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| ICYMI: The Baltimore DeclarationAn action agenda outlining the way forward and synopsis of selected speeches and presentations |
| The Baltimore Declaration is a comprehensive document which summarizes the critical issues and topics that were addressed by the participants in the fifth State of the Black World Conference organized by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century (IBW) and held in Baltimore, MD from April 19-23, 2023. The first State of the Black World Conference was organized by IBW in 2000 in Atlanta, GA. This declaration also represents an action agenda outlining the way forward for the ongoing freedom movements across the global African community. Priority action items include addressing the catastrophic crisis in Haiti, supporting the global reparations movement and combating gentrification as a state of emergency in Black America. The document also contains synopses of selected speeches and presentations delivered at this historic gathering of hundreds of people of African Descent who convened in Baltimore from cities and states across the USA and from countries in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe. |
INSIDE THE DECLARATION
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| Overview[ Page 3 ] Action Agenda Priority action items which will be evaluatedby IBW for implementation Addressing/Resolving the Crisis in Haiti: The First Black Republic [ Page 4 ] •Building Support for Reparatory Justice for Afro-Descendants in Colombia and Beyond [ Page 4 ] •Honoring the Life and Legacyof Maurice Bishop: A Delegation to Grenada [ Page 5 ] •Supporting the Polisario Front and theIndependence Western Sahara [ Page 6 ] •Connecting Black Brain Power for BlackDevelopment: Hon. P.J. Patterson’s Challenge[ Page 6 ] •Supporting Hon. Mia Mottley’s GlobalReparatory Justice Initiatives [ Page 7 ] •Providing Administrative Support forGlobal Circle for Reparations and Healing [ Page 7 ]•Expanding the Pan African UnityDialogue: Practicing Pan Africanism Wherever We Are[ Page 8 ]•Building Relationships with Black MayorsAssociations in the Pan African World [ Page 8 ]•Convening a Global Summit on Water asa Human Right [ Page 9 ] •Combating Gentrification as a State ofEmergency in Black America [ Page 9 ] •Advancing Paradigms for ReimaginingPublic Safety and Law Enforcement [ Page 10 ] •Supporting The Live Free Initiative as aModel for Movement-Building [ Page 10 ] •Supporting Black Lives Matter Grassrootsto Regain Funds for the People’s Struggle[ Page 11 ] Special Initiatives Supporting the Black World MediaNetwork as a Legacy Project for Don Rojas [ Page 12 ]•Establishing a Dr. Leonard Jeffries andDr. Rosalind Jeffries Appreciation Fund [ Page 13 ] Assessment and Call to Action [ Page 14 ] Synopsis of Selected Speeches and Presentations [ Page 16 ] Acknowledgements [ Page 20 ] |
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