Virtual Congress of World Poetry Movement Coordinators | Tellwell Newspaper
Tellwell Newspaper, Abuja – Nigeria:
By Ashraf Aboul-Yazid
World Poetry Movement in Africa called all poets and country national coordinators on the continent to attend its Virtual Continental Congress to hold on 21st and 22nd January, 2023.
The Coordinating Committee of The World Poetry Movement appointed four continental directors and 106 leaders and national committees in the countries where it has deployed its organizational work.
As a national coordinator WPM in Egypt, I believe this congress will be a great chance for poets to present new creative ideas to promote poetry in the daily life which is a priority to support humanity.
Currently the Coordinating Committee (CC) of the World Poetry Movement is orienting its work towards the convocation and realization of virtual continental congresses in Africa (January, 2023), Asia (February, 2023), Europe (March, 2023) and America (April, 2023), with the support of the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
These continental events will be preparatory to the first WPM Congress, to be held in Medellín between July 13 and 15, 2023 with a second stage in Caracas between July 17 and 20, 2023 both in person and virtually (due to budgetary limitations), during which a Strategic Plan 2023-2028 will be approved.
This congress will be the culmination of our activities in the past one year.
Amongst WPM objectives this year is to discuss and structure a new stage of the World Poetry Movement through a redefinition of our objectives and work plans and an organic renewal of leadership and Movement, so that it is able to trigger a deeper action through multiple initiatives of poets in different regions of the world, which gives a more impactful dimension to the relationship of poets and poetry with human society.
The agenda for the two day’s congress will have report of the WPM Coordinating Committee, report of the African Coordination of WPM, greeting from representatives of WPM Europe, Asia, and America, reports of the 24 National Coordinators of WPM Africa, and discussion on the reports.
On 22nd January, the stage will be for proposals, and selection of 15 delegates to the WPM Congress for face-to-face or virtual participation, with translations to be provided during this virtual congress.
The coordinating committee of WPM consists of Rati Saxena (India), Ayo Ayoola-Amale (Ghana), Agneta Falk (United States), Sue Zhu (People’s Republic of China), Ataol Behramoglu (Türkiye), Alex Pausides (Cuba), Zolani Mkiva (South Africa), Freddy Ñáñez (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela), Ismael Diadié (Mali), Keshab Sigdel (Nepal) and Luís Filípe Sarmento (Portugal).
Others are Vadim Terekhim (Russia), Khalid Rassouni (Morocco), Oscar Saavedra (Chile), Francis Combes (France), Fernando Rendón (Colombia) as General Coordinator and Gloria Chvatal, president of the Preparatory Committee of the WPM Congress.
