Inclusive Security:  
New Approaches for U.S. National Security Policy
Ending the Marginalization of Africa and the African Diaspora

9:30 am      Continental Breakfast

9:50 am      Opening Remarks

10:00 am    A NEW FRAMEWORK AND DIRECTION

A New Framework and Direction for U.S. Foreign Policy

• Clarence Lusane, Co-Chair, TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council

Ending the Marginalization of Africa and the Diaspora

• Danny Glover, Chair, TransAfrica Forum, Board of Directors

The Obama Administration: Opportunities and Challenges

• Ronald Walters, Member, TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council

Respondent: Gary Flowers, Black Leadership Forum (invited)

11:15 am     THE HUMAN SECURITY PROJECT

The Human Security Framework

• Randy Persaud, Member, TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council

Inclusive Security: New Approaches to U.S. National Security Policy

• Joseph Jordan, Co-Chair, TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council

The Human Security Project: Implications for TransAfrica Forum

• Nicole Lee, Executive Director, TransAfrica Forum

Discussants: Bill Minter, Editor AfricaFocus Bulletin;  Horace Campbell, Syracuse University;  and Sharon Weiner, American University

TransAfrica Forum, with the assistance of the TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council, has launched “The Human Security Project.”  The project aims to foster debate on a new inclusive framework for U.S. security policy and its implications for Africa and the African Diaspora, compatible with the emerging scholarly and international consensus on human security. It is urgent not only to replace the disastrous policies of the last eight years, but also to shape a new policy direction that prioritizes inclusive human security, multilateral approaches, and interdependence with other nations rather than focusing narrowly on bilateral and militaristic responses to perceived threats.
 

 
  
The Human Security Project is a cooperative effort of TransAfrica Forum and the TransAfrica Forum Scholars Council, co-chaired by:  

Clarence Lusane, Ph.D., School of International Service, American University, and
Joseph Jordan, Ph.D., Director, Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Other participants in consultations and drafting of the policy framework include:

• Horace Campbell, Ph.D., Syracuse University;

• Gerald Horne, Ph.D., Gerald Horne, John J. and Rebecca Moores Chair of History and African American Studies, University of Houston;

• William Minter, Editor, AfricaFocus Bulletin;

• Randy Persaud, Ph.D., Director, Comparative and Regional Studies, School of International Service, American University;

• Yash Tandon, Executive Director, The South Centre, Geneva, Switzerland;

• Dr. Ronald Walters, Distinguished Leadership Scholar, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland at College Park; and

• Sharon K. Weiner, Professor, School of International Studies, American University.

TransAfrica Forum is the leading advocacy organization for Africa and the African Diaspora in U.S. foreign policy. TransAfrica Forum helped lead the world protest against apartheid in South Africa. The organization was a key player in Zimbabwe’s liberation movement and the restoration of Democracy in Haiti. Today TransAfrica Forum works for human and economic justice for African people on the continent of Africa, in Latin America and in the Caribbean. For more information visit www.transafricaforum.org