Honoring the Life and Legacy of Maurice Bishop


Institute of the Black World Leads Delegation to Grenada

Dr. Ron Daniels, President of the Institute of the Black World twenty first Century (IBW), and Don Rojas, IBW’s Director of Communications and Worldwide Relations, will lead a delegation of distinguished civil and human rights leaders, students, activists and journalists on a solidarity go to to Grenada to take part within the commemorative actions honoring the life and legacy of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop who was murdered, together with a number of of his colleagues, in a bloody army coup on Oct. nineteenth, 1983.

For the primary time since Bishop’s assassination, the Grenada authorities has declared Oct. nineteenth a public vacation and a day of mourning and reflection

The IBW delegation is a follow-up to the historic State of the Black World Convention V, convened in Baltimore in April of this 12 months the place Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell delivered an inspiring tribute to Maurice Bishop as one of many highlights of the proceedings.

“I’m thrilled that PM Mitchell has taken the lead in resurrecting the legacy of Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of the Folks’s Revolutionary Authorities as a robust mannequin of people-based, participatory engagement within the affairs of the state,” Dr. Daniels stated. “It’s an instance which might and can encourage a brand new technology of leaders within the Caribbean and the Pan Africa World. We in IBW sit up for working with PM Mitchell and civil society organizations in advancing this course of,” he concluded.

Institute of the Black World twenty first Century
Delegation to Grenada

Record of Individuals

• Dr. Ron Daniels, President, Institute of the Black World twenty first Century (IBW), Convenor, Pan-African Unity Dialogue (PAUD), Convener, Nationwide African American Reparations Fee (NAARC)
• Mr. Don Rojas, IBW’s Director of Communications and Worldwide Relations, former Director of Communications, Nationwide Affiliation of Coloured Folks (NAACP) USA, Press Secretary, PM Maurice Bishop and the Folks’s Revolutionary Authorities of Grenada
• Ms. Mary France-Daniels, Retired Educator, Secretary and First Woman of IBW
• Dr. Claire Nelson, Black Futurist, President of the Institute of Caribbean Research, Founding father of Caribbean American Heritage Month, USA
•  Mr. James Early, Former Smithsonian Establishment Assistant Secretary for Training and Public Service, Professional and Advocate for Afro-Descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, Worldwide Affairs Analyst
• Mr. Herb Boyd, Journalist, Senior Workers Author, New York Amsterdam Information, Award Winner Writer, Political Commentator
• Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry, Bishop Emeritus, Home of the Lord Church buildings, USA, Co-Founder, Nationwide Black United Entrance, Writer, Famous Civil Rights, Human Rights Chief
• Mr. Milton Allimadi, Editor/Writer, The Black Star Information, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Columbia College, Constitution Member, Pan African Unity Dialogue (PAUD)
• David Abdulah, Economist, Founder and Chief, Motion for Social Justice, Political Commentator, a Chief of Federation of Unbiased Commerce Unions and NGO, Trinidad and Tobago

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