The press release says state legislators gathered in Washington D.C. on April 18-19 .to explore ways to strengthen U.S. aid, trade and investment ties, and support for human rights and democracy in Africa. The legislators included Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry (President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators - NBCSL), Arkansas Rep. Irma Hunter-Brown, Oregon State Senator Ave! Gordly, Mississippi State Senator Hillman Frazier, California Rep. Diane Watson, Wisconsin Rep. Spencer Coggs, Massachusetts State Senator Mark Montigny, Connecticut Rep. Reginal Beamon, and Texas Rep. Helen Giddings. At the National Consultation on U.S Policy Toward Africa, funded by the Carnegie Corporation,...
The press release says state legislators gathered in Washington D.C. on April 18-19 .to explore ways to strengthen U.S. aid, trade and investment ties, and support for human rights and democracy in Africa. The legislators included Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry (President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators - NBCSL), Arkansas Rep. Irma Hunter-Brown, Oregon State Senator Ave! Gordly, Mississippi State Senator Hillman Frazier, California Rep. Diane Watson, Wisconsin Rep. Spencer Coggs, Massachusetts State Senator Mark Montigny, Connecticut Rep. Reginal Beamon, and Texas Rep. Helen Giddings. At the National Consultation on U.S Policy Toward Africa, funded by the Carnegie Corporation, they met with U.S. and African political and human rights leaders, including California Congresswoman Maxine Waters (Congressional Black Caucus chair), South African Trade and Industry Minister Alec Erwin, Gugile Nkwinti (Speaker of South Africa's Eastern Cape Provincial legislature), and Carol Peasley (Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa in the U.S. Agency for International Development). The press release mentions Nigerian military rule, Sani Abacha, Zarian President Mobuto Sese Seko, the African American community, the State Department, creating jobs, social, economic, and political liberation, Executive Director Jennifer Davis, and Richard Knight.
