“Reflections on Affirming Women’s Rights in a Patriarchal Society” Guest Speaker at the Virtual Meeting with Margaret Ekpo Youth Fellows, Nigeria. December 21, 2020 (Online).

“Sexism and Sexual Harassment: What Can Be Done?” Sexism, Sexual Harassment, and Academia: An Online Roundtable Discussion organized by the Lagos Studies Association Women’s Mentoring Network. September 19, 2020 (Online).

Black Philanthropy Month, 2020. The Black Giving and Beyond Summit: Towards A Just Future in a Covid World. Member of Planning Committee, Speaker. August 1, 4-5, 29, 2020 (Online).

Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program Alumni Webinar & Fireside Chat: “African Studies and Agenda 2063 in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.” October 30, 2020 (Online).

Contextualizing #EndSARS: A Discussion. Nigerian Studies Association. November 6, 2020 (Online).

Lagos Studies Association (LSA) Zoom Event: Police Brutality, Violence, and the Crisis of Development in Nigeria. October 31, 2020 (Online).

Nigerian American Diaspora Perspective: A Conversation on Human Rights. New York City Commission on Human Rights. December 17, 2020 (Online).

Roundtable: African Studies and Agenda 2063 in the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) African Studies Association 63rd Annual Meeting, Thursday, November 19, 2020 (Online).

The 2020 Post-Mortem (Part One): Election Outcome and Analysis. NYC Political Forum November 12, 2020 (Online).

Womanifesto 2020 Summit. Nigerian Feminist Womanifesto. Member, Planning Committee. “Reflections Session: Role of diasporas in the Nigeria Women Want” Panel Chair. December 9-10, 2020 (Online).

Two sessions –Skills and employment creation for youth: lessons for North Africa and Leveraging the private sector to increase youth employment and employability – African Economic Conference, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt.
December 2-4, 2019.
Gender, Power, and Expressivity, 62nd Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Boston, MA.
November 21-23, 2019.
Emerging Issues on Human Rights and Gender Education for Sustainable Development. CHURGE 2019 International Conference. Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria. August 19-22, 2019.
Strategic Planning Meeting on Nigerian National Women’s Summit. Organized by WARDC, DFID, PERL. Bolton White Hotel, Garki, Abuja, Nigeria. July 8, 2019.
Global Analysis to Local Analysis: Gains and Lessons From 2019 Elections – Women’s Political Participation: International Insights. WARDC Dialogue on Women’s Political Participation: Gender Audit of Nigeria’s 2019 Elections. Lagos, Nigeria. August 2, 2019.
Depression and Suicide, Lagos Central Baptist Conference Seminar, Obanikoro, Lagos, Nigeria. July 31, 2019.
Enhancing the Frontier of Research Collaboration and Partnership for Sustainable Development. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. July 22, 2019.
Where are the Women? Gender and the Politics of Marginalization in Nigeria’s 2019 Elections.

WORDOC-IFRA Monthly Seminar Series, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. July 8, 2019.

African Diaspora Families and Changing Gender Relations: A Focus on Gender Based Violence and Intimate Partner Violence. Paper presented at Freedom from Gender-based Violence Conference, Africana Studies Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. June 1, 2019.
Reckoning: The Visible Invisibility of Global African Women. UN CSW63 Parallel Panel Discussion, UN Church Center, NYC. March 16, 2019.
Panelist, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Nigeria side event at the UN CSW63. March 15, 2019.
Panelist, International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD)+25: What’s Changed? UNFPA Headquarters, NYC. March 5, 2019.

Four sessions – Roundtable: Teaching Africa in the Age of Trump; panel on Transnational Activism in Historical Perspective; panel on Energy Flows Both Ways: How the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program Sustains Networks and Collaborations in African Higher Education; panel on Collaborative Learning Initiative on
Governance and Development: A Brainstorming – 61st African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
November 29-December 1, 2018.

Youth Unemployment and Sustainable Development: Egypt, Mauritania, and Sudan at the Meeting of Experts on Youth Unemployment and sustainable development in North Africa, Rabat, Morocco. October 3-7, 2017.
#BRINGBACKOURGIRLS! Gèlè ò dùn bíi k’á mòó wé. K’á mòó wé ò tó k’ó ye ni/It’s not enough to wear a headwrap, it’s important that it’s also aesthetically pleasing, Social Justice Ministry of Riverside Church. The African Fellowship. April 9, 2017.

