African Activist Archive

Contents: OVERVIEW - THE YEAR PAST • U.S. Organizing • Connecting with Africa • OVERVIEW - LOOKING TO THE YEAR AHEAD • WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR US? • HOW TO MOVE AHEAD • NIGERIA (Mike Fleshman) • Actions Around the Country • Empowering the Religious and Civil Rights Communities • Impacting the Policy Debate • Media Impact • THE CARNEGIE PROJECT (Susie Johnson) • RESEARCH (Richard Knight) • The report mentions human rights, economic justice, development assistance, the religious community, the United Church of Christ (UCC), the Methodist Church, grassroots groups, a speaking tour, Jesse Jackson -Special Envoy for Promoting Democracy in Africa, President Clinton, Congressman Charles Rangel, the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA, H.R. 1432), Archbishop Gitare, Nelson Mandela, the ANC (African National Congress), President Moi, debt relief, the Jubilee 2000 Campaign, Liz Calvin, the Nigerian Consulate, Kudirat Abiola, Roy Innis, Walter Carrington, Chief Anthony Enahoro, DC 37 AFSCME, the New York Sierra Club, Sani Abacha, the San Francisco Bay Area, unionist Tunde Okorodudu, the Seattle Council of Churches, Ken Saro-Wiwa, the Ogoni 8, oil fields, the Shell Oil Company, sanctions, H.R. 1786, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Hafsat Abiola, Nigerian Freedom Sunday at The Riverside Church, imprisoned labor leader Frank Kokori, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Progressive National Baptist Convention, Cordelia Kokori, Amnesty International, Saginaw Mayor Gary Loster, the U.S. Conference of Mayors Task Force on Sub-Saharan Africa, Wellington Webb, Tilden LeMelle, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSA), Senator Diane Watson, Gugile Nkwinti, the Eastern Cape Province, Oregon State Senator Avel Gordly, The Amsterdam News, BBC, Isaac Mogotsi, conflict resolution, poverty, GATT, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, IMF (International Monetary Fund), and U.S. companies.

African Activist Archive

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT

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