That Afrikans and the Descendants of Afrikans in the Diaspora will work together in unity to achieve the reparation of our people, wherever they reside, and The Continent of Afrika.

That the GAC will be a central catalytic agent in establishing a mass movement dedicated to achieving unity among Afrikans, on the Continent and In the Diaspora.

The Global Afrikan Congress (GAC) is an international non-governmental organization network that was created by and caters to all Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants both on the Afrikan Continent and in the Diaspora.

The GAC organizes from the bottom up, emphasising the need for local and international grassroots involvement. Focusing on openness, democracy, self-determination, economic independence and control of our communities, this network offers an opportunity for local and international community solidarity, cooperation, and empowerment.

The GAC seeks to be a venue that allows organizations from different locations to work together toward common objectives. The GAC values and respects diversity within the Afrikan family from all geographical regions and aims to put an end to the dislocation and disorganization of the Afrikan and Afrikan Descendants communities caused by colonial and neo-colonial domination.

The GAC was created at the historic Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants World Conference Against Racism (AAD WCAR) held in Bridgetown, Barbados (2002). The Global Afrikan Congress is dedicated to the ongoing Reparations struggle. The immediate priorities, strategies and recommendations on how to address the specific social, economic and political problems were addressed and are contained in our premier document, the Bridgetown Protocol.

This organization presently works with other partnering Black communities for the benefit of the global Afrikan community. The goal of this organization and its partners if the compensation for the enslavement and inhuman treatment of Afrikans and their descendants, and other less obvious effects of colonial domination and its attendant racism. Chattel slavery, the enslavement and torture of Afrikans and their children is, always was, and always will be a Crime Against Humanity. This event is indeed the worst crime in all of human history.

We believe, Reparations (compensation) is a necessary first step in repairing and healing the appalling damage done to Afrika and her descendants by European powers (including Canada and the United States of America).

The enslavement of countless Afrikans (Black people) was the most heinous crime in history. It was a crime whose effects destroyed the lives of enslaved Afrikans and continue to affect their descendants today, i.e. racial profiling, police brutality, lynching.

Slavery stripped Afrikans of their culture by erasing the Afrikan memory and breaking the links to Afrikan cultures. This was the worst dimension of slavery. The cultures that suffered genocides of the twentieth century e.g. Armenians, Cambodians, Jews - were able to keep their cultural memories intact and use them to regenerate their societies by building on their traditions.

The perpetrators of the enslavement of Afrikans appear to have been given a free ride. The guilt of the slaveowners has never been called to account. This guilt remains unadmitted and unatoned. Over the centuries slaveowners and their families have worked to hide the evidence of their crime and refuse to pay their debt to the enslaved and their descendants.

Massive wealth was gained by the brutal exploitation of the enslaved Afrikan. This wealth continues to be enjoyed by the descendants of the slave-owners. At the same time, enslaved Afrikans lived in poverty- the same poverty enslaved descendants live in today. Today, Afrikans and their descendants are victims of the structures of systemic inequality and discrimination that deny Afrikans equal access to jobs, positions of power and influence (promotion practices), education, proper housing, and equality under the justice system.

This history calls for an awareness and duty to guard against Black/African oppression in whatever shape or form. It has also demonstrated the need for Afrikans to demand the redistribution of the world's resources. There is no good reason why Afrika, which is one of the richest continents in the world, should be the poorest.

The Global Afrikan Congress is dedicated to a just redistribution of the world's resources and to combating the threat of continued oppression. A fundamental element of the GAC strategy is to force former slave-owners and beneficiaries (states, corporations, individuals and their descendants) to acknowledge and compensate for the crimes their ancestors and descendants committed, and continue to commit against our people.

We believe reparations must be made for the wrongs done to our ancestors and to us - psychologically, emotionally, physically, culturally, economically and socially.

Among the core objectives of the Global Afrikan Congress is to function as first and foremost an umbrella organization, a collective of membership organizations and individuals that act as:

• A provider of expert technical and professional expertise, advice, resources and support;
• A global strong and forceful voice for Afrikan people world-wide, advocating justice for all victims of crimes against humanity;
• A solid source of research capability;
• A strong voice for Reparations: the payment of long-owned compensation for crimes against humanity;

One of the basic principles of GAC's strategy is that those states and surviving corporate interests that were responsible for slavery must acknowledge their wrong doings and make restitution, with the form and amount of restitution being acceptable to the affected Black Community. Using communication, planning and joint action, key elements of the GAC-Black community strategy are to:

1. Adopt a United Approach - African/Black organizations, academics, professionals, politicians, clergy, activists and individuals must unite as a force dedicated to Restoring the Dignity of Black People.
2. Widen the Dialogue - Communities, Nations, Regions, must share experiences, ideas, initiatives, etc about Restoring the Dignity of Black People.
3. Create an Action Agenda - Incorporate local, regional and international/global initiatives focused on Restoring the Dignity of Black People. Priority: Create a co-ordinated set of actions to elicit the apology for the enslavement of Africans and establish the basis for a reparations claim.
4. Identify Sources of Funding - Use a multi-level approach to get funding from different sources e.g. community, government, corporate, individuals.

Using a united approach, the GAC & participating organizations will:

• Work for the complete compensation (restitution) and recognition by the international community of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, slavery, colonialism, and on-going atrocities as crimes against humanity.
• Demand Reparations for the long overdue compensation for the exploitation of Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants, that derived from the economic basis of racism. This restitution for Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants as essential to ending the inequality derived from the slave trade, slavery and colonialism.
• Lobby for the adaptation of national public policies that correct institutionalised forms of racism with emphasis on education, health-care and environmental racism.
• Call for the adaptation of culture-specific development polices, to initiate a fundamental social and political cultural renaissance among Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants, for the restoration our cultural, social and political integrity.
• Adopt, advocate and support mechanisms to combat the interconnection of race, poverty and the effect that globalization (government and private sector) has on this interconnection.
• Advocate for law practices and mechanisms to combat racism in the justice, legal, correctional and penal systems and seek to implement laws that will respect the dignity, rights and culture of Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants.
• Adopt, and advocate and support policies specific to Afrikan and Afrikan Descendant women that recognize and address the intersection of race and gender.
• A global strong and forceful voice for Afrikan people world-wide, advocating justice for all victims of crimes against humanity;
• Work for the full recognition of, and respect for, all Afrikan and Afrikan Descendant Rastafari and other underrepresented and marginalized spiritual/religious communities for their contribution to the struggle for liberation.
• Call upon Afrikan states to ratify the Bridgetown Protocol and establish the Afrikan Court on Human and People's Rights.
• Equally call on all states to commit themselves to the Statutes of the International Criminal Court.
• Call upon all Afrikan states, and all governments in countries with Afrikan and Afrikan Descendants communities, to adopt policies addressing the plight of, and promoting justice for all Afrikans and Afrikan Descendants, especially political and war refugees, internationally displaced persons, stateless persons, migrant workers, people living with HIV/AIDS and other disabilities, victims of xenophobia and related intolerances based on language, religion, national and ethnicity, and skin complexion.
• Include youth to develop policies and implement programs designed to afford our youth full inclusion in the fabric of our societies, i.e. rite of passage, mentoring and apprentice schemes.

The Global Afrikan Congress is an international umbrella organization.