25 Anniversary of the Tribute to the Ancestors of the Middle Passage

NBUF 35th National Convention Outline

NBUF National Convention Outline

Thursday July 10

6:00 pm – 10 pm

National Town Hall Meeting
Omowale Clay, Dr. Ray Winbush and Eugene Puryear
 Gentrification & Discrimination in Housing and Education:
Why We Need Reparations

Friday July 11

6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Dr. Leonard Jeffries & Dr. Conrad Worrill
– African History as a Tool for Liberation

Saturday July 12

9:00 am

Registration

9:30 am Opening Ceremony

·       Prayer

·       Libation

·       Pledge to the Red Black & Green

·       National Anthem

Adult Track

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Buy Black Empowerment Initiative

11:30 – 12pm
Lunch/Vendors

12pm – 1:30pm
History of the NBUF

1:45pm – 3:15 pm
Baba James Small – Spirituality, Culture and the Liberation Movement

Youth Summit (Young Adult Track)

10:00 am – 11:30 am

Ajamu Youth Investment Group

11:30 am – 12pm
Lunch/Vendors

12pm – 1:30 pm

Sex, Hip Hop & Mass Media

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm

Nation of Gods and Earths Influence on Hip Hop

Young Child (ages 12 and under)
10:00 am - RBG Art Project

11:30 – 12pm
Lunch

12 pm – 1:30 pm
Leon Dixon Youth S.T.E.M. Science Fair

1:45 pm – 3:15 pm

African Dance

Saturday July 12

6:30 pm – 10pm
NBUF National Unity Dinner & Award Ceremony (***$25***)

Sunday July 13

9:00 am

Registration

9:30 am Opening Ceremony

·       Prayer

·       Libation

·       Pledge to the Red Black & Green

·       National Anthem

10:00 am – 11:50 am

State of NBUF: Convention Analysis

12pm – 3pm

Marimba Ani - Spiritual Warfare

6:30pm – 10pm (***$10***)

NBUF Political Prisoners Performing Arts Show – Featuring the Last Poets & Taalam Acey

All events are free with registration, unless otherwise noted.

For online registration, ticketed event purchase and vending, please visit: nbufdc.org

Suggested Convention Hotels:

Hilton Crystal City at Washington Reagan Rational Airport

2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington VA 22202 (703) 418 6800

Vegetarian and Non Vegetarian food options will be available.

There are activities for adults, and workshops for adults and children of all ages.

Mass Incarceration and Political Prisoners

@NBUF National #MLK Symposium 2014

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ALERT

Contact:
Salim Adofo
347 - 422 - 7823
blackunitedfront@gmail.com

Who:

EZ Street of WKYS 93.9FM, Kofi Taharka NBUF National Chairperson, Ajamu Webster NBUF Kansas City Chapter Chairperson, Nsaa Dance Ensemble, Dr. Conrad Worrill Director Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies of Northeastern Illinois University, Taylor Amos President Delta Sigma Theta, Shirley Jones, Esq. President, Black In Government, Dr. Greg Carr Chair of Howard University Afro-American Studies Department, Charis Goff President, Greater Washington Urban League's Thursday Network, and John Chapman City Councilman, Alexandria VA.

What:

The National Black United Front will convene its National Martin Luther King Symposium 2014.  The theme is “Where do we go from here: Education or Incarceration? Organizing for Community Control over Education.”

When:

January 17, 2014 from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Where:

Howard University Blackburn Center, 2400 6th Street NW Washington, DC 20001

Additional Info:

Admission is Free

@NBUF National #MLK Symposium 2014

@NBUF Sankofa Caravan to the Ancestors 2013

@NBUF Sankofa Caravan to the Ancestors 2013, a set on Flickr.

@NBUF - On the Front Lines by @SalimAdofo