Free South Africa Coalition (Milwaukee)
Free South Africa Coalition (Milwaukee)
Alternate Names: Milwaukee Free South Africa Coalition
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Duration: March 1985 - Unknown, existed in December 1988
The Free South Africa Coalition campaigned to get the city of Milwaukee to divest the city pension fund from companies doing business in South Africa. The Free South Africa Coalition also campaigned in support of a state bill which called for the Wisconsin state pension fund to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. The Free South...
The Free South Africa Coalition campaigned to get the city of Milwaukee to divest the city pension fund from companies doing business in South Africa. The Free South Africa Coalition also campaigned in support of a state bill which called for the Wisconsin state pension fund to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. The Free South Africa Coalition promoted the passage of federal sanctions against South Africa legislation. (Source: Brian Verdin, a former member of the Free South Africa Coalition; Free South Africa Coalition documents; and EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUITY AND PENSION BOARD, December 18, 1985.)
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