For those around the New York tristate area: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- IMMEDIATE PRESSE RELEASE FOR A GENERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY MAYDAY NATIONAL MOBILIZATION IN FRONT OF THE IMF IN NEW YORK (44th ST. & 2nd AVE. AT 4pm) Seydina Senghor, member of the legislative and press committees of the NATIONAL COALITION FOR DIGNITY AND AMNESTY FOR IMMIGRANTS informs the all African Immigrant communities that already 22 members of the U. S. Congress support a GENERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY as proposed by the NATIONAL COALITION FOR DIGNITY AND AMNESTY FOR IMMIGRANTS last July at Capitol Hill. Given the fact that the provisions of Sections 245(i) and 245-(A) of LIFE ACT 2000 can only benefit a very insignificant limited minority among the immigrants who need to adjust their status, the NATIONAL COALITION FOR DIGNITY AND AMNESTY FOR IMMIGRANTS supports the bill HR 500 introduced through the House of Representatives of the U. S. Congress. At the Press Conference held at the triangle of Congress on the 14th of March to officially launch this bill in Washington, the NATIONAL COALITION expressed its to HR 500 so that the 220 members of Congress, in their turn, support all, the GENERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY proposal, made by the NATIONAL COALITION. The NATIONAL COALITION informed also the U. S. Congress that on May 1st, 2001, there will be a NATIONAL MOBILIZATION. 300 organizations and 50. 000 people will mobilize in the 20 major cities of the U. S. to insist on their demand for that GENERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL AMNESTY. In New York City, this MAYDAY NATIONAL MOBILIZATION will take place in front of the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND building at 4 pm. The IMF building is located on 44th Street, corner of 2nd Avenue. Last year, the NATIONAL COALITION did mobilize 15.000 people just in New York City. All people of African Ancestry are invited to take part at this MAYDAY NATIONAL MOBILIZATION. Why the IMF? - Because, among many other similar examples on the whole continent of Africa, let's just take the case of Senegal. The Senegalese economy is so badly strangled by the conditions imposed by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that, according to a recent World Bank paper: " Despite its debt relief program, the debt of Senegal in the year 2018 will be larger than it is now. In Senegal, there are only 7 doctors for 100 .000 people; and 26% of the population live with less than a dollar a day. Life expectancy is reduced to 52 years only". For further information, please call Seydina Senghor at (212) 869-2050 or at (212) 439 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------