Quick Recap

Dustin and I are part of a Jubilee USA delegation to the World Social Forum (WSF) in Nairobi, Kenya. The forum consists of several daily workshops and programs focused on issues affecting the poor and marginalized around the world. There are people here from EVERYWHERE: Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Haiti, Canada, Liberia, DRC, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Benin, Philippines, Bangladesh… This has truly been an opportunity to dialogue with all sorts of people around all sorts of issues. Our primary topic (as part of the Jubilee delegation) has been debt.

Here’s a quick recap of our last few days:
FRIDAY: arrived in Nairobi after midnight (our luggage did not)

SATURDAY: Breakfast meeting with Jubilee USA & Jubilee UK, Ecumenical service led by Desmond Tutu, WSF registration

SUNDAY: First Session: Illegitimacy of Debt: Responsible/Alternative Financing; Debt & Conditionalities. Second Session: The World Bank, A Never-Ending Coup d’Etat

MONDAY: First Session: Kenya’s Debt & Kenya’s Actions. Second Session:The Illegitimate Debt Dialogue with Professor Wangari Maathai. Third Session: Arts Education in Uganda

TUESDAY: Today, we’re going to visit Kibera, the largest slum in all of Africa. Then, we’ll rush back to the Forum for more sessions.