The mailing says that the two-million-member United Democratic Front, the half-million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions, and the 13-million-member South African Council of Churches have all called for divestment and comprehensive sanctions as a critical nonviolent strategy in which the international community can participate in order to dismantle apartheid. It notes that partial sanctions were passed by Congress in 1986 and that many secular as well as religious groups have divested. The constituting convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) stated that none of the ELCA pension funds will be invested in companies doing business in South Africa but that the...
The mailing says that the two-million-member United Democratic Front, the half-million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions, and the 13-million-member South African Council of Churches have all called for divestment and comprehensive sanctions as a critical nonviolent strategy in which the international community can participate in order to dismantle apartheid. It notes that partial sanctions were passed by Congress in 1986 and that many secular as well as religious groups have divested. The constituting convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) stated that none of the ELCA pension funds will be invested in companies doing business in South Africa but that the Board of Pensions has not responded to this mandate. The mailing says that Pension Members for Justice believe it has been adequately demonstrated that active, intentional divestment from South Africa is possible within the requirements of the Board of Pensions' fiduciary responsibility without risking lower returns from investments. The mailing quote Desmond Tutu.
