MINUTES SPRING 1990 MSN NATIONAL MEETING April 20-21, Chicago, IL

Contents: NATIONAL MSN CAMPAIGN • 1. Citibank postcard campaign • 2. Child by Child Trauma Center fundraising campaign • 3. Send action information and news clippings on RENAMO to Chris Benner, TECHNICA • NO CO CHAIR • VOLUNTEER STAFFER • BUDGET AND FINANCES • FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHAPTERS • CHAPTER UPDATES • Minneapolis/St. Paul • New York • Oklahoma • Cleveland • Bay Area • Los Angeles • Chicago • Washington • Seattle • Racine, WI • Atlanta • Massachusetts • LESSONS FROM MALANGATANA'S VISIT • CHILDREN OF WAR TOUR, Spring 1990 • CLERGY AND LAITY CONCERNED (CALC) • FUTURE PLANNING • CONGRESSIONAL STRATEGY • MEETING EVALUATION • An MSN public event on April 19 featured remarks by Chicago Alderperson Helen Shiller, an address by Ambassador Valeriano Ferrao of Mozambique, and a presentation of hand tools by MSN Co-Chair Loretta Williams to the Ambassador recognizing his seven years of US service. The minutes say the Zambezia trauma center is a shelter and rehabilitation center for child victims of the war waiting to be reintegrated into families. Wellington Avenue Church in Chicago, the fiscal sponsor for this MSN campaign, initiated the fund drive with a $4000 donation. The Erikson Institute is undertaking project training teachers to work with traumatized children. RENAMO has new representatives in D.C. and PA; Julius Seffu replaces Serapiao; in Philadelphia, the Mozambique Humanitarian Foundation is directed by Benjamin Ngwenya; the Mozambique Business Association, directed by James Blanchard II, supports RENAMO; Antonio DaRocha, former diplomat in Harare, has been associated with RENAMO; the D.C. Mozambique Information Center is still directed by Thomas Schaaf. Mackie McLeod has accepted position with American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) in Harare, Zimbabwe as of June 1990; he will remain on the executive committee. Grace Jones, executive committee member, was elected co-chair by consensus to serve until fall 1991. Coalitional work with CI SSA and Church World Service (CWS) including Soweto Day Walkathon organized around theme: "Defend Mozambique, Defeat Apartheid"; funds raised will go to OMM, Mozambique Christian Council, a sewing cooperative. The minutes discuss orange cards protesting Citibank's extension of the rollover and continuing support for apartheid, the CHAIN OF TEARS video, Linn Baum's artwork, California Newsreel, Roberta Washington, the Center for Constitutional Rights, Randy Carter, Lutheran Volunteer Service, Lisa January, Amy Sullivan, fundraising for national projects on southern Africa, Allen Isaacman, Grace Jones, Chris Benner, Jean Entine, campus groups, United Ministry Center, medical equipment, grassroots organizations, the National Association of Community Health Centers, TransAfrica, Free South African movements, Nelson Mandela's release, the ANC (African National Congress), RENAMO WATCH, the UCLA Southern Africa semester, CI SSA (Chicago Committee in Solidarity with Southern Africa), University of California Los Angeles, Manica Health Project, Northwest Workers' Association, health equipment and construction supplies, Dr. Rachel Rubin, Archdiocese of Racine, Senator Jim Moody, sister-city between Boston and Beira, a slide show, Cresa Bailey, Covenant Against Apartheid At Home and Abroad, COCAMO, comprehensive sanctions, HB4443, Gray/Leland African-Caribbean Development Act supporting non-military aid, Bruce Cameron, lobbyist, the Minister of Culture, cultural dance/arts troupes from Mozambique, "Racine to Mozambique Africa Link," and a grant proposal.