PACONP MISSION & GOALS
Our main goals include to:
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Promote awareness for the International Day of Peace and the Culture of Peace.
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The practice of sport as a way to promote a healthy lifestyle
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Promote the understanding how fair play within sports contributes to proper civic attitudes regarding competition and social struggles.
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Create a great platform for engaging different ethnic entities in our city in a process of camaraderie and shared interests.
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Build respect for diversity and acceptance of each other’s dignity.
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Break the stigma about women playing soccer
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Encourage and strengthen immigrants to become agents of social change in the U.S, and their respective countries.
To fulfill these goals, PACONP is committed to not only enable the African Diaspora communities to come together, enhance their cross-cultural understanding, dialogue and collaboration through sports, and also determined to play the role of agent in the following areas:
Agent for Unity
PACONP is our way to mobilize, unify and engage the majority of the 16000 immigrant African communities in Philadelphia, regardless of their political social and ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds. Given the importance and the place of soccer in the hearts of most Africans, PACONP saw it fit to use it, not only as a weapon of choice to fight factionalism and hostility, but also as a powerful medicine for hope, healing, mutual forgiveness and actions.
Agent for Peace:
PACONP has enormously contributed in turning African immigrants into agents for Peace, especially in countries with internal ethnic and religious conflicts. To that end, we are proud to report that our efforts have been very fruitful among immigrants from countries such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Sudan where factions from wars played in the same team, and promised to send a “One Voice Letter” to their respective government to promote peace.
Agent for Social Change:
With its strong emphasis on tolerance, respect for diversity, as well as the development of friendly and peaceful relationship, PACONP continues to be effective in promoting more stable and inclusive communities between African and African American, especial in South and North Philly, where the social interaction between the two groups was very alarming.
Agent for Healthy Life Style:
This year our focus will be on healthy life style and preventive measures. PACONP 2015 also known as Philadelphia African Health Cup, will focus on increasing health awareness among its constituents, by collaborating with medical institutions to help promote the importance of following a healthy lifestyle, and raising the overall quality of life through sports. In so doing, PACONP aims not only to raise the awareness but also educate our constituents about some of the illnesses that are still foreign to them.
PACONP 2014