The memorandum reports on an education and organizing tour of the U.S. Southwest about southern Africa from April 29 to May 17. Staff of the national AFSC Southern Africa and other organizations working on Southern Africa recognized that they had almost no contacts in the Southwest, and there were no broad-based anti-apartheid coalitions there. The tour included Denver and Boulder, Colorado, and Amarillo, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston, Texas. Participants in the tour were: Jerry Herman, AFSC's Southern Africa coordinator; Shuping Coapage, representative of the African National Congress (ANC) at the United Nations; Dumisani Kumalo, exiled South African journalist and a senior staff...
The memorandum reports on an education and organizing tour of the U.S. Southwest about southern Africa from April 29 to May 17. Staff of the national AFSC Southern Africa and other organizations working on Southern Africa recognized that they had almost no contacts in the Southwest, and there were no broad-based anti-apartheid coalitions there. The tour included Denver and Boulder, Colorado, and Amarillo, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and Houston, Texas. Participants in the tour were: Jerry Herman, AFSC's Southern Africa coordinator; Shuping Coapage, representative of the African National Congress (ANC) at the United Nations; Dumisani Kumalo, exiled South African journalist and a senior staff member of the American Committee on Africa (ACOA); and Gay McDougall, director of the Southern Africa Project for the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Seven South African films and two slide shows travelled with the group, including "Last Graves at Dimbaza," "South Africa Belongs To Us," "Cry for Freedom," "Nuclear File: South Africa," and "Crossroads." The memorandum mentions people and organizations that participated in the tour in various cities, meetings that were held, and media interviews. Coordinators in each city were Denver - Stephen Graham (AFSC), Amarillo - Steven Schroeder (affiliated with Clergy and Laity Concerned -CALC), Dallas - Eva McMillan, Austin - Eric Frank, San Antonio - Judith Wade, and Houston - Beneva Nyamu. Additional contacts are listed by city.
