Convention
Join the growing movement: Solidarity with African, Indigenous, Palestinian and oppressed peoples!
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement (USM) announces our annual national convention, “White Solidarity with Black Power,” to be held on Saturday and Sunday, March 15-16, 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri! Under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party, USM organizes in the white community for reparations to African people and solidarity with African Liberation.
The movement of white people in solidarity with Black Power is growing throughout the world! Millions of white people are looking for the way to take action and refuse to be complicit with the atrocities being carried out by the U.S. government every single day in our name. Our stance against colonialism and genocide begins right here, inside the belly of the beast: Solidarity with African people, who have always been the drivers of progressive change!
Featuring powerful workshops and presentations:
Keynote presentations by Chairman Omali Yeshitela, founder and leader of the Uhuru Movement, and Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee.
Report-back from the front-lines of the historic trial, victory of the Uhuru 3 and the way forward for the anti-colonial free speech movement!
No more genocide in our name - from North St. Louis to Occupied Palestine!
Colonialism caused climate change: Catastrophic weather, fires and floods caused by the system of plunder, rape and pillage.
Building the Reparations Legacy Project: Reparations as a revolutionary demand!
How to build a branch of USM in your community or campus.
Black Power Blueprint: Concrete political-economic programs that are negating colonialism and building the independent, anti-colonial African economy.
Program
Check out the full 3-Day Program below
PRE-CONVENTION MEET & GREET: Friday March 14, 6PM.
Join us for a meet and greet social hour at the Uhuru Solidarity Center. Delicious Uhuru Foods and Pies will be served in honor of "Pi Day". 2654 Gravois Ave, St. Louis, MO 63118
Saturday, March 15: Doors open: 8AM. Program: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM. (ALSO ON ZOOM)
Awards + Culture night with dinner: 5:30-7:30PM (ALSO ON ZOOM- RSVP to perform)
Light breakfast provided, pre-pay for lunch and dinner on registration page. 4101 W. Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115
Sunday, March 16: Doors open: 8AM.
Program: 9:00AM-5:00PM. (ALSO ON ZOOM) Light breakfast provided, pre-pay for lunch on registration page. 4101 W. Florissant Ave, St. Louis, MO 63115
Detailed Program
Pre-Convention Meet & Greet ● Friday, March 14, 6pm Uhuru Solidarity Center, 2654 Gravois Ave. St Louis, MO 63118
2025 Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention
Day One ● Saturday, March 15, 2025
8:00 am: Doors open, refreshments
9:00 am: Welcome - MCs Cara + Jamie
9:05 am: Dedication - USM Vice Chair Amanda Carlozzi
9:10 am: Video about USM, white solidarity with Black Power - VIDEO
9:15 am: Culture: FoFeet
9:25 am: APSC Keynote: APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess
9:55 am: APSP Keynote: APSP Chairman Omali Yeshitela
10:45 am: Political Report to USM Convention - USM Chair Jesse Nevel and the Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Steering Committee
11:45 am: Discussion
12:00 pm Lunch / Group Photo
1:00 pm ODC Workshop - APSP Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela
2:00 pm Unity through Reparations! A Call for Material Solidarity
3:00: Solidarity Statements
3:10 pm: “The Anti-Colonial Struggle is the Driving Force of History: Victory to African, Indigenous and Palestinian People!”
5:00 pm: Announcements; Adjourn until evening event
5:30 pm: Reparations Culture & Awards night
Day Two ● Sunday, March 16, 2025
8:00 am: Doors open, refreshments
9:00 am Welcome - MCs: Mads + Indigo
9:05 am Day 1 Summation - Jesse
9:15 - 11:00 “The role of white people in the struggle for black reparations”
MODERATOR: Len - Introduction - 5 minutes
Chairwoman Penny Hess 20 mins
Efia Nwangaza 20 mins
Chairman Omali Yeshitela 20 mins
15 minutes Q&A
11:00 Intro to Black Power Blueprint Tour APSP Deputy Chair Ona Zené Yeshitela
11:20 Walking Tour: Black Power Blueprint
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 pm How to Join the African People’s Solidarity Committee APSC Secretary General Alison Hoehne
2:15 “What Will Your Legacy Be? Build the Reparations Legacy Project"
4:15 Discussion
4:30 Elections of USM NSC; Appointment of USM Chair
5:05 pm: Closing remarks
5:20 pm: Adjourn
Register
Register for both days in-person and on zoom at
Join us for the Culture of Reparations Awards Night on Sat. March 15th, 6pm CT.
