"Too y, we are witne ing wh t]
believe to be another landm r ign
ing of an argument between th
IFESH and AID, an agreement that
will upport three major program to
help improve the quality of life in
Africa," Rev. Sullivan said.
"Last year, we announced Ph e I
of our Debt for Development Pro
gram in Africa for $2 million that
w initiated in Nigeria, Guinea and
Niger. Today, we announce Phase Il
of Debt for Development, an exci t-
COLUMBUS, lted. (AP) - A
mayoral task force studying police
relations with the public has
developed a l�point plan aimed at
easing strained relations between the
city's blacks and its police depart
ment.
"We've definitely got a race
problem, there is no doubt about
that," Philip Nuby said Sunday at the
fifth town meeting in six months to
discuss complaints of racial tension.
THE MEETINGS, spopsored
by the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
were prompted by complaints that
young African American men have
been singled out for closer scrutiny
by police.
Police Chief Charles Imel, who
has been on the job two weeks, said
he would work with the task force to
make changes in the department.
At least three new complaints of
racism have been lodged in the past
month against Columbus police of
ficers accused of harassing young
African American, NAACP officials
said.
The busin s owner i
white. Anoth r stic er on th
door of the b in aid:' 'Th
Knigh of the Ku Klux Klan are
watching you and we don't I' e
what we ee." A imilar tic er
w on van owned by a 33-
year-old African Am riean man
who work for the Urban
League, police said.
Both incidents occurred in
the past week. Earlier this year,
there were attempts to recruit
members for the KKK in
Madison, Janesville andBeloit.
Winnie Mand 18 to
tepdown
Soulla A./riaI- African Nation
al Congress offical Winnie Man
dela resigned under pressure
from her influential post as bead
of social welfare in the congress.
The move came two days
after the announcement of her
formal separtion from her hus
band, Nelson Mandela, the con
gress president
WORLD NATION
R v. L n H. Sullivan hlrd from I ft) P rtlclp In Caplt I Hill ignin c remony for a 15 million
r nt from U.S. ncy for Int rn tion I 0 v lopm nt (AID).
Rev. Sullivan aid he is " b
solutely encouraged by th en
thusi tic upport we h ve received
from the American community and
pecially African' Americans" for
hi recent initiative to help Africa to
become more economically elf-suf
ficient.
In hi clo ing remarks, Rev. Sul
livan aid, "We will be peaking out
for Africa in America and in the
world. Africa may have been alon
before, but we want the world to
know that Africa will n verbe alon
again. We are joining hand across
the Atlantic and we will be speaking
out, especially for Africa became a
tronger Africa will make a tronger
America and a tronger Africa 'will
make a tronger world."
(Tho e in tere ted i ri addi ti onal in-.
formation on the Teachers for Africa
Program houJd contact Dr. C.T.
Wright of lFESH at 1-800-835-
3530J .
ment
Columbus
One Black resident . d seve
eight officers, and not the w
department, were to blame.
said he timed a stop by police fo
weeks ago of two Black men in front
of his home.
During the 48-minute stop, Nuby
said, a police dog was brought in to
sniff their car.
Nuby alleged that one of the of
ficers too a handful of ashes n4
aid, "It looks like you've got two
marijuana seeds." '
He aid one week later he saw
officers stop a white man two blocks
from his house and detained him only
four minutes. Imel told Nuby to file
a complaint and gave him a form at
the meeting.
Paul Jones, who also is Black,
suggested the city hold a forum on
civil rights to inform people about
their liberties.
El.AINE SMITH, secretary of
the Columbus NAACP chapter, said
in one recent complaint, five young
men were stopped and the one Black
in the group was charged wi th drug
possession. He told the NAACP he
had been harassed and intimidated.
He claimed he was told by officers to
say he had drugs, and if be did they
would go easy on him, Smith said.
Imel said the department was
reviewing the incident. Another
town meeting is tentatively set for
June 14.
"WE'VE POINTED the finger
at each other too long," he said.
NAACP officials said their organiza
tion is considering providing a civil
rights course to educate residents.
APARTHEID'S VIOLENCE
A ca.mpa.1gn 1n1tJ&ted by The Africa. Fund,
Stop Apartheid's Violence Campaign Launced In 20 States
Protesting the escalating violence in south Afric,a, more than
100 ,people participated in a candlelight vigil at the site where
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 24 years ago.
The vigil at t�e Civil Rights Museum, located at the former
�orlaine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, was one of many event held .
�n �o states to launch the STOP Apartheid's Violence campaign.
More than 5,000 people have died in apartheid violence since
Nelson Mandela was ,�eleased from prison in 1990.
"There is ample evidence pointing at the involvement of
apartheid's security forces in this wanton carnage against the
people," said Walter Sisulu, Deputy President of the African
National Congress in a recent letter to the Africa Fund, which
initiated the campaign. The campaign seeks to send a strong
message to the apartheid government that it is responsible for
and must end the violence.
':The violence threatens the current negotiations aimed at
end�ng apartheid and bringing democracy to south Africa," said
campaign coordinator Dumisani Kumalo. "The South African military
has trained, financed Rnd equipped Inkatha vigilantes who have
targeted ANC supporters."
In Hew Jersey, the Anti-Apartheid Mobilization Coalition has
held teach-ins at Rutg rs and Drew Universities and organized a
write-in campaign to the U.S. Government and South African
Ambassador to the U.S. Harry Schwarz.
In �hicago, on March 31 the Illinois Labor Network, Clergy and
Laity Concerned, the South African Network of thicaqo Churches
and th� Chicago Coalition in Solidarity with South Africa held a
candl�light vigil at the South African Consulate to protest the
ongoi�� killings that are taking place in Alexandra township near
Johannesburg. Scores of people came ou to join the vigil despite
a fre�zing winter rain.
In california, th Service Employees International Union has
conducted tach-in and distributed materials to it member . In
Connecticut, the city of Hartford passed a resolution supporting
the campaiqn and ordered the information be displayed at ,the
public libr rYe 'In penn.ylvania, the ,Pittsburgh NAACP and the
Ecumenical Urban Ministries held a candlelight 'vigil at
Bellefield Church Tower. In Louisiana the State Committee Against
Apartheid began its activities with a program remembering 69
women, men and children who wer assacred at Sharpville, South
Africa in March 1960. In Washington, the Church Council of
Greater S attle held a candlelight vigil at the Martin Luther
King Jr. memorial monument. other campaign activities took place
in Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, �ansa ,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nev York, Ohio and Virginia.
Across the county, church nd community groups are planning to
continue th STOP Apartheid' Violence C�paign in their area.
Many will b holding more activities on June 16 to commemorate
the anniv rsary of the 1976 student uprising during which the
South African police killed 1,000 protesters.
HW will continue this aampaign as long as necessary,"
concluded Kumalo. "w will not rest until the South Mrican
government stops ap rtheid's violence."
Mor information on the campaign can be OQt ined by writing
the Africa Fund, 198 Broadway, N w York, NY 10038.
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