Washington Office on Africa
Washington Office on Africa
Location: Washington, DC, United States
Duration: 1966 – 1994
Newsletter(s):
Just Faith and Action,Washington Notes on Africa
The Washington Office on Africa (WOA) was founded in 1972 to support the movement for freedom from white-minority rule in southern Africa. It was initially sponsored by five organizations including the American Committee on Africa. It grew out of the Washington Office of the American Committee on Africa. Its activities have included the monitoring...
The Washington Office on Africa (WOA) was founded in 1972 to support the movement for freedom from white-minority rule in southern Africa. It was initially sponsored by five organizations including the American Committee on Africa. It grew out of the Washington Office of the American Committee on Africa. Its activities have included the monitoring of Congressional legislation and executive policies and actions, as well as the publication of action alerts and other documentation designed to advance progressive legislation and policy on southern Africa. Supported by church bodies and unions, the WOA has worked in partnership with colleagues in Africa, the Africa advocacy community in the United States, and grassroots organizations concerned with various aspects of African affairs. The WOA convened the Southern Africa Working Group, starting in the mid-1970s. This group was designed to organize advocacy work on U.S. policy toward southern Africa by U.S. organizations concerned about these issues. The group consisted mostly of Washington, D.C.-based representatives of such organizations.
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