May 3, 2019
The World Bank Group and Connect4Climate will be holding a Remembrance for Max Thabiso Edkins, our dear friend and colleague whose life was taken away so tragically while en route to the UN Environment Assembly and One Planet Summit in Nairobi, Kenya.
The tribute will take place on May, 6th 2019, from 4 – 6pm (DC Time) at World Bank Group Headquarters. You can follow the live stream here:
To navigate to specific parts of the memorial program, please see a detailed timeline here.
Program
Welcome
Words of remembrance
Kristalina Georgieva, CEO, World Bank
Words of remembrance
A message from Sheila Redzepi, VP, External and Corporate Relations, World Bank Group
Jill Wilkins, Director, Global Engagement and Partnerships/C4C, World Bank Group
Video
“The World Has Malaria,” by C4C Special Prizewinner, Max Thabiso Edkins, 2011
Words of remembrance
Don Edkins, Father of Max
Video tribute
Special video compilation capturing moments and photos of Max, the climate communications maverick, in action. With music track by Dandora, performing the original tribute composition, “Gone Too Soon.”
Words of remembrance
Seamus McCarthy, Childhood friend
J-C Amado, Oxford University classmate and friend
Matt King, Environmental Specialist, World Bank, Oxford University classmate and friend
Music video
“One Planet,” a song commissioned by Max, written and performed by young Kenyan artists, Dandora Music
Words of remembrance
Laura Tuck, Vice President, Sustainable Development Practice Group, World Bank Group
John Roome, Senior Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank Group
Music video
Tribute by Fijian musical group Rako Pasefica, who joined the live link from Fiji to Bonn during COP23, organized in part by Max. The group will perform “Huag To’a,” a song written by Letila Mitchell to inspire hope and ignite strength in the wake of trauma and loss.
Words of remembrance
Liatile Putsoa (Dee), C4C Ambassador and childhood friend
Walid Norris, former C4C and Young Africa Society colleague
Slater Jewell-Kemker, Filmmaker, climate activist, and friend
Giulia Braga, C4C colleague and friend, joined by the C4C team
Closing
Performance by VUSA, Voices of Southern Africa, a community-based a cappella choral group formed in Washington, DC, at the behest of South Africa’s ambassador to the US. VUSA has since expanded across the Metropolitan region. The group will perform “Nkosi Sikelel’I Afrika” (the national anthem, incorporating 5 of South Africa’s 11 languages); “Shosholoza” (a “call and response” style song of struggle); and “uMandela Brings Us Peace” (a tribute to Nelson Mandela).
