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Making the Links Resources THE STATE OF U.S. STUDENT AND YOUTH ANTI-APARTHEID ORGANIZING Across the country student and youth organizers have successfully challenge. Campuses such as the Universityof Chicago, University of begun to add new dimensions to their anti-apartheid activism. More North Carolina -Chapel Hill, Bowling Green State University and the and more young activists are "making the links" between a number of University of Colorado intensified their demands for divestment as social justice issues such as southern Africa, Central America and well as their support of those people in southern Africa struggling in domestic racism. opposition to apartheid. Additionally, as a response to the onslaught waged against people of color throughout the U.S. and elsewhere, During the 1985-6 period the level of struggle in the U.S. anti many student and youth activists developed strategies that allowed apartheid movement reached an unprecedented level of intensity. them both to educate their constituents about relevant social justice From Vermont to Hawaii, young people participated in actions to issues (e.g. anti-apartheid, anti-interventionism and anti-racism) and show their solidarity with those struggling against apartheid in South to begin real and effective struggle around these issues. Many of these and southern Africa. These actions along with nightly news coverage youth and students made very practical links between the interna from South Africa on the major television networks helped to focus tional and domestic situations as southern Africa maintained a promi national and international attention on the atrocities of apartheid. nent place in protests and demonstrations on campuses across the country. A number of these organizations worked to heighten the With the adoption of a number of landmark divestment measures awareness of students and youth and to expand the focus of formerly and the passage of limited U.S. sanctions against South Africa, many one-issue coalitions. student and youth groups began to shift their focus to domestic issues of concern. This shift occurred at a time when there was a marked According to Kenny Bartholomew, chairperson of the BlackStudent upsurge in reported incidents of racially motivated violence and Communications Organizing Network (BSCON), "making the links is harassment on campuses and in communities in the U.S. Concern important because people need to understand those conditions which aboutSoweto and Alexandra was replaced by demands connected to surround their daily lives, be they political, economic or social. In incidents in Howard Beach and Forsyth County. Faced with the increasing this understanding, people can then begin to worktowards immediacy of domestic racism and related violence, many activists real izi ng justice wherever injustices may exist. The arena for this work who understood the connections between the oppression fostered by is not only domestic, but also international." both U.S. domestic and foreign policy began to raise a number of important issues. Questions regarding things such as minority recruit The emerging, redefined, student and youth activism of the 1980's ment and retention and ethnic studies requirements were linked with is characterized by a commitment to the struggle against all forms of issues such as U.S. aid for Central American and southern African repression. This commitment seems to be an indication of the general "contras" and U.S. support for apartheid. Many activists could not spirit of activism in the years to come. Those students who once continue to compartmentalize their activism into neat, little packages occupied buildings and built shanties in solidarity with their brothers and began to view their political and social activism as a challenge to and sisters in South and southern Africa are continuing to do so, but the "big picture" of injustice in both the domestic and the international theiractivism does notstop there. These organizations and individuals arenas. are also effectively rallying around other issues such as campus and community racism in an attempt to broaden their movement into one Anti-apartheid activists played a large role in the articulation of this which addresses injustices both at home and abroad.

