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Call for Contributors | State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026We spend years chasing degrees, building networks...
06/03/2026

Call for Contributors | State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026

We spend years chasing degrees, building networks, and mastering our crafts. But the transition from holding knowledge to actually driving impact requires putting your perspective on the official record. If we do not document our own narrative, someone else will write it for us.

The African Diaspora Youth Hub is officially accepting global contributors for the State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026. This is an opportunity to move beyond conversation and document the actionable solutions, perspectives, and experiences that will shape the strategic direction of our communities.

We are calling on young leaders, thinkers, and innovators worldwide to submit their insights and help drive the narrative forward.

What We Are Looking For:
→Essays
→Public Comments
→Personal Reflections
→Policy Recommendations
→Lived Experiences
→Regional Perspectives

Submission Details:
Deadline: June 8, 2026

Submit Here: https://lnkd.in/ebE_Qf7Z

The narrative of the African diaspora is currently being written. Make sure your voice is part of the official record.

🌍 YOUR VOICE. OUR MOVEMENT. OUR FUTURE. Global Call for Contributors for the inaugural State of the African Diaspora You...
05/28/2026

🌍 YOUR VOICE. OUR MOVEMENT. OUR FUTURE. Global Call for Contributors for the inaugural State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026!

We are inviting African and Diaspora youth from across the world to share their voices, lived experiences, ideas, and solutions that will help shape a stronger and more inclusive future for our communities.

Whether through essays, public comments, personal reflections, policy recommendations, or regional perspectives your contribution matters. 💡🌍

This report will serve as a global advocacy and knowledge tool to influence policies, strengthen inclusion, and amplify youth leadership worldwide.

📅 Submission Deadline: 8 June 2026
📝 Become a Contributor — Help Shape the State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026
https://forms.gle/k1Ucoa7TwFJGEGhy7

Together, we are building a future where African and Diaspora youth are heard, represented, and empowered.

NYC African Council is hosting an AU (African Union) FLAG RAISING CEREMONYDate: Monday, 25th May 2026Time: 2:00 PM – 4:0...
05/25/2026

NYC African Council is hosting an AU (African Union) FLAG RAISING CEREMONY

Date: Monday, 25th May 2026
Time: 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Venue: Bowling Green Park Triangle
Next to the Raging Bull
25 Broadway, New York, NY

NYC African Council
In partnership with:
The Bowling Green Association
African Diaspora Community, Organizations
African Diplomats
Elected Officials

Africa Day 2026: The Mandate for Our Future Sixty-three years ago, a continent decided that its future was worth fightin...
05/25/2026

Africa Day 2026: The Mandate for Our Future

Sixty-three years ago, a continent decided that its future was worth fighting for, together. Today, we celebrate that decision, and we renew its promise.

For us at the African Diaspora Youth Hub, Africa Day is never only a celebration. It is a call to action. We are the continent's living bridge, carrying the audacity of our ancestors into boardrooms, policy forums, and tech hubs across the globe. We are not simply descendants of Africa's story. We are its active authors.

True integration and development demand that young African leaders have the capital, the access, and the platforms to drive systemic change. Not eventually. Now.

To every youth, innovator, and changemaker in the diaspora, stop waiting for an invitation. Start securing your seat at the table.

Happy Africa Day. Let's celebrate, and let's build together.

The speakers are set. The regions are represented. Now meet the person bringing it all together. Every important convers...
05/22/2026

The speakers are set. The regions are represented. Now meet the person bringing it all together.

Every important conversation needs a steady hand at the centre, someone who can hold space for eight powerful voices across seven global regions with clarity, depth, and purpose.

We are proud to introduce Siam Yabili, Congolese civil diplomacy advocate, public speaker, Founder of Congo Connexion, and ADYH Programming Director as the Moderator of the inaugural ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth global convening.

Born in the DRC and raised in refugee camps after fleeing conflict, Siam brings a perspective forged not in boardrooms, but in the lived realities of displacement, resilience, and the long road toward peace and governance. His advocacy platform, Congo Connexion, connects those realities directly to global policy and multilateral spaces.

He doesn't just understand this conversation. He embodies it.

The event is tomorrow — and this is your final chance to register.

📅 May 23, 2026 | 9:00 AM ET
🌐 Virtual | Free | Open to all

Register now: https://lnkd.in/eQNRgh9D

Welcome to the stage, Siam Yabili 👏🏾

Share this, the conversation starts in less than 24 hours.

