Fwd: Petition to stop Xenophobia in South Africa

[kenneth harrow]

see below for an action we can all share in
ken

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Subject:	Petition to stop Xenophobia in South Africa
Date:	Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:51:12 +0000
From:	Leslie Hadfield <leslie_...@byu.edu>

Dear ACAS friends and Colleagues,

Please find below the wording of a petition to the South African embassy to stop xenophobic attacks in South Africa.  If you would like to sign the petition, the instructions on where to send your name are below.  Please do so by Sunday night, April 19th.

Thank you,
Leslie Hadfield
ACAS Secretary 

Petition to the South African Embassy, Washington, DC

 

We call for urgent action to end the xenophobic attacks in South Africa. The undersigned represent members of the North Eastern Workshop on Southern Africa, the African Studies Association, the African Studies Association Women’s Caucus, the Association of Concerned African Scholars, and the US-Africa Network. As scholars and activists, we know that this violence directed at “strangers” defies a long history of exchange, migration, and solidarity in the region—especially during the anti-apartheid movement. As friends and family members of southern Africans, we worry about the safety of many who are close to us. And as human beings, we are shocked and heartbroken to see this violence continue. We therefore urge President Zuma’s administration to bring this violence to an end, and to foster policy that prevents such violence in the future.

Please email Meghan Healy-Clancy at healy....@gmail.com with your name, title, and affiliation to sign the petition. She will submit the petition by the morning of Monday, 20 April.

-- 
kenneth w. harrow 
faculty excellence advocate
professor of english
michigan state university
department of english
619 red cedar road
room C-614 wells hall
east lansing, mi 48824
ph. 517 803 8839
har...@msu.edu