...... WE NEED T.-I...1_H :FR0 Qu ...... $04t4t I ...... w...... j. :::v...... h ' " ...... X...... t Althqu g Wh .:A*. ..^':W09IFTe " .9ft W, Ift "IM e s piaf. aw- i W i i i::":b ".64_W "a .pe...... I.-,...... i' h -Rk*Xf F.M.A.. _X ...... :...... V kvq llfflffl g. r0m ft M '...... U,I .... .1 enT ...... N ...... 1...... *NEW ENGLAND Dartmouth College; Hanover, New Hampshire: The Dartmouth College ACTION ROUND-UP President's Council on South Africa will be hosting an informational and educational exchange on southern Africa on May 13 and 14. The primaryfocus of the symposium will learned that the University of Maine Foun event featured speakers and musicians, and be the present situation in South Africa and dation had divested its holdings in corpora the issues addressed included: South Africa; the intensification of the struggle for libera tions and banks operating in South Africa. Central America; nuclear disarmament; tion. Topics to be addressed include U.S. Although the University's foundation had racism and the national trade off between foreign policy as it relates to South Africa, voted to divest in December 1987, itdid not spending for the military and education. Black and white politics and the movement make public its policy change until two Meanwhile, the Columbia Senate has taken for human rights. months later. moves to intimidate active or potentially CONTACT: Nelson Caspiro (603) 646 activestudents intosubmission. Recentrules 2549 adopted by the Senate designed to squelch •NORTHEAST student activism under the guise of protect Harvard/Radcliffe; Cambridge, Massa Black Student Communications Organiz ing the right to free speech include the chusetts: In recent years the movement ing Network (BSCON); Jamaica, New York: meting out of severe punishment, including around anti-apartheid issues at Harvard and BSCON's New York City United Front has expulsion, for activities such as blocking Radcliffe has been characterized by collec initiated a red ribbon campaign, similar to buildings and other forms of civil disobedi tive alumni and student efforts. Harvard/ the green ribbon campaign launched in ence. A numberofColumbia's studentactiv Radcliffe Alumni AgainstApartheid, together 1979 during the Atlanta child murders. The ists are attempting to form a progressive with the Harvard/Radcliffe Southern Africa red ribbons are being worn to register the student front which would serve as an Solidarity Committee, has launched a multi outrage of Black students at the repeated umbrella organization for the continuation level offensive designed to force the institu racially motivated attacks on people of Afri of student protests and challenges to the tion to divest. More traditional actions such can descent. The red ribbons also symbolize administration. as rallies and demonstrations have been the wearers' solidarity with those people of CONTACT:Nicole Ellison; 201 W, 79th coupled with innovative measures to in South Africa who have been affected by the Street - Apt. 1204; New York, NY 10024 crease the pressure fordivestment from vari recent government crackdown on a number (212) 787-0312 ous angles. The alumni organization has of mass-based national and community concentrated its efforts on campaigning for organizations as well as those individuals D.C. Student Coalition Against Apartheid the election of pro-divestment candidates to restricted by the government's actions. and Racism (SCAR); Washington, D.C.: After the Board of Overseers and has successfully CONTACT: Willy Terry (718) 526-7056 playing an important role in the Rutgers worked to elect three such candidates. Stu national student conference held in Febru dent efforts have included helping to draft Children for Worldwide Peace and Edu ary of this year (see separate entry: Rutgers state legislation which restricts the ability of catorsfor Social Responsibility/Metro; New University: New Brunswick, New Jersey), non-divested institutions to issue tax-exempt York City: On April 15 youth from all five D.C. SCAR held a minority recruitment and bonds. If successful, the legislation, filed by boroughs of NewYorkCity held a march and retention conference in March. The confer state legislator Sandra Graham, will cost rally in memory of Solomon Mahlangu, a ence was attended by student and youth Harvard/Radcliffe an estimated $20 - $30 South African high school student and later activists from Maryland, D.C. and Virginia. million per year. Although the majority of a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the mili A notable conference follow-up action was the students favor divestment, the admini tary wing of the African National Congress. avisittothe U.S. Departmentof Education to stration and the Board of Overseers have Mahlangu was executed by hanging in 1979 present and discuss demands regarding the exhibited a basic lack of responsiveness to and the African National Congress' freedom status of minorities in education in the U.S. this strong pro-divestment sentiment. Butthe school in Tanzania is named in his memory. Also, students atAmerican University held a election of three pro-divestment members to Speakers at the rally represented several rally and a vigil against apartheid and racism its ranks, signals the beginning of an internal high schools and colleges in New York City. on April 4 to commemorate the assassina challenge to the historical position and In remembrance of Mahlangu, the theme of tion of Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. Students on course of action of the Board. The admini the rally was "Youth Condemn Apartheid the campus have also begun a campaign to stration has initiated educational programs and Racism." educate people about companies operating to assist Black South Africans in lieu of full CONTACT: Nessim Watson (212) 496 in South Africa and Namibia and the prod divestment, but activists have