Africa Action’s Annual Baraza
Africa Action’s annual Baraza (Kiswahili for “Assembly”),
held in Washington, DC, brings together activists from across the U.S.
and from Africa for two days of strategic discussions on U.S.-Africa relations.
 2005
Baraza
Towards the end of a year that was touted as “Africa’s year”,
Africa Action held its third annual Baraza (Kiswahili for “assembly”)
at the 4-H Conference Center in Chevy Chase, MD on October 28 & 29,
2005. About 40 analysts and activists representing leading civil society
organizations from the U.S. and Africa came together for two days to interrogate
key developments and issues in U.S.-Africa relations. The theme for this
year’s Baraza was “From Myths to Mobilization: Reframing U.S.
Africa Relations”.
For more information, see the following documents:
 2004
Baraza
Africa Action held its second annual Baraza at George Washington University,
Washington, DC on December 3 & 4, 2004. This year’s Baraza brought
together 60 leading analysts and activists from the U.S. and Africa for
two days of discussion on key trends and issues in U.S. Africa policy.
Coming just one month after the U.S. Presidential elections, the Baraza
provided an opportunity to review the state of U.S. Africa policy and
to predict the trends and priorities likely to shape U.S. relations with
Africa under a second Bush term. This year’s theme was "The
U.S. & Africa: Questions that Need Answers."
For more information, see the following documents:
 2003
Baraza
Africa Action’s first annual Baraza was held on October 3rd &
4th, 2003 at the Gallaudet University Conference Center in Washington,
DC.
The 2003 Baraza was dedicated to discussions about Africa’s health
crisis and the structural obstacles to its resolution. Specifically, it
focused on mobilizing support for Africa’s Right to Health, and
addressing the challenges of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, debt cancellation
and World Bank/IMF policies, barriers to treatment access, and stigma
and discrimination.
The Baraza highlighted the connections between the HIV/AIDS crisis in
Africa and the HIV/AIDS crisis in the U.S., disproportionately concentrated
in communities of color. Discussions focused on strategies to challenge
and change U.S. policies that fail to address this urgent issue. Participants
identified common priorities and opportunities for action in the year
ahead.
For more information, see the following documents:
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