Art has for time immemorial been a way to grieve, a way to rejoice, a way to brainstorm and a way to unify. We celebrate artists who are courageous enough to publicly reveal that they still trust in the dream. #NoneButOurselves #ThrowBackThursday #3rdNCCThrowBack #ItsUsAndItsNow #CommunityIsTheAnswer
The 3rd National Citizens Convention (NCC) was co-convened by 22 civic organizations over three days from 4-6 November 2020 under the banner of the Citizens’ Manifesto with the theme: None but Ourselves: Reimagining the Future We Want Post Covid 19. The event adopted a hybrid model of online and onsite processes allowing the decentralized participation…
Earlier this month we convened to bring you the 3rd National Citizens Convention, themed #NoneButOurselves : Reimagining The Future We Want Post Covid-19. Today we invite you to join a dialogue platform that will be discussing outcomes of the NCC and how to take those forward into action! Speakers :Briggs Bomba, Convener , Citizens ManifestoMaaianne…
The 3rd National Citizens’ Convention Opened up with messages of inspiration, invocation and invitation. Citizens’ Manifesto Convener, Briggs Bomba’s opening remarks called to the citizens to recognise what time it is and acknowledge the period of grand transition that is ahead. You can read the speech in full here. Solidarity messages poured in from leaders and actors of both local and…
Speech by Briggs Bomba, Convener, Citizens’ Manifesto On the Occasion of the Third National Citizens’ Convention; 4 – 6 November 2020 Dear comrades and friends; fellow citizens; and all those joining us in person and in spirit for this august occasion. I welcome you to this 3rd National Citizens’ Convention organized under the banner of…
Dear friends, It is with great pleasure that I send you my greetings and congratulations on the occasion of the third National Citizens Convention in Zimbabwe. I still treasure the memory of speaking to many of you at the first Convention in Harare Gardens on July 20th 2018, alongside my dearly-missed friend and colleague Kofi…
HARARE , Zimbabwe – Citizens Manifesto will convene the third National Citizens’ Convention (NCC) from 4-6 November 2020 as a hybrid online and onsite event in line with COVID-19 regulations. This year’s NCC is set to interrogate key questions around Zimbabwe’s ongoing impasse and new abnormalities brought on by the COVID-19 public health crisis. The…
Be a part of the discussions, ideas, solutions and the future in pursuit of a #BetterZimbabweforAll. We have important conversations to have as citizens who want to see the best for this country. No one is solving this conundrum for us…it’s all hands on deck now. Keep watching our social media pages to find out…