Brochure advertising the "Detroit Conference On Apartheid and Racism: South Africa's Impact On Us All" at Plymouth Congregational Church on Saturday, June 20. The brochure includes a photograph of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. The brochure asks people to join MCHR to demand that the South African government "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" and urges people to collect keys at religious and labor gatherings, youth groups, etc. and bring them to the conference. People listed in the program include Margaret Baylor, President, TransAfrica, Detroit Chapter; Ambassador Oumarou G. Youssoufou, Executive secretary, Organization of African Unity (OAU); Rev. Maurice Ngakane, Office on World Community...
Brochure advertising the "Detroit Conference On Apartheid and Racism: South Africa's Impact On Us All" at Plymouth Congregational Church on Saturday, June 20. The brochure includes a photograph of Winnie Mandela and Bishop Desmond Tutu. The brochure asks people to join MCHR to demand that the South African government "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" and urges people to collect keys at religious and labor gatherings, youth groups, etc. and bring them to the conference. People listed in the program include Margaret Baylor, President, TransAfrica, Detroit Chapter; Ambassador Oumarou G. Youssoufou, Executive secretary, Organization of African Unity (OAU); Rev. Maurice Ngakane, Office on World Community of Lutheran World Ministries; David Wiley, Director, African Studies Center, Michigan State University; Tom Johnston, Associate Executive Director, Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace; Dr. Ben Khoapa, Professor, Social Work, Grand Valley State College; Jackson Swartz, Representative, Southwest African People's Organization (SWAPO); Janette Mothobi, Women's section, African National Congress (ANC); George Moffat, Lawyer; spent fifteen years in prison on Robben Island; Pippa Green, South African journalist; Rev. David Brower, Rector, Grace Episcopal Church; Joyce Townsend, MCHR South Africa Study Group; Chris Root, Legislative analyst, Michigan House Democratic Research Staff; Dr. Donna Katzin, Director, South Africa Programs, Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR); Gerald LeVan, E.F. Hutton; and Michael LeVan, E.F. Hutton. Workshops will address South Africa's Role in the Region, The Church and South Africa, Youth and Resistance, Women and Apartheid, South Africa's Legal System, South African Trade Unions Under the State of Emergency, Current Legislative Situation: Federal and State, What Can We Do? Anti-Apartheid Projects, Liberation Movements: Focus on Action, and Churches Focusing on Divestment: a nuts and bolts workshop. The program also will include the film "The Afrikaner Experience." The brochure discusses the Student Christian Movement in Southern Africa, Black Community Programs, the Black People's Convention, Steve Biko, and the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), and human rights.
