THE BRIDGETOWN PROTOCOL
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TABLE OF CONTENTSOFFICIAL REPORT OF THE AFRIKANS AND AFRIKAN DESCENDANTS OCTOBER 2-6, 2002
WORLD CONFERENCE AGAINST RACISM
SHERBOURNE CONFERENCE CENTER
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
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World Conference Against Racism 2003
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OPENING REMARKS
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_________________________________ OPENING REMARKS:
From Reverend Aaron Buddy Larrier
From Jewel L. Crawford, MD
From Cikiah Thomas
_________________________________ The Congress Against Racism Barbados is honoured to have hosted the first Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants World Conference Against Racism (AAD WCAR). The success of this historic gathering has given Afrikan people worldwide new hope, as it served to establish a global organization which will address the needs of Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants internationally; The Global Afrikan Congress. We pray that God will richly bless the Global Afrikan Congress as it seeks to achieve what some may still believe is impossible.
The result of the conference, The Bridgetown Protocol, has the potential to propel Afrikan people back on our journey to greatness, building upon the work done by our heroes and heroines who have made the transition.
In November 1998, at the inception of the Commission for Pan-African Affairs, the Rt. Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, uttered the prediction that the twenty-first century might well come to be known as the Afrikan century.
The Congress Against Racism Barbados wishes the Global Afrikan Congress every success in its endeavour. We give God Almighty the glory and honour and we thank our Ancestors, for it is good; The 21st century is the Afrikan century.
Reverend Aaron Buddy Larrier
President
Congress Against Racism, Barbados Inc.
_________________________________ The 2002 Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants World Conference Against Racism (AAD WCAR) responded to the need for a follow-up to the achievements made by Afrikan and Afrikan Descendant Non-Governmental Organizations at the historic United Nations World Conference Against Racism (UN WCAR) in Durban, South Afrika, in 2001.
Due to the foresight and generosity of the Commission for Pan African Affairs, under the leadership of its Director, Barbados UN delegate, David Comissiong, the conference in Bridgetown, Barbados, granted us an opportunity to analyze, strategize and address the critical issues confronting us.
At this juncture in our history we find ourselves in crisis unlike any other in the past. The challenges Afrikan people face are enormous, but working together in harmony, we have within us the capacity to heal our people, take back what is ours and accomplish what we will!
May the Bridgetown Protocol serve as a guide to light our way along the path of permanent liberation for Afrikan people, as we continue the work to organize, organize and organize our people in our communities, villages, cities and provinces. Onward!
Jewel L. Crawford, MD
Chairperson
AAD WCAR Central Organizing Committee
_________________________________ It is with great pleasure that I submit to you the Bridgetown Protocol, the document that encapsulates the working group reports from the historic Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants World Conference Against Racism (AAD WCAR) held in Barbados. The priorities, strategies and recommendations in the protocol are the work of the attendees that address the specific social, economic and political imbalance created by the most barbaric manifestation of human behaviour; the enslavement and colonial subordination of Afrikans by European nations. The Bridgetown Protocol must be popularized, disseminated, studied and properly implemented by our people throughout Afrika and the Diaspora.
The structure of racism continues to plague the modern world and, consequently, the Afrikan struggle for human dignity, equality and liberty necessitates that we must define our hopes and strategies for their realization. The highest stage in the development of the struggle for Reparations took place in Barbados with the formation of the Global Afrikan Congress, an international organization dedicated to the liberation of Afrikan people.
I give thanks to the people of Barbados who made this conference possible, and so graciously hosted their Afrikan brothers and sisters from all over the world. One Love!
Cikiah Thomas
Chairperson, Interim Working Committee
Global Afrikan Congress_________________________________
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