Afrikan ConneXions Consortium

In Bristol, UK following the election of Europe's first Mayor of Afrikan Heritage in May 2016, the Global Afrikan People's Parliament supported organisations to hold a conference in Bristol in July 2016. The purpose was to begin the conversation with the Mayor and other newly elected local political representatives of Afrikan heritage around the needs of Afrikan Heritage communities and how we can work together to realise our vision of substantive Afrikan representation and the Mayors aspirations to lead a power sharing city. The conference voted to establish the Afrikan ConneXions Consortium (ACC) as the vehicle through which this would take place.

The conference organisers and subsequent leadership of the ACC consists of representatives of the following organisations:

The Global Afrikan People's Parliament
African Voices Forum
Bristol Somali Form
Rite Direkshon
The John Lynch Afrikan Education Programme
The Malcolm X Centre

Aims of the ACC

1. To Lobby and Influence in relation to the best political, socio-economic and cultural interests of AHC in and beyond Bristol, with particular reference to our glocal community perspectives informing the UN Decade for People of African Descent.

2. To contribute to knowledge production to identify AHC priorities from Afrikan Perspectives of Self-Determination and Community Self-Empowerment to inform our interface and strategic engagements.

3. To ensure support for the elected Mayor of Bristol in the shaping of Bristol as a power sharing City, inclusive of substantive Afrikan Heritage representation.

4. To work in partnership to progress ACC aims, with political representatives of Afrikan Heritage Communities and those who serve areas significantly populated by Afrikan Heritage Communities.