African Activist Archive

The mailing says with the imposition of the state of emergency in South Africa, there is an urgent need for us to intensify our efforts to end all U.S. support for apartheid. The mailing says from November 1-3, 1985 there will be a National Student Conference on South Africa and Namibia to be held at Hunter College in New York City; this conference represents an important opportunity to join with students nationwide to end all U.S. ties to South Africa and Namibia; in addition, the event will stress the critical link between divestment organizing and struggles against racism on our campuses and surrounding communities; given this priority, third world participation and leadership at the conference will be essential. The mailing says since June a committee of student groups including Bryn Mawr, City University of New York, Columbia, Dartmouth, Hunter College, Harvard, NYU, Oberlin, Rutgers, Stanford, SUNY/Purchase, DC-SCAR, and Yale have been planning this conference. The mailing includes FOR TRANSPORTATION AND INFORMATION ON LOCAL PROTESTS. The mailing includes a leaflet CALL TO A NATIONAL STUDENT CONFERENCE ON SOUTH AFRICA AND NAMIBIA. The mailing includes Conference Schedule. The schedule says there will be panels on the Student Anti-Apartheid Movement and U.S. Policy in southern Africa. The schedule says workshop sessions include Divestment Organizing, Material Aid to the liberation movements, U.S. Policy in southern Africa, Linking the anti-apartheid movement to struggles against domestic racism, Linking southern African and Central American solidarity work, Building ties to the community based movement, Political prisoner support campaigns, and Current developments in Namibia. The mailing discusses the African National Congress (ANC), SWAPO, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), Dumisani Kumalo, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), U.S. investment in South Africa, Botswana, Angola, the frontline states, and South African attacks. [Note: the American Committee on Africa address and phone number are on the letterhead and leaflet.]

African Activist Archive

[Dear Friends, With the imposition of the state of emergency in South Africa, there is an urgent need for us to intensify our efforts ...]

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