We are excited to announce an amazing opportunity to join A²MEND board members in traveling abroad to the University of Cape Coast, Ghana to participate in a momentous academic-based All African Diaspora Education Summit from September 19-24, 2022.
This historic summit promises to be a profound professional development opportunity for African American educational professionals to understand both the historic and current educational context that will create the space and freedom to reimagine how we teach and serve Black students. Moreover, this convening will seek to heal, restore and invigorate African Americans who have experienced the weight of working in spaces that have caused harm due to anti-Blackness and racism.
This summit will attract educational practitioners, preeminent scholars and administrators from across the globe. California’s community colleges serve the highest number of Black students in the state. Thus, our voices need to be present and centered in this global conversation.
Attendees will need to secure a tourist visa for this trip, which adds additional timing to the travel process. Your passport must be sent to the Ghanaian Embassy in Washington, D.C. within 7-20 business days, depending on if it is expedited. This means that you will not have access to your passport during this time; so if you have travel plans that will require use of your passport, you should plan accordingly. More travel preparation information can be found here: https://ghanaembassydc.org/visa/
To learn more about this incredible summit, please visit A2MEND.ORG and click on the summit flyer, which will direct you to the summit’s information page.
We hope to see you at this incredible summit!