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Report on a meeting of student anti-apartheid activists. Organizations mentioned in the report include: Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa; Upper Valley Committee for a Free Southern Africa; COBLSA; New York Committee to Oppose Bank Loans to South Africa; Seattle COBLSA; Clergy and Laity Concerned (CALC); D.C. Bank Campaign; United People's Campaign Against Apartheid and Racism (UPCAR); Macalester Anti-apartheid Coalition; Lutheran Coalition on Southern Africa; Dawson Committee Against Bank Loans to South Africa; End Loans to South Africa (ELSA); and Boston Coalition For the Liberation of Southern Africa. Contents: Outline of Report on October 21 Student Movement Strategy Session • Introduction • Part I: General Assessment of the Movement • A) Dynamics of Divestment -Political Meaning –Problems -Responses: 1) Focus first on divestment of student funds 2)Linking with anti-nuke movement (nuclear stocks) 3) Stress Reinvestment Issue (educational) 4) Dynamizing Groups for each sector of campus 5) Internal Political Education 6) Perpetuating Campus Committees 7) More emphasis on cultural events • B) Community Outreach l) Work on Bank Campaign (importance of labor outreach) 2) Lobbying Packages for State Legislatures 3) Link to Community Anti-racist struggles (bank redlining) 4) Work with community anti-apartheid groups • C) Anti-Racist Struggles and Working with Black Students -Overview (reasons for problems) -Suggested Approaches: 1) Endorse and Support Black Student Demands 2) Need for Black-led Workshops on Racism 3) Joint Planning of Events and Actions 4) Individual commitment to self-education and communication with Black students • Part II: Recent Developments and Future Projects • A) Recent Developments 1) Shift in Corporate/Trustee Strategy -From Sullivan Code to S. African "labor reforms" 2) Real Character of "labor reforms" 3) Corporate-inspired Conferences on Southern Africa 4) Corporate-sponsored Tours (of Helen Suzman and Lucy Mvubelo) • B) Future Projects 1) Greater Coordination with Bank Campaign (COBLSA) -Natl Bank Action Weeks (Nov 11-16 and March 16-21) -Dumisani Kumalo Tour in February (Black History Month) 2) Material Aid Campaigns 3) Student Movement Newsletter • Appendices A) Student Contacts B) Bank Campaign Contacts [The correct spelling of Mr. Kumalo's first name is Dumisani.]

African Activist Archive

Report on October 20 Student Anti-Apartheid Strategy Session

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