Born in 1946 at Adabraka, Accra, Ghana. Attended elementary and secondary schools in Ghana with interest in science. He moved to US in 1967. He studied biology, business and pharmacy at University of Massachusetts, Boston and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy. He relocated to Atlanta in 1984 and obtained Doctor of pharmacy degree from University of Georgia and has worked in number of Hospitals in Boston, Miami and Atlanta. In 2012 he retired from active employment. He has since been working, on shorter assignments throughout US. Kofi has traveled extensively throughout North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. He is frequently in Ghana working to promote equity and justice through the efforts of the CNNA and other organizations. He is married with 3 adult children and three grandchildren.

His Civic activities include his membership in organizations including: World Trade Centers – of Atlanta World Affairs Council Korle-Bu Foundation Georgia Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Institutional Review Board (IRB) Emory University. American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. Toastmasters International Justice Center of Atlanta - Mediator  

His hobbies and pastimes include tennis, team sports, travel and world affairs. Latest Book written: The Sargasso Bridge : America Speaks, Africa Answers.

Thaddeus Ulzen was educated at St. Augustine‘s College, Cape Coast, Kabulonga School for Boys Lusaka, Zambia and Ghana Secondary Technical School, Takoradi.

He graduated from the University of Ghana Medical School in 1978 and completed his post graduate education in psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has had a career as an academic physician for over 35 years. He is currently Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor and Chair of Psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences, University of Alabama. His many professional awards include being a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Foundation Fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and past president of the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation of North America.

His academic appointments include those at the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.

He is co-founder of Toronto’s Afrofest, the largest African music festival in North America. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Edward Ulzen Memorial Foundation which operates the Elmina - Java Museum and the EAUMF healthcare volunteer program responsible for supporting over 200 medical volunteers to the KEEA District for over 15 years. EAUMF has awarded scholarships to numerous youth from the KEEA District for tertiary education.

He is an author, essayist and commentator on the social and political scene in Ghana. Dr. Ulzen has engaged in extensive volunteer work in medical practice and medical education in Ghana. He is married with three adult children and three grandchildren.

He was born in Ghana in 1967 and educated in the Ghanaian education system until emigrating to the United States in 1982.

He studied Construction Management and currently live in Florida.As I watch our beloved Ghana slip further into decline, despite the trumpeting of economic positives that have no actual bearing on the daily lives of my fellow Ghanaians, I look back on the ideas of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah as the only ones that can empower us to success.The ideas of social and economic justice and unselfish caring for our fellow country people, which are at the core of Nkrumaism, will eliminate the current situation of a powerful few lining their pockets to the detriment of the nation.Come join us in our noble quest to make Ghana work, for Ghanaians.

My earliest memory of party activities growing up at Nungua was parties my father held in our home for party functionaries and members of the government. This was in the early sixties, and I was less than 10 years old. Much later in the late seventies, my father was remembering Nkrumah, and in one of his statements, said if he had had an education, he would have done great things for Ghana like Nkrumah did. That statement has stuck with me since. My father’s love for Nkrumah was not without testing. In the sixties, he was detained on three occasions under the Preventive Detention Act (PDA). The reasons were simply because of false allegations from citizens of my hometown. Once the allegations were found to be untrue, he was released each time.

My affinity for Nkrumah was certainly primed by my childhood experiences through my father’s links with the CPP. However, my continued affiliation with this political persuasion, is based on the ideas espoused by Nkrumah himself: self-government, self-reliance, self-worth, and the selfless dedication to the cause of a nation (and as well a continent) and its people.

I continue to be an Nkrumahist despite the difficulties of the tradition. It is my calculated opinion that Ghana the beloved "land of our birth" will only climb out of the pit dug by successive governments since 1981 if the country is led by leaders dedicated to a vision like that of Nkrumah. In other words, Ghana needs a leader with an Nkrumaist visio

