Dec
19
6:00 PM18:00
Dec
6
to Dec 13
II Summit of the Peoples of the Western Caribbean | San Andres, Colombia
SUDECC played a leading role in the drafting of the San Andrés Declaration, the Confederation Constitutional Charter and plan of action of the II Western Caribbean Summit in San Andrés, Colombia. This historical event included the formal delivery of the San Andrés Declaration and the founding charter of the Confederation of the Peoples of the Western Caribbean.
This new Confederation which brings together the Raizal, Miskito, Garifuna, creoles, Afro-Panamanian, and Afro–Costa Rican peoples along approximately 2,450 kilometer of coastline. It will promote regional integration, climate resilience, community recovery and reconstruction after a natural disaster, as well as connectivity and trade among these peoples.
May
3
7:00 PM19:00
Apr
10
7:00 PM19:00
Mar
17
to Apr 30
Celebrando la vida y el legado de Aurelio Martínez
Aurelio Martínez-Suazo fué uno de los máximos embajadores de la música garífuna—reconocida por la UNESCO como patrimonio inmaterial de la humanidad. Aurelio dedicó su vida a impulsar a las poblaciones afrodescendientes en las Américas a través de la narración, la música, las artes y el diálogo.
Reconocido cantautor de renombre internacional y ganador de numerosos premios, incluido el Premio Rolex. Aurelio también fue presidente de la Comisión de Poblaciones Étnicas del Congreso Nacional de Honduras y Regidor de la alcaldia de La Ceiba. Sus contribuciones seguirán inspirando a generaciones futuras. Conmemoremos estos 228 años de presencia garífuna en America Latina continental celebrando su vida y su legado.
Aurelio Martínez-Suazo was one of the greatest ambassadors of Garifuna music, which is recognized by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity. He dedicated his life to uplifting Afro-descendant communities in the Americas through storytelling, music, arts, politics and dialogue.
He was an internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter and recipient of numerous awards, including the Rolex Award. Aurelio also served as President of the Commission of Ethnic Populations in the National Congress of Honduras and as a Councilman of the municipality of La Ceiba. His contributions will continue to inspire generations. Let’s conmemorate the 228 years of Garifuna presence in Continental Latin America celebrating his live and legacy.
Enlaces relevantes | Relevant Links
Quien Fué Aurelio Martinez? | Who was Aurelio Martinez?
Fallece cantautor hondureño Aurelio Martínez Suazo junto con al menos otras 12 personas en accidente aéreo en Roatán | CNN en Español
Leading Garifuna musician was among 13 people dead in Honduras air crash | The Guardian
Aurelio Martínez, ambassador of Garifuna music, has died | NPR
Musician Aurelio Martínez Suazo among 12 killed in Honduras plane crash | National News Desk
Garifuna Ambassador & Music Legend Aurelio Martínez Dies at Age 55
Muere en un accidente de avión el artista Aurelio Martínez, embajador de la cultura garífuna
Artistas hondureños lamentan la muerte de Aurelio Martínez | La Prensa
Small Plane Crashes Off Caribbean Island in Honduras, Killing 12 | New York Times
2025 Tribute to Aurelio Martinez-Suazo | Bronx NY
Oct
23
to Nov 1
Oct
18
to Oct 29
Developing a Climate Strategy and Action Plan: Addressing the Climate Priorities of Afro-Descendants in Latin America
“CASA seeks technical assistance from a Latin American university with Afro-descendant networks in conducting research and data collection on the impact of climate change in Afro-descendant communities, including ongoing adaptation and mitigation efforts led by the communities and the climate priorities of these communities.” Click the link below for more details
Sep
12
4:00 PM16:00
Climate Finance and Equity Initiatives in the Americas | SUDECC CBC Week Eve
This event will take place at the Camile, which is First and only certified National Green Building Standard (NGBS) in the state of Maryland, the land of Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass. The NGBS Green certification is a third-party verification that a home, building, or land development is designed and built to achieve high performance in six key areas: Site Design, Resource Efficiency, Water Efficiency, Energy Efficiency, Indoor Environmental Quality, and Operation & Maintenance.
This Roundtable will provide an overview of the key elements of upcoming COP16, COP29 and the G20 negotiations and the existing framework for climate change, and the impact of these international events on subnational and territorial governments as well as underserved and coastal populations.
