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Bermuda Premier
Dr. Ewart F. Brown to be Keynote Speaker
at 4th IIPT African
Conference
Kampala, Uganda,
May 20-25, 2007
( February
6, 2007, Stowe, Vermont, USA) IIPT Founder
and President, Louis D'Amore announced
today that Bermuda Premier and Minister of
Tourism and Transport, The Hon. Dr. Ewart
F. Brown, JP, MP will be a featured
Keynote Speaker at the 4th IIPT African
Conference on Peace through Tourism being
held May 20 &endash; 25 in Kampala,
Uganda, under the patronage of H.E. Yoweri
Kaguta Museveni.
The
Conference is being hosted by the Uganda
Ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry,
and organized in partnership with the
Africa Travel Association (ATA) in support
of the UN Decade of Peace and Non-Violence
for the Children of the World and the UN
Millennium Development Goals.
As
Minister of Tourism and Transport and
Deputy Premier, Dr. Brown hosted the 2006
Africa Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference
held in Bermuda, September 2006. The goal
of the 2006 conference was to provide a
continuing forum for sharing philosophies,
policies, resources, strategic models, and
cultural expression that will enhance
heritage tourism development and stimulate
the perpetuation of African Diaspora
Heritage Trail destinations, programs and
products - all crafted from the
perspective of people of the African
Diaspora working to conserve the vast
achievements of our cultures.
In
making the announcement, Louis D'Amore
said: "We are most honored to have Premier
Brown again join us as a Keynote Speaker
and look forward to supporting Bermuda's
bold initiative in facilitating long term
relationships between the nations of
Africa, the Caribbean, North and South
America by means of the Africa Diaspora
Heritage Trail. The Africa Diaspora
Heritage Trail serves to educate visitors,
enhance the economies of destinations, and
conserve the essence ofAfrican culture,
history and achievements."
The
Hon. Dr. Ewart F. Brown, JP, MP, Bermuda
Premier and Minister of Tourism and
Transport
In his
youth, Premier Brown excelled as an
athlete, particularly in cricket and track
and field. While at Howard University in
the United States, he represented Bermuda
in the Commonwealth Games and as well was
a student activist in the Civil Rights
movement.
Premier
Brown continued his education to become a
doctor, and went on to earn a Master of
Public Health degree from the University
of California. During his medical
practice, he earned several prestigious
awards including the Physicians
Recognition Award from the American
Medical Association; Grassroots Health
Award from the Sons of Watts, California;
Community Leadership Award conferred by
the Dubois Academic Institute; NAACP
Pacesetter Award; and the Humanitarian of
the Year Award of the Marcus Garvey
School.
Premier
Brown began his political career in 1993
winning a seat in Parliament and in 1998
was appointed to the Cabinet as Minister
of Transport. He was named Deputy Premier
and Minister of Tourism and Transport in
2003 and was elected Premier in October
2006 and continues as Minister of Tourism
and Transport.
In
2004, he re-ignited the torch of the
Africa Diaspora Heritage Trail originally
lit by Hon. David H. Allen who was
inspired to conceive the vision of an ADHT
while participating as a keynote speaker
in the first IIPT Summit on Peace through
Tourism, Amman 2000. The ADHT was
subsequently launched as a self-guided
tour in Bermuda in 2001 and the First
Africa Diaspora Heritage Trail Conference
was held in May 2002. Dr. Brown hosted the
Second ADHT Conference in 1996 following a
Planning Conference in 1995.
4th
IIPT Conference Theme
Theme of
the Conference is "Building Strategic
Alliances for Sustainable Tourism
Development, Peace and Reconciliation on
the African Continent." Its goals are to
broaden awareness of the social, cultural,
environmental, and economic benefits of
tourism; identify new markets; facilitate
product development and investment
opportunities; contribute to
reconciliation peace, wealth creation and
poverty reduction on the African
continent; and continue building bridges
of tourism, friendship, and
collaboration.
The
Conference will bring together Ministers
of Tourism and senior executives from both
the public and private sectors of tourism,
NGOs, and donor agencies, as well as
educators, policy analysts, leading
practitioners, entrepreneurs, future
leaders of the industry, and senior
representatives of related sectors
including environment, culture and
economic development.
Journalists
are invited to go to www.iipt.org to apply
for media credentials for the 4th IIPT
African Conference &endash; and
participation in the First African Media
Exchange or contact Ms. Karen Hoffman,
Director, IIPT Public Relations at
email
iiptmedia@aol.com.
About
International Institute for Peace through
Tourism (IIPT)
IIPT is
dedicated to fostering and facilitating
tourism initiatives which contribute to
international understanding and
cooperation, an improved quality of
environment, the preservation of heritage
and poverty reduction, and through these
initiatives, help bring about a more
peaceful and sustainable world.d's first
'Global Peace Industry,' an industry that
promotes and supports the belief that
'Every traveler is potentially an
Ambassador for Peace.'
For more
information on IIPT please visit:
www.iipt.org; Tel: 802 253.2658;
Fax: 802 253.2645; Email: Africa@iipt.org
Media
Contact: Karen Hoffman, The Bradford
Group. Tel: 212 447.0027; Email:
iiptmedia@aol.com.
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