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Contents: A. Introduction • B. The Selection of Virginia • C. Details of the Tour • D. Recommendations • E. Acknowledgments • F. Conclusion • Appendix A - Questions Commonly Asked • Appendix B - List of Major Organizers • Appendix C - List of Tour Speakers • Appendix D - Examples of Daily Tour Schedule • The tour speakers are Abdul Babu, Nomonde Ngubo, Shuping Coapoge, Jerry Herman, Betty Richardson, Lou Witherite, Adotei Akwei, Cordelia Kirk-Sharp, Temba Ntinga, Aubrey McCutcheon, III, and Sharon Pauling. The report also mentions organizers of the tour, including Margaret Schellenberg - Center for New Creation, Robert Wright, Bob Volckhausen - the Peninsula Peace Education Center, John Faircloth, Steve Padgett, Dwayne Hudson - Richmond Peace Education Center, Rev. James Baker - Westminster Presbyterian Church, Chris Barret - Lynchburg Peace Education Center, Robby Miller - Eastern Mennonite College, Monica Appleby, Sussie Fetter - SWAG: Roanoke, and Joan Boone - Appalachian Peace Education Center. The report mentions these organizations: African National Congress (ANC), Council of Unions of South Africa, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Mozambique Support Network, Oxfam America, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, American Committee on Africa (ACOA), Washington Office on Africa (WOA), Bread for the World. It also mentions Burkina Faso, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, Mali, the United Nations Development Program, Columbia University Business School, anti-apartheid activities, the play "SURVIVAL," the Horn of Africa, Richmond Junior High School students, the Casspir, the Annual Dogwood Blossom Parade in Charlottesville, the University of Virginia, HR 21 and S.507, the Dellums-Simon Comprehensive Economic Sanctions Bill, House Concurrent Resolutions 270 and 203, UNITA, "Boycott Coca Cola," teaching aids, the Claymore anti-personnel mine, the rap video "A.F.R.I.C.A.," and press coverage.

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COMMUNITY EDUCATION ON AFRICA: THE CHALLENGE

1990 Africa Peace Tour to Virginia

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