IPNEWS: Former Director-General, National Public Health Institute of Liberia, Dr. Mosoka P. Fallah , is expected to address the World Communities Forum, which takes place virtually beginning March 23-24,2021, under the Theme: “Envisioning a More Equitable Future: Race, Health and Wealth”

According to a release from the World Communities Forum, the forum will be free and accessible globally to stream via www.worldcommunitiesforum.org,
as well as being streamed live to socially-distanced, outdoor viewing stations, including in Nairobi’s Mathare slum.

The event is also been programmed from the grassroots up, with local practitioners from around the world designing the stage content, pairing high-profile leaders, including
Chelsea Clinton, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, Darren Walker, Cecile Richards, Nick Kristof and Cheryl Dorsey as interviewers who will listen and learn from community-based leaders sharing insights and solutions from their paradigm-shifting work on the front lines of inequality and social change.

What is the World Communities Forum and why is it different?

The inaugural World Communities Forum launches as a first-of-its-kind global development event that will flip the dynamics of traditional high-level events that focus on the global elite,
instead amplifying the voices of local leaders on the front lines of vulnerable communities around the world.

Launching the Global Alliance for Communities:
The Global Alliance for Communities is a coalition of 150+ proximate leaders stretching across the globe, which aims to bring a community-based perspective to the global development agenda. The Global Alliance is continuing to grow and will drive targeted actions to shift
development and social entrepreneurship towards a more equitable paradigm that values locally-rooted leadership. Its immediate priorities include: support for COVID-19 recovery and elevating community leadership in order to reach the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

The Alliance will be publicly launched at the Forum alongside robust policy asks the coalitionhave created together.

To change the status quo, the World Communities Forum will:
» Showcase community-led solutions and connect these leaders to one another, forming a movement to share inspiration and challenges – creating a flow of ideas and impact (all programming has been created in collaboration with the grassroots leaders that form the Global Alliance for Communities).
» Propose immediate shifts in resources and financing towards community-led solutions, moving away from a paradigm that is inherently biased and prescriptive, towards one that promotes racial equity and recognizes deep-rooted community trust and leadership as the most powerful drivers of impact.
» Encourage governments, policy leaders and funders to partner with, listen to, and scaleup community-led solutions.

What comes next?
» The World Communities Forum will be an annual event, continuing to highlight the grassroots solutions that drive real impact around the world, and progress the conversation around driving community solutions to be recognised at the global development level.
» The momentum created by the World Communities Forum will continue through the Global Alliance for Communities, with monthly policy calls pushing forward the policy asks that will come from the community leaders