Mailing with an invitation to a meeting to decide Rhode Island Divest's position on repealing the 1985 state divestment law, given the call by Nelson Mandela's and the African National Congress (ANC) to lift sanctions. An enclosed press release outlines possible criteria for drafting legislation, to be decided upon and then communicated with the State legislative Black Caucus, General Treasurer Nancy Mayer, the Governor, Speaker, and Rhode Island Investment Commission. The mailing includes a memorandum "Re: South African Journalist; Peace Mission concert" and a press release about Rep. Joseph E. Newsome (D-Dist. 18) of Providence attending a briefing by the ANC on the lifting of sanctions,...
Mailing with an invitation to a meeting to decide Rhode Island Divest's position on repealing the 1985 state divestment law, given the call by Nelson Mandela's and the African National Congress (ANC) to lift sanctions. An enclosed press release outlines possible criteria for drafting legislation, to be decided upon and then communicated with the State legislative Black Caucus, General Treasurer Nancy Mayer, the Governor, Speaker, and Rhode Island Investment Commission. The mailing includes a memorandum "Re: South African Journalist; Peace Mission concert" and a press release about Rep. Joseph E. Newsome (D-Dist. 18) of Providence attending a briefing by the ANC on the lifting of sanctions, with other elected offices and community activists from New England and mid-Atlantic states. The mailing includes a newspaper article "State to repeal ban on investments slowly" by Gregory Smith and a copy of a letter from Nelson Mandela to Jennifer Davis, Executive Director of The Africa Fund. The mailing mentions Trevor Manuel, Jay Naidoo, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), Dr. Melesela Lamola, the South African Council of Churches (SACC), democratic elections, a Transitional Executive Council, foreign investment, journalist Rich Mkhondo, the Rhode Island Peace Mission, the Rhode Island Congressional delegation, local companies, social responsibility, black ownership, employee ownership, the new Community Bank, the Land Development Trust, empowerment, poverty, apartheid, the General Assembly, and the pension fund.