RSVP for your spot on the mic at
Need help paying for your convention ticket? Apply for the sponsorship fund by emailing
Hotel
HOTEL INFORMATION:
Drury Inn, St. Louis Airport 10490 Natural Bridge Rd St Louis, Missouri, 63134
24 hr shuttle, Free Breakfast, Evening Drinks and Snacks
If you're unsure whether you can make it in person, you may cancel 24 hours up to the booking.
Reservations may be made by calling 1-800-325-0720 or at https://www.druryhotels.com/bookandstay/newreservation/.
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Registration
Sliding scale registration $50-$250. Register now at whitesolidaritywithblackpower.eventbee.com.
The Call
If you want to fight back against Trump, stand with the Black Revolution!
A call to attend the Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Convention
As the explosive crisis of the social system deepens under Trump 2.0, with the U.S. government’s escalating military expulsions of Mexican/Indigenous people and threats to annex and occupy Gaza, now is the time for white people to join the real fight-back under the leadership of the African Revolution! Stand in solidarity with African, Palestinian, Indigenous and oppressed peoples of the world!
Penny Hess, Chairwoman of the African People’s Solidarity Committee, writes in her article It’s Not Just Trump, It’s the Whole Damn System: “With the second Trump administration, many white people are raising the spectre of ‘fascism,’ finding themselves in a fearful, demoralized or paralyzed state. Clearly, we live in a time when struggle and fightback is a necessity. The question is how do we struggle and to what end.”
Chairman Omali Yeshitela, founder and leader of the Uhuru Movement, has called us to action with this statement: “White people want to know how to fight against this system? Come and ask us. Get under the leadership of the Black Revolution and we will lead you to freedom.”
Join the Uhuru Solidarity Movement, the organization of white people working under the leadership of the African People’s Socialist Party who are fighting to end the system of colonialism once and for all. This is the way forward!
We call on all white people who want to join the growing movement of anti-colonial solidarity to attend the USM National Convention, “White Solidarity with Black Power,” on March 15-16, 2025 in St. Louis, Missouri. Register today at uhurusolidarity.org/register.
As Chairman Yeshitela teaches, the alarm of “fascism” is raised when white people begin to fear that we may experience what African and oppressed peoples face everyday under the system of colonialism. The reality is that no matter who is in the White House, African people in this country continue to catch hell through police terror, mass incarceration, gentrification and other conditions of colonial oppression.
The USM National Convention is our opportunity to join the struggle against colonialism, the bloodsucking system of war and destruction built on the enslavement of African people and genocide of the Indigenous people for the benefit of the white population.
Colonialism is not a thing of the past! From north St. Louis to occupied Palestine, colonized peoples are leading the fight. The anti-colonial struggle for national liberation and self-determination is the only true basis for the end of imperialist wars and genocide. This is the future for all of humanity!
In the 1950s and 60s when the cry of “fascism” was raised during the “Red Scare” McCarthy era, it was African freedom fighters like Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer and Rosa Parks who fought back to keep the democratic space open.
The same is true today. Don’t despair, organize! White people can be a part of building a positive future for all of humanity. Join the fightback under the leadership of the African working class, who have always been the leaders and drivers of progressive change!
Join the growing number of activists, students, volunteers, supporters and people of all ages and backgrounds who are coming to St. Louis, MO for the USM convention! Hear directly from the leadership of the African Revolution, Chairman Omali Yeshitela and learn how you can take action and fight back for justice, peace and reparations.
Join the movement for reparations as a revolutionary act of solidarity!
A new world is being born. We can join the rest of humanity through solidarity with African, Indigenous, Palestinian, colonized and oppressed peoples who are fighting for a future where nobody lives at another’s expense!
Unity Through Reparations!
Attend the USM National Convention March 15-16 in St. Louis!
White Solidarity with Black Power! Join the growing movement!
Solidarity with African, Indigenous, Palestinian, and oppressed peoples!
No More Genocide In Our Name!
Register today at uhurusolidarity.org/register.
Endorsers
Check back soon. Endorsers to be announced.