continued to 2044 ucts these companies produce. pointto this altruistic endeavor as an attempt CONTACT: Angela Parker (202) 387 to cloud the issue of divestment and Har City College, City University of New 4549 vard/Radcliffe's continued financial ties to York; New York City: The South African and the apartheid system. Anti-apartheid forces, Namibian Students' Organization of City Hamilton College; Clinton, New York: citing among other things severe conflict of College sponsored a four day commemora Hamilton's Coalition Against Racism and intereston the partof the Board, havevowed tion of the Sharpeville Massacre on March Apartheid has continued to press for divest to step up the campaign for divestment both 21-24. The program commenced with a ment as well as to educate the campus on and off campus. lecture by Dr. Fred Dube, a member of the community regarding southern Africa is CONTACT: Dorothy Benz; Harvard/Rad African National Congress, and a subse sues. General educational efforts have in cliffe Alumni Against Apartheid; 53 Park quent discussion regarding the present situ cluded making updated information about Road; Somerville, MA 02143 (617) 623 ation in South Africa. The event also featured developments in southern Africa available 1065 or Harvard/Radcliffe Southern Africa the showing of several films. to all students in the reserve section of the Solidarity Committee; Noah Berger (617) CONTACT: The South African and Na college library. This semester students 498-6955 or Jay Hodis (617) 498-3441 mibian Students' Organization; (212) 690 placed crosses inscribed with the names of 8175 or 8176 South African political prisoners and de University of Maine; Bangor, Maine: Af tainees across the campus. The coalition ter ten years of diligent struggle members of Columbia University; New York City: also erected a shantyduringTrustees'Week the Maine Peace Action Committee realized Columbia University's Students Against end and attempted to attend the Trustees' a significant victory. In February the group Militarism held a Peace Fairon April 16. The meeting. They were refused admission and fall at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsi Beoisasarplnofe n eetcin*n hc hv aepaeo olg lanti, Michigan. and~~ ~ ~ unvrste acos th.onr.Ti itn i eindt.an rvd CONTACT: John Martin (201) 247-0592

State University of New York - Buffalo; Buffalo, New York: The Anti-Apartheid Solidarity Committee of the State University engaged in a spontaneous protest outside of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy, of New York at Buffalo held their second the meeting hall. Hamilton's new president, New York: The Student Comm ittee on South annual symposium on southern Africa on Hank Payne of Haverford, has indicated an Africa held an anti-apartheid demonstration April 9. Invited speakers included the United interest in the divestment issue, but he has to coincide with a Board of Trustees' meet Nations Ambassadors of Zimbabwe and refused further comment until hereviewsthe ing on March 19. Complaining that the Botswana, representatives from the South school's present policy and portfolio. The students were inflexible in their support of African Congress of Trade Unions, the coalition is planning to continue its de divestment, the Trustees voted in favor of African National Congress, the South West mands for divestment, as well as other anti continued investmentand shareholder reso Africa Peoples Organization and the U.S. apartheid activities such as joining the na lutions as opposed to full divestment. The National Conference of Black Lawyers. tional selective purchase campaign next Trustees' meeting is scheduled for Panels and discussions focused on South launched against Kellogg's because of its October and students are planning to con Africa and Namibia as well as U.S. and labor practices in South Africa. tinue their divestment work. Canadian foreign policy towards southern CONTACT: Lisbeth Achilles; Hamilton CONTACT: Steve Brady; Student Com Africa. College; Clinton, NY 13323; (315) 859 mittee on South Africa; c/o Rensselaer Alli CONTACT: Lassina Traore (716) 636 0289 ance for Peace; Rensselaer Polytechnic In 2950 or 2956 stitute; Troy, NY 12180; (518)271-2102

A MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This expanded edition of The Africa Fund's "Student and Youth ACTION NEWS" is testimony to the fact that during the spring semester there has been a great deal of southern Africa organizing on college and university campuses across the country. However, due to other pressing needs over the pastsix months, The Africa Fund has been forced to spend less time actively monitoring these events as well as keeping the network informed of recentdevelopments both in southern Africa and in the U.S. solidarity movement. Without our regular student coordinator, we need to rely more on you, the student and youth activists, to keep information flowing through the network. As southern Africa activism in the U.S. has continued, South Africa's young people have intensified their organized, active opposition to apartheid. We have include a brief overview of recent developments inside South Africa for use in your organizing efforts. It is our hope that you will continue raising issues that cannot be raised, due to repressive legal restrictions, by your South African colleagues. We hope to be able to issue another newsletter in thefall, and you can help make this possible by keeping us informed of your planned summer and fall activities. In addition, we are anticipating that the debate on sanctions will intensify this summer, and we are anxious to increase student engagement in shaping the outcome of this debate. If you are interested in working to help educate people about the sanctions issue, please send us a summer address where we can contact you. In any event, please let us know where you will be in the fall.

