Final Slate of Candidates for TransAfrica's Board of Directors June 1986

Hannah Atkins Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Oklahoma; Served six terms in the Oklahoma State Legislature; United States Delegate to 35th Assembly of the United Nations - 1980; Affiliations: Democratic National Committee, American Civil Liberties Union, US Commission to UNESCO, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, National Association of Black Women Legislators, National Council of State Legislators, NAACP, TransAfrica Board of Directors, Urban League. Founder of: Oklahoma Black Political Caucus, Oklahoma Chapter of National Women's Political Caucus. Phi Beta Kappa, National Citizen of the Year - National Association of Social Workers, Woman of the Year - Soroptomist International. As a legislator, Ms. Atkin's main areas of emphasis have been human rights, health and equal employment opportunities.

Mona Bailey Assistant State Superintendent, Division of Instructional Pro- grams and Services, State of Washington; Past National President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Member of: The Mary McLeod Bethune Memorial Museum Foundation National Board, TransAfrica Board of Directors, Seattle Prepar­ atory Academy Board of Trustees, Women + Business Board of Dir­ ectors, Pacific Science Center Board of Trustees, and the City of Seattle Advisory Committee for the Afro-American Heritage Museum. Mrs. Bailey has received distinguished service awards from the Seattle Benefit Guild, the Links, Inc., and the Carnation Corp ..

Charles E. Cobb Retired; Former Executive Director, United Church of Christ Commission for Racial Justice; Former pastor St. Johns Congregational Church, Springfield MA; Mayoralty candidate, Springfield MA, 1965; Founder and past president, National Conference of Black Churchmen; Founding Board Member, TransAfrica. Dr. Cobb has received the Frederick Douglas Citation for out­ standing achievement in the .struggle for black liberation, and the NAACP award for outstanding community service.

Gayla Cook Isaacs Communications and International Affairs Consultant; Former Director, Women-in-Development Program, African-American Institute; As past Director of Agricultural Teams Inc., Ms. Isaacs was responsible for training technical agricultural personnel for the Federal Republic of Tanzania, and designing technical assistance programs for and the . Member of: TransAfrica Board of Directors, National Association of Educational Broadcasting , Society for International Development, and the International Institution of Communications. II

Rep. Mickey Leland Chairman, Congressional Black Caucus; Democrat of Houston, 18th Congressional District of Texas; Member of TransAfrica Board of Directors; Rep. Leland is the chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger. He is also a member of the House Energy and Commerce, Post Office and Civil Service, and District of Columbia Committees. From 1978 to 1985, Rep. Leland was a member of the Democratic National Committee. He was cofounder and cochair of the DNC's Black-Hispanic Caucus from 1981 to 1985.

Howard Manning Senior Partner, Manning & Hart-Nibbrig, a law corporation. Past staff attorney, Federal Trade Commission; Member of: Los Angeles Council on Foreign Relations, Los Angeles Townhall Board of Governors, Black Entertainment and Sports Lawyers Association Board of Directors, National Bar Association, Fraternity, TransAfrica Board of Directors. Former lecturer - California Lutheran College, UCLA School of Law. Professional Focus - entertainment law, business and construction law, engineering law, international law, federal anti-trust and trade regulation law, and corporation law.

R. Prexy Nesbitt Labor organizer and community activist in Chicago, Illinois. Member of: The National Community Funds Board of the Funding Exchange, The Crossroads Fund Board of Directors, TransAfrica Board of Directors, and Senator Paul Simon's Advisory Council on South Africa. Mr. Nesbitt teaches South African literature at the School of the Arts Institute, and teaches South African politics at Columbia College, Chicago.

Dr. Wyatt Tee Resident Minister and Chief Executive - Canaan Baptist Church Walker of Christ, Harlem, New York. Dr. Walker's professional roles have included Special Assistant to the Governor of New York on Urban Affairs; professorships at New York Theological Seminary, New York University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and during 1960-64 he was Chief of Staff to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Walker has launched another career as an author, and has remained consistent in his committment to the cause of civil rights.

Maxine Waters Assemblywoman, State of California (48th District - Los Angeles); Democratic Caucus Chairwoman, California Legislature; Assemblywoman Waters serves on the boards of TransAfrica, Ms. and Essence Magazines, the Council of State Government, the Lupus Foundation of America, and the National Women's Political Caucus. California Legislative Assembly Committees on which Ms. Waters serves include the Judiciary Committee, the Governmental Organ­ ization Committee, the Governmental Efficiency Committee, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Joint Legislative III

Maxine Waters Ethics Committee. (continued) As a member of the newly created Assembly Public Investments, Finance, and Bonded Indebtedness Committee, Ms. Waters was able for the first time to present to the Governor a bill requiring state pension funds to cease investing in South Africa.

Robert White President, National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees; Director: NAACP Special Contribution Fund, Air Atlanta, Trans­ Africa, the Industrial Bank of Washington, National Coalition on Black Voter Participation and Voter Education Project. Member of: Advisory Board of the United Bank of Washington. Mr. White is directly responsible for creating this nation's first minority-oriented labor relations institute at a pre­ dominantly black institute of higher learning, his aim being to provide a clearinghouse on black labor problems both domestically as well as within the developing world.