It will address the role of central governments, United Nation agencies, bilateral and multilateral financial institutions. Participants will be able to share actionable recommendations and hear from high level officials, experts, practitioners, advocates and negotiators about the challenges and opportunities for coastal populations in the region.
Relevant links below:
The 53rd CBC Annual Legislative Conference | September 11-15, 2024, in Washington, D.C.
Climate Disinformation Workshop | Climate Reality DC Chapter | September 11, 2024
COP16: Your Guide to the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference | Nature Conservancy
Join Vice President Al Gore Climate Reality Project October 17-23 Special Online Leadership Training
Jul
31
9:00 AM09:00
Acompaña la Conmemoración del Día Internacional de la Mujer Afrodescendient
Evento con Invitación Personalizada Solamente
Enlaces y eventos relevantes
Jun
15
12:00 PM12:00
Healthy Homes Act Victory Celebration
Healthy Homes Act Victory Celebration
After the DC Council passed the Healthy Homes and Residential Electrification Amendment Act of 2023
SUDECC will join the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund, and a network of organizations at the Sierra Club's Healthy Homes Victory Celebration in Washington, DC. Participants will enjoy the food and community speakers.
This is also a great opportunity to reconnect with community advocates committed to accelerate the transition to clean energy and a healthy environment in a city where buildings are the driver of over 72% of GHG emissions.
Apr
18
6:00 PM18:00
Creating Opportunities and Reducing Climate Change Vulnerabilities in Afro-descendant Populations Roundtable
Participants of this Roundtable will share actionable recommendations and review the progress made after COP28, the negotiations that are being considered under the existing framework for climate change, and its impact on Afro-descendant populations. It will also provide an opportunity address the role of governments, United Nation agencies and other bilateral and multilateral financial institutions.
This event will be a unique platform to develop partnerships with high level officials, experts, practitioners, advocates and negotiators about the challenges and opportunities for Afro-descendants in the region. Participants will be able to identify capacity-building initiative to train and develop participant’s networks created to adapt to and mitigate Climate Change - including mapping, assessing and mainstreaming the climate change adaptation and resilience capabilities of Afro-descendants in the Americas.
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Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on People of African Descent (UNPFPA) and former Vice President of the Government of Costa Rica (2018-2022).
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Strategist and Public Policy Expert on city and state policy as well as international affairs with expertise in Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia. President of transnational advocacy organization Global Black, she also serves as the Director of Policy & Research for the Movement for Black Lives, Senior Advisor for the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School, and as a Strategy Advisor for organizations, companies, political campaigns, and public sector institutions globally.
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Managing Director of Sustainable Development and Climate Change (SUDECC, Inc.). Previously, he was Deputy Director of the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, DC, Office on Latino Affairs. He also worked as a project attorney and an environmental specialist at the Legal Department, the Energy and Climate Change Unit of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) where he served as the focal point of the working group responsible for the establishment of the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) and the Climate Investment Fund (CIF). He holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Washington College of Law, American University.
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Regional Director of the United for Justice, DAI Honduras. She is a Garifuna leader who fights for the rights of her Afro-descendant community to recognition, justice, and development. She has over 11 years of experience managing projects financed by International Development Cooperation agencies in Latin America. She has a Master degree in Psychology from Catholic University. Tesla is also an Internationally recognized fashion designer, creative and owner of the Museum Collection brand. Tesla was born in the Garifuna community of Sangrelaya Colon, Honduras.
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Currently a member of Ecuador's National Assembly and a former the Governor of Esmeraldas Province (2013 to 2016). He has extensive experience in public management, politics, public relations, and institutional communication. She has a master’s in communication and political marketing from the University of Salvador de Buenos Aires - Argentina.
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Founder and Director of CEADA—Lecture Series on African and African Diaspora Studies and also serves as the Director of Programs at Global Black, a leading civil society organization. He deeply engages in advocacy, awareness-raising, and policy development across critical areas concerning Afro-descendants. With extensive interdisciplinary and intercultural experiences on four continents and in multiple languages, John's expertise encompasses ecology, conservation biology, environmental sciences, and specialized knowledge in African Diaspora Studies. He holds degrees in biology - zoology, and environmental sciences and is pursuing a doctoral degree in educational leadership at the University of Houston.
