Testimony in support of divestment bills HB 4770 and HB 4771 on behalf of the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance of the Archdiocese of Detroit presented by chairperson of the committee on South Africa to the Michigan State Senate in Lansing. The testimony says our stance has been taken only after careful and in-depth study of the call for divestiture and after consultation with members of our respective congregations; we speak in unison with national Church groups such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility as well as with individuals of leadership stature in South Africa's Churches: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Reverend Allan Boesak, Beyers Naude, and Archbishop Dennis Hurley;...
Testimony in support of divestment bills HB 4770 and HB 4771 on behalf of the Detroit Catholic Pastoral Alliance of the Archdiocese of Detroit presented by chairperson of the committee on South Africa to the Michigan State Senate in Lansing. The testimony says our stance has been taken only after careful and in-depth study of the call for divestiture and after consultation with members of our respective congregations; we speak in unison with national Church groups such as the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility as well as with individuals of leadership stature in South Africa's Churches: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Reverend Allan Boesak, Beyers Naude, and Archbishop Dennis Hurley; the leadership as well as the rank and file of the Trade Union movement in South Africa make the same demands; they call for divestment at the risk of prosecution, imprisonment and even death. The testimony says U.S. investment has tripled in the past 25 years; repression against the Black majority has increased, not decreased during that period. The testimony discusses corporate business in Michigan, the Sullivan Principles, Reverend Sullivan, cheap labor, the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, apartheid, and companies operating in South Africa.
