Action Alerts
Africa Action: Debt Cancellation - A Matter of Justice - Lets Push to Total Victory!
6 June 2008Dear Colleague,
In April we celebrated a key victory when the House of Representatives passed the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation - many thanks to you all for the persistent calls and letters to your representatives. We stand within reach of total victory if we can push the U.S. Senate to pass [...]
TransAfrica Forum: Justice for Zimbabwe
21 April 2008JUSTICE FOR ZIMBABWE
On March 29 the people of Zimbabwe cast their votes for President, Parliament, and local representatives. To date, the results of the Presidential election have not been announced, leading to widespread accusations of vote manipulation. Charges of intimidation and the threat of violence grow daily, while the population suffers from spiraling [...]
Action Alert: Support A Strong HIV/AIDS Senate Bill!
12 March 2008Africa Action
March 12, 2008
A Key Moment to Act
Support A Strong HIV/AIDS Senate Bill!
Write your Senator Now!
Dear Friend,
On Thursday, March 13th the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will sit to mark up the most important bill in the fight against global HIV/AIDS. Africa Action encourages you to immediately write to your Senator to urge them to support [...]
Resist AFRICOM Today! Congressional Hearing Tomorrow!
12 March 2008Africa Action
March 12, 2008
Dear Friend,
Take Action! Call or Write to Oppose Increasing Militarization of Aid to Africa
Tomorrow, AFRICOM will be featured during a hearing in the Senate Armed Services Committee, giving us an opening to resist the new U.S. military command in Africa. Please take a moment to pick up the phone and call your [...]
Action Alert: Call for Debt Cancelation
28 February 2008Africa Action
February 28, 2008
Dear Friend,
Leap Into Action TODAY and TOMORROW - February 28th and 29th — to support the Jubilee Act!
Africa Action joins Jubilee USA to encourage you to use your “extra” day this Leap Year to call your member of Congress and urge them to support the Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded [...]
ACAS Alert: Lord of War
1 September 2005ACAS Alert: Lord of War
Sarah S. Milburn, Country Specialist, Central Africa/Military, Security and Police Transfers, Amnesty International USA ([email protected]) has sent the following Alert to ACAS members and friends:
Amnesty International USA has created an action guide and online materials to accompany the release of the Nicolas Cage movie, Lord of War, which is about an [...]
Eritrea Reportedly Expels USAID
29 July 2005ACAS
July 2005
(Text of report in English by Eritrean opposition, Awate.com website, 29 July, 2005)
The Eritrean government has ordered USAID to leave the country. An official statement has yet to be made by the government, but the decision has already been communicated to the US ambassador and the USAID director in Eritrea. USAID, or US Agency [...]
Action Alert : Ngugi and Njeeri Wa Thiongo Wa Ngugi
14 January 2005Association of Concerned African Scholars
January 14, 2005
Dear Friends,
As you may already know, world renowned Kenyan playwright, novelist and social critic Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and his wife Njeeri Wa Ngugi were brutally attacked on August 11, 2003 in an apartment in Nairobi, Kenya. Ngugi was severely beaten and burned with cigarettes, and his wife, Njeeri, was [...]
Action Alert: The Story of Aster Yohannes and the Struggle for Democracy in Eritrea
1 November 2004Nunu Kidane, Berkeley, CA
November 2004
We will not forget … we will keep fighting for those who cannot be heard.
In 2000 a young Eritrean woman named Aster Yohannes arrived in Phoenix, AZ with a dream of completing her college education so she could return home to her husband and four young children. She was the recipient [...]
Action Alerts: Need to Oppose the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act
20 July 1998By Bill Martin, Co-Chair ACAS
20 July 1998
The trade and investment legislation known as the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act has already been approved by the House and is coming up for a vote in the Senate Finance Committee this week. ACAS, along with many of our African allies and US groups like TransAfrica, the AFL-CIO [...]