Born in Tarkwa, Ghana, Phyllis grew up in a Political family, her father E. K. Dadson serving as an MP, and Chief Whip in Ghana’s First Republic under Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, and also a Regional Chairman during the Hilla Limann regime. Phyllis had most of her early education between Ghana and the United Kingdom. She attended Wesley Girls High School in Cape Coast then attained a B.A. Hons. Degree in Modern languages, majoring in French language and culture, at Hull University in the UK. She continued her education with Post Graduate Certificate in Business Administration from the University of Ottawa, Canada. Phyllis also holds several professional designations in financial services and Family Business Advisory. Phyllis currently lives in Ottawa where she began her professional career as the Executive Director of the National Capital Alliance on Race Relations (NCARR). In 1989, she started a career as a Public Servant in Social and Administrative Justice, first as a Human Rights Officer with the Ontario Public Service, Ministry of Citizenship. She also provided service through various Ministries, as a funding officer (1994) with the Ministry of Education and Training as well as with the Social Services Employment programs. She then moved to work with the Ministry of the Attorney General, Ontario Courts Civil Division, as the first Alternate DisputeResolution (ADR) Coordinator (1997) and set up the Award winning Ottawa Court-Connected Mandatory Mediation Program, then finally as a Public Trust Officer (1999) with the Ontario Public Guardian and Trustee Office. In 2003, Phyllis left the Public Service having already set up her own business: Bourne Global Enterprises, specializing in Family Business Advisory with particular focus on Real Estate and Asset Management. Phyllis also founded a Social Enterprise: Jesiwa B. Fashions and Giftware as the CSR arm which promotes and markets Made-in Ghana Fashions and Giftware, in the Diaspora, particularly Ottawa and other Canadian cities..

With her extensive background in Social and Administrative Justice, Phyllis is very cognizant of the social and economic hardships faced by the masses within our nation over the years. Her passion is to reach people from all walks of life to foster a culture of respect for the dignity and worth of each individual, while helping the disadvantaged become self sufficient, and eventually build a secure financial future for themselves and their families. Phyllis has been an active member of her community and has chaired many professional and community based committees.

She served as Chairperson of the Ministry of the Attorney General Mandatory Mediation Committee during which she was also instrumental in the training of the visiting legal and professional team from Ghana at the time of the development and expansion of The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in Ghana. Phyllis also served as Chairperson for the Ottawa Board of Education Multiculturalism Advisory Committee, Chairperson of The Ottawa Board of Education Employment Equity Committee, and an active member of the Ontario Social Planning Council and trainer for the Young Leaders Tomorrow Program under the Ministry of Citizenship and Culture., to name but a few. She is currently an active member of the Family Business Network International, Family Enterprise Canada, Family Enterprise Foundation, the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce, and the Ghanaian Association of Ottawa. Phyllis is author of the upcoming book on Family Business Succession and Multi-generational. Legacies. She is married with 3 adult children.

Eugene Asola was born in Ghana, educated in Ghana (undergraduate studies) and USA (graduate studies). He attended Zamse Secondary Technical School in Bolgatanga as a pioneer, and St John Bosco’s Training College, Navrongo. He graduated from the University College of Education-Winneba in 1998 with a Bachelor’s in Health and Physical Education. He went on to pursue a master’s degree in Public Administration at Suffolk University in Boston, MA, USA in 2005 and a Ph.D. in Sport Pedagogy at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA, in 2009.

After his doctoral degree, he taught at the University of Wisconsin-La-Crosse and later at Georgia Gwinnett College. Currently he is a Professor, and Associate Department Head of the Teacher Education Department at the College of Education and Human Services at Valdosta State University. He is also a Fellow in the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.

Eugene Asola is the Managing Editor for the Multicultural Learning and Teaching Journal (MLT), and a reviewer for the National Association for Kinesiology in Higher Education Journal. He is also a site visitor for Georgia Professional Standards Commission (Ga-PSC) and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).

He is very passionate about Ghana, but deeply concerned about the trajectory of Ghana as country. He believes in the principles and ideals of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. He also believes in the Pan-African movement and the role of Africans in the diaspora to bring about needed change for a better Ghana and Africa as a continent. These concerns led to his involvement in the activities of the Progressive Alliance for Ghana (PAG). He is currently working as a board member for PAG and the membership committee, to provide Ghana with a credible alternative and deserving leadership, to face the reality of the future of this great country, called Ghana.

His hobbies include, walking, playing tennis, badminton, scrabble and martial arts.

He is married with two adult children.

I am Nyeya Yen. I have been very active participant in the political struggles for social and economic justice in Ghana since the 1970s. In 1975 upon my admission to the University of Ghana, Legon, I joined the Pan African Youth Movement (PANYMO) led by the late Kwame Afful. We engaged in various struggles and ran campaigns for awareness of the liberation movements of the then Portuguese African colonies of Guinea Buisa, Mozambique and Angola. I also joined and formed various Marxist/Socialist cells in the University of Ghana. We cooperated and worked with similar minded young people in Accra such as Kweku Baako and the late Kwame Agyeman. I found myself junketing to other universities to link up with students for the struggle against the creeping dictatorship of the military in Ghana and its encroachment on the human rights of people such as the late Johnny Hansen.