Sincerely,

ID. t z Jennifer Davis

Pennsylvania State University; State Col Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Syracuse University; Syracuse, New lege, Pennsylvania: The Committee for Jus Jersey: A group of student activists at Rutgers York: During the weekend of April 15-17, tice in South Africa has continued its work University hosted a national student confer the People for Peace and Justice of Syracuse fordivestment. In April the group held a rally ence in February. The purpose of the confer University planned an east coastdivestment where they delivered more than 1,000 peti ence, which was attended by more than 600 rally. Due to insurmountable red tape and tions to their representative at the state capi students from across the country, was to administration related obstacles, the event tol in Harrisburg. The petition signatories initiate the formation of a national radical was postponed until the fall. In lieu of the demanded that the representative support student organization. Plans to launch this original event, a group of concerned stu pending legislation mandating state divest organization were put on hold when the dents held a divestment teach-in on April 16 ment. Although the committee does not Third World Caucus of the conference chal featuring speakers and musicians. have a formal relationship with those groups lenged the bodyon Third World representa CONTACT: Rich (315) 423-6376 orZiggy representing the campus' African-American tion at the conference (there were approxi (315) 423-0376 community, a number of committee mem mately 30 students of color in attendance) bers have participated in protests in solidar and the need for outreach to Third World Wesleyan University; Middletown, Con ity with the concerns recently raised by the students before a national organization necticut: In late April, the South Africa Ac African-American students. could be formed. The southern Africa ple tion Group (SAAG) of Wesleyan University CONTACT: Kim Tynan; 1401 N. Patter nary issued a call for vigils against apartheid escalated its campaign around divestment. son Avenue; State College, PA 16801; (814) and racism to commemorate the April 4, Although a Board of Trustees' sub-commit 237-1726 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, tee, with student, faculty and Board repre Jr. A follow-up conference is planned for the sentation, earlier had agreed, in principle, that U.S. corporations operating in South The GBSA is planning a second Nicaragua supporters feel that he represents the views Africa should disinvest, this sub-committee brigade for the summer of 1988 and is hop of the majority of the Board members, they failed to present a report to the full Board ing to sponsor a similar trip to southern realize this struggle will be a hard and long which reflected this sentiment. After years of Africa in the future. one. But they feel that the only way to do using the established channels of the ad CONTACT: Abdul Lateef Muhammad; away with racism is to purge the racists, and ministration and the Board of Trustees, c/o Georgia BlackStudentAssociation; P.O. they are prepared to maintain pressure on SAAG, with support from other groups such Box 193;Atlanta, GA30314 (404)627-8923 the Administration until their demands are as Ujamaa, the organization which repre met. sents the campus' African-American stu University of North Carolina - Chapel CONTACT: Black Student Political Cau dents, occupied the office of the university Hill; Chapel Hill, North Carolina: On April cus (606) 257-4130 or Kentucky Student President. The initial demand of the 150 sit 4 students at Chapel Hill held a candlelight Government Association (606) 257-3191 in participants was that Wesleyan take con vigil to draw attention to the issues of apart crete and irrevocable steps towards the full heid and racism. The call for the vigil was Virginia Polytechnic Institute; divestment of the University's more than made at the Rutgers national student confer Blacksburg, Virginia: Students at Virginia $10 million of South Africa related invest ence (see separate entry: Rutgers University; Tech recently learned that their institution's merits. At press time, additional demands New Brunswick, New Jersey). The move portfolio contains more than 100,000 shares were scheduled be presented at the next ment to divest the University of a remaining of South Africa related stock valued at ap Trustees' meeting in May. The 150 demon $4 million of South Africa related invest proximately $6.9 million. A number of stu strators have held daily rallies with support ments has helped to keep South Africa in the dents have formed a committee with