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Time to Organize and Mobilise – Granger tells Afro-Guyanese Organizations
President David Granger in his address to attendees of the Fourth Annual State of the African Guyanese
President David Granger
Forum urged the African Guyanese groups to organize and mobilise themselves in order to achieve their respective objectives for the “Decade for People of African Descent”.
“This is the time to organize and mobilise so that at the end of the decade, the Government and the Guyanese people can report confidently they have achieved the objectives of the United Nations International Decade for people of African Descent”.
He continued that Guyanese should consult among themselves on “how best the African Guyanese organizations in Guyana can be mobilised to achieve specific measurable targets month after month, year after year in the fulfilment and achievement of those objective.”
“Guyanese recall that, over the past 25 years, there has been a remarkable revival of social consciousness. Several African-Guyanese organisations: the African Cultural Development Association (ACDA); African Heritage Foundation (AHP); African Welfare Convention (AWC); All African-Guyanese Council (AAGC); Forum for the Liberation of African-Guyanese (FLAG); National Emancipation Trust (NET); Movement for Economic Empowerment (MEE); Pan-African Movement (PAM); ‘Revival of Awareness and Promotion of African Culture (RAPAC); for example have been established. I ask that some forum be created, so that nobody could be left out, everyone could be involved and consulted if we are to achieve the objectives of this international decade.
“My brothers and sisters, this is the time to organize, the time to mobilize. August 2016 obliges us not only to look back at the contributions of those who helped to build Guyana but also to look forward to the type of country we wish to bequeath to our children and grandchildren.”
He concluded that all Guyanese are entitled to share equitably in the patrimony of Guyana.
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