Hi folks,
FYI.
Katim
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Subject: Fwd: African liberation day symposium
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 14:48:11 -0500
From: adrienne <[log in to unmask]>
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>> ATTENTION--PIERRE, JOE, FELIX, et al (exec.)...Please post for AAM list
>> serve. Thank you!
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>> Announcement:
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>> On Saturday, May 26, 2001 there will be a symposium for African Liberation
>> Day at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The symposium is being
>> sponsored by Africans on the Move, a non-profit community organization and
>> co-sponsors include the African Association of Madison, the Caribbean
>> Association of Madison, the African Students Organization, and the
>> Pan-African Revolutionary Socialist Party.
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>> The keynote speaker will be Pa Joof from the Gambia, West Africa who is also
>> the Principal of Prologue High School in Chicago, a community organizer, and
>> a Pan-Africanist. He will speak on the theme of the symposium which is the
>> Relevance of Pan-Africanism in the 21st century. Local speakers include Fabu
>> Mogaka, Stan Woodard, Abu-Hassan, and representatives from the African
>> Association and Caribbean Association. Local speakers will address various
>> topics related to current issues affecting African people and persons of
>> African descent. The program will include the showing of a video of our
>> ancestor Kwame Ture (a.k.a. Stokley Carmichael) speaking on Pan-Africanism.
>> Participants can also opt to come early (at 2PM) and view the film
>> "Quilombo", a classic film on slave revolts in Brazil.
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>> The symposium will take place at Memorial Union on campus in the Play Circle
>> from 4-7 PM. It is free and open to the public. Our goal is to bring
>> together persons of African descent and others interested in issues related
>> to Africa and African people. A reception will be held afterwards at
>> Buraka's East African Cuisine at 8 PM. Please try to attend and tell your
>> friends! Thank you.
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