USM Convention Program
Saturday, March 7th
12:00 pm Registration / Light Refreshments
1:00 pm Convening of the USM Convention
Dianne Tornay – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Gainesville Chair
1:10 pm “Breaking the Silence! Report to the USM National Convention”
Jesse Nevel – Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Chair
1:30 pm “Colonialism Must Go! White Solidarity with African Resistance!”
Penny Hess – African People’s Solidarity Committee Chair
2:05 pm Cultural Performance by Inez Barlatier, Miami-based World Beat Artist
2:20 pm Keynote Presentation: “African Self-determination and the Crisis of Imperialism”
Chairman Omali Yeshitela – African Socialist International
3:20 pm “#BeLikeChe: Solidarity with African Liberation! Reparations Now!”
Jesse Nevel – Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Chair
Dr. Wendy Craig – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Economic Development Chair
4:00 Break
4:15 pm “Women’s Liberation Through the Eyes of African, Arab and Indigenous Women”
Panel Discussion featuring:
Yejide Orunmila – African People’s Socialist Party – Washington DC
Herdosia Bentom – Membership Coordinator, Ferguson branch of International
People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement
Dr. Wendy Craig – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Economic Development Chair
5:45 Discussion
Penny Hess – African People’s Solidarity Committee Chair
6:30 Adjourn
Sunday, March 8th
9:00 Registration
10:00 Opening Remarks
Dianne Tornay – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Gainesville Chair
10:15 Building the Days in Solidarity with African People
Jesse Nevel – Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Chair
Dr. Wendy Craig – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Economic Development Chair
12:00 Lunch
12:00 We Are Not Charlie! Engaging in the War of Ideas
Jesse Nevel – Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Chair
Jamie Simpson, Uhuru Solidarity Movement Reparation in Action Radio Show
Coordinator
Johann Bedingfield, Uhuru Solidarity Movement Outreach Coordinator
1:30 Membership and Capacity-Building Workshop
Dianne Tornay – Uhuru Solidarity Movement Gainesville Chair
2:00 Elections
Jesse Nevel – Uhuru Solidarity Movement National Chair
2:30 Closing Remarks
Penny Hess – African People’s Solidarity Committee Chair
3:00 Adjourn