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Check out our intern Alia Elyas' article about Elizabeth Wathuti who will be speaking at the 2021 ARCC Forum on African youth mobilization for climate action and conservation. Wathuti is a Climate activist, the founder of the Green Generation Initiative and the Head of Campaigns at the Wangari Maathai Foundation. Elizabeth Wathuti is a passionate environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies and Community development. ...She is currently the Head of Campaigns and Daima Coalition on green spaces Coordinator at Wangari Maathai Foundation and founder of the Green Generation Initiative (GGI). Her work at GGI emphasizes practical environmental education, greening schools, inculcating a tree growing culture among people for forest cover through adopting a tree campaign and establishing food forests to incorporate fruit tree growing for food security. Wathuti is also a member of the Counties Advisory Committee at the Upper Tana Nairobi Water Fund Trustees, full member of The Greenbelt Movement, a board member of the Elephant neighbors center, and a youth council member of the International Reserva: The Youth Land Trust. For further information about the ARCC Forum: https://www.earthrightsinstitute.org//clima/450-arcc-forum For more information about Elizabeth Wathuti Website: http://www.lizmazingira.com/ Green Generation Initiative: https://greengenerationinitiative.org/ Interview: https://youtu.be/WSkbGUrbi_s #africa #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 UCLA African Studies Center Africa's Readiness for Climate Change Conference

"We’re happy to invite you to this enriching free event, the GEN Ecovillage Summit. Starting April 9, be inspired by 40 eco villagers, visionaries and activists from the leading edge of the regenerative world movement. Register now at: summit2021.ecovillage.org #EcovillageSummit

"We’re happy to invite you to this enriching free event, from our partners Global Ecovillage Network - the GEN Ecovillage Summit. Starting April 9, be inspired by 40 eco villagers, visionaries, and activists from the leading edge of the regenerative world movement. THIS IS NOT OUR UCLA ARCC FORUM THAT IS SCHEDULED STARTING APRIL 19TH! Register now at: summit2021.ecovillage.org #EcovillageSummit

Important Summit! We highly recommend registering. #ecovillage #sustainableliving

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The upcoming ARCC Forum on April 19-23, 2021 co-hosted by UCLA African Studies Center and ERI announces that the HE Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai, Ambassador to the US from Sierra Leone and Secretary General of ECOWAS (Sierra Leone/Ghana) will be speaking at our upcoming ARCC Forum on New Economic Opportunities for Africa. The charismatic, yet humble community leader, activist, politician, diplomat, and public policy czar, Hon. Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai was unanimously approved as Si...erra Leone’s Ambassador to the US and High Commissioner to Canada. He was recently appointed Secretary General of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States https://www.ecowas.int ). As an official in the NYPD's community affairs department, Wai's duties in the NYPD included improving relations between the police and the 76 precincts in New York City, and advising on relations with the city's rapidly-growing African immigrants population and the Muslim community. Wai was the first African-born candidate for the post of Public Advocate of New York City, in 2013. He also co-founded and served as President of the United Africa Congress (UAC) https://www.unitedafricancongress.org, "an umbrella organization representing the interests of 3.5 million continental African immigrants throughout the United States of America." Wai has been credited for seeking the interests of the African diaspora in the United States, as well as for heading up the UN Ebola awareness campaign. For further information about the ARCC Forum: https://www.earthrightsinstitute.org//clima/450-arcc-forum To register for the ARCC Forum: https://ucla.zoom.us/we/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA Article on Accreditation as Ambassador: https://embassyofsierraleone.net//his-excellency-ambassado abou-bakarr-wai-presenting Sierra Leone on the move video, features Sidique’s work: https://youtu.be/A9kZnJquaRk #africa #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 UCLA African Studies Center

