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Looking for Black American Expats going home for the Presidential election

A Black expat in Berlin is writing a story for theroot.com on Black expats returning to the US to vote in the election. If anyone is doing this or knows anyone who is, please contact Rose-Anne Clermont below. Her deadline in the 28th.

Thanks!

clermontroseanne(at)yahoo.com

RSA Thursday - US Elections 2008: the post-match analysis in London

Technorati Tags: US Presidential Elections,Candace Allen,Black UK,Americans Abroad

RSA Thursday - US Elections 2008: the post-match analysis

6th Nov 2008; 13:00


Event Venue: RSA 8 John Adam Street London WC2N 6EZ

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Join us for topical analysis of 2008’s historic US presidential election. An expert panel will gather to digest the election results, reflect upon the lessons of the campaign and look to the challenges ahead for the new American President.

Panel: Candace Allen, author, screenwriter and principal of Americans Abroad for Obama, London; Stryker McGuire, London Bureau Chief, Newsweek; Stefan Halper, former adviser to four US Presidents, director of the Donner Atlantic Studies programme, University of Cambridge and author of The Silence of the Rational Centre: Why American Foreign Policy is Failing.

Chair: Martin Kettle, columnist, The Guardian.




Speakers





Stefan Halper


Martin Kettle


Candace Allen


Stryker McGuire

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The New Black Women in Europe Blog

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New URL and look for the Black Women in Europe Blog!

I am very happy to announce that the Black Women in Europe Blog (B.W.I.E.) has a new home and a new look.

You can find it here:
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I am also pleased to announce that Black Women in Europe will launch a new website very soon to compliment the http://blog.blckwomenineurope.com B.W.I.E. blog.

And even more plans are in the works. I will tell you more when I can.

I would love your feedback on the new look http://blog.blackwomenineurope.com blog.

I will keep the Blogger blog active to provide access to the archives and enable fuure comments on previous posts.

However starting on Monday 7 July 2008 I will place all new posts at our new home!

Condi Rice will visit the Czech Republic

Update lauching Black European Women's Council on Sept. 9th 2008

Dear everybody!

Greetings from Vienna
This Mail is to remind you of the upcoming launching of the Black European Women's Council on Sept. 9th 2008 in the premises of the European Economic and Social Committee Rue Van maelant 1040 Brussels.

*Our achievements so far:*

1. Thanks to Brenda's unending support it was possible for us to secure the cooperation of the European Economic and Social Committee for this important event. This cooperation represents a very important step towards implementing the preamble of the Vienna Declaration which states "Our gathering here is an indication of the necessity for the EU to dialog with Black Women's Organisations EU-wide. The European Year for Intercultural Dialog therefore presents an opportunity to initiate and strengthen partnerships and alliances. We welcome purposeful efforts to engage with the EU in the implementation and in consequence in the securing and exercising of our rights as full citizens of the EU and EEA".

2. I had a meeting with the new Director of the Fundamental Rights Agency -FRA in Vienna last Friday and am very happy to inform you that Mr Morten Kjaerum, the Agency's Director, is very happy about our activities and is very interested to work with us to advance the cause of Black Women and Black Communities in Europe. He would love to be at the launching; unfortunately FRA's staff is on retreat on this date. So we agree he sends a video message for the launching.

3. I am most happy to inform those of you interested to attend the official launching on Sept. 9th, that the proposal I submitted to the *EACEA- Europe for Citizens* has been approved. This means we shall be able to cover part of your expenditures in form of perdiem (according to the EU Flat rates 2008). Enclose is the agenda of the launching for your information. The registration form is under www.bewnet.eu/company/registration-form/. Please register not later than August 15th 2008 for organisational reasons. We can cover perdiems for up to 3 participants per country.

4- With the funding of the EACEA we shall be able to host the first general assembly of BEWC (a slight change of agenda) and a workshop on how to organise national coordinations of BEWC in April 2009, in The Netherlands. We shall be able to cover perdiem for up to 40 participants all together.

At the moment I am working hard to secure a funding for a reception to celebrate our launching in Brussels. Should anybody know where we can apply for the sum of €10.000 to cover launch and reception, I shall be most grateful for your support.

We are currently working on the list of speakers for both the High Level Roundtable Discussion on "The role of Black Women in an all inclusive Europe, challenges faced by Black Communities" and the official speeches at the launching. We shall publish the final list on our website (www.bewnet.eu) as soon it is complete.

Please check www.bewnet.eu regularly for updates on this event. Be so kind to forward this invitation to interested black women and men around you. Should you have any questions, do please not hesitate to get back to us at anytime.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you again in Brussels for this great event.