Background briefing and interview on BringBackOurGirls Boko Haram and Nigerian elections Sahara Reporters TV CUNY TV Arise TV PBS Newshour.
Fordham University, Leitner Center for International Law and Justice Brown Bag Lunch Series. April 14, 2015.
Keynote Speaker: Wrap to the Future. BC Women of Color. April 2, 2015.

Background briefing and interview by PBS Newshour Arise TV (on BringBackOurGirls and on Nelson Mandela’s legacy) on Semana, Radio, Washington Intelligencer, AfroBeat Radio, VOA.

African Women US Foreign Service Institute, Virginia. March 9, 2012.
Women, Water and Migration in Africa Side Event organized by The Drammeh Institute and TChad Agir pour l’Environment for the 56th Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women. March 3, 2012.
Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization Annual Black History Month Celebration, Women in African and African Diaspora History and Culture. University of Ibadan, Nigeria. February 28, 2012.

Gender and Trade: Can Africa Trade its way out of Poverty? Paper presented at the African Trade Policy Centre’s First Africa Trade Forum, UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 22-24, 2011.

Working Towards a Fair, Equitable and Effective Multilateral Trading System and Intellectual Property Rights at the African Trade Policy Centre’s First Africa Trade Forum. UNECA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. November 22-24, 2011.
Unknown Soldier: Women’s Radicalism and Activism and State Violence In 20th Century Nigeria. Paper presented at the Centre for Gender and Social Policy Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. August 23, 2011.
Beyond Us and Them: A Pan-African Women’s Film Festival Preview and Dialogue Series. August 10, 2011.
Pan-African Women’s Giving Goes Global: The AWDF Story. August 10, 2011.
Philanthropy and Women’s Economic Empowerment in the African Diaspora, Pan-African Women’s Action Summit. August 12, 2011.

Peace, Security and Prosperity: Women’s Leadership Roles Ninth Commonwealth Women’s Affairs Ministers Meeting Bridgetown, Barbados. June 7-9, 2010.
Gender Mainstreaming in Trade United Nations Economic Commission for Africa African Trade Policy Centre Workshop on Trade and Gender in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities. Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana. May 14-15, 2010.
Dr. Livingstone I Presume? Globalization and the Construction of Africa in the Western Imagination.

Symposium on Images of Africa in the Age of Obama, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. March 24, 2010.

Human Rights of Women and Girls in Global African Com- munities African Women’s Alliance event for the Commit- tee on the Status of Women Beijing+15 Deliberations:
A cultural Reflection and Reception. Interchurch Centre, Riverside Church, NY. March 2010.
The Relevance of the Amistad to the Ralph Bunche, Wan- gari Maathai, & Barack Obama Nobels, Seventh Annual Amistad Lecture, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. February 23, 2010.
Girls to Women: Responses to Social & Ecological Challenges in Okrika for An African Movie and Dialogue and Ecologies in the Balance? presentation for Becoming a Woman in Okrika collaborative film screening by The Center for African Studies, Rutgers University. February 17, 2010.
Panel on African Experiences: Development through Education with Matt Bigg, Atlanta bureau chief for Reuters; John Campbell, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria; Mora Mclean, president and CEO of the Africa-America Institute; The Rev. Petero Sabune, chaplain at Sing Sing Correctional Facility; and Osi Umenyiora, N.Y. Giants footballer.
Organized by Jiamini Scholarship Fund. Thomson Reuters Building, NY. February 16, 2010.
Nico Colombant, Threats, Violence Compound Nigeria’s Leadership Crisis, Voice of America national radio program. February 1, 2010.
Nico Colombant, US Scholars Dissect Nigerian Threat, VOA. January 7, 2010.
Nico Colombant, African Experts Expected More from Obama Administration, VOA. January 19, 2010.

African Experience Worldwide Interview on Africa and the World Economic Meltdown, Africa and G-20, Africa and China and The African Experience Worldwide. Interviewed by hosts Sharifa Saa and Mfon Ufot. September 26, 2009.
Worldfocus (PBS) interview on World Economic Forum on Africa Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. June 10, 2009.
Community without Propinquity? The African Diaspora in Cyberspace. Paper presented at the Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, CA. June 19, 2009.
Active Participation, Insignificant Gains: The Elusiveness of Gender Equality for African Women in the Liberal Global Economy. Paper Presented at the United Nations Eco- nomic Commission for Africa, African Trade Policy Centre, Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Gender into Trade Policy, Addis Ababa. April 21-22, 2009. A Dream Renewed? Africans in America and the Obama Phenomenon. Keynote for Black History Month, Monmouth University, NJ. February 2, 2009.

