A New York-based Black group says that it is going to be collaborating on Wednesday in celebrations marking Grenada’s fiftieth anniversary of Independence from British colonialism.
The Institute of the Black World twenty first Century (IBW) mentioned on Monday that its participation is a follow-up to an IBW delegation that visited Grenada in October and in response to an invite from Grenada Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell.
IBW mentioned its delegation shall be led by its president, Dr. Ron Daniels, who can be convener of the Nationwide African American Reparations Fee (NAARC) in the USA.
“This go to comes three months after an IBW delegation traveled to Grenada final October to take part within the nation’s first ‘Heroes Day’ occasion commemorating the assassination of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and a number of other different ‘martyrs’ in a navy coup 40 years in the past,” mentioned Paulann Paterson, an assistant to Dr. Daniels.
Shortly after that go to, she mentioned IBW launched its “Grenada Declaration,” which outlines an “motion agenda for ongoing collaboration on a spread of initiatives between the Institute the Grenada Authorities, and numerous civil society teams within the nation.”
Whereas in Grenada, Paterson mentioned the IBW delegation will current to Mitchell a letter from US Congresswoman and Member of the Congressional Black Caucus Barbara Lee, of California, during which she congratulates the federal government and other people of Grenada on being “a sovereign, unbiased Caribbean state for the previous 50 years.”
Paterson mentioned the itinerary for the delegation features a go to to the village of La Digue in St. Andrew to fulfill with group leaders “to debate the creation of an acceptable marker or monument honoring Louise Little, the mom of Malcolm X (slain US civil rights activist), who was born in La Digue.
She mentioned the delegation may also “have interaction in a dialogue” with leaders of Grenada’s Reparations Fee and meet with facilitators of the “extremely profitable intergenerational dialogue in October in preparation for a repeat of the dialogue by IBW throughout a future go to.”
Paterson mentioned the delegation may also comprise Dr. Yolande Cadore, IBW’s program guide, and coverage advisor, who, with Dr. Daniels, “will do advance work on a bigger delegation to Grenada in Could at the side of the celebration of the birthday of Malcolm X and African Liberation Month.
“The Could delegation shall be one other act of solidarity with the federal government and other people of Grenada in the course of the yearlong commemoration of the fiftieth Anniversary of the nation’s independence,” Paterson mentioned.
