ATLANTA, Ga. and WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 14, 2023 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Distinguished local weather activist and founding father of the HBCU Inexperienced Fund, Felicia Davis, took heart stage on the United Nations Local weather Change Convention (COP28) in Dubai, making groundbreaking bulletins that underscore the group’s dedication to international local weather motion and youth empowerment.
In a momentous press convention, Davis introduced the official opening of the HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s new Africa workplace in Senegal and revealed plans for the third annual Pre-COP Africa, African American Youth Local weather Summit, set to happen in Dakar in June 2024.
“Establishing a big presence in Africa positions HBCU Inexperienced Fund to provide voice to individuals most impacted by local weather change and assist to domesticate modern youth management,” Davis commented.
Cheikhou Thiome, HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s Africa director, provides, “Our Pre-COP29 summit will carry younger leaders, activists, and innovators from the US and throughout Africa collectively in Dakar, Senegal to have interaction in constructive dialogues, share insights, and ignite local weather motion.”
HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s Managing Director Illai Kenney shared insights into the group’s in depth involvement at COP28, with eight delegates from the US credentialed by way of accomplice Omega Institute, and community representatives from 12 African nations. Kenney emphasised the HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s dedication to empowering future leaders by way of supporting youth-led tasks in Africa and the U.S.
“We’ve got a singular Eco Spring Break program that may be a service-learning expertise connecting HBCU college students with friends in West Africa that entails hands-on environmental restoration tasks. This system affords college students, school, and alumni the prospect to plant bushes, dig wells, plant gardens and achieve firsthand expertise in addressing environmental challenges,” mentioned Kenney.
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, government vp, Nationwide Wildlife Federation; Hussein Kassim, Ghana challenge director; Sharon Gakii Mureithi, Kenya challenge director, and Denise Ayebare, Uganda native youth coordinator joined Davis, Kenney and Thiome for the press convention.
Along with the press convention, HBCU Inexperienced Fund delegates actively contributed to a number of COP28 aspect occasions. Davis delivered a strong keynote speech on the Uganda Pavilion emphasizing the function of youth in addressing the local weather disaster. She additionally participated in a panel dialogue with Dr. Ali on the Kenya Pavilion and Fortunate Abeng, a coordinator from Nigeria, organized a dialog that included contributions from Davis and Mithika Mwenda, government director of the Pan African Local weather Justice Alliance. Davis additionally contributed to aspect occasions organized by younger local weather leaders from Zimbabwe, Burkina Faso, and Tanzania.
One other member of the delegation, Pamela Fann of Affect Power, moderated a dialogue in regards to the vitality transition with Davis as a panelist. Fann additionally coordinated periods for accomplice group, Harambee Home/Heart for Environmental Justice, that includes famend environmental justice chief and government director, Dr. Mildred McClain.
Younger leaders within the HBCU Inexperienced Fund delegation performed a pivotal function in a number of youth occasions. Kenney, a former youth activist and the youngest speaker on the UN Convention on Sustainable Improvement in South Africa in 2002, spoke about cultivating younger leaders on the launch of the Stone Soup for a Sustainable World Curriculum. She additionally organized and facilitated the HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s day-long workshop and 2024 technique session for youth delegates. The workshop included a briefing by the founding father of the Chisholm Legacy Undertaking, Jacqui Patterson, alongside together with her crew, on the International Afro-Descendant Local weather Justice Collaborative.
In response to the general end result of COP28 Davis says, “A stronger dedication to phasing out fossil fuels stays a attain, nonetheless, acknowledging the necessity to transition away from fossil fuels remains to be a small step ahead. In the end, it’s motion relatively than rhetoric that can make the distinction for weak communities already impacted by local weather change.” She continued, “The HBCU Inexperienced Fund’s impactful presence at COP28 displays its dedication to international local weather motion, sustainability, and empowering the following era of leaders within the combat in opposition to local weather change.”
For extra info on the HBCU Inexperienced Fund, Sustainable Africa Community, or the 2024 Pre-COP Africa, African American Youth Local weather Summit, go to: https://hbcugreenfund.org/ or verify for @hbcugreenfund on social media.
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