Program for a Forum on Apartheid with sessions on July 16, 23 and 30, 1986. The program says the racial conflict in South Africa grows more serious daily, and it is urgent that people of faith understand the crisis and become involved in its resolution; Session I provides an overview of the crisis, examines some biblical interpretations that have played a role in the situation and suggests that Christians become personally involved in finding solutions. The program says participants will understand the effects of U.S. corporate investment in South Africa and evaluate the arguments, pro and con, regarding the investments. The program says resources persons are Darius Jonathan, UH Graduate...
Program for a Forum on Apartheid with sessions on July 16, 23 and 30, 1986. The program says the racial conflict in South Africa grows more serious daily, and it is urgent that people of faith understand the crisis and become involved in its resolution; Session I provides an overview of the crisis, examines some biblical interpretations that have played a role in the situation and suggests that Christians become personally involved in finding solutions. The program says participants will understand the effects of U.S. corporate investment in South Africa and evaluate the arguments, pro and con, regarding the investments. The program says resources persons are Darius Jonathan, UH Graduate Student and a native of the Sudan, North Africa; a white South African soldier, living in Hawaii; Russ Shenn, Coordinator, Amnesty International South Africa Project; Anson Chong, Coordinator, Hawaii Committee for Africa and returned Peace Corps volunteer, Nigeria. The program discusses history, Bantustans, education, health, human rights violations, violence, unequal distribution of land and income, and the structural inequality of the South African system. • SESSION I: UNDERSTANDING APARTHEID • SESSION II: STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRY • SESSION III: SHOULD U.S. CORPORATIONS INVEST IN SOUTH AFRICA? • RESOURCE PERSONS
