Youth Activism in the Congo
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Adelphi University faculty members have agreed to open their classes for speakers on different topics as part of Global Congo Week.
Congolese youth will speak about their work in movements, resistance, alternatives, arts, culture and many remarkable initiatives of the people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on all fronts.
Moderated by Melanie Bush.
This event is part of Congo Week events at Adelphi University.
About Congo Week
Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo invites us at Adelphi to participate in upcoming Global Congo Week activities. Congo Week and Congo in Harlem.
Perhaps you are already familiar with the importance of Congo and the powerful work done by Friends of the Congo through education and activism. If not, please consider taking time to learn about the particularities of history and the contemporary situation. With the centrality of Congolese minerals to all technology, there is continuing colonial ravages and unyielding resistance of the Congolese people. The Congo Week website has a vast array of resources including a full curriculum.
- Sponsors: Adelphi University Department of Sociology, Adelphi University African, Black & Caribbean Studies Program
- Co-sponsors: Adelphi University Department of Anthropology, Adelphi University First-Year Program, Adelphi University Levermore Global Scholars Program, the University of Johannesburg Centre for Sociological Research and Practice
To RSVP or request accommodations, please contact:
Melanie Bush
bush@adelphi.edu