Program

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Friday, March 24

Evening event

6:00-9:00 pm CT Open Mic Night

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Saturday, March 25

Online/In-Person

8:00 am - 9:00 am Community Walk & Yoga Session

10:00 am - 10:30 am Registration & Breakfast

10:30 am - 11:00 am Welcome and Culture

11:00 am - 11:30 am Political Report to the Black Women's Convention

11:30 am - 12:00 pm ANWO Campaign Reports

12:00 pm - 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 pm - 1:15 pm Black Power Blueprint Tour

Sites: ANWO Headquarters Building, Uhuru Wa Kulea African Women's Health Center, Basketball Court

1:15 pm - 1:50 pm Uhuru Wa Kulea - The African Women's Health Center

1:50 pm - 2:25 pm Keynote

2:25 pm - 2:40pm Membership Call, Fundraising, Announcement

2:40 pm - 3:40 pm ANWO Regional Reports

ANWO Regional Coordinators from the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions of the U.S. will report on the work they've done to build ANWO over the last year.

3:40 pm - 4:30pm Summation of Day 1 and Adjourn

Sunday, March 26

Online / In-Person

9:30 am - 9:50 am Welcome Day 3

9:50 am - 10:20 am African You Fit For the Fight

Bola Adeshina, Nicole Chung, & Sage Smith will discuss the colonial health disparities that have specifically harmed African women. The panel will not just discuss the disparities and challenges of the health contradictions impacting African women, but we will also offer an opportunity for anti-colonial healing and a way forward toward liberation.

10:20 am - 10:45 am DeColonaise Hair and Body: Building a self-sustaining revolutionary organization through economic development

10:45 am - 11:05 am Women in the African Revolution

11:05 am - 11:20 am Sustainable Funding

11:20 am - 11:40 am Awards and Recognition for Outstanding Work

11:40 am - 11:55 am Membership Presentation

11:55 am - 12:25 pm Lunch

12:25 pm - 12:30 pm Raffle Drawing

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm Break the Lock

An examination and strategy session addressing the increased numbers of African women being imprisoned in the United States.