"Projecting Change and Continuity Under the Obama Administration" at Howard University

Presented by Africa Action in collaboration with Howard University African Studies Department

FEBRUARY 19 , 2009   1PM-5PM
Howard University, Blackburn Center Auditorium

Official Opening: Emira Woods
  Africa Action Board Chairperson & Co-Director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute of Policy Studies

Keynote Address: Semhar Araia- Africa analyst and lawyer, member of the Obama-Biden Presidential Transition Team. Semhar formerly served as an Africa Analyst for The Elders, a US House of Representatives foreign policy legislative assistant, and an international law attorney for the implementation of the Eritrea-Ethiopia peace agreement before the
Eritrea- Ethiopia Claims Commission

Professor Shadrack Gutto-Renowned African scholar, author, educator and African Renaissance advocate (South Africa)

Experts Panel

Conflict & Militarism
Professor Mahmood Mamdani, Columbia University- Renowned author and expert in African history, politics and international relations. He has been named as one of the to 100 public intellectuals in the world by the magazine Foreign Policy in May 2008 and the UK magazine Prospect in July 2008.

Economic Policy
Neil Watkins, Executive Director, Jubilee USA Network

Global Health Policy
Krista Johnson, professor in the African Studies Department at Howard University

Environment, Climate Change & Food Security Leslie Fields, Programs Director, Sierra Club

OPEN RECEPTION: 5PM-7PM
(Drinks and bites provided)

RSVP & Information
outreach@africaaction.org; 202-546-7961

http://www.africaaction.org/docs/AA_HUPolicyForum2.pdf

Free Admission