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Fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

Welcome to the draft programme of work for the fourth session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent

This page provides detailed information about the main sessions and side events, including times, locations, and speakers

For any questions or further information, please feel free to contact the Permanent Forum Secretariat at pfpad@un.org

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Sankofa: Reflections on Ten Years of Black Doctorates Matter and Work Towards Human Rights Monday Online

3:00pm EDT

Side event - Rooted in Justice: Addressing Natural Hair Discrimination & Health Impacts on Women and Girls of African Descent Online

11:00am EDT

Side event - Healing Strategies for Black Women and Girls in a Violent World Online

10:00am EDT

Side event - Voices United, Healing The Global Heart Online Side event - Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Human Rights for People of African Descent: a time to refocus Online

12:30pm EDT

Side event - Black AI: The Ascension to Excellence - Dream Tanks: Afrofuturism as a Transformative Strategy for Systemic Change and Reparatory Justice Online

10:00am EDT

Side event - Researching Black Maternal Care – Embedding our Reproductive Human Rights Online

11:00am EDT

Side event - Reparatory Justice for Afrodescendants (descendants of enslaved Africans Online Side event - From Crisis to Action: Tackling Sexual Violence in War-Torn Regions Online

10:30am EDT

Side event - From Manahatta to Mahattan Historic Decolonial NY City tour American Museum of Natural History

11:00am EDT

Side event - The Intersection of Racism, Health, and Healing: A Trauma-Informed Perspective on Systems Transformation for People of African Descent Online Side event - Empowering Heritage Custodians - Innovations in Knowledge Sharing and Cultural Preservation. University of New York, Meyer Hall, Room 122

12:30pm EDT

Side event - Seminar on Haiti: Time for Action is Now New York University Law School

5:00pm EDT

Side event - International Civil Society Working Group (ICSWG) Annual PFPAD Reception New York University Law School

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Youth Sunday Launch Dinner: Networking and Preparation for the Forum Amaze Restaurant

10:00am EDT

Opening of the 4th session (Items 1 - 3) General Assembly, UN HeadquartersH.E. Philemon Yang • Earle Courtenay Rattray • H.E. Francia Elena Márquez Mina • H.E. Anielle Franco • Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett • His Honourable Mr. Joseph L.F. Hamilton • Dr. Natalia Kanem • H.E. Jürg Lauber • H.E. Volker Türk Side event - Harnessing AI for Digital Economic Justice: Advancing Equity for Black Americans and the African Diaspora The Baha’I Community Center

11:00am EDT

Item 4: General Debate General Assembly, UN Headquarters

1:00pm EDT

Side event - State of Black Economics Report - Leveraging Data to Understand Barriers, Take Action, and Mitigate Pushback Online Side event - The Appropriate use of "Slavery" and "The Slave Trade" throughout the United Nations Anti-Racism mechanisms regarding reparations Suite #120 - 866 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017

1:15pm EDT

Special event - Beats of Solidarity - Drumming for Peace and Equity South Visitors Plaza, UN Headquarters

2:00pm EDT

Side event - Mapping Racial Justice to Build a More Just World: Getting the Lay of the Land Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice

3:00pm EDT

Side event - Reparatory Justice and Institutional Accountability: An Open and Candid Dialogue with the Church of England on Historical Injustices. Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters Item 4: General Debate (Continued) General Assembly, UN Headquarters

4:00pm EDT

Side event - Figli di Haiti Online

6:30pm EDT

Side event - Mujeres Negras y la Justicia Ambiental / Black women and environmental justice Church Center of the United Nations

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Reparations Panel of Experts– Guided Discussion based on three scenarios Online

8:15am EDT

Side event - Exploring the Models of Reparation and Restitution Drawing on Faith Resources Church Center of the United Nations

