pm Break
3:25pm
Mobilizing to End HIV/AIDS in Africa
Facilitator: Marie Clarke Brill
Respondent: Morolake Nwagwu (Positive Action for Treatment Access)
4:25pm DAY 1 CLOSING
5:00 - 6:30pm CHAKULA CHA JIONI (Reception)
9:00am WAKE UP EVERYBODY! START TO BUILD A NEW DAY
Welcome & Warm-Up
Salih Booker
Jim Winkler (Africa Action Board member) (read
presentation)
Emira Woods (view
powerpoint presentation)
10:00am Roundtable 2 - SHOW ME THE MONEY: FROM RELIEF TO REPARATIONS
(background reading)
Debunking Myths About U.S. Africa Economic Relations
Facilitator: Ann-Louise Colgan
Respondent: Imani Countess (American Friends Service Committee)
11:15am Break
11:30am
Mobilizing to Cancel Africa’s Debt
Facilitator: Akenji Ndumu (Africa Action)
Respondent: Wahu Kaara
12:45pm Group Photo
1:00pm CHAKULA CHA MCHANA (Lunch)
2:00pm Roundtable 3 - AFRICA’S 911: ANSWERING THE CALL
TO PEACE (background reading)
Debunking Myths about War and Peace in Africa
Facilitator: Mvuselelo Ngcoya
Respondent: Pearl-Alice Marsh (House Committee on International Relations)
3:10pm Break
3:25pm
Mobilizing to End Genocide in Darfur
Facilitator: Salih Booker
Respondent: Suliman Giddo (Darfur Peace and Development)
4:30pm CLOSING PLENARY
U.S.-Africa Relations Reframed
Salih Booker
African Oracles
Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem & Morolake Nwagwu
Final "Baraza"
Africa Action Staff
Baraza Program 2005