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Executive Secretary of the Permanent Council of Afro-Descendants of the Americas (COPAFRO). He is also currently part of the Working Group responsible for designing and creating the First Mutual Opportunity Bank of Colombia, which is a community driven development bank to promote socio-economic development and financial freedom to low-income communities. Previously, he served as an Advisor for Afro-descendant Affairs in the Andean International Community of Nations –C.A.N- (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia) and the program of human rights and international humanitarian law at the Office of the President of Colombia.
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Sr. Advisor at SUDECC, Inc where he conducts research on the access to carbon finance, and regional economics of climate change studies. Mr. Rochez has extensive management experience in the field of development of mass consumption products, since their creation, opening, launch, and marketing in Honduras, North America, and the European Union. He has experience in Business Management Processes in SMEs. He is also an Engineer in Industrial Production, Business Administration and Management, graduated from the Technological University of Honduras.
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President of the Global Alliance of Afro-descendant and Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs, where she promotes initiatives to strengthen women in Latin America and the Caribbean from an economic perspective. Yirlehan is part of a network of 1,200 Afro-descendant women in Colombia. Yirlehan is a PhD candidate in Administration at the Externado de Colombia University and completed a doctoral residency at Howard University, Washington, DC. She has a Master's in Business Administration and Public Accounting.
Apr
5
9:00 AM09:00
Spring 2024 Symposium, “Navigating Equity and Justice in Climate Finance, Energy Regulation, and ESG”
This event is sponsored by the Program on Environmental & Energy Law and the Business Law Program of American University, Washington, College of Law. This panel will provide an overview of the connection between the financial sector and environmental activism. This session will cover National obligations under the Paris Agreements and the mechanisms at play to meet those obligations. It will also cover new and innovative mechanisms to effectuate climate action such as litigation as a means of climate finance including the loss and damage fund. This session will include discussions of the intersection of equity and fairness in climate financing on an international level and the roles of the North and South in achieving a Just Energy Transition.
Apr
4
8:00 PM20:00
Dec
3
to Dec 4
Afro-descendants at COP28 in Dubai: Embracing Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Programs | A Transatlantic Roundtable Dialogue
December 4, 2023 | 7:30 PM Gulf Standard Time or UAE Standard Time GMT/UT | 10:30 AM Eastern Standard Time (US/ET)
This Roundtable will provide an overview of the key elements the COP28 negotiations that are being considered under the existing framework for climate change, and its impact on Afro-descendant population. Participants will be able to hear from high level officials, experts, practitioners, advocates and negotiators about the challenges and opportunities for Afro-descendants in the region. This will be a hybrid event and it will build on the framework of the Executive order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and the Justice40 Initiative and the One and Half Year of the Lessons learned after the Establishment of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent. It will so also address the role of governments, United Nation agencies, the Organization of America States, and multilateral financial institutions.
COP28
Represents an opportunity to follow-up on the progress made by Afro-descendant delegations after the 2023 Africa Climate Summit, the 2023 First Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado, the 26th and 27th U.N. Climate Conference (COP26 and COP27) in Glasgow, UK and Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt respectively, the 2022 Ninth Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles and the recent Summit for a New Global Financing Pact in Paris.
This Roundtable aims to (i) share lessons learned in the implementation of climate change projects for Afro-descendants populations; (ii) deliver the outcome of our most recent research on mappings, projects and investments, as well as (iii) build partnerships to accelerate implementation and identify opportunities for cross-collaboration after COP28.
Oct
14
4:00 PM16:00
Sep
21
3:00 PM15:00
Sep
20
10:00 AM10:00
Sep
15
9:00 AM09:00
Inter-American Business and Nature Forum, September 2023
Remarks by Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility
Under the leadership of the Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability, stakeholders representing international organizations, governments, consulting firms and the business community in Washington, DC successfully launched the Inter-American Business and Nature Forum
The forum addressed the new trends and commitments for Investor Action in the Global 2050 Vision for Biodiversity and opportunities in managing nature-related risks in supply chains and company operations.
Participants discussed the role of key sectors such as agribusiness, industry, the energy sector, extractives and the financial sector in creating a roadmap for nature based solutions in the Americas.
Apr
27
6:00 PM18:00
Strengthening the Climate Change Agenda for Afro-descendant Populations | First Cities Summit of the Americas (CSOA) Roundtable
The Roundtable “Strengthening the Climate Change Agenda for Afro-descendant Populations: Best Practices Implementing Sustainable, Resilient, and Equitable Programs in the Americas will provide an opportunity to network. It includes an art exhibition and artistic presentations powered by https://www.biennialoftheamericas.org/fabricadearteamericas
This Roundtable will provide an overview of the key elements of the First Cities Summit of the Americas (CSOA), the negotiations that are being considered under the existing framework for climate change, and its impact on Afro-descendant population.
