Global Black Studies Takes Learning to the UN Stage
Global Black Studies organized its first field trip to the United Nations to attend the annual Academic Conference on Africa.
This year’s theme, “Seizing the Moment: The African State and Its Promise,” focused on amplifying African voices in global development scholarship to ensure that African voices are heard in the debates that help to shape the continent’s future.
The conference provides a platform for African scholarship that addresses the wide-ranging scope of Africa’s development, with particular emphasis on the nexus of development, peace and security, humanitarian work and human rights.
The academic conference brings together African scholars, policymakers, and practitioners from different sectors and disciplines to engage in high-level interactive dialogue on the most pressing issues facing African communities.