com from at least 300 additional students and forefront of progressive student politics on munity activists from groups such as the faculty members. that campus. Additionally, Chapel Hill stu New River Free Press and the Coalition for CONTACT: South Africa Action Group; dents along with their counterparts at Dart Justice in Central America to investigate the cdo WSA; Wesleyan Station; Middletown, mouth are investigating the feasibility of institution's current investment policy as CT 06457; (203) 638-0387 launching a national student anti-apartheid well as ways in which students can force organization. Virginia Tech to divest. This process is pres CONTACT: Joel Segal; 103A Mason ently in an exploratory stage, and the activ *SOUTH Street; Chapel Hill, NC 27514; (919) 929 ists are planning to increase pressure for full Children Against Apartheid; Houston, 0627 divestment in coming months. Texas: Children Against Apartheid, an or CONTACT: Richard Sharpe; 119 Vawter; ganization comprised of young people aged University of Kentucky; Lexington, Ken Virginia Tech; Blacksburg, VA 25061; (703) 12 - 17, has been engaged primarily in tucky: The Black Student Political Caucus, 552-2982 structural activities such as drafting and rati the Black Student Union and the Kentucky fying its constitution. The group has also Student Government Association forged a been involved in fundraising and educa united front to protest the racist remarks eMIDWEST tional endeavors including meeting with made by one of the University trustees. The Albion College; Albion, Michigan: In an progressive South Africans visiting the Hous disparaging comments were made at a April effort to pressure their college to divest from ton area and setting up informational booths 5 Board meeting by A.P."Happy" Chandler, South Africa, the Campus Action Council of at community events (e.g. block parties and who, in addition to serving on the University Albion College held a rally and demonstra fairs). of Kentucky's Board of Trustees, has served tion on April 15 and 16. The demonstration, CONTACT: Anyika Allen; 3329 Ozark; as a U.S. Senator, Governorof Kentucky and which coincided with a Board of Trustees' Houston, TX 77021; (713) 520-8637 the commissioner of the National League meeting, included student speakers, cultural (baseball) when Jackie Robinson broke the presentations and a candlelight vigil. Georgia Black Student Association major league's color bar. According to the CONTACT: Michelle Boucher (517) 692 (GBSA);Atlanta, Georgia: On March 25 and April 6 edition of the Lexington Herald 5211, ext. 6489 26 the GBSA hosted a Southern Youth and Leader, Chandler made a reference to the Student Summit in Solidarity with the University's two-year old decision to divest Augustana College; Rock Island, Illinois: Peoples' Cause in Southern Africa and Cen itself of South Africa related investments as Oneyearago the Board of Trusteesof Augus tral America. Spelman College was chosen well as provided his own analysis of what tana College appointed a committee to as the meeting site because it is the only sanctions and divestmentwill mean toSouth consider the divestment of the school's $12 institution in the Atlanta University Center Africa by using the Zimbabwe example. million of apartheid related investments. In which has completely divested itself of South Chandler stated: "Zimbabwe's all niggers an attempt to raise the general level of con Africa related investments. The summit was now. There aren't any whites." University sciousness of the college community regard convened to show student and youth soli President Dr. David Rosell submitted an ing southern Africa, Augustana's Issue Ac darity with the struggles in southern Africa apology on behalf of Chandler, but the stu tion Forum held a number of events during and Central America and also to highlight dents wanted a personal apology rendered the 1987-8 academic year. These events the links between the situations in southern by Chandler to be carried by all media included a Southern Africa Awareness Africa, Central America and the U.S. (e.g. the outlets in the state. Chandler not only re Week, featuring videos and speakers, mate reactionary activities of white nationalists in fused to apologize but also attempted to rial aid drives and fundraising activities to South Africa and the U.S.). The participants justify his remarks in a subsequent interview. benefit the people struggling in Namibia, were addressed by representatives of the According to a Kentucky student, Chandler and a letter writing campaign to solicit con African National Congress, the South West claimed that when he was growing up, gressional