Time : 7:00pm until 10:00pm
Palce : 35 St. George Street, Room 248 (Galbraith Building – 1 block north of College Street or 5 blocks south of Bloor Street West)
Organizer : The Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity (Toronto) extends a warm invitation to you to join us at the Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series. The Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series will feature film screenings followed by intergenerational panel discussions and dialogue with various activists and community members. On February 17th we will screen:
Crisis in the Congo: Uncovering the Truth
The documentary “explores the role that the United States allies, Rwanda and Uganda, have played in triggering the greatest humanitarian crisis at the dawn of the 21st century.“
Watch the Trailer :
Panel Discussion: Solidarity, Justice and Peace in the Congo
Panelists:
Mikhael Missakabo, educator and member, Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity: “Developing solidarity projects with Congolese communities”;
Safia Gahayr, member, International Solidarity Committee (CUPE Ontario) & doctoral student (University of Toronto): “Educating and organizing labour for Congo solidarity inside the labour movement”
Bodia Macharia, president, Friends of the Congo, Canada & Ph.D. candidate (University of Toronto): “Advancing public education and solidarity with the Congo” – Ameth Lo, organizer, Group for Research and Initiative for the Liberation of Afrca (GRILA): “Toward an effective Pan-Afrikan international solidarity practice”
Message from The Network for Pan-Afrikan Solidarity :
We will focus on issues that deal with the material realities of the community and open a space for dialogue and commitment to year-long and ongoing organizing, mobilizing and education around the subjects raised in the films and the panel discussions. We will use this gathering to reach out to Toronto’s Pan Afrikan community with the goal of advancing a more progressive political agenda for the material and socio-economic emancipation of all Afrikan peoples.
We look forward to seeing you at the Afrikan Liberation Month Film Series! Free public event – donation will be accepted Event is wheelchair accessible Sponsored by the Pan-African Solidarity Network (University of Toronto) Co-Sponsored by CUPE Local 3907 For further information, please contact the Pan-African Solidarity Network (U of T) at network4panafrikansolidarity@gmail.com.