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Welcome to Mayibuye Africa!
Mark the date:
Saturday, September 5
The next meeting of the African Immigrant Leaders’ Forum has
been scheduled for
Saturday,September 5, 2009 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the First
Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501
Harrison Street in Oakland
Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=vl (Free
parking on site.)
This is a continuation of the first gathering we had in late
March in downtown Oakland. Participants from that meeting, as well as
new organizations will be attending this meeting.
As always, Priority Africa Network is committed to ensuring
the agenda of the day reflects concerns you had expressed during the last
meeting. Taking these into
consideration, the following topics are proposed:
Access to health care for the uninsured and undocumented
Update
on immigration policy reform & legal
resources for local communities
Realizing
our collective strength from remittances to
our families back home
Census
2010 – do we count? Preliminary
discussions on increasing our numbers
Organizational
capacity building & Sustaining
our
organizations through fund raising
African
Diaspora Dialogues – relations with African American communities
If you have a topic to add for discussion, please send a short descritpion. In addition, each organization will present an overview of
their community, current campaigns and areas of need for support.
Please email back an rsvp to nunukidane@att.net with confirmation of your participation and the total number of people from each group
Lunch will be served and we need an exact
count of participants, so please respond as soon as possible.
If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me anytime.
Nunu Kidane
Director
Priority Africa Network
Cell 510 517 4641
Work 510 238 8080 ext. 309
* MAYIBUYE in Xosa and Zulu Means 'come back, or let it return.' The word also comes from the title of the first newsletter of the African National Congress in South Africa.
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