Past event
Africa, Israel and Their Descendants
A three-night series for Black History Month, run with the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel, on Israel-Africa and Black-Jewish relations and the strategy for turning back antizionism.
Speakers
Joshua Washington
Executive Director, Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel
Spoke on Zionism and the Civil Rights Movement.
Olga Meshoe-Washington
COO, DEISI International
Spoke on the ancient friendship between Africa and Israel.

Dumisani Washington
Founder, IBSI; Diversity Outreach Coordinator, Christians United for Israel
Spoke on countering antizionist blaxploitation.
For Black History Month 2021, AIC partnered with the Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel on three webinars, one a night from Monday, February 22, through Wednesday the 24th, each at 8 in the evening Eastern. IBSI led the series. It was about Israel and Africa, Black-Jewish relations, and the strategy it will take to turn back antizionism.
Joshua Washington, IBSI’s executive director, opened on Monday with Zionism and the Civil Rights Movement. On Tuesday Olga Meshoe-Washington, COO of DEISI International, spoke on the ancient friendship between Africa and Israel. Dumisani Washington, who founded IBSI and is diversity outreach coordinator for Christians United for Israel, closed on Wednesday with how to fight antizionist blaxploitation, and how to move forward.
It was free, with a separate registration for each night.
In Partnership With
- Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel
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