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We are honored and pleased to feature Nwamaka "Amaka" Agbo as a special guest conversation starter on 11/21.
Please use this discussion thread to share anything that struck you about Amaka's talk and/or the conversations it inspired. Everyone's voice matters: please share yours!
Here is background info and some initial reflections from Amaka:
As a first generation Nigerian, Nwamaka did not actively begin pursuing her interest in civil rights and social justice issues until she attended the University of California- Davis. There, Nwamaka edited the African American magazine and organizing the Pan-African Student Organization on campus.
She began volunteering with the Ella Baker Center because she
believed in the organization's commitment to providing innovative solutions for some of the hardest problems affecting our cities.
She first the Ella Baker Center team as the Director of theGreen-Collar Jobs Campaign before moving into the leadership of Soul of the City. She is an active member of Ella's Daughters, a national networking organization focused on connecting women activists and organizers from across the nation around issues affecting our communities.
The following are some questions Amaka has offered for you to consider:
- How does the broader OWS movement connect to what is happening directly in your community? If your local city government could do something to address the inequality gap in your neighborhood, what would your demands be and what would be your strategy in achieving it?
- How does the broader OWS movement connect to other social movements happening in your community? Who are the individuals, coalitions, organizations, etc that are already engaging in the cuts to public services, the foreclosure crisis, etc. How might the OWS movement find ways to work with these broader movements?
- How do we ensure that racial and social justice movements for low-income communities of color don't get lost in the broader fight for economic justice?
