Within the context of ‘leaving no one behind,’ AU6RUSA is also guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Agenda 2030) for the sustainable growth and development of our communities in Africa and America so that we can genuinely bridge the gaps of disadvantage on the Continent, and in the Diaspora.

The Declaration of the First Global African Diaspora Summit on May 25, 2012, in South Africa adopted five Legacy Projects that give practical meaning to the Diaspora program:

•  The production of a Skills Database of African Professionals in the Diaspora.
• The establishment of the African Diaspora Volunteers Corps.
• The African Diaspora Investment Fund.
• A program on the Development Marketplace for the Diaspora, as a framework for facilitating innovation and entrepreneurship among Africans and Africans in the Diaspora
• The African Remittances Institute.

These African Union Legacy Projects highlight the vital role that should be played by the African Diaspora. Because of this, our activities are centered around and directed towards the realization of these projects, among other objectives.

The “1 Million By 2021 Initiative” was officially launched by the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, on April 24, 2019, at AUC Headquarters in Ethiopia. To support the One Million By 2021 initiative, AU6RUSA has adopted the One Million By 2021 as its flagship project. It is designed to Connect, Reconnect, Reverse the brain drain from Africa, and rebuild economic empowerment for sustainable development in our local communities and Africa. This initiative will incorporate Youth Development in America and on the Continent, through Entrepreneur, Education, Engagement, Employment (4Es) for training and employment: “Africa unite for youth: Bridging the gap and reaching out to African youth.”

The H.R.1242 Bill: 400 Years of African American History Commission Act:

AU6RUSA Action Plan for the 400 years Commemoration of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. 

Beyond 400 initiative commemorates the 400th Anniversary of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in 2019. It aims to connect the Africans descended from the victims and survivors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade with their brethren across America, across the Globe, and on the African Continent for a Global Africa Family.

 In line with the H.R.1242 Bill: 400 Years of African American History Commission Act, the  African Unity Sixth Region USA  shall:

Plan, develop, and carry out programs and tour activities throughout the United States to recognize and highlight the resilience and contributions of African Americans since 1619; an to acknowledge the impact that slavery and laws that enforced racial discrimination had on the United States, and to educate the public about; The arrival of Africans in the United States; and the contributions of African Americans to the United States.

AU6RUSA believes in and is committed to encouraging establishing a dual citizenship program to pave the way for social and economic mobilization on the African Continent and in the Diaspora. In that laudable regard, Ghana has invited African descendants in the Diaspora to return home. From the days of its first president, Kwame Nkrumah, the country has had a long history of encouraging the return of persons of African descent to help with the Continent’s development. In 2000, the government passed a law on the ‘Right of Abode,’ which allows a person of African descent to apply and be granted the right to stay in Ghana indefinitely. To make this a success, the country set up a Diaspora Affairs Bureau under the foreign affairs ministry to provide a sustainable link between the Ghanaian Diaspora and various government agencies to achieve development and investment goals.

 We commend African leaders like H. E. Mr. Nana Akufo Addo, The President of the Republic of Ghana, for being a trailblazer at reaching out to the African Diaspora. We celebrate H.E. for his dedication to reviving the movement to unite Africans on the Continent with their diaspora brethren and his good insight into the economic impact that a returning African Diaspora can

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