support for pending national Africa Peoples Organization and the Sandin Blacks loved to be called "niggers." He also sanctions legislation. Issue Action Forum, a ista government of Nicaragua as well as commented, "They even took away a line group which includes members of the stu activists from several organizations includ from mysong."This last statementwas made dent government, the Black Student Union ing the American Committee on Africa, the in reference to the recentremoval of the line, and others, is planning to intensify pressure American Friends Service Committee and "the darkies are gay" from Kentucky's state forfull divestmentand efforts which directly the Center for Democratic Renewal (for song, "My Old Kentucky Home." These later benefit the people of southern Africa. merly the Anti-Klan Network). The GBSA statements made by Chandler caused stu CONTACT: Kate Sjursen; 3922 8th Ave organized the first annual Martin Luther dents to change their requestfor an apology nue; Rock Island, IL 61201; (309) 794-1338 King, Jr. Brigade to Nicaragua in 1987 - the to a demand for his resignation. Because largest contingent of African-American Chandler is a very powerful man in Ken Bowling Green State University; Bowling youth and students to ever visit that country. tucky and the student activists and their Green, Ohio: The two year divestment struggle at Bowling Green has been marked by a high level of campus debate as well as life threatening vandalism on the part of divestmentopponents. These dangerous acts ACTIO N ROUND-UP * included the burning to the ground of a shanty built by anti-apartheid activists. Another chapter was marked in this on going struggle when activists at the Univer University of Illinois - Champaign/Ur souri at Columbia voted to fully divest itself sity held a rally and demonstration against bana; Urbana, Illinois: The Champaign/ of stocks invested in companies operating in racism and apartheid and for divestment on Urbana Coalition Against Apartheid South Africa. The decision affects endow April 21. Scheduled speakers included rep (CUCAA) has been active this spring. Its ment and retirement fund investments val resentatives from the Progressive Student activities have included a semester-longfilm ued at about $75 million. The sale of the Organization, Women for Women, the series sponsored in conjunction with the relevant stock should be completed in five Black Student Union, Alpha Phi Alpha fra African Studies Department, the Women's years. ternity, the Peace Coalition and members of Studies Department and the Central Black CONTACT: Jacqueline Judy; 300 Watson the Bowling Green and Toledo communi Student Union. April was highlighted by a Place; Columbia, MO 65201; (314) 449 ties. This action featured the presentation of benefit concert with the proceeds from the 4489 demands to the University president calling concert beingdivided between the on-going for the adoption of a total divestment policy. publicity fund of the organization and or Washington University; St. Louis, Mis CONTACT: R. Errol Lam; P.S.O.; Box ganizations working on behalf of southern souri: Action Against Apartheid, in conjunc 101; BGSU; Bowling Green, OH 43403; Africa refugees. CUCAA is alsoworkingwith tion with Washington University's Associa (419) 352-7143 area radio stations to increase the amountof tion of Black Students, has intensified its southern Africa information broadcast over pressure on the administration of that institu Northern Michigan University; Mar local airwaves. Additionally, CUCAA, with tion to divest its $162 million of investments queue, Michigan: The Associated Students supportfrom the Student Government Asso in corporations operating in South Africa of Northern Michigan University (ASNMU) ciation and some of the Black Greek-letter and Namibia. For the first time in the 20 has intensified its campaign protesting a organizations, is conducting a petition drive years since divestment was first raised at University lecture series sponsored by in support of the total divestment of univer Washington, the Board of Trustees estab Michigan publisherand reported South Afri sity funds. A goal of 3,500 signatures has lished a committee to study the issue. This can agent Jon McGoff. The lecture series, been set, and the petitions will be presented committee is scheduled to report its findings which began in 1978, has been actively at the Board of Trustees meeting in May. to the full board on May 6. The students have opposed by Northern Michigan University CONTACT: David Hutchinson; c/o engaged in a number of actions includingan students and faculty and recently won the CUCAA; 270 Illini Union; 1401 W, Green "Alarm-In" where 50 students set off alarm support of 1986 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Street; Urbana, IL 61801; (217)333-6614 clocksfor20 minutes in Chancellor William Elie Weisel, who, after being informed re Danforth's office to highlight the disruptive gard ing the nature of the lecture seriesand its University of Michigan -Ann Arbor; Ann nature of apartheid and the University's re sponsor, canceled his March lecture. Re Arbor, Michigan: During Black History fusal to divest. Action Against Apartheid is centlyASNMU officiallydlsassociated itself month, the Black Medical Association along planning to continue its efforts until a full from the lecture series and has proposed the with other campus organizations including divestment policy is adopted. creation of a "legitimate" University lecture the Black Student Union, sponsored a South CONTACT: Action AgainstApartheid; c/o series. ern Africa Awareness Week. The week's Roy Kasten; 736 Westgate Apt. 3 North; St. CONTACT: AssociatedStudents of North activities focused on the status of heath care Louis, MO 63130 (314) 721-4729 ern Michigan University (906) 227-2452 in South and southern Africa and under scored the integral part adequate health University of Chicago; Chicago, Illinois: services play in both developed and devel *WEST The University of Chicago's Students for oping countries. Film showings were aug California State University; San Ber Divestment in South Africa scheduled a one mented by presentations by Lisa Crooms of nadino, California: The Black Student Un day "work-a-thon" forearly May. In tryingto the American Committee on Africa, Dr. ion and faculty members at California State link the issues of apartheid and domestic Colin McCord of the Mozambican Health are planning a South Africa Awareness racism, the organization undertook a one Committee and Harlem Hospital in New Week, May 20-27. The week's activities day community service projecton Chicago's York and Dr. Salim Abdul-Karim of the include speakers, an art exhibit and film south side with the pledged proceeds being National Medical and Dental Association of showings. The students are also planning to donated to Namibia's South West Africa South Africa. use The Africa Fund's UNLOCK APAR Peoples Organization for educational assis CONTACT: Marty Ellington (313) 434 THEID'S JAILS campaign as an on-going tance. 9571 educational tool on the campus and in the CONTACT: Tommy Frye (312) 702-0902 surrounding community. On April 4 in an event designed to mark CONTACT: Susan Meisenhelder; Depart Patterning themselves after similar efforts the 20th commemoration of the assassina ment of English; California State University; at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, tion of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Free San Bemadino, CA 92407; (714) 880-7963/ Harvard and elsewhere, a group of Univer Southern Africa Coalition held a march and 338-2827 sity of Chicago alumni have established an rally around the theme of unity. Over 200 alternative trust fund. If the University di students participated in the rally during Stanford University; Stanford, Califor vests within the next ten years or before the which students from a number of organiza nia: Stanford Studentsfor a Free South Africa end of apartheid, whichever occurs first, tions addressed the issues of racism and is a newly formed anti-apartheid organiza then the contributions made to this fund will apartheid. tion on Stanford University's campus. With be turned over to the University. If not, the CONTACT: Pam Nadassen (313) 455 divestment as its primary focus, the group is trust fund will be turned over to Amnesty 0194 looking to revive student activism around International, U.S.A. apartheid through teach-ins and dorm-based CONTACT: Universityof ChicagoAlumni University of Missouri - Columbia; Co education in order to raise the general level and Friends for Divestment P.O. Box 896; lumbia, Missouri: Earlier this year students of consciousness regarding South Africa. Village Station; New York, NY 10014-0896 won a significant victory after years of organ The organization is also planning to work izing and protesting. The University of Mis- closely with the Black Student Union and other existing organizations on campus and activists realized a significant victory when the arrest of 31 activists. The University has in the community. theyforced their administration to require all set up a scholarship fund for Black South CONTACT: Nat Sheidley; GCB 101; Berkeley students to take at least one course Africans, but members of the progressive Governor's Corner; Stanford, CA 94305 in ethnic studies. This