SRDC 2022 International Summit in Panama City, Panama (September 22

The Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) will host its 14th Annual International Conference from September 22 – 25, 2022 in Panama City, Panama.

The 14th Annual International Summit of the Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC) will be held from September 22 – 25 in Panama City, Panama.

For too many Pan-African activists, the geographical regions of Central and South America are seen as afterthoughts in the organization and uplift of Black people worldwide, despite the fact that the second largest population of people of Afrikan descent can be found in South America (Brazil), and there are tens of millions of us in Central America and northern South America.

SRDC’s longstanding friendship and alliance with the Central American Black Organization or CABO (“Organizacion Negra Centroamericana” or “ONECA” in Spanish) inspires and leads us to continue our tradition of reaching out to the entire Pan-African Diaspora by holding this year’s International Summit in the nation of Panama, a place that has become an attractive landing spot for African-Americans who have decided to leave the United States for a more culturally satisfying experience.

The 2022 SRDC Summit will continue to pursue the theme of “21st Century Pan Africanism: Moving Africa Forward” by including in its program a series of presentations that should not only provide historical background to our work, but also explore the “nuts and bolts” of grassroots community organizing, discuss on-the-ground projects that are currently in motion, and lay out concrete plans for the future. The Summit will also be made available to organizational allies and supporters via a Zoom link, and portions of the Summit will be made available to the public shortly after the Summit via this and affiliated Websites as well as Facebook. For the Summit Program and Schedule, please click here.

The Location will be the Wyndham Hotel, Albrook Mall, Panama City, Panama.

Expected Presenters

Professor David L. Horne, International Facilitator, Sixth Region Diaspora Caucus (SRDC)
Dr. Barryl Biekman, Founder, African Union African Diaspora 6th Region Facilitators Working Group (AUADSFWG) Europe
The Honorable Louise M. Siaway, Former Minister of Information, Cultural Affairs and Tourism in the Liberian Government, Founder and CEO of Sehwah Liberia
Mrs. Grace Abena James, Sixth Region African Diaspora Alliance Tanzania (6RADAT)
President-General Akili Nkrumah of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) Rehabilitating Committee 2020
NswtMwt Dr. ChenziRa Kahina, KPRA Director, Per Ankh M Smai Tawi; 2nd Asst. President General/ HCG Caribbean Americas of the UNIA ACL RC2020; Former/Inaugural Director of VI Caribbean Cultural Center, Virgin Islands of the United States (VIUS)
Mr. Melvin Brown, Melvin Brown Law Firm, on-the-ground Community Activist, Panama
Mr. Edly Hall Reid, Professor and Social Planner, Promoter and Activist of Human and Ethnic Rights, Costa Rica

Conference General Schedule

1. Arrival in Panama (Wednesday, September 21)

2. Workshops (Thursday, September 22 – Saturday, September 24):

Re-Addressing the Pan Africanism of Central, South and Latin America
A Report on the Latest SRDC Projects in African Countries
Stepping Up Pan African Presence in Africa
The Pan African Declaration of the Afro Latin, Central and South American Population

3. Visitation and Tour (Sunday, September 25)

Hotel Accommodations

To learn more about the Wyndham Panama Albrook Mall Hotel & Convention Center, please click below: