The 2024 AFRO-PACT SUMMIT

The Future of the Black Diaspora: Re-Imagining Impact

September 26-27, 2024

Two days of unity and collective power building.

Day 01

Uniting diaspora communities

We seek to understand existing successful economic initiatives, identify barriers to cooperative economic methods, and emphasize impactful strategies for the African Diaspora and vulnerable populations.

Day 02

Leveraging our passions and gifts

We aim to create a plan for collective responsibility and financial resources to promote self-sufficiency for Africans, and generate wealth for Diasporans in the U.S. through investments, education, and workforce development.

More specifically, the inaugural summit intends:

  • To unite Diasporans by creating cultural understanding and awareness of similar struggles and opportunities for social and economic growth

  • To understand how the history of colonization and racism have created tension in the Diaspora keeping us divided in the modern-day

  • To leverage the collective work, responsibility, and financial resources to develop Africa and create self-sufficiency for Africans; build wealth for Diasporans in the U.S. through collective investments, education, and workforce pipeline creations

  • To create unity, collective work, and strong economics between the American Diaspora and Africans

  • To understand initiatives that are currently working, build/scale existing methods, and identify gaps.

Acknowledging the impact and contributions of Africans in Cleveland and Black Americans in Africa.