I was active in the student movement. During the struggles against the Union Government concept of General Acheampong, I played active role in opposing and mobilizing the people throughout the country against the concept. I was part of the magazine, the ALUTA magazine, by the student movement, that was used and galvanized opinion against the Union Government concept. Together, with Nicholas Atampugre, Kofi Klu, Napoleon Abudulai, Kolon (Adam Y.M.B. Ibrahimah), Zaya Yeebo, Taata Ofosu and others with support from lecturers such as Akwai Adu and Odartey, we ran and published the ALUTA magazine, that became a household name and played such a pivotal role against the Acheampong dictatorship. Workers in the University of Ghana and Cape Coast made available free facilities for the publication of the magazine. Funding came through the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) under the leadership Kofi Totobi Quakyi and Gertrude Zakaria.

With the onset of the 4th June 1979 military other ranks uprising, we saw as the product of our struggles against the military dictatorship, and together with colleagues such as Nicholas Atampugre, Kwasi Adu, Napoleon Abuduai, Zaya Yeebo, Shaibu Gariba and others we formed the June Four Movement (JFM). The student movement under the leadership of the late Philip Gardener and Nicholas Atampugre mobilized the entire student movement to support what we called as modest achievements of the June Four uprising. The JFM made modest attempts and linked up with some trade unions in Accra to support the struggle for social justice. We also collaborated with other organisations especially Peoples’ Revolutionary League of Ghana (PRLG) led by Nubuor Ababio. Together we formed the United Front of JFM and PRLG.

After the handover of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) to the People’s National Party (PNP) led by Dr. Hilla Limann (President), we invited Flight Lt Jerry Rawlings and Captain Kojo Tsikata to join the JFM. For brief period we worked with them believing they were interested in social and economic transformation of Ghana with ordinary people. This led me to lead the Projects and Programmes Department of the Interim National Co-ordinating Committee (INCC) of the Peoples and Workers Defence Committees) and later the National Defence Committee (NDC). For less than a year I worked with ordinary people and mobilized students and youths to state farms and cleared farms and gutters. Due to political differences with the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC), who were not interested in fundamentally change of society, my comrades were rounded up in late 1982 and some of us were forced to flee for our dear lives. People such as Nicholas Atampugre, Bawa Mahama, Explo Kofi Nani, the late Kwame Agyeman and others stayed true to the cause of the people and spent some time in prisons without any trial whatsoever.

I roamed around Togo and Nigeria and eventually got to the United Kingdom in 1984 with Shaibu Gariba. There I joined colleagues such as Zaya Yeebo, Kwasi Adu, Nicholas Atampugre and others and we continued the struggle for social justice in Ghana. We cooperated with other opposition forces in and outside Ghana. I put together most of the magazines such as the Revolutionary Banner together with Napoleon Abuduai, Shaibu Gariba, Nicholas Atampugre and others. Later together with Addae Seebo and Bright Oduru Kwarteng, we formed the Democratic Alliance of Ghana (DAG), and its magazine Gye Nyame, edited by Addae Seebo, and put together by me. We cooperated with other opposition forces outside, that eventually brought about a leverage in the struggle for democracy in Ghana. We worked with other Africans in the diaspora and formed the Africa Research and Information Bureau (ARIB) and its magazine Africa World Review (AWR), that I put together. We were instrumental in the struggle against military dictatorship and one party rule across Africa and active in the anti-apartheid movements in South Africa. Our office became the focus point of the Pan-African struggle and as well as other opposition movements in London against African dictatorial regimes such as Arap Moi of Kenya.

When Kwesi Pratt, visited us in the United Kingdom after his numerous spells in prisons in Ghana, we discussed with him to return and organize the likes of the Late Johnny Hansen, the late Adu Boahen and others that eventually brought about the Movement for Freedom and Justice (MFJ) that spearheaded the struggle for democracy in Ghana and the end of the Rawlings dictatorship.

Being from the left and firm believer in social justice, I have been involved in various struggles to build a social movement in Ghana, that will fundamentally change the country. We believe in a country that will re-negotiate terms of agreements with foreign companies that continue to control and dominate our natural resources such as our oil and minerals to the detriment of our country.

Currently and after so many attempts, together with Dr. Nicholas Atampugre, Richard Asueme, Aidan Adongo and others we formed the Social Justice Movement Ghana (SJMG) in 2015. The purpose was and is to work with similar minded organisations towards social and economic change in Ghana. We are now working with Concerned Nkrumaists of North America (CNNA) and other organisations that formed the Progressive Alliance for Ghana (PAG). Hopefully the PAG will be a party soon, different from other parties in the sense that it will advocate for change of the structural problems in Ghana that has made change impossible.