The Zicklin Conference: Governmentality and Globalization, Brooklyn College. April 26, 2007.

Leaving Africa ‘By Any Means Necessary’: The International Exploitation of African Women and Girls in the Age of Globalization. Rutgers University Global Initiative Panel on Trafficking and Migration: Human Rights in Flux.
March 26, 2007.

Nationalism, Displacement and Development: Africa in the Age of Globalization at a Symposium in honor of Professor Don Ohadike. Organized by the Africana Studies and Research Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
September 22-23, 2006.
Gender, Decision Making, and Power in Contemporary Nigerian Politics. Global Women’s Political Participation and Empowerment Leadership Conference. Abuja, Nigeria. September 8-10, 2006.
Models of Women’s Leadership Training: Africa Examples at the National Democratic Institute Planning Meeting for the National Assembly Women’s Caucus’ Proposed Leadership and Political Participation Conference and NASS Women’s Caucus Political Leadership Training Institute in Abuja, Nigeria. June 29, 2006.
Wealth is not what you own, but what you give away: Africa’s Diasporas and Giving Back to Africa. Paper commissioned by The Global Philanthropy Program of the Harvard Global Equity Initiative for conference and book on Diaspora Philanthropy and Global Equity, Cambridge, MA. May 10-12, 2006.
The Case of Nigeria symposium on Multicultural Democracies in Africa, Department of African and African American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, College Park, PA. April 29, 2006.
Symposium On Africans In New York co-sponsored by the Institute of African Studies, Columbia University, and the Museum for African Art Friday. April 21, 2006.
Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Africa Meets Africa interview with: Angelique Shofar, Pacifica Radio, WPFW 89.3 FM, Washington, D.C. January 29, 2006.

Emerging Trends in African Immigrant Philanthropy work- shop at the Fifth National Conference on Black Philanthropy. June 8-11, 2006.
Interview for panel discussion on the State of Black America in commemoration of Martin Luther King Day. WKCR

Some of Us Are Brave interview, KPFK 90.7 FM., L.A.; 98.7FM Santa Barbara. Host: Kaia Niambi Shivers.
January 3, 2005.

Globalization, Feminism and Power: An African Perspective, International Women’s Day Celebration, Brooklyn College. March 3, 2003.
The African Crisis, West African Students Association Celebration of Black History Month, Brooklyn College.
February 27, 2003.
American Slavery and the Argument for Reparations, Kenilworth Baptist Church, Brooklyn. February 23, 2003.
African Feminisms and Political Power, Brooklyn College Celebration of Black History. February 11, 2003.
Introduction to Contemporary Africa II: The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, Kenilworth Baptist Church, Brooklyn.
February 2, 2003.
African Voices in Cyberspace: Spinning Continental and Diasporan Africans into the World-Wide Web. Central Connecticut State University, New Britain. Commemoration of Black History Month. January 31, 2003.
Introduction to Contemporary Africa, Kenilworth Baptist Church, Brooklyn. January 25, 2003.

A Conversation with Dr. Mojubaolu Olufunke Okome interview by Traci Mayette, graduate student at Central Connecticut State University. October 15, 2002. Africa Update Volume X, Issue 2, Spring 2003.
The Dividends of Democracy: The Excitement and Enigma of Nigerian Democracy at the Beginning of the 21st Century. Keynote at the Nigerian Community in Oregon and Southwest Washington’s Annual Dinner in Observance of Nigeria’s 42nd Independence Celebration. Portland, OR. October 6, 2002.
Globalization, Feminism and Power: An African Perspective. Invited paper presented at the Programme on Ethnicity and Federalism Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. August 27, 2002.
Interviewed for the Women’s History Month edition of Educating Society Qualitatively, a news program produced in New Jersey and broadcast on Raypower Radio in Nigeria every Saturday. Producer: Bukola Adetula, Esq. Hosts: Kole Ade Odutola & Ajibola Alli. Episode 71. March 30, 2002.
Globalization and the Centrality of Africa presentation at Brooklyn College African American History Month observation. February 25, 2002.