10:00am EDT

Side event - Economic Power Reimagined: Black Women Entrepreneurs as Global Drivers of Inclusion and Growth Reyna’s NYC Side event - The Missing SDG – A Call to Restorative Racial Justice United Nations Church Center - 2nd floor Item 5: Thematic Discussion: Reparatory justice for Africa and people of African descent Conference Room 4, UN HeadquartersJune Soomer • Angela Naa Afoley Odai • Dr. Hilary Brown • Nkechi Taifa Side event - Decolonization: Silent Revolution United Nations Headquarters, Conference Room 5

11:00am EDT

Side event - Faith Perspectives on Reparatory Justice and Racial Healing Africa Union Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations In New York

11:30am EDT

Side event - Launching G-SAP: The Global Network for the Study of Africans and People of African Descent Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters

1:00pm EDT

Side event - Building the Movement for Reparatory Justice in Health Across Global Africa Church Of the Covenant

1:15pm EDT

Side event - Apology and Repair; how descendants of the enslaved and descendants of the enslavers are taking steps towards reparatory justice. Conference room 9, UN headquarters Side event - Launch of the Research Project entitled ‘Looking Back and Reaching Forward: Commemorating the International Decade for People of African Descent and the Human Rights of Women and Girls’ Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters Special event - Alvin Ailey Dance Theater – Dance Workshop at the Fourth Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent and the 10th Anniversary of the Permanent Memorial to the Victims of Slavery... United Nations Visitors Plaza

1:30pm EDT

Side event - From the Cradle to the Grave: The Lifelong Criminalization of Survivors Online Side event - The role and power of the collective cross-regional struggle for reparations Online

3:00pm EDT

Side event - Reclaiming African Narratives: Cultural Identity, Heritage Education and Governance Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters Item 5: Thematic Discussion (continued): Human rights of women and girls of African descent Conference Room 4, UN HeadquartersGaynel Curry • June Soomer • Diene Keita • Satang Nabaneh

4:30pm EDT

Side event - AfroFutures Now Digital Archive Workshop Peoples Forum

4:45pm EDT

Side event - Education, Artificial Intelligence and Exclusion: Breaking Barriers for an Inclusive Future Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters

5:00pm EDT

Side event - Where Do We Go From Here? Black Women’s Leadership Across the Diaspora and the Advancement of Reparative Racial Justice Across the Nonprofit, International Development, and Philanthropic Sectors The Africa Center Side event - The Experience of the ESG Racial Protocol and ESG Racial Equity Index in Brazilian Companies Brazil Foudation Side event - Justicia Reparadora versus Apartheid Tecnológico Online

5:30pm EDT

Side event - Education and Human Rights: Anti-racist dialogues

6:00pm EDT

Side event - Education Essentials for Youth of African Descent Online Side event - Protecting Environmental Rights Defenders in Racial Sacrifice Zones in the Caribbean: Towards a Rights-based Framework for Reparatory Environmental Democracy (RRED Framework) Online

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Apartheid Tecnológico : acciones sindicales sobre los Derechos sociales y laborales de las mujeres y adolescentes afrodescendientes y el impacto del racismo en Inteligencia Artificial. Online Side event - Topic: A Global Fight For Inclusion and Services Online

7:30pm EDT

Side event - Pan African Roots Synergy Conversation on Land rights for Indigenous Africans 630 Second Avenue

8:00am EDT

Side event - Voices of People of Africa and African Descent: Addressing Present Challenges to Equality and Non-Discrimination Church Center of the United Nations

10:00am EDT

Item 5: Thematic Discussion (continued): Policy-making and systemic racism: a human rights-based approach Conference Room 4, UN HeadquartersJustin Hansford • Michael McEachrane • Thenjiwe McHarris • Tanya Katerí Hernández

11:30am EDT

Side event - Afrodescendant Women and Reproductive Justice: Knowledge, Barriers, and Strategies for Health Equity in Latin America (Colombia, Brazil) Conference room A, United Nations Side event - Consultation on Strategic Litigation for Reparatory Justice Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters

