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NCCCUSA to South Africa with Clinton
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Date
24 Mar 1998 11:03:08
National Council of the Churches of Christ in U.S.A.
Contact: Wendy S. McDowell, NCC, 212-870-2227
Internet: news@ncccusa.org
NCC3/24/98 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NCC HEAD TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA WITH CLINTON DELEGATION
NEW YORK, March 24 ---- The Rev. Dr. Joan Brown
Campbell, General Secretary of the National Council of
Churches (NCC), will be part of a high-level delegation to
accompany President Clinton on March 25-29 for the South
Africa portion of his historic visit to Africa.
"I hope that the President's visit will increase the
understanding of the people of this country about the
importance of Africa to the United States, not just
economically but theologically," Dr. Campbell said. "When
we dream of a global human community where peace and
justice are possible, Africa is essential to the
realization of that dream."
Dr. Campbell will be part of the congressional and
citizens delegation accompanying President Clinton which
includes business and civic leaders. Among them are Kweisi
Mfume, President of the NAACP; John Sweeney, President of
the AFL-CIO; the Honorable Wellington Webb, Mayor of the
City and County of Denver, Colo., and Carl Ware, President
of the Africa Group for Coca Cola.
The five-day visit will include Cape Town and
Johannesburg. Events include a tour of Robben Island,
President Clinton's address to the South African
Parliament, a commerce luncheon in Cape Town, a state
dinner at the Vergellen Wine Estate and the inauguration of
the Ron Brown Commercial Center in Johannesburg. On
Sunday, Dr. Campbell will attend church with President and
Mrs. Clinton in Soweto. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is
scheduled to preach at that service.
Members of the President's cabinet, ambassadors to
African countries and other governmental officials are
traveling with the President on the 10-day trip to Ghana,
Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Botswana and Senegal.
This trip marks the first time a U.S. President has
made an extended trip to Africa. In a press briefing held
March 20, National Security Advisor Sandy Berger explained
that "one of the overriding goals of this trip is to help
Americans rethink Africa, and Africans rethink America."
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