The Inaugural of the World Summit of African Descendants

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“Global DC Initiative” Launch Event

The D.C. Center for Global Education and Leadership (CGEL) in partnership with Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) will be honoring the lives lost on 9/11.

3rd Glenncrest Community Garden Meeting

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PAFE Presents: September Palaver Hut: "Women Entrepreneurship and International Partnership"

Every month Phelps Stokes’ Programs for Africa and Freedom Endowment hosts a Palaver Hut, a symposium that creates an environment of productive dialogue on an important issue. This month’s event is entitled, “Women’s Entrepreneurship and International Partnership”. We are extending an invitation to you and hope to see you there. Space is limited, so please RSVP.

The Inaugural of the World Summit of African Descendants

Phelps Stokes is pleased to announce that The Inaugural of the World Summit of African Descendants is scheduled to occur August 18-21, 2011 in the city of La Ceiba, Honduras. The Summit is a result of The United Nations resolution 64/169 proclaiming the year 2011 as the International Year of the Peoples of African Descent. Six hundred people are expected to attend, hailing from every continent.

It has been estimated that more than 15 percent of the world’s population are African and of African descent. The Summit’s initiative is carried out by an international committee of 26 organizations from 18 countries and led by the Ethnic Community Development Organization (ODECO), an international human rights NGO founded in La Ceiba, Honduras to advocate for the integral sustainable development of Afro-Honduran communities.

The Summit is in strategic partnership with international development institutions, civil society organizations, governments, and international cooperation agencies whose philanthropy and programs are facilitating a new generation of global leaders.

The Summit objectives include :

Document and reach a consensus on strategies needed to generate stainstable development with identity and establish concrete funding to generate wealth
Define strategies and gain commitments from governments, multilateral development institutions, International development agencies, the private sector and civil society to empower Afro-descendent communities
Reach agreements for the implementation of the Decade of the African Descendent, the African Descendent Development Fund and the African Descent Parliament of the United Nations.

For Registration and additional Information, visit the official World Summit of African Descendants (Cumbre Mundial de Afrodescendientes) website: http://cumbremundialafro.org.

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