Parallel Programs

Thursday, June 3

Trade, Economic Development, and Investment with Africa: Promoting High-tech and Multi-media Exchange with the Continent

8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Roybal Auditorium, Oakland Federal Building
1301 Clay Street, Oakland

John W. Templeton, Coordinator, Coalition for Fair Employment, Silicon Valley
Faheem I. Iameed, Executive Director, Center of International Trade
Dr. A. Kofi Tetteh, Professor of Economics, University of San Francisco
John Thompson, Principal Engineer, Macromedia

Teaching about Africa in the United States: Moving beyond Stereotypes

1 to 3 p.m.
City College of San Francisco
Eighth Floor, Downtown Campus, 800 Mission Street, San Francisco

Tarik Farrar, Professor of African/African-American Studies, CCSF
Spencer Moon, Adjunct Professor, African/African-American Studies and Film, CCSF
Glenn Nance, Professor of African/African-American Studies, CCSF

Literature through a Gender and Racial Lens

3 to 5 p.m.
City College of San Francisco
Eighth Floor, Downtown Campus, 800 Mission Street, San Francisco

Maude Dikobe, University of California, Berkeley
Dorothy Randall Tsuruta, Black Studies Department, San Francisco State University

African Film Festival: Four Critically Acclaimed Films on Africa

City College of San Francisco
Eighth Floor, Downtown Campus, 800 Mission Street, San Francisco

1 p.m. Everyone's Child | focus on Zimbabwean children orphaned by AIDS

2:30 p.m. Women with Open Eyes | the social, economic, and political situation for women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, and Benin

3:30 p.m. Chief! | addresses patriarchy as a reason for authoritarian rule in Cameroon

4:30 p.m. The Final Chapter | a look at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission through personal stories

Face to Face, Heart to Heart: An African/African-American Dialogue To Forge Social, Economic, and Cultural Ties for the 21st Century

1 to 4 p.m.
City College of San Francisco
Eighth Floor, Downtown Campus, 800 Mission Street, San Francisco

Geoffrey Nwogu, Panel Coordinator and Moderator
Kola Thomas, Director, Center for African/African-American Art
Rev. Edgar E. Boyd, Pastor, Bethel AME Church
Dr. O. T. Uwakah, Physician and entrepreneur
Chloe Watts, Women's rights activist, National Organization for Women

The Plight of African Immigrants and Refugees: Legal and Policy Issues Affecting Residency in the United States

2 to 5 p.m.
City College of San Francisco
Eighth Floor, Downtown Campus, 800 Mission Street, San Francisco

Rev. Dr. Amos Brown, Founder, African Immigrant and Refugee Center
Dr. Ruth Iyob, Assistant Professor and Fulbright Scholar, University of Missouri
Dr. Roosevelt Tarlesson, President, Liberia Community Foundation
Yvette Stuart, President, Sierra Leone Relief Agency of California
Rochelle A. Fortier Nwadibia, Attorney-at-Law, Immigration Practice

Sustainable Development: Analyzing Lessons Learned in the US and Overseas for Their Applicability to Development in Africa's Rural and Urban Communities

7 to 9 p.m.
World Affairs Center
312 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Julianne Traylor, Board Member, Human Rights Advocates, Moderator
Carl Anthony, Executive Director, Urban Habitat Program
Mtumbo Mpanya, Professor, New College of California
Christopher Hatch, Campaigns Director, Rainforest Action Network
Michelle Leighton, Co-Founder, Natural Heritage Institute
Bruce Lusignan, Director, Communications Satellite Planning Center, Stanford University

Friday, June 4

Health, Disease, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Healthy People, a Healthy Society, and a Healthy Millennium

9 to 11 a.m.
World Affairs Center
312 Sutter Street, San Francisco

Gerald Lenoir, former head of the Black Coalition on AIDS, Moderator
Dr. A. Kofi Tetteh, Professor of Economics, University of San Francisco
Ndola Prata, MD, Visiting Scholar, Survey Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
David A. Katzenstein, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis
Sherri Harris, MPA, President and CEO, H & H Ecoprises, Inc.

Africa Trade and Investment Roundtable: How To Do Business in Africa

3:15 to 5:30 p.m.
The Grand Ballroom, Westin-St. Francis Hotel
335 Powell Street, San Francisco

Sponsored by the Corporate Council on Africa

For Those Who Thirst: The Use of Windmills for Water Pumping in Africa

4 to 5:30 p.m.
World Affairs Center
312 Sutter Street, San Francisco

J. J. Hollingsworth, Volunteer Director, Bridge to Africa
Tadios Amare, MD, Chief of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente, Vallejo, native of Ethiopia
Meheret Arage, activist on health care issues in Ethiopia
Emebet Chesley-DuPas, Attorney-at-Law, native of Ethiopia
Alemayehu Mergia, Senior Research Associate at a biotechnology firm in Richmond, CA

Sunday, June 6

African Film Festival: Four Critically Acclaimed Films on Africa

Koret Auditorium, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street, San Francisco

12:15 p.m. Everyone's Child | focus on Zimbabwean children orphaned by AIDS

1:45 p.m. Women with Open Eyes | the social, economic, and political situation for women in Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, and Benin

2:45 p.m. Chief! | addresses patriarchy as a reason for authoritarian rule in Cameroon

3:45 p.m. The Final Chapter | a look at South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission through personal stories