This letter is an invitation to participate on the Conference Organizing Committee for a WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLING PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA on June 27-29, 1986 in the Bay Area, that will include high-level officials from the African National Congress (ANC) and South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The conference will develop actions to further build the Free Southern Africa Movement in the Western region among labor, religious, educational, political and community organizations. The mailing is signed by Leo Robinson, ILWU Local 10 Southern Africa Liberation Support Committee; Hon. John George, Supervisor, Alameda County and Chair, Bay Area...
This letter is an invitation to participate on the Conference Organizing Committee for a WEST COAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE STRUGGLING PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA on June 27-29, 1986 in the Bay Area, that will include high-level officials from the African National Congress (ANC) and South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The conference will develop actions to further build the Free Southern Africa Movement in the Western region among labor, religious, educational, political and community organizations. The mailing is signed by Leo Robinson, ILWU Local 10 Southern Africa Liberation Support Committee; Hon. John George, Supervisor, Alameda County and Chair, Bay Area Free South Africa Movement; David Reed, Co-Chair, San Francisco Anti-Apartheid Committee; Hon. Gus Newport, Mayor of Berkeley; Pedro Noguera, President, ASUC, Berkeley; Geraldine Johnson, President, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists; Cati Okorie, Co-Chair, NCBL Bay Area Chapter Southern Africa Committee; Hon. Nancy Walker, Member, S.F. Board of Supervisors; Rev. Amos Brown, Paster, Third Baptist Church; Hon. Doris M. Ward, Member, S.F. Board of Supervisors; Willie Thompson, Member, AFT Local 2121 Anti-Apartheid Committee; Ignacio De la Fuente, Business Manager, International Molders and Allied Workers, Local #164; Sherri Chiesa, President, Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local #2; Mary Anne Peterson, Vice President, Graphic Communication Workers Union, Local #538; Rev. Carol Nelson, President, S.F. Council of Churches; Kanika Ajanaku, Member, APC Southern Africa Freedom Committee; Essie Mormen, Member, SEIU Local 250 Southern Africa Solidarity Committee; Al Lannon, President, ILWU, Local #6; Rev. J. Alfred Smith, Jr., Allen Temple Baptist Church; and David Bacon, Organizer, International Molders Union, Local #164. Franklin Alexander is the conference coordinator.
