Thursday, March 9th: 7pm Meet the Author of “Overturning the Culture of Violence”: Book Reading & Signing with Penny Hess
at Spine Bookstore & Cafe, 1976 Arsenal, St. Louis MO 63118
Register: OverturningViolence.eventbrite.com
Friday, March 10th: 6:00-9:00pm Meet & Greet at Uhuru Solidarity Center, 2654 Gravois Ave, St. Louis MO 63118
Day One ● Saturday, March 11, 2023
8:00 am Doors open, Meet & Greet with breakfast
9:00 am MC Convening Day 1
9:10 am VIDEO: Actual Footage of FBI Raids on Uhuru Movement
9:15 am “Building the Movement of Reparations ‘Co-Conspirators’” Political Report from USM National Chair, Jesse Nevel
9:30 am Spoken Word Poetry by Grace Jones
9:40 am “African Internationalism: The Science of Liberation”
Keynote Presentation by Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African People’s Socialist Party
10:40 am “Sharing the Same Fate: White Solidarity with Black Power”
African People’s Solidarity Committee Chairwoman Penny Hess
11:10 am Q&A
11:30 am Break
11:45 am “Building Black Power, Brick by Brick”
APSP Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela
12:15 pm “The FBI Can’t Stop African Self-Determination: Reparations Now!” Convention Coordinator Leah Fifield, USM Chair Jesse Nevel
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm “A Moment of Peril and Promise: Crisis, Colonial Wars and Humanity’s Future”
APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela
ASI Secretary General Luwezi Kinshasa
APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess
Nancy Mansour, Existence is Resistance
3:00 pm Q&A
3:20 pm Spoken Word Poetry by FoFeet
3:30 pm “Stop the Legal Lynching of Chairman Omali Yeshitela! Put the FBI On Trial! “
APSP Director of AgitProp Akilé Anai
#HandsOffUhuru Chair Mwezi Odom
APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela
St. Louis Ward 18 Alderman Jesse Todd
APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess
USM Chair Jesse Nevel
Susan Armstrong, Green Party of St. Louis
5:00 pm Recognition & Awards
5:30 pm Closing remarks
6:00 pm Close Day 1
Day Two ● Sunday, March 12, 2023
8:00 am Doors open, Meet & Greet with breakfast
9:00 am Welcome and Summation of Day 1
9:15 am Black Power Blueprint Tour Introduction
Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela
9:45 am Walking/ Bus Tour: Black Power Blueprint Projects & Sites of the FBI Attacks
Gary Brooks Community Garden & Murals
Community Basketball Court
African Independence Workforce Program & Housing
Redbud Ave Church Burning
Uhuru wa Kulea Health Center
Uhuru Jiko Kitchen & Bakery/ Cafe
Uhuru Solidarity Center
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm “Reparations for Black Star Industries”
USM National Secretary Sarah Ritterspach
1:40 pm Solidarity Statements
1:50 pm USM Goals, Calendar and Strategy for 2023-2024
USM Chair Jesse Nevel
USM Vice Chair & Treasurer Amanda Carlozzi
2:15 pm Q&A
2:25 pm Appointment of Chair
2:30 pm Election of USM National Steering Committee
2:50 pm Closing Remarks, Transition to Event with Hands Off Uhuru Lawyers
3:00 pm Special Event with Hands Off Uhuru Lawyers
5:00 pm Close Day