Mailing including a cover memorandum and a statement "DON'T LET SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS DIE" with an impressive list of signatories in support of political prisoners on hunger strike in South Africa. The statement will appear as an ad in the Washington Post on May 23. The statement received a lot of coverage in South Africa, and thanks have been received from the lawyers working with the hunger strikers. The statement was signed by Frances and Robert Boehm; Bishop Edmund L. Browning Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Rev. Joan Campbell, National Council of Churches; Rev. Ben Chavis, Washington Office on Africa; Bishop Herbert Chilstrom, Evangelical Lutheran...
Mailing including a cover memorandum and a statement "DON'T LET SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS DIE" with an impressive list of signatories in support of political prisoners on hunger strike in South Africa. The statement will appear as an ad in the Washington Post on May 23. The statement received a lot of coverage in South Africa, and thanks have been received from the lawyers working with the hunger strikers. The statement was signed by Frances and Robert Boehm; Bishop Edmund L. Browning Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church; Rev. Joan Campbell, National Council of Churches; Rev. Ben Chavis, Washington Office on Africa; Bishop Herbert Chilstrom, Evangelical Lutheran Church; Rep. Ronald V. Dellums; David N. Dinkins, Mayor, The City of New York; Carol and W.H. Ferry; Committee for Health in Southern Africa; Fund for a Free South Africa; Danny Glover; Rev. Dan G. Hoffman, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ); Rev. M. William Howard, American Committee on Africa; Spike Lee; Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery Southern Christian Leadership Conference; William Lucy; Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; The Hon. Hilda and Charles Mason; Gay McDougall, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Vincent McGee; Bishop Emerson J. Moore, Archdiocese of New York; National Council of Jewish Women; Andrew Norman; Reebok Human Rights Projects; Rep. Charles Rangel; Marvin and Evelyn Jones Rich; Dennis Rivera, Local 1199, Drug, Hospital and Health Care Employees Union; Randall Robinson, TransAfrica; Karen Russell, Artists for a Free South Africa; Rabbi David Saperstein, Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Rep. Patricia Schroeder; Senator Paul Simon; South African Women's Day Committee; Rep. Edolphus Towns; Richard Trumka, United Mineworkers of America; Bishop Orris G. Walker, Episcopal Bishop of Long Island; Rep. Maxine Waters; Cora and Peter Weiss; Rep. Howard Wolpe; Alfre Woodard; and Steven van Zandt (Little Steven), Artists United Against Apartheid. The mailing mentions the Human Rights Commission, apartheid, and F.W. de Klerk.
