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Count Down to State of the Black World Conference November 19 – 23, New Orleans Morial Convention Center and Astor Crowne Plaza Hotel
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Program Highlights
Damu Smith Leadership Development and Organizer Training Institute Limited to 200 Persons – Registration: $200.00 inclusive of all SOBWC sessions
Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin may not think that “community organizing” is important but the Institute of the Black World 21st Century believes that mobilizing/organizi ng people to promote and defend their interests is fundamental to the survival and development of oppressed people. Therefore, we are committed to orienting/training servant leaders, especially young people, to empower people of African descent to struggle for social justice and social change in the U.S. and throughout the Pan African World.
The Institute will begin November 19th at 1:00 PM and conclude Friday November 21st at 12:00 Noon – with sessions on: Overview of the State of African People in the U.S. and the Pan African World; General Principles of Leadership and Community Organizing; Basic Strategy and Tactics of Community Organizing; Confronting and Overcoming Internalized Racism and Oppression; Basics of Electoral Political Campaigns; and, Basic Principles and Strategies for Community Development.
Faculty of Trainers: Mtangulizi Sanyika, Makani Themba-Nixon, Greg Akili, Dr. Jemadari Kamara, Kimberley Richards, Ron Chisom, Hulbert James, Dr. Kimberly Ellis, Dr. Ron Daniels ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______
National/Internatio nal Town Hall Meeting The Black Agenda and the 2008 Presidential Election
Moderators: Bev Smith, Host of the Bev Smith Show, American Urban Radio Networks Charles Ogletree, Harvard Law School Jesse Climenko Professor of Law.
Panelists: Marc Morial, President/CEO National Urban League; Rev. Al Sharpton, President, National Action Network (NAN); Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, President, National Rainbow/PUSH Coalition; Ben Jealous, the new President/CEO, NAACP; Dr. Julianne Malveaux, President, Bennett College for Women; Dr. Ronald Walters, Professor of Government and Politics, University of Maryland; Dr. Elsie Scott, President/CEO, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: Dr. Iva E. Carruthers, General Secretary, Samuel DeWitt Proctor Conference, Inc.; Attorney Faya Rose Sanders, Founder, Voting Rights Museum, Selma, Alabama; and, Dr. E. Faye Williams, President, National Congress of Black Women. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, Leader of the Nation of Islam, also has been invited to be a panelist for the Town Hall Meeting. ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______
An Intergenerational Dialogue on the Future of Hip Hop and the Black Freedom Struggle
One of the hottest Working Sessions/Workshop at SOBWC will address the historical role of Black art and culture in the Black Freedom Struggle and the current state of hip hop and rap music in this context. Some people believe the corporate music industry has hijacked hip hop and created forms, e.g., gangsta rap, which are highly detrimental to the sustenance of the Black community in the U.S. and the Black World.
Hip Hop founders/pioneers/ leaders Grandmaster Mele Mel, Kool Moe Dee, LA Sunshine, and DJ Cool Clyde, along with founders/practition ers of the Black Arts and Culture Movement Haki Madhubuti, Sonia Sanchez, Jaribu Hill and Askia Muhammad Toure are issuing a call for all righteous new generation hip hop and rap artists and cultural workers to join them in New Orleans at SOBWC. Their mission is to launch a campaign to reclaim hip hop and revive the Black Arts and Cultural Movement to uplift and liberate our people! ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ______
Register Today without Delay! Basic Registration: $100 inclusive of all conference sessions except fundraising events Damu Smith Institute: $200 inclusive of all conference sessions except fundraising events Benefactor: $250 which includes all conferences sessions, fundraising events, State of the Race conference book, Volume III, conference T-Shirt and Button
▪ Discounts Available for Groups of 10 or more with registration and payment by November 1st – and must register at Headquarters Hotel
▪ Headquarters Hotel (The Place to be): Astor Crown Plaza [Next to the French Quarter] 504.962.0500
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