2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent Social Change

2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent Social
Change

November 24 - December 1, 2006 - Lagos, Nigeria

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The G-8 and international business interests have made very little headway towards ending hunger and poverty in Africa. We believe a grassroots effort is the most effective way to improve conditions for the people of Africa. Volunteers with Food Not Bombs and Indymedia will host the 2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent Social Change.

Community activists from all across Africa are invited to Lagos, Nigeria to study the democratic decision making process of Formal Consensus and share strategies and techniques for nonviolent solutions to Africa's social problems. Africa is on the verge of an exciting new era of social transformation. Nonviolent horizontal structures of grassroots community development have caught the attention of Africans of every social class. The conference will have workshops on many subjects like Formal Consensus, women's empowerment, vegetarian cooking, bicycle powered water pumping and electric generation, community healthcare, FM radio broadcasting and web-based community organizing.

The week long conference has the support of many African organizations and prominent people including the National Association of Nigerian Students, The Nigerian Network of NGOs, the Association For Women's Rights in Development, Alesa Eleme's Elder Igwe Ejireyi, the musician Charly Boy, Nigerian Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe and The Special Assistant to the President On Food Security Mrs. M. Oluwatoyin Adtunji. Food Not Bombs cofounders C.T. Lawrence Butler and Keith McHenry will be among the facilitators at the conference. Mr. Butler will teach a comprehensive workshop on Formal Consensus based on his book On Conflict and Consensus. Bikes Not Bombs, Hesperian Books and many other communy groups will also provide information at this conference. Food Not Bombs chapters from Ibadan, Owerri, Jos, Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, and Calabar are eager to help coordinate the logistics for food, housing and West African outreach.

On Nigerian Independence Day there will be a large concert celebrating the power of Africans to build a better future. West African musician Charly Boy and many other local artists will perform live at one of the large stadiums in Lagos to close the conference. After that Keith McHenry will join local activist on a tour of West Africa visiting local Food Not Bombs chapters and assisting those starting Indymedia collectives. This conference was proposed in March 2006 by Food Not
Bombs organizers in Nigeria and some Indymedia activists from Africa and the US. West Africans are on the threshold of an exciting new era and your support of this groundbreaking event can make a difference. The 2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent Social Change will set a solid foundation for this bright future for Africa.

To help us organize the 2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent Social Change please make a donation. It is very expensive to organize this important conference so please make as large a donation as possible.

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The West African Organizing Collective and Lagos office:
No. 10 Ayodele Ojo Street
Off Coker Road
Ilupeju Estate in Ilupeju, Lagos, Nigeria
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