The mailing is an invitation to a seminar entitled "Southern Africa: A Search for Justice" on July 23, 1983 at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle. Three speakers will address legislation pending in Congress affecting U.S. relations with the government of South Africa. The featured speaker is Jean Sindab, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Africa. The other panelists will be Meghan Keita, Associate Director of the Africa Project of the New York office of the Council of Churches, and Maryamu Eltayeb, Director of the South Africa Program of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Seattle. Constance Rice, Manager of the Communications Division of METRO, will moderate the...
The mailing is an invitation to a seminar entitled "Southern Africa: A Search for Justice" on July 23, 1983 at Mount Zion Baptist Church in Seattle. Three speakers will address legislation pending in Congress affecting U.S. relations with the government of South Africa. The featured speaker is Jean Sindab, Executive Director of the Washington Office on Africa. The other panelists will be Meghan Keita, Associate Director of the Africa Project of the New York office of the Council of Churches, and Maryamu Eltayeb, Director of the South Africa Program of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Seattle. Constance Rice, Manager of the Communications Division of METRO, will moderate the program. The seminar will begin with a slide presentation entitled "Amandla" by filmmaker Peter Davis. The U.S. government has done little to oppose the reprehensible system of apartheid; the Reagan Administration's policy of "constructive engagement" offers South Africa increased trade, expanded diplomatic relations (note the new South African Consulate in Seattle), and demonstrations of U.S. good-will. This misguided policy has not led to meaningful change in South Africa; instead, it has encouraged South Africa's resistance to change.
