Extreme Faith fuels Atlantic Ocean rower’s quest for museum in Central Africa
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Victor Mooney departs from UNESCO Site, House of Slaves on Goree Island, Senegal aboard John Paul the Great (May 2006).
SINT MAARTEN/SAN JUAN - Inspired by a single, resonant word from Pope Leo XIV – "Unity" – offered during the Roman Catholic Jubilee Year of Sports – Pilgrims of Hope, Victor Mooney is now channeling that profound guidance into a monumental global initiative.
During the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Mooney is passionately rallying international support for the proposed Central African Museum of Enslaved Africans in Equatorial Guinea. The West-Central Africa region had the largest forced migration of any ethnicity.
He envisions this institution as a crucial "vital space for remembrance, education, and reconciliation," aiming to confront a difficult past while fostering healing and understanding.
To bring this ambitious vision to fruition, Mooney proposes a strategic funding model, blending private sector investment with support from friendly nations and collaborative partnerships with regional bodies such as the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) and the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC).
On his fourth try, Mr. Mooney became the first African American to row across the Atlantic Ocean. After landfall in St. Martin (FWI), he continued to New York’s Brooklyn Bridge.
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