We hope you can join us in this struggle for social and economic transformation of Ghana. I believe the main task is to work with young people and other vulnerable sections of the society to create and bring about the necessary platform to provide a genuine alternative to the two similar parties of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who are birds of the same feather.

My commitment is to remain loyal and faithful to the people and in no way will betray the interest of the people for selfish and personal gain.

Academic and Work: I have worked as a teacher in Bawku secondary school for a year and at the University of Ghana Balme Library. In the UK I have worked in local authority and as well as managed and run a number of community organizations that cared for the needs of ordinary people. I have been a grant assessor for a number of charitable funding bodies in the United Kingdom. I have also cleaned shop floors in the United Kingdom. I have degrees in Psychology and Library Science from the University of Ghana. MA in Social Policy and Deviancy and MSC in Business Information Technology from the Middlesex University in the United Kingdom. I also have LLM in International Law from University of East London. I was a professional fundraiser with Diploma in Fundraising from the Institute of Fundraising, United Kingdom.

My motto is: What is worth doing must be done well. Do not use the woes of the ordinary people for your own interest.

Nicholas Atampugre attended Notre Dame Seminary Secondary School (1968-73) and St John’s School Sekondi (1973-75).  He entered University of Ghana in 1975 and graduated in 1978 majoring in Sociology.  He continued his education in the University of Leeds, United Kingdom where he did his Masters in Development Studies (1985) and obtained his PhD (1994).  Since graduating he has been working in international Development, first with International NGOs (Panos and ACORD) and later with UK AID (now known as the FCDO) in Nigeria (1997-2003).

Nicholas Atampugre known in political activist circles in Ghana and internationally as Atams has been an important player in Ghana’s struggle for democracy and human rights.  From 1975 when he entered the University of Ghana, he was among the group of student activists that led the struggle against military dictatorship and for democracy.  The Aluta Magazine, set up as an organ of the student movement, played a key role in raising political awareness and Atams was a member of the team that produced and distributed what became a popular mouthpiece of students.  Organising under the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) and the Pan African Youth Movement (PANYMO), the student movement successfully campaigned against the Union Government concept designed as a no-party scheme to keep the military in power.  In 1979, a new structure in the student leadership – National Coordinating Secretary - was created and Atams was elected in May 1979 as the first Coordinating Secretary of NUGS.  From 1979 onwards, he was a key player in the political formations of the period, playing a key role in the formation of the June 4th Movement and subsequent efforts to promote a people’s democracy where the priorities of the majority is the primary business of government. It was during this period that Atams and other comrades produced the Workers Banner mouthpiece of the June 4thMovement. His role, during the PNDC era was educational-mainly with the repressive arms of the State – the military and later the police.  The aim was to heighten their awareness of how the colonial origins of the military and police helped transform them into oppressors of ordinary citizenry.

Atams paid a heavy price and was incarcerated in 1982 for a year (without charge or trial) and adopted in 1983 by Amnesty International as a prisoner of conscience.  He was subsequently forced into exile in the UK in May 1984.  He was key mobiliser in the Africa Centre (London) led campaigns against the Arap Moi dictatorship, was involved together with Nigerian Activists in London in campaigns for the restoration of the June 12 mandate and joined the Malian community in London in demonstrations against the dictatorship of Moussa Traore and in support of the student uprising of the early 90s. He joined other Africans in the diaspora to fight for human rights, social justice, and democracy in Africa.  He was a founding member of the Africa Research and Information Bureau (ARIB) and sub-editor of ARIB’s journal – Africa World Review (AWR) and co-founded, in 1994 the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) based in London.  

Atams is a Pan-Africanist and fighter for a meaningful democracy in Africa, an Africa able to meet the hopes and aspirations of the majority of its citizenry.  Since returning to Ghana to settle in 2003, and finding no credible political party that represents the interests of the oppressed, he teamed up with others to form the Social Justice Movement (SJMG) in 2017.  The SJMG teamed up with the CNNA to form the Progressive Alliance for Ghana (PAG).  He is currently a member of the board of PAG and the chair of the Orientation Committee of PAG.  Atams’ ambition is to contribute his quota to ensuring that PAG becomes the party that genuinely represents the aspirations of the majority of Ghanaians and is able to walk in the footsteps of Nkrumah by adapting Nkrumah’s ideals to Ghana’s current realities and Africa’s yearning for a new type of political leadership on the continent.