Fax of the program for an event on April 29, 1994 at Henry J. Kaiser Arena in Oakland to celebrate the South African election. Masters of Ceremonies are Keith Carson, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, 5th District, and Barbara Rodgers, KPIX TV (Channel 5). The Keynote speaker will be by Representative Ronald V. Dellums. Other speakers are Natalie Bayton, Oakland City Council, 3rd District; Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley City Council, 3rd District; Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco; Rev. Dr. Lorenzo Carlisle, Oakland Community United Church of Christ; Rev. Betita Cody, Shilo Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland; Rev. Ernestine Reems, Center of Hope Community Church, Oakland;...
Fax of the program for an event on April 29, 1994 at Henry J. Kaiser Arena in Oakland to celebrate the South African election. Masters of Ceremonies are Keith Carson, Alameda County Board of Supervisors, 5th District, and Barbara Rodgers, KPIX TV (Channel 5). The Keynote speaker will be by Representative Ronald V. Dellums. Other speakers are Natalie Bayton, Oakland City Council, 3rd District; Maudelle Shirek, Berkeley City Council, 3rd District; Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco; Rev. Dr. Lorenzo Carlisle, Oakland Community United Church of Christ; Rev. Betita Cody, Shilo Missionary Baptist Church, Oakland; Rev. Ernestine Reems, Center of Hope Community Church, Oakland; Owen Marron, Alameda County Central Labor Council; Wilson Riles, Jr., American Friends Service Committee (AFSC); and Mosala Mosegomi, Bay Area South Africa Network. Entertainers are South African Dance Company, Vukani Mawethu (African Choral Music), San Francisco African Drummers, McClymonds High School African Dance Ensemble, Amandla Poets, Mud Hut Band, Michael Lange (Malcolm X reading), poet Joy Holland, Gospel Sparrows, and Peace Choi. The program lists Celebrity Guests are Zakes Mokae, South African actor, and Richard Gant, actor. With the program is a SPEAKERS' BUREAU FACT SHEET with information about South Africa and the fight against apartheid in the United States and in the Bay Area. The Bay Area South Africa Network (BASAN) is coordinating a Material Aid Campaign to collect equipment and funds to assist the new government in its transition. Organized labor joined community activists in picketing businesses who refused to divest. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) waged a ten-day boycott, refusing to unload any goods entering west coast ports from South Africa. Shanty towns were built on college campuses, including University of California Berkeley (UCB), to protest refusals to divest from South Africa. The program discusses indigenous language, registration, voting procedures, the struggle to end apartheid, the Civil Rights Struggle in the U.S., reinvestment, the right to vote, redlining, the high cost of college and limited financial aid programs, the job market, racism, sexism, discrimination, and Alameda County.
