Report on the National Activist Briefing held on June 22, 1990 in New York, which included an appearance by Nelson Mandela. The briefing was opened by M. William Howard, board member of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA); remarks were made by Rev. Bruce Southworth, Pastor of Community Church, and Prexy Nesbitt, a member of the committee which convened the briefing. Anti-apartheid activists from different cities shared observations under the title of "Challenges for the Grassroots: Three Views." The National Directors of the Mandela Tour are Lindiwe Mabuza, Harry Belafonte, Randall Robinson, William Lucy, and Jesse Jackson; the New York Welcome Committee Chairs are David Dinkins, Harry...
Report on the National Activist Briefing held on June 22, 1990 in New York, which included an appearance by Nelson Mandela. The briefing was opened by M. William Howard, board member of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA); remarks were made by Rev. Bruce Southworth, Pastor of Community Church, and Prexy Nesbitt, a member of the committee which convened the briefing. Anti-apartheid activists from different cities shared observations under the title of "Challenges for the Grassroots: Three Views." The National Directors of the Mandela Tour are Lindiwe Mabuza, Harry Belafonte, Randall Robinson, William Lucy, and Jesse Jackson; the New York Welcome Committee Chairs are David Dinkins, Harry Belafonte, and Cleveland Robinson; the Director of New York Operations is Jim Bell; and the Activist Briefing Organizing Committee are Jennifer Davis, Aubrey McCutcheon, Gay McDougall, Prexy Nesbitt, Cleveland Robinson, and Randall Robinson. The report mentions Wisconsin State Representative Marcia Coggs, the church, women, the pillars of apartheid, a homeland referendum for reunification, police brutality, massacres, Natal, Barbara Masekela, economic sabotage, Moses Mayekiso, the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), armed struggle, the PAC (Pan Africanist Congress), a constituent assembly, the Harare Declaration, the Freedom Charter, foreign investment in post-apartheid South Africa, Jerry Herman, "Sanctions Until Democracy and Other Responses," UNITA, the SADCC (Southern African Development Coordination Council), "keep the pressure on," Tyrone Brooks, Mike Mann, Joe Jordan, Marsha Bonner, Ada Edwards, and Jennifer Drayton. • OPENING PLENARY • ALBANY • MEMPHIS • LOS ANGELES • PLENARY • SISTER BERNARD NCUBE, FEDERATION OF TRANSVAAL WOMEN • THOMAS NKOBI, SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE ANC • WORKSHOPS • WORKSHOP WITH CHRIS DLAMINI, VICE-PRESIDENT, COSATU • REPORTS FROM OTHER WORKSHOPS • SCHEDULE
