Mailing to student activists from The American Committee on Africa/Africa Fund about the "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" campaign. People are being asked to collect keys to dramatized the demand to release political prisoners and detainees in South Africa and Namibia. Already, thousands of keys have been collected, and on September 28 the mayors of major U.S. cities presented their keys to Bill Cosby, honorary chairman of the campaign. The campaign was also endorsed by a national Conference on African Solidarity Work and its links to Struggles Against Domestic Racism held September 11-12 in New York City. This gathering included about 70 student and youth participants from over 20...
Mailing to student activists from The American Committee on Africa/Africa Fund about the "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" campaign. People are being asked to collect keys to dramatized the demand to release political prisoners and detainees in South Africa and Namibia. Already, thousands of keys have been collected, and on September 28 the mayors of major U.S. cities presented their keys to Bill Cosby, honorary chairman of the campaign. The campaign was also endorsed by a national Conference on African Solidarity Work and its links to Struggles Against Domestic Racism held September 11-12 in New York City. This gathering included about 70 student and youth participants from over 20 states, including Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and Washington D.C. This campaign was endorsed among a sequence of coordinated candlelight vigils on campuses nationwide focusing on political prisoners, 32 people on death row in South Africa, divestment, and domestic racism. Conference participants proposed that the first vigil be held on October 13, two days after the International Day in Solidarity with Political Poisoners. On this date, The Africa Fund will dump thousands of keys to "unlock apartheid's jails" on the doorstep of the South African Consulate in New York City. A campaign time-line, list of detainees, and general campaign flyer are included, plus an organizing flyer on the campaign to save the lives of the 32 people on death row in South Africa and reprint of a newspaper article "Torturous Tales From South African Jails."
