2021 Convention Program
DAY 1 – APRIL 17, SATURDAY
| TIME (EST) | WORKSHOP | PRESENTERS |
| 10:00AM | Roll-Call and Welcome | |
| 10:10AM | Report from USM Chair to the National Convention
“Reparations and class struggle” |
Jesse Nevel, USM National Chair |
| 10:25AM | “The Solidarity Front of the The African Revolution” | VIDEO |
| 10:40AM | APSP Keynote Address | Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Founder and Leader of the Uhuru Movement |
| 11:20AM | APSC Main Presentation | Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee |
| 11:45AM | Question and Answer Session | With Chairman Omali Yeshitela and APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess
Moderated by Jesse Nevel, USM Chair |
| 12:00PM | Lunch Break | |
| 12:30PM | Culture | |
| 12:40PM | “Vanguard Up!” Statements from Leaders of the African People’s Socialist Party | Members of the APSP National Central Committee |
| 1:20PM | “We Are Preparing to Govern: Building the Liberated African Economy” Report from the Office of Deputy Chair Ona Zene Yeshitela | Deputy Chair Ona Zene Yeshitela |
| 2:20PM | “What Will Your Legacy Be?”
Call for USM Membership and Reparations |
Mara Ratiu, USM Boston and Len Demmer, USM Philadelphia |
| 3:30PM | “Repair the Damage, Return the Stolen Wealth!” Reparations Legacy Project and the Make Wall Street Pay Reparations Campaign | Presented by the Reparations Legacy Project Steering Committee |
| 5:30PM | Closing Remarks | Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Chairwoman Penny Hess |
| 5:40PM | Adjourn | |
DAY 2 – APRIL 18, SUNDAY
| TIME (EST) | WORKSHOP | PRESENTERS |
| 10:00AM | Roll-Call and Welcome | |
| 10:10AM | “White Solidarity with Black Power, Worldwide!” Workshop on Organizing in South Africa, Europe and the UK | Luwezi Kinshasa, Secretary General of the African Socialist International
Tafarie Mugeri, Chair of the African People’s Socialist Party-Occupied Azania Lily Ehrlich, Uhuru Solidarity Movement in France Penny Hess, Chair of APSC Jesse Nevel, Chair of USM |
| 11:10AM | “Reparations through Organization! Building USM Membership and Branches” | Allie Aiello, USM International Recruitment of Membership Office |
| 12:20PM | Discussion | |
| 12:30PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:00PM | Uhuru Planet Vendor | |
| 1:15PM | “Material Solidarity is The Highest Expression of Unity through Reparations”: Report from the USM Treasurer | Amanda Carlozzi, Uhuru Solidarity Movement Vice-Chair and National Treasurer |
| 1:45PM | Discussion | |
| 2:00PM | “Fracturing the Territorial Integrity of the Colonial State”: APSC and USM’s Regional Strategy for Reparations and Solidarity with African Liberation | Presented by the APSC and USM Regional Coordinators |
| 3:30PM | “Building the Culture of Reparations”: The Reparations Challenge, Birthdays for Reparations, and Art for Reparations Campaigns | Leah Fifield, USM Minneapolis
Monica Chiotti, USM Portland Eva Conrad, USM Pittsburgh |
| 4:00PM | “Extending African Internationalism onto the Pedestal: Winning the War of Ideas” | Kyle Wyss, USM Info-Ed
Jamie Simpson, Host of “Reparations in Action” Podcast |
| 4:20PM | Discussion | |
| 4:30PM | Appointment of USM National Chair | Penny Hess, APSC Chair |
| 4:40PM | Election of USM National Steering Committee | |
| 5:05PM | Discussion | |
| 5:25PM | Closing remarks | Chairman Omali Yeshitela
Penny Hess |
| 5:35 PM | Adjourn | |