12:30pm EDT

Side event - Engaging Youth in Higher Academia: Launch of the Pan-African Student Course Congress Online

1:00pm EDT

Side event - Developing Saturday Schools for Africa and Youth of African Descent, Globally Online Side event - Developing Saturday Schools for Africa and Youth of African Descent, Globally Church Of the Covenant

1:15pm EDT

Side event - The Enduring and Evolving Role of Civil Society in the Pursuit of Reparatory Justice Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters Special event - “Beyond Numbers" - Leveraging Data and Evidence to Advance Equity for People of African Descent Conference room 6 (CR6)

2:00pm EDT

Side event - Dialogue - Panel on Looted African Heritage Resources Blue Gallery, The Blue Building

3:00pm EDT

Side event - SOLITUDE International Think Tank for black women and girls of African descent releases newest report "Reparations as Personhood" Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters Item 5: Thematic Discussion (continued): Artificial intelligence and digital justice for people of African descent Conference Room 4, UN HeadquartersPastor Murillo • Ashwini K.P. • Bina D’Costa • Mutale Nkonde

4:00pm EDT

Side event - Ethnocoding the Future: Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Racism and Afro-descendant Rights Myriad USA Office

5:30pm EDT

Side event - Anti-racist Education and the role of public policies: paths for racial equity Brazil Foudation

6:00pm EDT

Side event - #WithHaitian Refugees: Towards a Rights-based Framework for the Protection of Haitians in Human Mobility in the Caribbean Online Side event - Discussion on the US Department of Justice January 2025 Report on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Online Side event - The challenges of developing public policies for racial justice in the face of the rise of Christian nationalism in the Americas The People's Forum Side event - Global Circle for Reparations and Healing Introductory Forum Church Center of the United Nations

6:30pm EDT

Side event - Reparations Café: Embodied Integration for Reparatory Justice Online

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Addressing the Haitian Community’s Challenges in the Dominican Republic: History, Impact, and Global Response Online

8:00am EDT

Side event - Policies to Promote Ethnic-Racial Equality: building an ethnic-racial justice agenda in Brazilian drug policy Online Side event - The UN Second Decade as an Instrument for Transformative Change for Racial Justice and Equality Church Center of the United Nations

10:00am EDT

Side event - ¿De cuál justicia reparadora estamos hablando?: Hacia la construcción de caminos de equidad. Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice Side event - THE GARVEY TALKS : A Reparations Rap Session HARLEM COMMUNITY BOARD 9 Closed internal meeting

1:00pm EDT

Side event - ICSWG PFPAD4 Strategy Session: Advancing Migration Policies for the African Diaspora Online

1:15pm EDT

Side event - Cohering the 7 UN Mechanisms that serve People of African Descent and the role of these mechanisms in the current geopolitical and sociopolitical context: a Strategy Session Conference room CRE, UN Headquarters Special event - The Role of Arts and Culture in Acknowledging the Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Supporting Afro-Descendant Communities Conference room 6 (CR6)

3:00pm EDT

Item 6: Adoption of the preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the 4th session - Closing event: Haiti’s Independence Debt: 200 years later Conference Room 4, UN HeadquartersMartin Kimani • H.E. Bob Rae • H.E. Pierre Ericq Pierre • Gaynel Curry • Verene Albertha Shepherd

5:00pm EDT

Item 6: Adoption of the preliminary conclusions and recommendations of the 4th session (continued) Conference Room 4, UN Headquarters

7:00pm EDT

Side event - Niñas y mujeres afrodescendientes. cómo garantizar tus derechos en América Latina en tiempos de retrocesos Casa Yurumein

10:30am EDT

Side event - Taste of the Diaspora: A Culinary Journey Through African, Caribbean, and Southern Traditions Apollo Theater

3:00pm EDT

Side event - Harlem Diaspora Walking Tour Apollo Theater

9:00am EDT

Side event - Dynamics of Haitian Migration through the Americas Princeton University, Aaron Burr Hall 219