Speakers
The Roundtable will address the role, challenges and opportunities of working with local governments, United Nation agencies, the Organization of America States, the private sector and multilateral financial institutions. Participants will be able to hear from high level officials, experts, practitioners, advocates and negotiators about the challenges and opportunities for Afro-descendants in the region. It will build on the framework of the Executive order 13985 on Advancing Racial Equity and the Justice40 Initiative and the One and Half Year of the Lessons learned after the Establishment of the U.N. Permanent Forum of People of African Descent.
Feb
17
2:30 PM14:30
Afro-InterAmerican Forum on Climate Chante Working Group
Working Group Session | Presentation of the Environmental Initiatives of: MIT, Tufts University and Javeriana University
Afro-InterAmerican Forum on Climate Change Black History Month Celebration. A meaningful and constructive dialogue with policy makers, development practitioners and members of the academic community.
Dec
6
7:00 PM19:00
What Happened at Cop27
This year's United Nations conference on climate change, also known as COP27, just ended and we are organizing a space to discuss the outcomes of the conference as they relate to Mexico and Central America. We saw progress in the creation of a Loss and Damage Fund, but lots of questions were left unanswered. How will countries access the fund? Which countries will be able to access the fund? Where will the funds come from?
Sep
23
4:00 PM16:00
Jun
9
2:00 PM14:00
IX Summit of the Americas Roundtable: Strengthening the Climate Change Agenda for Afro-descendant Population
Thursday June 9 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm EST | 2:00pm – 5:00pm - Pacific Time
Los Angeles, California | 6600 Sunset Boulevard. Los Ángeles CA 90028
Apr
27
4:30 PM16:30
Acknowledge Afro Campaign
A roundtable organized to share knowledge and encourage cooperation about some of the #climatechange challenges and opportunities that we face in the region. “Recognize the Afro” is a campaign sponsored by the European Union and the Government of Costa Rica, under the leadership of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Vice President Epsy Campbell Barr.
Apr
20
7:00 PM19:00
Mar
30
to Mar 31
Roundtable on "Environmental Justice, Equity and Race(s)"
This event is organized by the Howard University’s Interdisciplinary Research Group on African and African Diaspora Studies
Oct
27
6:00 PM18:00
SUDECC Network Monthly Meeting and Virtual Social Media Trainin
Moses Amaya focuses on providing tools to promote strong and sustainable future for business owners and middle income families. He has 20+ years of experience in management development. Some of his professional responsibilities include financial analysis and training staff for small businesses. This Social Media Training is designed for members of the SUDECC Network and special guests are welcomed.
RSVP by October 27, 2021 at 3:00pm EST.
Mar
20
1:30 PM13:30
Joining the 2021 UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination Campaign
Maryland General Assembly Recognition
Feb
27
2:00 PM14:00
Perspectivas Globales y Locales Sobre el Impacto de Covid-19 en la Diaspora a través de las Américas
Special Guest Dr. Jae Eun Chung shared the findings of the study on “Racial and Ethnic Makeup in Hospital’s Social Media and Online Platforms: Visual Representation of Diversity in Images and Videos of Washington, D.C. Hospitals.”
Jae Eun Chung
is associate professor in the Department of Strategic, Legal & Management Communication at Howard University. Her research areas are new media technologies, their psychosocial impacts, and health communication. Her work has been published in Journal of Communication, Communication Research, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, Journal of Health Communication, and Computers in Human Behavior. She received her Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and M.A. in Telecommunications from Indiana University at Bloomington.
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Feb
23
4:30 PM16:30
Conversando sobre Antropoceno y Desarrollo Humano
En el marco de la publicación del Reporte sobre Desarrollo Humano 2020, la oficina del PNUD en Honduras les invita al evento Conversando sobre Antropoceno y Desarrollo Humano, el cual se llevará acabo el día martes 23 de febrero del 2021 a las 4:30pm. Nos acompañarán Richard Barathe, Representante del PNUD en Honduras, Sergio Membreño, Coordinador del INDH 2021, Gina Kawas, Investigadora Senior en el Wilson Center, Julio Güity-Guevara, Director del SUDECC, Inc. y Mauricio Díaz Burdett, Director del FOSDEH.
