Mailing from Representative Virgil C. Smith, Jr. and Representative Perry Bullard asking for support for the "Hands Around the Capitol for South Africa" (HAC for SA) demonstration scheduled on September 9, the day the Legislature reconvenes. The mailing seeks organizations to add their name to a supporter of the event and to encourage people to participate. The mailing includes "HANDS AROUND THE CAPITOL FOR SOUTH AFRICA" CALL TO PARTICIPATE, which points to the continuing state of emergency in South Africa and the clear intransigence of the South African government in the face of growing international pressure, making it imperative to demonstrate Michigan's opposition to apartheid. Key black...
Mailing from Representative Virgil C. Smith, Jr. and Representative Perry Bullard asking for support for the "Hands Around the Capitol for South Africa" (HAC for SA) demonstration scheduled on September 9, the day the Legislature reconvenes. The mailing seeks organizations to add their name to a supporter of the event and to encourage people to participate. The mailing includes "HANDS AROUND THE CAPITOL FOR SOUTH AFRICA" CALL TO PARTICIPATE, which points to the continuing state of emergency in South Africa and the clear intransigence of the South African government in the face of growing international pressure, making it imperative to demonstrate Michigan's opposition to apartheid. Key black South African leaders support divestment as a means to this end. The mailing says House bills 4470 and 4771 call for divestment of the public employee pension fund from South Africa. Senate action on the divestment bills, passed by the House last year, has been delayed for many months. The mailing says organizations supporting and participating in the demonstration include the NAACP - Lansing Branch, AFSCME - Council 25, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, Black Associates in State Government, the Detroit Human Rights Commission, St. John's Student Parish, the UAW - Michigan CAP, and the National Lawyers Guild - Lansing Chapter.
