Brochure advertising a March 6-8, 1992 midwest conference at Wayne State University for education, dialogue, and networking about racism in southern Africa and the U.S. This is a crucial moment in the struggle for a non-racial South Africa, with the terms of a new South Africa being negotiated and the task of rebuilding a fractured society. In the U.S., there is a disturbing rise in racist violence and reactionary politics. The meeting will enable progressive organizations to adopt strategies to overcome racism and apartheid in their present forms. People on the program include Rev. Benjamin Chavis, Exec. Dir., UCC, Commission on Racial Justice; Karen Bass, PA-C/Exec. Dir., Community Coalition...
Brochure advertising a March 6-8, 1992 midwest conference at Wayne State University for education, dialogue, and networking about racism in southern Africa and the U.S. This is a crucial moment in the struggle for a non-racial South Africa, with the terms of a new South Africa being negotiated and the task of rebuilding a fractured society. In the U.S., there is a disturbing rise in racist violence and reactionary politics. The meeting will enable progressive organizations to adopt strategies to overcome racism and apartheid in their present forms. People on the program include Rev. Benjamin Chavis, Exec. Dir., UCC, Commission on Racial Justice; Karen Bass, PA-C/Exec. Dir., Community Coalition for Substance Abuse, Prevention and Treatment; Prexy Nesbitt, Consultant to Mozambique Government; Jay Naidoo, COSATU (invited); and Elizabeth Ncube, Zimbabwean poet/performance artist. Workshops include Labor struggles in South Africa; Environmental racism in the U.S. and South Africa; Violence in SA and the U.S.; Frontline states and the influence of apartheid; Role of women in the struggle against racism and apartheid; Constitutional/legal reform in Southern Africa; Health care in the U.S. and SA; Education in Southern Africa and the U.S.; The role of the right wing in SA; Sanctions, boycotts and other economic strategies; Providing material/direct support to S.A: Brigades, delegations, fundraising support, etc.; Combatting media misinformation; Working within religious institutions; Organizing on campuses; Working within the labor movement; and U.S.- South Africa sister community relationships. The conference sponsor is Michigan Coalition for Human Rights. Co-Sponsoring/Endorsing organizations include The Africa Fund, New York; the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies (WSU); Central United Methodist Church; Detroit CASC; Groundwork for a Just World; International Institute of Metro Detroit; Metro Detroit Bread For the World; Michigan Interfaith Committee for CA Human Rights; Michigan SANE/Freeze: Campaign for Global Security; Mozambique Solidarity Office, Chicago; NAACP, Detroit Branch; National Conference of Black Lawyers; Peace and National Priorities Center; Pan Africa Student Union (WSU); Social Action Committee - First Unitarian Universalist Church; Solidarity; UAW Local 417; Union of Palestinian Women's Association - Detroit; Washington Office on Africa (WOA); and West Side Mothers. The brochure mentions the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), African National Congress (ANC), and United Auto Workers (UAW).
