2020 Convention Program
DAY 1 – APRIL 18, SATURDAY
| TIME (EST) | WORKSHOP | PRESENTERS |
| 10:00AM | Roll-Call and Welcome | Allie Aiello, MC |
| 10:15AM | “Who We Are: Uhuru Solidarity Movement” – Video Presentation | Video |
| 10:20AM | “Overview to the National Convention” | Jesse Nevel, USM National Chair |
| 10:40AM | APSP Keynote Address:
“The Vanguard of the African Revolution and the Crisis of Imperialism” |
Chairman Omali Yeshitela Founder and Leader of the Uhuru Movement |
| 11:20AM | APSC Keynote Address:
“The Reparations Front of the People’s War” |
Penny Hess, Chair of the African People’s Solidarity Committee |
| 11:50AM | Question and Answer Session
With Chairman Omali Yeshitela and APSC Chairwoman Penny Hess |
Moderated by Jesse Nevel, USM Chair |
| 12:10PM | Lunch Break | |
| 12:55PM | “The Independent, Anti-Colonial, African Economy” – Workshop by the Office of Deputy Chair | Deputy Chair Ona Zene Yeshitela
Ticharwa Masimba Kitty Reilly |
| 2:00PM | “I Defend the African Workers’ Economy”
Call for USM Membership and Reparations |
KC Mackey, Jesse Nevel |
| 3:00PM | “The People’s War Strategy” Workshop | Chairman Omali Yeshitela Dr. Aisha Fields Pres. Kalambayi Andenet Director Akile Anai Penny Hess |
| 5:00PM | Closing Remarks | Chairman, CW Penny, others |
| 5:30PM | Review the agenda for Day 2 and Adjourn | Allie Aiello, MC |
DAY 2 – APRIL 19, SUNDAY
| TIME (EST) | WORKSHOP | PRESENTERS |
| 10:00AM | Roll-Call and Welcome | |
| 10:15 AM | Overview and Summation of Day 1 | Jesse Nevel, USM National Chair |
| 10:25AM | Workshop: “Make Wall Street Pay: Reparations Now!” The Moneyed Sector Strategy | Chairman Omali Yeshitela Jesse Nevel, USM Chair Penny Hess, APSC Chair Mads Ambrose, Reparations Tours Halley Murray, USM Northern Region |
| 12:30PM | Lunch Break | |
| 1:15PM | “Reparations Means Material Solidarity”
USM Fundraising and Budget Report |
Amanda Carlozzi, USM Treasurer Monica Chiotti, Birthday Fundraisers Leah Fifield, Reparations Challenge Give STL Day, Jesse and KC Mackey |
| 2:15PM | “Joining The Fight for Reparations to African People Is the Most Meaningful Decision I Ever Made” Report from the USM Membership Office |
Allie Aiello, USM IRMO Chair Members of the International Recruitment and Membership |
| 3:15PM | “Reparations and the Regional Strategy” Reports from the USM Regional Committees |
Jesse Nevel, USM Chair Allie Aiello, South Halley Murray, North KC Mackey, MidwestMads, West |
| 4:50PM | Appointment of USM National Chair | Penny Hess, APSC Chair |
| 5:00PM | Election of USM National Steering Committee | |
| 5:30PM | Closing remarks | Chairman Omali Yeshitela
Penny Hess |
| 6:00PM | Adjourn |