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“We believe the success of Afro-Americans is bound up with the emancipation of all African peoples and also other dependent peoples and laboring classes everywhere.”
From the declaration of the 5th Pan-African Congress (1945)
Spotlight
- TransAfrica Forum says U.S. Relief Efforts in Haiti Are Not Being Effective
Claims by Southern Command that ‘The Medical Situation Has Improved’ are Unfounded
“The situation in Haiti remains dire. No one should be deceived. Hundreds of people still desperately need medical care, shelter and food. The U.S. needs to remain vigilant and provide effective assistance" --Nicole Lee, President of TransAfrica Forum in Haiti this weekQuoted in the New York Times on Wednesday, March 10th, a spokesman for the United States Southern Command stated, “The situation on the ground in terms of the medical situation has improved.” Mr. Jose Ruiz goes on to say, “Demand for medical care is not exceeding the capacity of facilities on the ground.” Mr. Ruiz’s statement flies in the face of evidence discovered over the past two weeks by TransAfrica Forum staff and numerous civil society partners in Haiti. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians are going without food, shelter and medical care every day. TransAfrica’s President, Nicole Lee, is in Haiti this week and has seen first hand that assistance programs are failing to meet the enormous need. - Emergency Relief Petition for Haiti
The clock is ticking. We must act now!
The magnitude 7.0 earthquake in Haiti killed over 230,000 people, injured 300,000, and left over 1.3 million people homeless. The response from the U.S. was swift and overwhelming; President Obama pledged $100 million dollars in emergency relief and people in the United States contributed over $700 million dollars to charities. Despite this generous outpouring of support, most of the survivors of Haiti's earthquake still suffer...
Current Issues
- Haiti Response Coalition National ConferenceParc Historique de la Canne A Sucre, February 23-24, 2010Press BriefingAfter the great and incomparable earthquake hit the country of Haiti, on January 12, 2010, more than three hundred thousand (300,000) people, from all areas and of all ages, died. State infrastructure and all its institutions have been destroyed.
- TransAfrica Forum BlogPlease share information on TransAfrica Forum's blog about situation in Haiti! Bookmark transafricaforum.blogspot.com and tell your friends. Also click here for more information on the earthquake and its aftermath in Haiti.
- 2010 Calendar: For the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Order your 2010 TransAfrica Forum Calendar TODAY--REDUCED PRICE!! The year 2010 marks the 35th anniversary of the first World Conference on Women, held in Mexico City, Mexico, in 1975. This conference and others that followed in 1980, 1985 and 1995 complemented what the United Nations had initiated in 1946 with the establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women, dedicated to gender equality and the advancement of women. The culmination of the Commission’s work to promote women’s rights and to monitor the situation of women was the adoption of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women by the UN General Assembly on December 19, 1979. This convention went into force as an international treaty in 1981.
Upcoming Events
- March 11, 2010 - March 15, 2010
TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI Silver are proud to present the sixth annual New African Films Festival featuring the vibrancy of African filmmaking from all corners of the continent. Featuring in person: directors Ras Tre Subira and Baff Akoto and his award-winning film FOOTBALL FABLES!