InPDUM National Convention 2009

I. Keynote Presentation - Chairman Omali Yeshitela: founder of InPDUM, Chairman of the African Socialist International Hear cutting edge analysis on the current deepening crisis of imperialism from the leadership of the International African Revolution, Chairman Omali Yeshitela. The Chairman will also speak on the role and responsibility of InPDUM to forward the Revolutionary Democratic Program of the African Socialist International. II. President's Report - Chimurenga Waller: International President of InPDUM President Chimerenga will sum up the current state of InPDUM, providing a report on the last year's activities and the strategic direction for 2010! Working Groups to include: * Murder by the State and Justifiable Homicide - panel of experts and family members of police brutality victims to discuss justifiable homicide rulings in police shootings. * The Plebiscite on Self-determination - in this workshop InPDUM will initiate the effort to establish a plebiscite, or a voting process through which African people can democratically decide as to whether or not we should be a free and self determined people. During this workshop Africans will have the opportunity to join the national committee to establish the plebiscite. * They Say Cutback We Say Payback! - Budget cuts and the Struggle Against Them: In this workshop InPDUM will unite the people in opposition to the nationwide trend of U.S. budget cuts that are attacking the people's access to essential services like libraries, healthcare facilities, swimming pools and schools. We will also expose the budget cuts as war budgets - part of imperialism'sstrategy to weaken the effects of its deepening economic crisis at the expense of African and other oppressed people. The goal of the workshop is to consolidate a national committee to overturn the relationship African people have to the budget process - trillions for economic development and reparations not police containment. * The Impact of Prisons on African People: 2 million Africans are currently locked up in a US prison. 1 out of 8 young African men is locked up. Through this workshop we will expose the economic basis of the mass imprisonment of African people and build a national committee to free our people from behind bars! * The conditions of Labor and Union Organizing: African labor built and continues to sustain the US economy. Whether in the factories, plantations, offices or the prisons we never see the value produced from our labor. As the current economic crisis continues to deepen, African labor is being exploited more and more. In this workshop InPDUM will unite with labor union organizers and other representatives of organized African labor to protect the interests of African workers. We will also initiate the process of building the national committee for organized African labor.

I. The Role of the Church and Spirituality in Revolution feat Thomasina James and Company (legendary gospel choir) II. Building InPDUM Using The Membership and Sustainable Funding Process . Ona Yeshitela III. Electoral Session A. Appointment of The International President . Omali Yeshitela, Chairman, APSP B. Introduction of the IEC slate International Secretary International Treasurer International Membership Coordinator C. Election of International Executive Committee * Nominations from the floor for the International Executive Committee (IEC) Officers International Secretary International Treasurer International Membership Coordinator * Voting for IEC Officers To vote or make a nomination one must be an INPDUM in good standing. To renew your membership today go to here IV. Discussion of Constitutional Amendment to Article 8 This amendment will revise Article 8 to add the International Economic Development Coordinator as an elected position on the IEC. Proposed Revision will read as follows: "Elected Officers of this organization shall include the International Secretary, International Treasurer, International Membership Coordinator, and International Economic Development Coordinator. The International Executive Committee (IEC) shall be empowered to appoint Vice Presidents who will serve at the discretion of the IEC with such powers as described in the Roberts Rules of Order(Newly Revised) and pursuant to rules of the procedure adopted by the International Executive Committee." Current language in Article 8 reads as follows: "Other officers of this organization shall include an International Secretary, International Treasurer and International Membership Coordinator. Other International Vice-Presidents will be determined and appointed by the International executive Committee with such powers and duties as described in the Roberts Rules of Order (Newly Revised) and pursuant to rules of procedure adopted by the International Executive Committee." V. Discussion of the Revolutionary National Democratic Program (RNDP) to unite the African Liberation Movement in Struggle VI. Discussion and Vote on Resolutions from Working Groups on Day 1 VII. Historical Tour of Philadelphia - in this tour we will visit the actual sites of historical events of the African liberation struggle in Philly. Such sites will include the neighborhood block where Mayor Wilson Goode dropped a bomb on the MOVE organization, the old office of the Black Panther Party that was raided by Mayor Frank Rizzo's police department, the City Hall where the City Hall 2 were viciously attacked by the police as as well as the critical spots of development under the leadership of the Uhuru Movement, including Uhuru Furniture and collectibles and the Clark Park Flea Market.