Save the Date: Africa Policy Forum, 1:00pm-5:00pm, Feb 19 (Washington DC)

WHERE:
Howard University, Blackburn Center
2400 6th St. NW. Washington, DC 20059

WHEN:
Thursday, February 19th,1:00pm-5:00pm
5:00-7:00pm, Informal Reception

WHO:
Official Opening:
Emira Woods, Co-Director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, Chairperson of the Africa Action Board of Directors

Keynote Address
Semhar Araia, Africa analyst and lawyer, Member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team. Semhar formerly served as an Africa Analyst for The Elders, a US House of Representatives foreign policy legislative assistant, and an international law attorney for the implementation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace agreement before the Eritrea- Ethiopia Claims Commission.

Professor Shadrack Gutto, Renowned African scholar, author and educator. Professor Gutto is the Director of the African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa. He teaches,writes and researches in the areas of jurisprudence, constitutional property and human rights law at the School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Experts Panel
Conflict and Militarism
Professor Mahmood Mamndani, Renowned author and expert in African history, politics
and international relations. He has been named as one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the
world by the US magazine Foreign Policy in May 2008 in July 2008. Professor Mamdani
currently teaches at the Columbia University.

Economic Policy
Neil Watkins, Executive Director of Jubilee USA Network

Environment, Climate Change and Food Security
Leslie Fields, Program Director of the Environmental Justice program at the Sierra Club.

Global Health Policy
Krista Johnson, professor in the African Studies Department at Howard University.

RSVP and information:
outreach@africaaction.org
202-546-7961

To download the Flyer, Visit:
http://www.africaaction.org/docs/AA_HUPolicyForum2.pdf