MP David Lammy of the UK’s Labour Party provided insight into the current situation of people of color in the UK with regard to incarceration and Ms. Ana Almeida of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights provided a preview of their upcoming report on policing in the Americas. Many powerful and important conversations were had, connections made and information shared. Academic papers presented at this conference will be available in a forthcoming Bunche Center publication expected in August 2018. 

It was the actualization of a professional aspiration to travel with a vibrant group of Howard students to Ghana, West Africa. This was made possible due to the vision and effort of Dr. Beverly Ammah-Booker, a faculty member within the School of Education/ Counseling MA program, and the dedication to empowerment of Dean Bernard Richardson and Mr. Glen Vinson, the leadership behind Howard's thriving Alternative Spring Break Program. As a result of this exemplary collaboration of Howard departments and invested professionals, 14 graduate and undergraduate students were lifted up and made able to take this pilgrimage to the "Gold Coast" of Africa. 

 

During the 10-day service-learning pilgrimage, students spent 12-15 hours a day gaining a holistic introduction to Ghana's past, present and future prospects. The Howard team invested their time volunteering at two schools and a hospital, absorbing the palpable energy felt within spaces where the history of slavery and acts of resistance and resilience took place, engaging in critical discussion, language acquisition, dance and musical performance with faculty and students at two of Africa's most renown universities, the University of Ghana-Legon and Cape Coast University, and reflecting deeply on their personal position in life and that of the communities in which they lead from within. In a nutshell, the student remarks about the journey summarize it all best, stating that is was a "transformative," "inciting," "empowering," "influential," "life-changing," freeing," "motivating," "purposeful," "reviving," "powerful," "renewing" and "spiritual" experience to be remembered forever. 

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