The mailing says on May 7 the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid held a hearing with student activists from the most active campuses nationwide including: Columbia University (3-week blockade and 60 arrests), UC/Berkeley (400 arrested in divestment protests), University of Wisconsin/Madison (ongoing occupation of the state capitol), University of Iowa (137 arrests), Cornell University (over 1000 arrests), University of Louisville (sit-in of 100 students), Rutgers/New Brunswick (three week building blockade), UCLA (25 arrests), Atlanta (9 arrests), Harvard (blockade of the South African consul), Yale (sit-out), UC/Santa Cruz, Princeton (2-week encampment), and the University Of...
The mailing says on May 7 the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid held a hearing with student activists from the most active campuses nationwide including: Columbia University (3-week blockade and 60 arrests), UC/Berkeley (400 arrested in divestment protests), University of Wisconsin/Madison (ongoing occupation of the state capitol), University of Iowa (137 arrests), Cornell University (over 1000 arrests), University of Louisville (sit-in of 100 students), Rutgers/New Brunswick (three week building blockade), UCLA (25 arrests), Atlanta (9 arrests), Harvard (blockade of the South African consul), Yale (sit-out), UC/Santa Cruz, Princeton (2-week encampment), and the University Of Texas. The mailing discusses protests for divestment, opposition to U.S. intervention in Central America, Southern Africa Political Prisoner day, Winnie Mandela, political prisoner day, Tandi Gcabashe, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Amnesty International, the Free South Africa Movement, Damu Smith, and Kay Shaw. • COMMENCEMENT PROTESTS TO BE HELD NATIONWIDE • OCTOBER 11, 1985 TO BE A NATIONAL ANTI-APARTHEID PROTEST DAY • NATIONAL ANTI-APARTHEID STUDENT CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN NOVEMBER IN NEW YORK CITY • REGIONAL MEETINGS TO BE HELD OVER THE SUMMER • SUMMER STUDENT PROJECT TO SUPPORT NATIONAL DISINVESTMENT LEGISLATION