is an important step in community feel that nothing shortof divest (415) 324-4620 the movement to make people aware of and ment is satisfactory. sensitive to the different ethnicities and cul CONTACT: Dan Diritol; Campus Box 35; University of California System: tures which comprise the U.S. as well as the Universityof Colorado; Boulder, C080309; University of California Student Associa immense contributions these different (719) 597-3315 tion (UCSA): The UCSA, which is comprised groups have made to humankind. In a re of two representatives - one undergraduate lated effort, the University's law students University of Hawaii; Wahiawa, Hawaii: and one graduate - from each of the nine held a teach-in and demonstration around On March 21, in commemoration of the University of California campuses, has affirmative action, ethnic studies and racism Sharpeville Massacre, the Hawaii Commit launched a new round in the state-wide in which 28 people were arrested. tee for Africa of the University of Hawaii divestment campaign. After the widely CONTACT: Michael Berry; clo External staged a march and rally in front of the state publicized and heralded landmark Califor Affairs-V.P.; 200 Eshleman Hall; ASUC; capitol. The Committee is currently working nia divestment victory, students feel that University of California; Berkeley, CA to pass a resolution in the State legislature divestment is not yet a reality. At issue is the 94720; (415) 642-4017 calling for the divestment of over $600 mil failure of state officials to provide students lion of state employee funds from corpora with any information about the status of the Santa Barbara: Recent activities at Santa tions operating in South Africa and Namibia. divestment. UCSA recently passed a resolu Barbara have been limited, but of note was During April student activists also sponsored tion which demands that both the Governor an informational forum featuring members a number of activities featuring exiled South and the Board of Regents make public the of the South African/Azanian Students' African and ACOA staffmember Dumisani facts regarding the state's divestment and Movement - a U.S. organization which rep Kumalo. Kumalo's visit was instrumental in policy. Activists hope thatthiseffortwill help resents South African and Azanian students rallying support for divestment and sanc to re-focus student attention on South and in this country. tions from a number of key players both at southern Africa issues, as well as spark CONTACT: Jamie Acton; c/o Student the University and in the community. educational activities and other actions. Lobby; University Center3177; UCSB; Santa CONTACT: Ion Kageniro (808) 621-0658 CONTACT: UCSA (916) 447-8272 Barbara, CA 93106; (805) 682-8889 University of Washington; Seattle, Berkeley: On April 18 Berkeley's Cam University of Colorado; Boulder, Colo Washington: Students Against Apartheid of paign Against Apartheid and other campus rado: Members of the Free Southern Africa the University of Washington challenged a supporters built "Shantytown IIl." Activists Committee of the University of Colorado University claim that it has sold all its stocks found it necessary to re-open the divestment erected a shantytown early this year. After a in companies doing business in South Af issue when it was discovered that the Uni March Board of Regents' meeting where rica. The University Regents voted in August versity presently has more money invested d ivestmentwas defeated, the administration 1986 to sell about $2.5 million in South in corporations operating in South Africa dismantled the shanty and 23 activists were Africa related stock, and a University spokes and Namibia than itdid before itannounced arrested. A number of protests followed this person said the University had met its De its divestment in 1986. "Shantytown I1l" was action including the pouring of red dye into cember divestment deadline. However, the built in the spirit of "Shantytowns I and I," a campus fountain to symbolize both the students stated thatthe University still holds which were erected during the earlier stages bloodshed of the people in South Africa and an additional $2.5 million in stocks in cor of the divestment struggle. Additionally, the blood money of the University's invest porations conducting business in South Af students at Berkeley have intensified their ments in apartheid. April was marked by the rica indirectly and through subsidiaries. organizing around other social justice issues buildingof another shantywhich was subse as part of their on-going struggle. Student quently razed by the administration and by

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