Christopher Keith Johnson is the Solidarity Center’s (SC) Regional Program Director for Africa. He has worked for the SC since 2006. He previously served as the SC Country Program Director for Southern Africa, West Africa, and Bangladesh. He also worked as a Program Officer for the SC covering various countries in its Africa region portfolio. Christopher spent several years as a trade union organizer and teaching fellow with the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). He has conducted training and led numerous campaigns on trade union fundamentals such as organizing and collective bargaining. He has also co-designed and/or implemented programming in gender equity, anti-human trafficking, HIV/AIDS awareness and education, and conflict resolution. He holds a Ph.D. in African-American Studies from Temple University, an MSc in International Development (Conflict, Security, and Development) from the University of Birmingham (UK), an M.A. in African & African-American Studies from the University at Albany, SUNY, and a B.A. in Political Science from Elizabeth City State University. His written work has appeared in the Small Wars Journal, E- International Relations, International Policy Digest, Sahara Reporters, Face2Face Africa, the Journal of Black Studies, and the Journal of Pan African Studies.
Listed skills include Program Development, Capacity Building, Program Management, International Relations, and 18 others.