A National Dialogue on the Sudan
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Template:TOCnestleft A National Dialogue on the Sudan
National Dialogue on the Sudan
In Memory of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X)
A National Dialogue on the Sudan
Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005
THE UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BLDG. 46 - MAIN AUDITORIUM
Among the Invited Speakers
- Sheikh Muhammad Nur Abdullah, Islamic Society of North America
- US Representative Elijah Cummings, Congressional Black Caucus
- Ambassador Khidir H. Ahmed, Embassy of the Republic of Sudan
- Imam Khalid Fattah Griggs, Journalist and Community Activist
- Akbar Muhammad, International Representative of the Nation Of Islam
- Rev. Walter Fauntroy [or] Joe Madison, Sudan Campaign
- Imam Siraj Wahhaj, Muslim Alliance of North America
- Rev. Graylan Hagler, Plymouth Congregational Church
- Dr. Mustafa Osman Isma’il, Sudanese Foreign Minister
- John Garang, Vice President of the Republic of Sudan *
- Dora Muhammad, Editor The Final Call Newspaper
- Sheikh Muhammad Shareef, The Sankore Institute
- Rev. Willie Wilson, Union Temple Baptist Church
- Bill Reed, The Coalition To Give Peace A Chance
- Omar Ismail, Darfur Peace And Development
- Imam Zaid Shakir, The Zaytuna Institute
- US Representative Donald Payne, (D-NJ)
- Damu Smith, Black Voices For Peace
- Bill Fletcher, TransAfrica Forum
The National Conference/Dialogue on the Sudan will take place (Feb 27th), culminating a week long observance for an Afro-American Muslim leader who was (and still is) most deserving.
- We expect to be joined by a host of local grass-roots community leaders and activists (and possibly a few from outside the Washington area) for the press conference. Our hope is that we will also be joined by leaders from some of our “major Muslim organizations” (i.e., CAIR, ISNA, ICNA, MAS, MPAC, etc), as this will be an opportunity for us to make a unified statement of concern and support for the Sudan and its people – particularly in light of the crisis in Darfur.
- The objective will be threefold: (a) enlightened dialogue on the crisis in Sudan; (b) education for the community; (c) and a far more constructive engagement of African Americans on this issue than what we’ve seen thus far.
This conference is being sponsored by The Committee for Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Sudan (a project of The Peace And Justice Foundation).[1]