Nunu Kidane

Nunu Kidane is the Executive Director of Priority Africa Network, (PAN) an Oakland-based Africa advocacy organization.

About
She has worked on issues of global policy and social developments in Africa including race, migration and diasporic engagement. In 2012, Nunu was recognized by President Obama as a “Champion of Change” for her work with mobilizing African diasporic communities.  She is founding member of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) and serves as a global Ambassador with Africans Rising for Justice, Peace & Dignity. She is a graduate of the University of California in Berkeley and makes her home between Berkeley and Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
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Agenda

Session 3
Oct
19
Across Our Homes: Bridging Within and Across Diaspora Communities
Diasporas – or communities of people living outside of their original homeland – are no monolith. The pathway to a new home may be paved with the push of forced displacement or with the promise of better economic conditions. And, of course, all migration must be placed in the context of the structural forces of empire, colonization, capitalism, and the escalating climate crisis. Across these different origin stories, diaspora communities, organizations, and movements are increasingly influential in both their new homes and countries of origin. However, this influence is distributed unevenly...