Our wonderful intern William Saturno has written an article about the HE Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai, Ambassador to the US from Sierra Leone and Secretary General of ECOWAS (Sierra Leone/Ghana) will be speaking at our upcoming ARCC Forum on New Economic Opportunities for Africa. The charismatic, yet humble community leader, activist, politician, diplomat, and public policy czar, Hon. Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai was unanimously approved as Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the US and High... Commissioner to Canada. He was recently appointed Secretary General of ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States https://www.ecowas.int ). As an official in the NYPD's community affairs department, Wai's duties in the NYPD included improving relations between the police and the 76 precincts in New York City, and advising on relations with the city's rapidly-growing African immigrants population and the Muslim community. Wai was the first African-born candidate for the post of Public Advocate of New York City, in 2013. He also co-founded and served as President of the United Africa Congress (UAC) https://www.unitedafricancongress.org, "an umbrella organization representing the interests of 3.5 million continental African immigrants throughout the United States of America." Wai has been credited for seeking the interests of the African diaspora in the United States, as well as for heading up the UN Ebola awareness campaign. For further information about the ARCC Forum: https://www.earthrightsinstitute.org//clima/450-arcc-forum To register for the ARCC Forum: https://ucla.zoom.us/we/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA Article on Accreditation as Ambassador: https://embassyofsierraleone.net//his-excellency-ambassado Sierra Leone on the move video, features Sidique’s work: https://youtu.be/A9kZnJquaRk #africa #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 UCLA African Studies Center Sidique Wai

The ARCC Forum co-hosted by UCLA African Studies Center and the Earth Rights Institute is thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti will speak at the ARCC forum on African youth mobilization for climate action and conservation. Wathuti is a Climate activist, the founder of the Green Generation Initiative and the Head of Campaigns at the Wangari Maathai Foundation. Elizabeth Wathuti is a passionate environmentalist and climate activist from Kenya and holds a Bachelo...r’s degree in Environmental Studies and Community development. She is currently the Head of Campaigns and Daima Coalition on green spaces Coordinator at Wangari Maathai Foundation and founder of the Green Generation Initiative (GGI). Her work at GGI emphasizes practical environmental education, greening schools, inculcating a tree growing culture among people for forest cover through adopting a tree campaign and establishing food forests to incorporate fruit tree growing for food security. Wathuti is also a member of the Counties Advisory Committee at the Upper Tana Nairobi Water Fund Trustees, full member of The Greenbelt Movement, a board member of the Elephant neighbors center, and a youth council member of the International Reserva: The Youth Land Trust. To register go to https://ucla.zoom.us/we/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA And for more information go to https://www.earthrightsinstitute.org #africa #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 For more information about Elizabeth Wathuti Website: http://www.lizmazingira.com/ Green Generation Initiative: https://greengenerationinitiative.org/ Interview: https://youtu.be/WSkbGUrbi_

Are you excited for UCLA African Studies Center and Earth Rights Institute's Africa’s Readiness for Climate Change’ (ARCC) virtual forum this April 19-23, 2021! To sign up, go to https://ucla.zoom.us/web/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA and for more information go to www.earthrightsinstitute.org #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 #arcc2021 UCLA African Studies Center Africa's Readiness for Climate Change Conference

The upcoming ARCC Forum on April 19-23, 2021 co-hosted by UCLA African Studies Center and Earth Rights Institute (ERI) is thrilled to announce that Ousmane Aly Pame, President of Global Ecovillage Network Africa, Founder/President REDES (Network for Ecovillage Emergence and Development in the Sahel) and Lecturer at Cheikh Anta Diop University will speak at the ARCC forum on Solutions for Refugee Movements and Regenerative Programs (ecological communities) for the Climate Cris...is in Africa. Ousmane Aly Pame, PhD, is a university professor of literature, former Mayor of the eco-town of Guede Chantier, President of GEN Africa https://ecovillage.org/region/gen-africa/ and a regional community leader. He designs and runs international academic programs in ecovillages in Senegal. Dr Pame is founder and President of REDES (Network for Ecovillage Emergence and Development in the Sahel, http://redes-ecovillages.org/eng/. In partnership with national agencies, local governments, international NGOs and Universities, REDES is now supporting the transformation of traditional Senegalese villages into ecovillages. A transborder ecovillage hub consisting of 100 village communities is emerging between Senegal and Mauritania with the support of REDES. Ousmane is also a lecturer at the Department of English Studies, Cheikh Anta Diop University, Dakar, Senegal. To register go to https://ucla.zoom.us/we/register/WN_b5cGk3_ASFO1WEkwK2NAtA And for more information go to https://www.earthrightsinstitute.org #africa #climatechange #environment #environmental #community #conservation #environment #sustainabledevelopment #climatecrisis #ucla #development #climate #sustainability #ERI #climateaction #sustainable #ARCC2021 UCLA African Studies Center @Ousmane Aly Pame

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