With best greetings from Vienna

Beatrice

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Beatrice Chalice Executive Director
AFRA -- International Center for Black Women's Perspectives
Graumanngasse 7/D/1, 1150 Wien
Tel/Fax: +43 1 9660 425
ZVR-Zahl: 488597767
office @ blackwomencenter.org
www.blackwomencenter.org

ISD Bundestreffen in Helmarshausen in August

Bundesweite ISD Treffen

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Das ISD-Bundestreffen

Vom 07. - 10.08.2008 in Helmarshausen

Beim ISD-Bundestreffen

trifft sich jedes Jahr die Schwarze Gemeinschaft in Deutschland.
Im November 1985 riefen zum ersten Mal Schwarze Frauen und Männer bundesweit zu einem Treffen in Wiesbaden auf, um aus der damals erlebten Isolation in einer weißen Gesellschaft herauszutreten. Viele folgten diesem Aufruf. Das war der Anstoß für eine bundesweite (damals vorerst noch die alte Bundesrepublik Deutschland) Bewegung Schwarzer Menschen in Deutschland. Ein Novum im Deutschland nach dem Nationalsozialismus. Vieles hat sich seit diesen Anfängen geändert. Aus einer überschaubaren Anzahl von Kontakten wurde eine vielschichtige Vernetzung. Schwarze Menschen bearbeiten Themen miteinander, schaffen Diskussionsforen, schaffen Wissen, gestalten ihren privaten wie öffentlichen Raum. Es wird Workshops, Vorträge, Gespräche, Austausch, Infostände, Kinderprogramm und viel Raum zum Selbstgestalten geben. Abends gibt´s Kultur pur, z.B. Filme, Performance/ Lesung, DJ- und Live-Musik. Und natürlich könnt ihr bei Ragga, Soul, Soukouss, Hip Hop und allem was sonst noch Spaß macht, abtanzen. Themen auf den Bundestreffen sind Schwarze Geschichte, Schwarze Menschen in Bildung und Beruf, Schwarze Netzwerke, Schwarze Identitäten in Deutschland, Stärkung der Kinder und Jugend, Selbstbehauptung im Alltag, und vieles mehr ...

Teilnahmegebühren 2008:
(vorbehaltlich Änderungen)
Preis enthält Unterbringung, Essen und alle Veranstaltungen

Erwachsene 18 - 99 J.: Eur 119,00
Vollmitglieder Erwachsene 18 - 99 J.: Eur 100,00
Jugendliche 12 - 17 J.: Eur 80,00
ersten 2 Kinder 3 - 11 J.: je Eur 25,00, weitere frei
Kinder 0 - 2 J.: frei
Tagespreis ohne Übernachtung: Eur 50,00
Zuschlag Barzahlung vor Ort: Eur 3,00 (Ausnahme Tagespreis)

Weitere Infos:
Bundestreffen FAQ´s, oder was ich schon immer mal fragen wollte.

Black Women in Denmark Picnic

Black Girl on Mars (BGOM) in organizing a picnic for Black Women in Denmark.

What: Black Women in Denmark Picnic!
Who: Black Women in Denmark & Kids
When: Saturday August 9th , 2008 (Noon)

rsvp by July 31st

We will need drinks, salads, breads, main dishes. Please let us know what you intend to bring.

Contact BGOM via her blog if you would like to attend. Remember, the picnic is for Black Women only and their kids.

Italian Vogue: Black issue - July 2008

The July issue of Italian Vogue will feature all Black models. How beautiful is that? I would love a copy.



Get a preview now, and be sure to pick up a copy. Rumour has it they don't expect this issue to sell that well.

Young Motswana Entrepreneur Shines in Sweden

Hat tip to Time Out

TIME OUT caught up with Ayesha Bontle Quraishi, a Botswana born entertainment entrepreneur who now resides in Sweden

Interview By: Thabiso Maretlwaneng on her recent visit to the country of her birth as part of a Swedish Embassy initiative.


Aisha is poster the poster child for ambition. Not content with just being an accomplished hip-hop artist with four albums under her belt, she also has her hand in fashion design, filmmaking, television presenting on Swedish TV1, motivational speaking, lecturing and she runs a fully fledged multimedia production company.

Gazette: Where and when were you born?
Ayesha: I was born in Ramotswa in 1981 and my mother comes from Manyana and my father is an Indian-Swede.

Gazette: How long have you lived in Sweden?
Ayesha: My father moved to Sweden when I was 6 years old, but he traveled a lot around the world. I lived in Tanzania for 4 years, Zimbabwe for 2 years and also in India. I came back to Botswana when I was 18 and worked for the Swedish Friendship Association in Gaborone for a year and went back to Sweden.

Gazette: How did you get into the music industry?
Ayesha: After I finished my Natural Science in A-levels, I decided not to go for university but instead get into the music industry. In 2003, I recorded a controversial demo tape and sold a copy to a well respected club and radio DJ. It got airplay on radio. I went to Universal Music and the CEO liked it but they wanted me do commercial music instead of political issues. I love politics.

Read the full interview.

I just found out the I will be a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention in Denver!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My blogging colleague African American Political Pundit has invited me to join his team in Denver in August as a credentialed blogger at the Democratic National Convention!!!!!

I'm so excited. Now I have to raise the funds to attend and participate.

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