Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou - The Riverside Church

As an "International Ambassador" for the Fellowship of Reconciliation, Rev. Sekou is aStatesman for peace and justice throughout world. He co-led an interfaith delegation to Haitione month after the tragic earthquake. He built toilets alongside the Haitian people. Based ona Lecture he delivered in Beirut, Lebanon, his short documentary film, Exiles in the PromisedLand: The Quest for Home focuses on the plights of Palestinians, Iraqi, and post-Katrina NewOrleans. The film was accepted at the Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival. Rev.Sekou was a delegate to the People's World Climate Change Conference in Bolivia. He was adelegate to the Interdependence Day Conferences in Istanbul, Turkey and Berlin, Germany. Hehas played a key role in civil and interfaith diplomacy negotiations with the Iranian government.Recognizing his distinguished work as Public Scholar and Intellectual, the Institute for PolicyStudies-the nation's oldest multi-issue progressive think tank in Washington, D.C. appointedRev. Sekou as the first Associate Fellow in Religion and Justice. Recently, Rev. Sekou receivedthe Keeper of the Flame Award by the National Voting Rights Institute and Museum in Selma,AL.