As Mr. Bah mentioned earlier about the impressive rally the Gambian New York resident staged on the issue of Jammeh excessive use of power, and his continued insult to our intelligence by covering it up with religious literate and development. The meeting was attended by Gambians, supporters of Gambia, friends of Gambia from the tri-state area and the Afro-American community. The Theme of the meeting is the Restoration of democracy in the Gambia. The common criminal Jammeh's government. Gambians spoke wholeheartedly about their distress with the current regime and its various human rights abuses, the abuse of power and its power base. The one thing we all agreed on is that we must continue to fight this regime by any means necessary without the use of force. This objective will be conducted by doing the following.. 1. Demonstrating in front on the UN building and other organizations that do business with Gambia. 2. Letter writing drive to organizations, interest groups and individuals 3. Fundraising campaign 4. Meetings, focus groups and wrap sessions 5. Radio and TV appearances The first demonstration will held in front of the UN building in New York on May 2, 2000. Any Gambia that can come in and support us out here must do so. We need full participation. We want to send a message to Gambia that we do not condone this type of barbaric government. We do not accept governing by fear and intimidation. We do not accept abuse of power. The demonstration will be at 7am sharp. "We will not be free until every Gambian has their freedom" We must simultaneously pursue all the objectives being offered to from New York and Washington, DC. Then we must look into a consolidated movement whose principle objective will be to form a coalition for the restoration of democracy in the Gambia. There are many satellite Gambian groups emerging from different areas of the globe. We must not limit the struggle to only cover the student massacre; we must forge an alliance for the ultimately taking over the parliament and subsequently the presidency. The only way that we can stop this abyss is by removing the Jammeh government. We must do this through a democratic process. Peace for our people all the way revealing all iota of truth. Keep the struggle on. Keep fighting for peace. Thank You. Matarr Sajaw. Keep pressing on. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------