FEB 21 – FRIDAY
- GUESTS FLY INTO FRESNO AIRPORT
- Fresno Yosemite Airport (5175 E Clinton Way, Fresno, CA)
- (We are asking guests to fly in the night BEFORE the Summit)
- We will have transportation at the airport to drive you to your hotel/ or The Main House
- GUESTS DRIVEN TO HOTEL/ OR MAIN HOUSE
- We have reserved a guest house – with 7 rooms in it (The Main House).
- Dinner will also be served/hosted at the Main House on BOTH Friday/ Saturday nights.
- We have also reserved rooms at the Piccadilly Inn for additional guests & those that come in late on Friday night (and just want to go right to sleep.) (5115 E McKinley Ave, Fresno, CA)
- The Piccadilly Inn is directly across the street from the Airport. The Building is colored bright red, and can’t be missed.
- DINNER – MINGLING:
- A 5-star “Classic Southern France Cuisine/ Global Cuisine” trained chef will be serving dinner.
- Dinner will be served at 6:30 and mingling/ meeting the other Summit guests will go on for a while.
- All guests that have rooms at the Piccadilly Inn will be driven back to their hotel rooms after the event.
- At this time – representatives from Texas, California, New Hampshire, Vermont, Alaska, Hawaii, Florida, and the movement for an African American homeland (representing 8 American states) and Western Togoland, Kurdistan, Batwa-Bwindi, Afar, Baja Mexico, Guam, and East Turkestan are planning to attend and speak in person – and therefore will be staying at the Main House/ attending Dinner. More guests may attend on the actual date!
FEB 22 – SATURDAY
- ARRIVE AT TV STUDIO/ SET UP: 10AM pacific
- CMAC TV STUDIO: 1555 Van Ness Ave # 201, Fresno, CA 93721
- Guests will be driven from Piccadilly Inn/ Main House to the CMAC TV studios
- Brunch/Lunch will be provided at the event for those attending in person. (It will be a choice selection of California produce)
- START SHOW: 10:30 AM pacific
- -Introduction to Ceremonies: Jason Wright
- -Introduction to Ceremonies: Natacha Atlas (UN Goodwill ambassador)
- -“Why is this Summit necessary”/ Niche role it fills: Marc Ruiz Evans
- -“How do countries become independent successfully”: Professor Qvortrup
- -“What are the keys to gaining recognition as a nation”: Professor Griffiths
- -Acknowledge in attendance: Arend Lijphart – Professor Emeritus of Political Science, UCSD
- Lijphart is a world renowned political scientist specializing in the prospects of democracy in ethnically and religiously divided societies like Belgium, Switzerland, Israel, Lebanon, South Africa, and India;
- He is the leading authority on consociationalism, or the ways in which segmented societies manage to sustain democracy through power-sharing.
- Each group who attends the SUMMIT in person, will speak first at the beginning of the event.
- So far – representatives from Texas, New Hampshire, Vermont, Alaska, California, Florida, Louisiana, Western Togoland, Kurdistan, Batwa-Bindi, Afar, and East Turkestan have agreed to attend the event in person, and will be able to speak for 10 minutes about their movement, and struggles their people face in their host nation, and how more independence could be a solution.
- After movements that attended in person speak – movements from around the world will be able to speak for 10 minutes each.
- So far – these groups have agreed to attend the Summit virtually – Cape South Africa, Baja Mexico, Hawaii Sovereignty, Tigray, Opre Roma, Liberland (The President is coming), Chamorro Guam, Easter Island, Triqui/Oaxaca, Royal Republic of Nuevo Leon, Inner Mongolia, African American Homeland, Ogoni, Karen Kawthoolei, Caprivi Strip, Nagaland, and the Mthwakazi.
- After every group has had a chance to speak – we will enter into discussion groups (time permitting).
- More groups may attend virtually on the day of the SUMMIT!
- So far – we are in contact with these groups and they have expressed interested in attending the Summit virtually –Quebec, New Caledonia, Catalonia, Somaliland, Ambazonia, Alberta, Biafra, Kabylie, Greenland, Shetland, Lakota, West Papua, Raizal, Khalistan, Mapuche, Azawad, Tigray, Basque, Opre Roma, Easter island, Armenian Artsakh, Hmong Chaofa, Bougainville.
- In addition – we are still attempting to contact these remaining groups (and there are still 2 months left before the Summit date) –Lombardy, Veneta, Guam, Chittagong hill tracts, Somaliland, South Maluku, Khmers Kampuchea, Madhesh, Western Saharan, Katanga, Casamance, Scotland, South is my country, Arequipa, Barotseland, Sarawak, Johor, Lapland, Zulu, Moskito, Basque, Szekely land, Flemish, and Zulia.
- We will assign blocks of time to those groups who are participating virtually. A movement will be contacted before the SUMMIT to tell them when their 1 hour window is.
- For example – a movement would be told “between 1-2pm pacific, please join the Summit and you will be scheduled to speak for 10 minutes during this period of time”
- For those movements that weren’t able to participate during their window of time, there will be a backup window provided. After every group that was scheduled to speak, has spoken, we will keep the stream open to allow for groups who missed their window to speak.
- Every group will be given adequate time/ multiple opportunities to have their 10 minute time slot during the course of the SUMMIT.
- FOR AN UP-TO-DATE LIST ON ATTENDEES.
- FOR INFORMATION ON ALL GROUPS INVITED/ ATTENDING.
- OUT OF STUDIO at 4pm.
- If we run out of time to allow every movement to speak virtually, we will continue the live stream at the Main House, until every movement has had the opportunity to participate.
- DINNER – MINGLING NIGHT 2 (main dining/ networking event)
- A 5-star “Classic Southern France Cuisine/ Global Cuisine” trained chef will be serving dinner.
- Dinner will be served at 6:30 and mingling/ meeting the other Summit guests will go on for a while.
- All guests that have rooms at the Piccadilly Inn will be driven back to their hotel rooms after the event.
- FLY OUT – that night. Some guests may fly out the Saturday night. Transportation will be provided to the airport.
FEB 23 – SUNDAY
- Remaining guests will be driven to the airport in the morning for flights that day.