In observance of Africa Day 2026, the African Diaspora Youth Hub (ADYH) is hosting the inaugural State of the African Di...
05/22/2026

In observance of Africa Day 2026, the African Diaspora Youth Hub (ADYH) is hosting the inaugural State of the African Diaspora Youth global convening — bringing together speakers and perspectives from Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and the Caribbean to discuss the realities, opportunities, identity, migration, leadership, and future of African diaspora youth globally.

This conversation will also contribute toward the upcoming State of the African Diaspora Youth Report 2026.

📅 May 23, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM EST
🌍 Virtual | Free & Open to All

Register here:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/cpqyvsYaRjuk1bWLIzpMM

Join the ADYH community:
https://adyhub.org/join-the-african-diaspora-youth-hub

Speaker #8 — and the final Continental Voice has entered the room.The African diaspora reaches further than most narrat...
05/22/2026

Speaker #8 — and the final Continental Voice has entered the room.
The African diaspora reaches further than most narratives allow. Safiya M. Yusuf Gomes is proof of that.

Brazil alone is home to more people of African descent than any country outside Africa. Yet Afro-descendant identity, erasure, and cultural resilience in South America remain among the most underrepresented conversations in global diaspora spaces.

Our final speaker is changing that.

We are honoured to welcome Safiya M. Yusuf Gomes, strategic communications representative focused on strengthening economic and cultural connections between Africa and South America, as our Continental Voice for South America at the inaugural ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth global convening.

Safiya's work centres on cross-cultural representation, diaspora engagement, and scaling African brands and talent within the Brazilian market, building real, tangible connections between two continents whose histories have always been intertwined.

At the ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth, she leads the conversation on:
South America — Afro-descendant identity, erasure & cultural resilience.

Because this story has waited long enough to be told.

📅 May 23, 2026 | 9:00 AM ET
🌐 Virtual | Free | Open to all

The lineup is complete. The room is ready. Make sure you are in it.

https://lnkd.in/eQNRgh9D

Welcome to the stage, Safiya M. Yusuf Gomes 👏🏾

Share this, we're almost there. See you tomorrow.

Speaker #7 is here.Oceania is not invisible, and Mamadou Diamanka is making sure of it.African communities in Oceania a...
05/22/2026

Speaker #7 is here.
Oceania is not invisible, and Mamadou Diamanka is making sure of it.

African communities in Oceania are often left out of broader diaspora conversations. Mamadou Diamanka is helping change that.

We are honoured to welcome Mamadou Diamanka — CEO and Founder of the Australian African Foundation for Retention and Opportunity (AAFRO), as our Continental Voice for Oceania at the inaugural ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth global convening.

Mamadou's work is dedicated to supporting CALD African Australian children, young people, families, and communities to thrive. He brings experience across local government, youth justice, not-for-profit organisations, and flexible education, with a strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing, and opportunity.

At the ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth, he leads the conversation on:
Oceania — Visibility, distance & connection to the broader diaspora.

This is an important voice in the room, because the diaspora is global, and Oceania is part of that story.

📅 May 23, 2026 | 9:00 AM ET
🌐 Virtual | Free | Open to all

Register now and stay tuned, one speaker remains.

https://lnkd.in/eQNRgh9D

Welcome to the stage, Mamadou Diamanka 👏🏾

Share this with your network and help us fill the room.

Speaker #6 has entered the room. Youth leadership is not the future. For Myles G. Hollingsworth, it is already the pres...
05/22/2026

Speaker #6 has entered the room.
Youth leadership is not the future. For Myles G. Hollingsworth, it is already the present.

There is a generation of young Black Americans who grew up watching systems fail their communities — and instead of waiting for change, they became the change agents themselves.

Myles G. Hollingsworth is one of them.

We are honoured to welcome Myles G. Hollingsworth, nationally recognised Gen-Z organiser, social activist, graduating student at Howard University, President of the NAACP New York State Conference Youth & College Division, and Member of the NAACP National Board of Directors, as our Continental Voice for North America at the inaugural ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth global convening.

His advocacy spans education justice, civic engagement, and youth empowerment. He is proof that you do not have to wait until you have the title, the office, or the decades of experience to lead. You lead now, with what you have, from where you are.

At the ADYH State of the African Diaspora Youth, he leads the conversation on:
North America — Belonging, systemic barriers & civic power.

Because this conversation is not complete without the voice of a young Black American who is living these realities, and fighting back.

📅 May 23, 2026 | 9:00 AM ET
🌐 Virtual | Free | Open to all

Register now and stay tuned, more speakers are on the way.

👉 https://lnkd.in/eQNRgh9D

Welcome to the stage, Myles G. Hollingsworth 👏🏾

Share this with your network and help us fill the room.

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