From the Perspective of Global Political Economy. Presentation on implications of the World Trade Center and Pentagon
attacks. Brooklyn College. September 25, 2001

88.9 FM New York. Host: Jason Frazer. January, 17, 2005.
African Philanthropic Traditions: A Focus on New York City African Immigrant Communities. Presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Philanthropy, Detroit, MI. April 2001.
Faith and Liberation in the Context of African American History. Kenilworth Baptist Church, Brooklyn Observance of African American History Month. February 25, 2001,
Interviewed for Africana.com article by Hisham Aidi. Women: The Unsung Heroes of the African Economy on the effects of Globalization on African Women. Published February 8, 2001.

Moderated roundtable discussion on African Immigrants in America: Profile, Prospects, and Influence. Sponsored by Africa America Institute. December 13, 2000.
Interviewed for Africana.com article by Hisham Aidi titled The First Black Superpower? on President Clinton’s trip to Nigeria. Published September 26, 2000.
Clinton’s Visit: Call for action on NDDC Act. From Onwuka Nzeshi, Warri (quoted in article). September 17, 2000.
Overview of the National Summit on Africa at symposium: Education Impacting Public Policy: US-African Health Care. Sacred Heart Church, Mount Vernon, NY. May 24, 2000.
Let Ethiopia Quickly Stretch Her Hand to God: A Brief History of Christianity in Africa. Kenilworth Baptist Church, Brooklyn Observance of African American History Month. Feburary 28, 2000.

Interview on Inside New Jersey on African and African American Women: Similarities, Differences and Possibilities for Cooperation. WLIB 1190 AM Radio Station, NY. November 3, 1999.
Interview on the Morning Show by Mike Riley on the NYC delegate selection meeting for the National Summit on Africa. WLIB 1190 AM Radio Station, NY. October 30, 1999.
Eniyan L’asoo mi (people are my clothing): Weaving Community, Family, and Religious Belief into the Social, Political and Economic Fabric Among the Yoruba, the Offspring of Oduduwa. Wolfe Center Lecture Series, Brooklyn College. October 6, 1999.
Africans and African Americans in the Age of Globalization: Strategies Toward Reaching the PanAfricanist Ideal. Young NAACP of Manhattan, NY. Feburary 27, 1999.

African Women: Reflections on their Social, Economic and Political Power. Women’s Studies Department, Lehman College, CUNY. May 12, 1998.
Nigerian Democracy Reconsidered. Patrice Lumumba Foundation Symposium at the Harriet Tubman School, NY. June 12, 1998.
Military Rule, Authoritarianism and Structural Adjustment in Nigeria: The Prospects of Democratization. Live interview on Behind the News at WBAI 99.5 Radio Station, N.Y. Taped interview for AfriKaleidoscope on the death of General Abacha, military dictator in Nigeria (1993-1998) and the implications for Nigeria’s political and economic development. Aired on June 11, 1998.
African Immigration to the United States: Dimensions of Migration, Immigration and Exile. WBAI Public Forum at P.S. 92, NY. May 23, 1998.
African Women, Gender and Feminism. Invited by Women on the Move, New York City Transit Authority. May 18, 1998.
What Women, Whose Development? A Critical Analysis of Western Feminist Evangelism on African Women at symposium: In Their Own Words: African Perspectives on Women’s Health: Focus on Female Circumcision. Lehman College, CUNY, NY. April 29, 1998. Also presented for Africa Awareness Week, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA. April 2, 1998.
State Collapse and State Creation: The Nigerian Experience. City University, CUNY Roundtable on State Collapse and State Creation, City College, NY. April 29, 1998.
The Military in Nigerian Politics. Keynote speech for the Inauguration of Nigeria Conference USA, Brooklyn College, CUNY. April 18, 1998.

The Military Veto in Nigerian Politics: Of Failed Transitions, Political Liberalization, and Democracy. Fordham University. April 15, 1997.
Seize the Moment: How to be a Leader Under Difficult Circumstances. Higher Education Opportunities Program’s celebration of Black History Month, Fordham University.
February 10, 1997.

Women Under Siege: Immigration, Refugee, Denial of Equity and Access, the Case of West African Immigrants to the United States. Womenspeak: Human Rights; Southern Women’s Perspective Symposium, Institute for African American Studies, New York University, NY. April 26-27, 1996.