African Activist Archive

Mailing publicizes a West Coast Conference in Solidarity with the Struggling Peoples of Southern Africa on June 27-29, 1986 in the San Francisco Bay area. The Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid will coordinate the Washington State effort to attend the conference. The mailing discusses the African National Congress (ANC) and the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). It includes a Dear Friend letter, WEST COAST CONFERENCE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLING PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, signed by Leo Robinson, Member, ILWU Local 10 Southern Africa Liberation Support Committee; Hon. John George, Supervisor and Chair, Bay Area Free South Africa Movement; David Reed, Co-Chair, San Francisco Anti-Apartheid Committee; Hon. Gus Newport, Mayor of Berkeley; Pedro Noguera, President ASUC, Berkeley; Geraldine Johnson, President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Cati Okorie, Co-Chair, NCBL Bay Area Chapter Southern Africa Committee; Hon. Nancy Walker, Member, S.F. Board of Supervisors; Rev. Amos Brown, Pastor, Third Baptist Church; Hon. Doris M. Ward, Member, S.F. Board of Supervisors; Willie Thompson, AFT Local 2121 Anti-Apartheid Committee; Ignacio De la Fuente, Business Manager, International Molders and Allied Workers, Local #164; Sherri Chiesa, President, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local #2; Mary Anne Peterson, Vice President, Communication Workers Union, Local #583; Rev. Carol Nelson, President, S.F. Council of Churches; Kanika Ajanaku, APC Southern Africa Freedom Committee; Essie Mormen, Member, SEIU Local 250 Southern Africa Solidarity Committee; Al Lannon, President, ILWU, Local #6; Rev. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., Allen Temple Baptist Church; and David Bacon, Organizer, International Molders Union, Local #164.

African Activist Archive

[Dear Anti-Apartheid Supporters, The Seattle Coalition Against Apartheid will be coordinating the Washington State effort to attend the West Coast Conference in Solidarity with the National Liberation of South Africa (ANC) and Namibia (SWAPO)…]

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