National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America
Submitted by Emily Kawano on May 31, 2007 - 11:10pm.
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This session will be on: June 29, 2007 - 1:00pm It will be held at: Achilles room at the Atlanta Marriott Downtown View scheduleOrganization DescriptionThe National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in
America ( NCOBRA)is a mass based coalition organized
for the sole purpose of obtaining reparations for the
African American desendants in the United States.
NCOBRA was founded in 1987 and will commmerate i's
20th year of organizing around this issue. Now this
issue has mobilized around the global significance of
repair and justice for diasporan Africans, people of
color and oppressed. NCOBRA has stirred up the
question of indigenous relief from oppression.
The mission of NCOBRA is to win full reparations for
Black African descendants residing in the United Sates
and its territories for the genocidel war against
Afriacans that created the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade,
Chattel Slavery, Jim Crow and the continuing vestiges
of Slavery, the free labor institution that unjustly
enriched the system utilized by the U.S. commonly
known as Capitalism and Imperialism.
Proposal Demographicsidentify as people of color Session DescriptionThe workshop will address the Global significance, the Issue of Free Labor, and the Educational Mobization that continues. Panelists confirmed will include: QM Dorathy Benton Lewis- Reknown author, Co-Chair of the NCOBRA/ Internatonal Commission, One of the Durban 400 at the 2001 World Conference Against Racism; Atty. Kweku Duran: Founding member of the National Reparations Congress. National Vanguard of the Black Panther Party; and Onaje Muid of the December 12th Organization. CURE (Caucasion United for Reparations and Emancipation) members will also particapate with NCOBRA in (3) presentations that have already We will coordinate a conference on 6/2/07. We can sucure the place First NameNjere Last NameAlghanee Contact E-mailabisa7@yahoo.com Proposing OrganizationNCOBRA Position or TitleSouth East Regional NCOBRA Rep Event DayFriday, June 29th (Visioning / Envisioning Another World) KeywordsAntiracism Imperialism Indigenous Audience Number25-50 people Person ReviewingAllison B |