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REPAIRED NATIONS creates redress for historic trends of colonization and oppression through cooperative training and development for collective ownership. Initially, REPAIRED NATIONS focuses on building wealth in Black communities by giving youth the tools needed to remain rooted: access to land and access to capital. Bookclubs, Workshops, and Trainings will educate and inspire communities to engage in cooperative effort, while giving grounded, practical skills for collective ownership.
Ultimate Goal: Global Network of cooperatively run enterprises that trade amongst each other and create inter- generational wealth for families and communities.
Immediate Goal: To educate youth of color in California about cooperative enterprise and develop necessary infrastructure for cooperative development in under-resourced, disadvantages communities.
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We find ourselves in the middle of the UN’s International Decade for Peoples of African Descent and in the midst of the Year of Return, proclaimed by Ghana’s president in 2019 to mark 400 years since the start of the transatlantic slave trade. Ghana is poised to remain a seat of power after the African Free Trade Agreement created the world’s largest free trade zone, encompassing 54 African countries, and Ghana was chosen as the administrative seat. The African Diaspora is positioned to jumpstart an economy once terrorized by colonialism.
Repaired Nations seeks to help African Americans find their way into African's Renaissance in ways that coalesces the Diaspora, and heals deep economic and psychic wounds. We are organizing a cultural exchange trip to create pathways for African Americans to reinvest in Ghana regeneratively, without perpetuating the inequities of today's capitalism.
Ghana Year of Return 2019 Overview
Cooperative Conference Vision
In partnership with the Ghana Cooperatives Council, we will host an un-conference in Accra at the National Theatre where attendees will share knowledge and experience. This conference will begin, re-establish, and strengthen economic relationships throughout the African Diaspora.
Following the Conference we will conduct a 50 year policy visioning to begin creating shared agendas, structuring collective efforts, offer experience and expertise to local projects, and engage in critical conversations regarding international cooperative exchange of resources. Attendees will create guidelines for our selves and others to create cooperative relationships that bloom into
Ghana Year of Return 2019 Itinerary
Oct 11 - Depart US
Oct 12 - Arrive
Oct 13 - Nkrumah Memorial ,Tour of Accra, Cultural Center & Restaurant on the Atlantic,
Oct 14 - Fabric marking, WEB Du Bois, Pats Veggies
Oct 15 - Conference Day 1
Oct 16 - Conference Day 2
Oct 17 - Cape Coast - Elmina Slave Dungeon, One Africa Restaurant, Bonfire @ Eco-Hotel
Oct 18 - Karum National Forest, Asebu Village, Return to Accra
Oct 19 - Shopping / Music Studio, Depart Ghana
Ghana Year of Return Attendees
28 Black or POC Cooperative Entrepreneurs ages 6 - 65 depart in 2019
We are organizing a cultural exchange trip to create pathways for African Americans to reinvest in Ghana regeneratively, without perpetuating the problems of capitalism. Our cultural exchange invites West African and U.S. cooperatives to begin dialogue for a co-created equitable development policy for Ghanaian economic development, and beyond. Dialogue is the key to our trip, for only through dialogue can two distanced peoples begin to find synergies between themselves, only through dialogue can new arrivals to Ghana know what Ghanaians want for Ghana and how to help steward this vision. This conference will begin, re-establish, and strengthen economic relationships throughout the African Diaspora.
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Take Care of Each Other
World Tour
Black Seed Cuisine
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75+ Attendees
Each day
75+ Attendees
Each day
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Pan African Solidarity Economy Network Values
PASEN Focus Areas
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Communications
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Short Term Projects
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Long Term Projects
Conference Committees
Conference
Members: Greg, Stacey, Renee, Mazin, Sacajawea
Fundraising
Members: Greg, Mazin, Deli, Jasmine, Crsna, Andre, Mandela, Ajman, Kingdom, Honey Gold Jasmine
Administration
Members: Greg , Jasmine, Aya Centre for Intercultural Awareness and Development, Mazin, Ethnic Ties
Media
Members: Malakia, Andre, Crsna, Deli, Honey Gold Jasmine, Mazin, Ajman, Greg, Shayara, Mia, Tut, Najari
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Total Cost: $60,000
Average Cost Person: $2,000
Assistance Requested: $23,540
Average Assistance Requested Per Person : $785
Requested Ticket Price: $1400 per person
Total Ticket Sales: $20,000
Average Amount Paid Per Person: $665
Donations & Sponsorships: $41,746
Suggested Reading List:
https://thenextsystem.org/building-cooperative-solidarity-commonwealth