This fundraising mailing for the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) expresses appreciation for the tireless efforts of the director and staff by WOA Board members Thomas E. Heyden, SMA Fathers; Gretchen Eick, Office of Church in Society, United Church of Christ; Rick Hall, United Auto Workers; and Joyce Hamlin, United Methodist Church Women's Division. African issues have been a major focus during this Congress, and the WOA has been a key player in analyzing and tracking landmark legislation regarding U.S./South African foreign policy and the publicly perceived repudiation of this Administration's constructive engagement policy. What began as a comparatively simple amendment to the Export...
This fundraising mailing for the Washington Office on Africa (WOA) expresses appreciation for the tireless efforts of the director and staff by WOA Board members Thomas E. Heyden, SMA Fathers; Gretchen Eick, Office of Church in Society, United Church of Christ; Rick Hall, United Auto Workers; and Joyce Hamlin, United Methodist Church Women's Division. African issues have been a major focus during this Congress, and the WOA has been a key player in analyzing and tracking landmark legislation regarding U.S./South African foreign policy and the publicly perceived repudiation of this Administration's constructive engagement policy. What began as a comparatively simple amendment to the Export Administration bill became one of the media's hottest issues; Congressional activity, growing public scrutiny and the state of emergency in South Africa drew attention to African issues and taxed WOA's resources. The mailing says WOA funds are critically low at this moment because of expenditures that could not have been predicted and a drop in expected income, particularly a decrease in the annual contribution of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Program to Combat Racism.
