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HOW CAN AFRICA TAKE COMMAND OF ITS DESTINY BY MOBILIZING ITS POTENTIAL? January 30, 2021 |
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| CONFERENCE PROGRAM | |||||||
| TIME | THEME | PRESENTER | TITLE | ||||
| 14.30-15.00 | Zoom waiting room | ||||||
| 15.00-15.05 | Opening of the conference | FR TED OSUALA, moderator Nigerian Claretian Missionary, John Paul II Justice and Peace Centre. Uganda |
Welcome statement | ||||
| 15.05-15.10 | Statement by Change Africa for Good | FRANCIS SEKATE Director of Change Africa for Good, Engineer, Entrepreneur and Social Activist. Uganda |
The Shaping of the Conference | ||||
| 15.10-15.15 | Statement by Rescue Our Future Foundation | CEES HAMELINK President of Rescue Our Future Foundation, Athena Professor at the Free University of Amsterdam, Editor-in-chief of the Internation Communication Gazette. The Netherlands |
The Challenge of Rescuing Our Future | ||||
| 15.15-15.45 | Seed Paper | GLENN SANKATSING Author of Quest to Rescue Our Future Director of Caribbean Reality Studies Center |
Command of Destiny: Breaking the Wheels of Domination in Africa | ||||
| 15.45-16.00 | How Can Africa Put Politics at the Service of the People and African Unity | P.L.O. LUMUMBA Professor of Public Law, Founder of the PLO Lumumba Foundation and Advocate of the High Courts of Kenya and Tanganyika. Kenya |
Politics in Solidarity with the People at the Service of African Unity | ||||
| 16.00-16.15 | How Can Africa Build an Economy That Serves Its People and Cares for Nature? | NNIMMO BASSEY Director of the ecologic think tank Health of Mother Earth Foundation, Environmental Activist. Nigeria |
Economy in Harmony with Ecology | ||||
| 16.15-16.30 | How Can Youth Shape The Future In Which They Will Have To Live? | VANESSA NAKATE International Youth Climate Activist and founder of the Africa-based Rise Up Movement. Uganda |
Youth as Architects of the Future | ||||
| 16.30-17.00 | Forum for Critical Discussion on Africa’s Command of Destiny | STATEMENTS BY CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Participants may request to make a brief 4-minute statement at the conference. Applications must be submitted with an abstract no later than January 10, 2021 |
Six participants will speak on issues related to the theme of the conference | ||||
| 17.00-17.45 | Discussion and Dialogue | Participants and speakers | Pathways and Actions to Rescue the Future of Africa | ||||
| 17.45-17.55 | Conference Highlights | General Rapporteur | Summary and Recommendations by the Committee of Rapporteurs | ||||
| 17.55-18.00 | Closing of the Conference | FR TED OSUALA, Moderator | Closing Remarks | ||||
| The core values of the conference are respect for the opinions of others, solidarity with all humanity, especially with the disadvantaged, and a firm stand against all types of injustice, especially racism and ethnic polarization. The conference will use language that is accessible to a wide audience. | |||||||
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