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Global Afrikan Congress 

(GAC Europe) 

in collaboration with the 

Afrikan Community in Berlin, Germany 
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warmly invites the Afrikan Family to the 

2nd Pan Afrikan (Europe) Gathering 

and preparatory conference for an international 

Pan Afrikan gathering in Berlin, Germany 2006 
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Theme: 

Organising for Pan Afrikanism in the 21st Century 

Arrival/Opening; Weds 5th October 2005 

Conference; 6th, 7th & 8th October 2005 
 
Hosted by the 

Global Afrikan Congress (Germany) 
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The 
Global Afrikan Congress was formed on October 6th 2002 in Bridgetown, 
Barbados at the historic Afrikan and Afrikan Descendants Conference Against 
Racism. *

This Conference was a follow up to the 2001 United Nations World Conference 
Against Racism in Durban, South Afrika, where 168 Nation States voted to 
declare the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as a crime against humanity. 

The European Chapter of the Global Afrikan Congress, wishes to invite you to 
our strategic planning meeting to be held from October 6th to 8th 2005 in 
Berlin, Germany. One of the key mandates of the founding conference in 
Barbados is that the Global Afrikan Congress must embark upon a mobilization 
campaign to unite the Black World and to assist in the struggle for social 
justice and economic development. It is therefore critically important that 
a solid core of Black organizations and individuals become part of this 
global process. 

The 1st bi-annual Pan Afrikan GAC (Europe) gathering was held in Rotterdam, 
Netherlands from the 3rd to 5th October, 2003. It was a three day intensive 
multi-pronged critical analysis of the diverse challenges faced by people of 
Afrikan origin in Europe to improve their fortunes and and challenge present 
social conditions. 

The Europe gathering brings together Afrikans in Europe and beyond, and is 
held one 

year between our bi-annual international congress. The last congress was 
held in 

October 2004 in South America, in the city of Paramaribo, Surinam. 

Language 

The official language of the conference will be English. 

Travel 

Visas are not required for EU passport holders. All other passport holders 

should make independent enquiries. Please contact the secretariat in Germany 


if you require assistance with a letter of invitation. Please ensure that 
airport 

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tax for international flights is included in your reservation. 
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Objectives; 

   
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• to identify some of the challenges of Pan Afrikanism 

today and develop an activist-agenda for implementing 

and institutionalising Pan Afrikanism in the 21st Century 

   1. • to prepare for a historic Pan Afrikan international conference 

 in 
*2006 *in Berlin (the city where Europeans partitioned Afrika, 

over 100 years later, we gather in commemoration and unity) 

   1. • to develop an activist framework and platform for Afrikans 
   
   2. in the Diaspora regarding the policy of the Afrikan Union 
   
   
 recoqnising the Afrikan Diaspora as the 6th region of the AU 

   1. • to examine the progress and status of the implementation of 

 the Durban 2001 UN world conference against racism declaration 

   1. • follow up from the Rotterdam 2003 conference 

by building on the Pan Afrikan program of action 

   
􀂉 The Berlin gathering will be attended by Afrikan activists, scholars, 
organizers and policy experts from Europe, Afrika, 

the Caribbean and the Americas. 

   
􀂉 There will be plenary sessions, work-groups and master-classes 

facilitated by experts in various fields. The gathering will also be 

addressed by officials from the Afrikan Union, NEPAD & ECOWAS. 

   
􀂉 There will be an open public meeting by the Afrikan community 

in Berlin on developments from the UN conference in Durban 2001, 

where delegates will interact with activists/advocates in Germany. 

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To Register; 
*Please fill and return the enclosed registration form to 
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Registration fees; 
20 Euros payable at the door * 

Accomodation: 
*(includes breakfast and dinner) * 

23 Euros per night 
*(double room with 2 sharing) * 

31 Euros per night 
*(single room for 1 person) * 

5 Euros per day 
*(for tea, coffee and lunch) * 

For more information, please contact; 
 
Yonas Endrias (Germany) 
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+ 49 1799 404690 
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Carole Crawford (France) 
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+ 33 1466 35569 
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Njeri Yebiemen (UK) 
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+ 44 7903 678302 or + 44 2077 384335 
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Iwan Leeuwin (Holland) 
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+ 31 651 367547 
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Louisy Gilbert (Europe Rep) 
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+ 33 140 650110 
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Barryl Biekman (Europe Rep) 
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+ 31 625 181599 

Please visit us online at; 
*www.gac-europe.org <http://www.gac-europe.org/> * 

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