Recognition, Justice, Repair
Two international decades are underway right now — one from the United Nations, one from the African Union — both aimed at the same underlying cause. Here's what they actually mean, and exactly where our work fits.
Partner With UsThe UN's Second Decade
On December 17, 2024, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution 79/193, proclaiming the Second International Decade for People of African Descent — January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2034. Its theme: "People of African descent: recognition, justice and development." It builds on a First Decade that ran 2015–2024, and launched with more than 87 UN member states as co-sponsors.
Its stated goals: strengthen national and international action so people of African descent fully enjoy their economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights; build greater knowledge of and respect for their heritage and contributions; and adopt stronger legal frameworks where they're missing. The UN's own language is direct about why — to confront "the legacies of enslavement and colonialism" and "deliver reparatory justice."
This is the specific framework named in our own founding Statutes (Article 4) as the international context our work aligns with — not something we found afterward and retrofitted, but the actual reference point this organization was built around.
Not history — a live policy moment
A separate, regional push — announced a year after the UN's, and led directly by Ghana. Tap each milestone for what it actually means, in plain terms.
This isn't symbolic. It's Africa's member states agreeing, together, to spend ten years pushing for formal acknowledgment and material repair for slavery and colonialism — with a deadline, a named champion (Ghana's President John Mahama), and a specific declaration behind it, adopted at the Second Africa-CARICOM Summit in Addis Ababa.
Our programs, mapped to what both frameworks ask for
This is the direct answer to "which of your programs fits this work" — not a rebrand, just an honest map of what we already do.
Education Systems
Both the UN and AU name education as a core target. This is where we already spend most of our effort.
Cultural Institutions & Restitution
Keeping the sites and stories of the slave trade visible, visited, and honestly told.
Diaspora Development
The practical, on-the-ground work of building community between Ghana and its diaspora.
If your funding priorities include this work
We're a grassroots implementer already doing the work these international frameworks are meant to support — in education, cultural heritage, and diaspora development. If your institution, embassy, or foundation is looking to fund programs that fit within what the UN and AU decades call for, we want to talk.
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