Contents: I. Public Policy Education and Outreach • A. Elected Officials • April, 1988 - Present • B. Networking • C. Knowledge Building • II. Women and Development • D. Other • The report says following the Midwest Regional Consultation on U.S. Policy Toward Africa, we organized a Southern Regional Consultation which took place from June 26-27th, in Greensboro, North Carolina; the Consultation was held at Bennett College, founded in 1873, one of only two Historic Black Colleges dedicated to the education of black women. The report mentions the Legislative Project, foreign policy, the Body Shop, First Union Corporation, Pfizer, the Samuel Rubin Foundation, the Women's Leadership...
Contents: I. Public Policy Education and Outreach • A. Elected Officials • April, 1988 - Present • B. Networking • C. Knowledge Building • II. Women and Development • D. Other • The report says following the Midwest Regional Consultation on U.S. Policy Toward Africa, we organized a Southern Regional Consultation which took place from June 26-27th, in Greensboro, North Carolina; the Consultation was held at Bennett College, founded in 1873, one of only two Historic Black Colleges dedicated to the education of black women. The report mentions the Legislative Project, foreign policy, the Body Shop, First Union Corporation, Pfizer, the Samuel Rubin Foundation, the Women's Leadership Institute, the diaspora, goals shared by African-American legislators, the Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA), Dr. Omofolabo Ajayi, the University of Kansas, the Association of African Women Scholars, the Honorable Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, Congressman Melvin Watt, the Africa: Seeds of Hope bill, poverty, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, the National Summit, Wellington Webb, Clark-Atlanta University, Herschelle Challenor, Consul General Sheila Sisulu, aid, trade, investment, the Africa Growth and Opportunity bill, Ambassador Rachel Diggs, Yassine Fall, the Association of African Women for Research and Development, Owens Wiwa, students returning from international experiences in Zimbabwe, Dr. Gloria Randall Scott, Africa University, the Lydia Chimoyo School for Girls, small and minority businesses, the African market, Historic Black Colleges and Universities, the Ghanaian Parliament, the Boston Pan African Forum, the South African Fellowship of Riverside Church, Peter Takirambude, Human Rights Watch/Africa, debt relief, the Indiana Legislative Black Caucus, Dr. Mohamed Mbidj, Columbia University, Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, the American Committee on Africa (ACOA), New York City Council Member Una Clarke, New York State Assemblyman Al Vann, Tilden LeMelle, Los Angeles City Treasurer Paul Brownridge, the National Conference of Black Mayors, the United Nation's Economic Commission for Africa, Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Akina Mama wa Africa, the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Essence Magazine, Mel Foote, the Constituency for Africa, Salih Booker, the Africa Focus Group of the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL), the National Black Caucus of Locally Elected Officials (NBC-LEO), William Crawford, Charlie Brown, the National Women's Network, the National Foundation for Women Legislators, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). Alan Hirsch, the Department of Trade and Industry. And Harvard Business School, the New York Strategy Meeting, Denver's trade mission to Africa, Charles Yancy, Irma Hunter Brown, Spencer Coggs, William Payne, Africa's children, Mohamed Abdillahi, Ms. Ba Sangare, the Nigerian People's Forum, Dr. Alex I. Ekwueme, the National League of Cities, the World Trade Organization, the Association of African Women Researchers, and The Africa Fund's legislative Advisory Council.
