Events
2024 ADC EVENTS
ADC ANNUAL GLOBAL MEETING
ADC Ambassador's ANNUAL GLOBAL MEETING
- ONLINE VIA ZOOM
January 27, 2024
ADC 2024 ANNUAL MEETING
This is the Annual Global Meeting of the ADC Ambassadors per the 2022 Constitution that should occur once a year for voting purposes and to review the previous year and for the Ambassadors to highlight their activities for the previous year and outcomes for the current year. This event is open to the public and will review 2022, 2023, and 2024 ahead of the United Nations and African Union ECOSOCC Status applications that the ADC Embassies will each complete. This year is the first year of this meeting so there will be a Constitutional Review and voting on Amendments to be made. We look forward to you joining us. You can register on OBTSocial here
ADC DIASPORA EXPO - AFRICA
launch of the right to return campaign
KAMPALA, UGANDA
April 22nd - April 29th
15 African Countries
30 Diaspora Countries
7 days in East Africa
ADC PAST EVENTS - 2023
United Nations General Assembly
Side Event - ADC Ambassador's Reception - Manhattan, New York City
September 8, 2023
This invitation only Reception is on the sidelines of the UNGA to meet the Ambassador's of the African Diaspora Collective Group, understanding our impact across the globe, meeting other African country leadership, business owners, all hosted by the ADC-USA Special Envoy to New York, Mr. Leslie Sapp. Mr. Sapp is the Founder and President of the AAAG that received their UN ECOSOCC status in 2019 and was recently the only African American organization to speak at the UN meeting on our upcoming plans (watch video here). Mr. Sapp also hosted the ADC-USA Ambassador to the United States in New York at the UN earlier this year. This is the best event for networking with other leaders, Ambassador's, and dignitaries ahead of the activities in Washington, DC.
“Leveraging Our Strength” Conference
Theme: Collective Cooperation and Advocacy for People of African Descent Worldwide - Washington, D.C.
September 16 - 23, 2023
CANADA EVENTS - 2023
2023 Windsor International Diaspora African Festival (WIDAFEST)
Zalent Creatives, the pioneer of the Vigor Awards (www.vigorawards.org) – an international charity and heroic award hosted in Canada, given to honour the deeds of individuals globally, and Zalent Initiative Foundation – a non-profit foundation that provides shelter, empowerment and entrepreneurship training to homeless and vulnerable African decent persons in Windsor.
Our Festival will attract thousands of attendees from around the world who will be thrilled with energetic performances from local and international artists. This year’s festival will begin on Thursday the 27th of July 2023 and will culminate into the Unsung Hero Awards Gala which takes place on the 30th of July 2023.
ADC- NSA EVENTS - 2023
Leveraging Our Strength Conference for Congresional Black Caucus Week in Washington, DC
September 16 - 23, 2023
2023 African Women's Empowerment Summit Ghana
October 30 - November 5, 2023
What an AMAZING Event! 6 days, 9 events, 15 volunteers, 10 countries attended, 200 women from across the Diaspora and Africa all for Women's Empowerment on the Continent! We can't wait to have you in our Sister Circle next year!
Here is a little about the 2023 AWES, just in case you missed it...
The 2023 African Women’s Empowerment Summit (AWES) is the evolution of the former Women’s Empowerment Sunday Brunch by DL Johnson Consulting Agency. For four years prior to COVID-19 the Women’s Empowerment Sunday Brunch was held in Washington, D.C. to celebrate women in business and running for political office from across the United States. In 2020 the hybrid event took place as scheduled however, the organizer moved to Ghana to expand her business and the unpredictability of the global pandemic halted the 2021 event. Therefore, in 2023 we are transforming the Women’s Empowerment Sunday Brunch that would have been in its 5th year, to the African Women’s Empowerment Summit for 2023 in Accra, Ghana!
This transformed event will be the template for implementation and action for women all across Africa to build capacity and connectivity to other successful African women. This event combines over 150 years of expertise and thousands of African women from Africa and the diaspora. These 7 days are filled with activities for relaxation, restoration, and relationship building for our Global African Women to highlight the opportunities for connectivity of culture, business, and sisterhood.
ADC-nSA Black History Month Calendar of Events
February 1 - 28, 2023
The list of events is a gathering of African/Black organizations, supporters, friends and partners of the African Diaspora Collective USA, it’s network of Ambassadors and all others that support black excellence from around the world. We will also share 2 black businesses, organizations or African Diaspora history on our social media pages throughout the month of February.
International Conference on Business Models in Agriculture
March 25-31, 2023
The African Diaspora Collective USA signed a 5 year partnership agreement with the African Organization of Technology in Agriculture (AOTA) who is hosting the International Conference on Business Models in Africa (IBMA) in Kigali, Rwanda. The ADC-USA will be taking a delegation of Africans and those from the African Diaspora to Rwanda as part of our inclusive partnership for this event and to accomplish the goals of the agriculture focus of the ADC-USA Office and the Partners 4 Progress program. The conference will feature agriculturalists, professionals, academics and the private sector and is supported by Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture, Israeli Embassy in Rwanda and the Rwanda Convention Bureau.
Our delegation of professionals, elected officials and business owners will have a direct session on The Development of successful farming business models that focus on marketing of agricultural inputs and produce by encouraging export of high value produce/products. The main topic will be: Inclusion of the African Diaspora of the United States and utilization of AGOA to solutions to food insecurity as a business model for global supply chain development with small scale farmers and very small businesses in the United States in minority communities. To be included in our delegation please contact us here and for more information on the conference please visit https://www.ibmaconference.org.
Conference Host
Conference Partner
African Policymakers Working with the Diaspora on How to Partner with Africa
May 25, 2023
60th Anniversary of the OAU & Africa Day
This One-Day Only Summit exclusively for African Policymakers and our invited guests of US governmental agencies, US State and Federal legislators, business owners, NGOs and private stakeholders met in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and on the Eve of African Liberation Day. The Pan-African Parliament President, H.E. Senator, Chief Fortune Charumbira of Zimbabwe was the keynote speaker and the 5 hours of the summit saw leaders from Namibia, Liberia, Nigeria and the Diaspora Affairs Office of the President of the Republic of Ghana, Director Akwasi Ababio giving opening remarks. This Summit was the pre-cursor to the Washington, DC planned in-person gathering and the Afro-Expo Delegation in Cartagena, Colombia in October. Find out more here.
Afro Expo Culture & Business Delegation to Colombia
October 2 - 9, 2023
Postponed until October 2024
ADC-USA Ambassador, HE Davisha L Johnson will host a delegation alongside the other Ambassadors of ADC and has collaborated with the ADC-USA partners and those in the African Diaspora and on ground in Africa to curate a 7-day trip with a Delegation of African elected officials, business owners and stakeholders to Cartegena, Colombia, October 2nd - 9th. This High-Level Delegation will travel for the Afro Expo Culture & Business Tour powered by Partner with Africa and alongside the other Ambassadors of the African Diaspora Collective will converge in Cartagena to explore the culture of our shared history, build bi-lateral business relationships and connect with businesses and opportunities for trade. The Afro Expo is organized by Afro Expo Media and is FREE and open to the public. For more information join our WhatsApp group.