Folks, please join the Midwest Gambian Association as they host their fourth annual Labor Day conference on August 31 and September 1, in Chicago Illinois. The theme for the conference is: West Africa's Political and Economic Position in the Global Landscape - How is Gambia Doing? We have in line four Panelist: DRs. Michael Ba Banutu Gomez, Rowan University, Abdoulaye Saine, Miami of Ohio University, Amadou Scatter Janneh, University of Tennessee, and Nnam Nkuzzi, Dominican University. We also have Mr. Abdoulaye Ndiaye with The McArthur Foundation to present an overview of what his organization offers and how a country like Gambia can capitalize on the opportunities. The conference and Gala will be on August 31 and the BBQ/Picnic and Soccer will be held on Sunday. Please help us spread the word and all are invited. I shall provide more details on the weekend events, times and directions, after our Saturday meeting. In the mean time, I will appreciate it if the following Gambian Associations' point persons can contact me privately: Minnesota, Madison, Detroit, Kansas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa, etc. This list is not by any means exhaustive and if your organization is not mentioned please make yourself known. The last time Ohio was left out because we were not aware of their existence and we do not want that to happen again. We also encourage all individuals from other states, out of the country etc. to attend to discuss our situation and come up with ways of changing our direction. This conference is not partisan so please feel welcomed and it is for Gambians and all friends of Gambia. Hope to see you at the conference. Thank you for your support. Chi Jaama Joe Sambou _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~