WE CALL ON
ALL AFRICAN WOMEN AND YOUTH
ORGANIZATIONS
ALL WOMEN’S AND YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS OF
CHURCHES
ALL THE WOMEN AND YOUTH OF STUDENT
ORGANIZATIONS
EVERY AFRICAN WOMAN AND YOUTH WHO WANTS TO MAKE A SERIOUS
CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIFICATION OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND AFRICAN
PEOPLE
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
AFRICAN WOMEN’S AND YOUTH
CONFERENCE
BUILDING AFRICAN WOMEN’S AND YOUTH MOVEMENTS AND FORMING
INTERNATIONAL SISTERHOOD
SATURDAY MARCH 8,
2008
ACCRA, GHANA, WEST
AFRICA
Theme: THE IMPORTANCE OF
SELF-RELIANCE
FREE
AFRICAN WOMEN’S AND YOUTH MOVEMENTS ARE NECESSARY IN
ORDER TO EDUCATE, MOBILIZE, AND ORGANIZE THE LARGEST NUMBER OF AFRICAN WOMEN AND
YOUTH AS POSSIBLE
Panel
Topics Include
Why Organization is Necessary * The Importance of Africa *
Healthcare/AIDS * How to build a Women’s Movement*How to Build a Youth Movement
* Relationships * Education * The Importance of Leadership in the Youth Movement* The
Importance of Leadership in the Women’s Movement* The Importance of
Self-Reliance
For participation or other information please
contact:
African Women’s Charity
Organization
PO Box 23074 Oakland, CA 94623-0074
USA
Phone: 415 789-7360
Email: ForAfricanWomen@xxxxxxx
http://hometown.aol.com/forafricanwomen/myhomepage/index.html
*This
Conference is FREE so that money won’t be the reason for anyone not
attending.
**Please wear as a symbol of unity and
solidarity.
Why This
African Women’s and Youth Conference
We are in the process of
building powerful African Women’s and Youth Movements throughout the
world that will connect all African women and youth, inside and outside of
Africa. This is a very important part of the African independence movement. An
African Women’s and Youth movement is necessary to educate, mobilize, and
organize the largest number of African Women and Youth as possible. Our vision
includes collectively solving our problems to obtain proper childcare, housing,
collective kitchens, transportation, healthcare, clean drinking water for all
and employment/skills, etc. We must build a strong infrastructure in Africa and
we must be tightly organized outside of Africa.
The African Women’s Charity
Organization is proud to announce that we are organizing an African Women’s and
Youth Conference in Accra, Ghana in West Africa on March 8, 2008.
This is going to be our second conference organized in Africa. This will be the
13th conference that we have organized since 2000, the first eleven
having been in the United States. The theme of this conference is “The
Importance of Self-Reliance.”
Africa has everything that it needs to develop into a
world power. What is necessary to develop Africa is organization and confidence
(among Africans that we can build Africa). The United States is a superpower in
the world, but it was Africa (African people) that built the United States. Let
us be clear. It was African slaves that built the United States and African
people cannot be separated from Africa. So, if Africa built the United States,
certainly Africa can build Africa.
One of the biggest negative effects of colonialism on
Africa is that it left us with an inferiority complex. This is one reason that
we lack confidence that we can build Africa. Colonialism and exploitation
affected our consciousness in such a negative way that it has contributed to us
thinking small and being petty.
The Strength of Being
Self-Reliant versus the Weakness of Being
Dependent
The strength of being self-reliant is that it gives
us the power to make decisions in our own interest.
The weakness of being dependent is that we have to do
things that are in the interest of the people who gave us the aid and most of
the time these things are not in our best interest.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we develop
our own organizational capability.
The weakness of being dependent is that we depend on
other people’s organization.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we are
taking responsibility for our own well-being.
The weakness of dependence is that we give someone
else the responsibility for our well-being.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we can
change things in our best interest.
The weakness of being dependent is that we cannot
change things in our best interest.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we take
advantage of all our resources and creativity.
The weakness of dependence is that we waste our
resources and do not develop our creativity.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we work
hard in our own interest.
The weakness of being dependent is that we become
lazy and don’t develop good work habits.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we gain
confidence in our ability and we have dignity.
The weakness of being dependent is that we become
beggars, feel inferior, and lose our dignity.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we will
develop enough to solve our problems and someday even help others solve the same
problems.
The weakness of being dependent is that we will never
be able to help ourselves and therefore we could not help anyone
else.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we can
unify Africa without anyone’s permission.
The weakness in being dependent is that we will never
unify Africa because it is in the interest of those who give us AID, for us to
remain weak and divided.
The strength of being self-reliant is that we set an
honorable example, an example that our youth can be proud
of.
The weakness of being dependent is that it is the
worst example for our youth.
The strength of being self-reliant is that it leads
us to the emancipation of women and of all of the people.
The weakness of being dependent is that it is a
continuation of the oppression of women.
