[Imc-communication] Applications dateline for Formal Consensus Conference(Lagos-September 24 - October 1, 2006)

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The 2006 African Conference on Formal Consensus and Nonviolent
Social Change.
Lagos, Nigeria September 24 - October 1, 2006


Some 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, 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
co?founders 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.?
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 ground breaking 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

Join the discussions subscribe at:
http://lists.riseup.net/www/subrequest/africanconsensus


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Application for Conference:

1-Name of group/organization:
2-Name of three delegates for Conference:
3-Does your delegates need invitations to secure Nigerian visas:
4-Country from which the delegates will be traveling:
5-Can your group support the conference preparation with contributions to cover
travel cost for delegates whose organization cannot afford their travel cost??
Yes or No
5-Does your delegates need support with travel cost? Yes or No.

Send application to africanconsensus at lists.riseup.net