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NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya's president and his chief rival held talks Thursday for the first time since last month's disputed election, under international pressure to find a way to share power. But the president angered the opposition by insisting his position as head of state was not negotiable.
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga met for about an hour in the presence of former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who succeeded where other mediators failed in getting the men to sit down together. Since the Dec. 27 vote, at least 685 people have been killed in riots and ethnic fighting and some 255,000 people have been forced from their homes.
Johnson's 'piccaninnies' apologyOwen Bowcott and Sam JonesWednesday January 23, 2008
The Guardian
Boris Johnson has apologised for referring to black people as "piccaninnies" and talking about "watermelon smiles".
During a debate for the London mayoral contest on Monday, the Conservative candidate said he was "sad" that people had been offended but insisted the words had been taken out of context.
In a column published in the Daily Telegraph six years ago, Johnson mocked Tony Blair's globetrotting: "What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote. It also mentioned "watermelon smiles".
At the debate, sponsored by the Evening Standard, Michael Eboda, former editor of New Nation, said that some of Johnson's writings had been offensive. "These things are an extremely big obstacle to being able to work with what is 12% of London's population," he said. Johnson responded: "I feel sad that people have been offended by those words and I apologise for them."
Lord Ouseley - the former chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, who recently wrote to the Tory leader, David Cameron, expressing concern about Johnson, said: "I personally recognise that you have to move on, but there are other people who he will have to convince."
Boris Johnson has apologised for referring to black people as "piccaninnies" and talking about "watermelon smiles".
During a debate for the London mayoral contest on Monday, the Conservative candidate said he was "sad" that people had been offended but insisted the words had been taken out of context.
In a column published in the Daily Telegraph six years ago, Johnson mocked Tony Blair's globetrotting: "What a relief it must be for Blair to get out of England. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies," he wrote. It also mentioned "watermelon smiles".
At the debate, sponsored by the Evening Standard, Michael Eboda, former editor of New Nation, said that some of Johnson's writings had been offensive. "These things are an extremely big obstacle to being able to work with what is 12% of London's population," he said. Johnson responded: "I feel sad that people have been offended by those words and I apologise for them."
Lord Ouseley - the former chair of the Commission for Racial Equality, who recently wrote to the Tory leader, David Cameron, expressing concern about Johnson, said: "I personally recognise that you have to move on, but there are other people who he will have to convince."
The Police in Kenya have the Right to protect themselves and the lives of other kenyans and their property against threats of danger and harm
The kenya President H.E Mwai Kibaki being sworn inThe Britain Zimbabwe Society has opened a petition to the Prime Minister which you can see on the Number 10 website at the following
address:http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ZimbabweHSruling/We invite you to please sign the petition and forward this message on to encourage others to do so.Thank you,Margaret LingBritain Zimbabwe Society www.britain-zimbabwe.org.ukThe petition reads:We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to continue to allow unsuccessful asylum seekers from Zimbabwe to remain in the UK, and to continue the suspension of forced removals to Zimbabwe. Mr Brown, we have noted your concern for the population of Zimbabwe, and your wish to send unmistakable signals of this concern to the Zimbabwean government. So we are disturbed by the recent determination of the UK Asylum and Immigration Tribunal, in the case of HS, that unsuccessful Zimbabwean asylum seekers may safely be deported back home. It would be ironic if the first unmistakable signal from your Government were to be the resumption of forced deportations. These were suspended in January 2002, and human rights in Zimbabwe have not improved since then. The AIT's determination is permissive but not mandatory. There is no legal or other compulsion on your Government. We ask that the current suspension on forced removal to Zimbabwe remains in place. This would be more consistent with your public position on Zimbabwe. We also ask that the Zimbabweans involved be freed from detention and harassment and that they be enabled both to support themselves and to take part in the debate about the future of their country. They should be allowed to seek employment and so relieved from destitution. In this way Britain would give Zimbabwe a real example of how to implement human rights.
Margaret Ling, Information OfficerBritain Zimbabwe Society
25 Endymion Road, London N4 1EE
Tel +44 (0)20 8348 8463
Women’s Leadership Scholarship
We are writing to you to inform you and your organization about a funding opportunity for women pursuing non-doctoral level graduate education.
The Women’s Leadership Scholarship (WLS) (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship) program creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders, and organizers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. WLS invests in women's leadership by supporting non-doctoral graduate education in human rights, sustainable development, and public health in many places around the world.
Pre-applications for the 2008-09 academic year will be available on our website on January 1, 2008. For more information please visit http://www.nativeleaders.org/. Please distribute this message widely. Information about WLS is available in Spanish and French on our website.
History
WLS has been granting scholarships since 2001. Our alumni are working around the world to improve the welfare of their communities. Prior to 2006, WLS granted scholarships to both women and men that included a limited number of awards for doctoral level education. Starting in 2006, WLS will only award scholarships to women pursuing non-doctoral level graduate education.
Goals
WLS supports study, research, and leadership training, to assist women in their pursuit of solutions to the critical social, environmental, health and economic problems facing their countries and communities. By granting scholarships to remarkable women who demonstrate effective leadership, innovative solutions, and commitment to their communities, WLS helps develop and advance local expertise and community-based, culturally appropriate solutions. WLS endorses non-traditional leaders who use imaginative methodologies and model change. Academic study, research and leadership training should be based on the scholarship recipient's present or prior experience working with her community.
Course of Study
Scholarship recipients enroll in programs of study that cover a range of human rights and development issues at the non-doctoral graduate level including gender, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, child exploitation, human trafficking, infant and maternal mortality, conflict resolution, environmental justice, global fair trade, agro-ecology, and sustainable development. WLS is secular and does not support programs of study that promote specific religious beliefs.
Scholarships The WLS Selection Committee awards four to eight scholarships, up to US$25,000 per academic year, for a maximum of two years. The awards help the recipients meet the costs of tuition, fees, books, educational supplies, housing, maintenance, and travel to and from the home country and the educational institution. WLS awards are paid directly to the institution in a student's account. For foreign women intending to study at U.S. universities, WLS funding for expenses other than tuition and books is subject to a 14% U.S. tax.
Location of Study
Candidates may use WLS funding for non-doctoral graduate study at accredited institutions worldwide. The WLS is committed to promoting the strengthening of research and of institutions of higher learning in the Global South. As such, WLS encourages students to study in their home country or region provided that the educational institution is accredited for higher education.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible candidates include women leaders from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups who also meet all the following criteria:
1. They are committed to grassroots organizing and the needs of their communities.
2. They have proof of a bachelor's or a higher degree.
3. They have at least three years of work experience dealing with critical human rights concerns, or other social, educational, or health conditions negatively affecting their communities.
4. They have been accepted into a non-doctoral graduate program at an accredited university for full-time study/research related to their work experience in human rights, sustainable development, and/or public health.
5. They can show evidence of financial need for educational support.
6. They intend to return to their home countries to work, utilizing training and research acquired in the study program.
Deadlines
WLS pre-applications for the 2008-2009 academic year will be available Jan. 1 through March 14, 2008 on our website or by request from info@nativeleaders.org. After the pre-application period ends, all candidates will be notified about their application status. Incomplete pre-applications will not be considered for review. Unsolicited additional documents provided by the pre-applicant will not be reviewed. Only a small group of candidates will be invi
We are writing to you to inform you and your organization about a funding opportunity for women pursuing non-doctoral level graduate education.
The Women’s Leadership Scholarship (WLS) (formerly the Native Leadership Scholarship) program creates educational opportunities for women activists, grassroots leaders, and organizers from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups. WLS invests in women's leadership by supporting non-doctoral graduate education in human rights, sustainable development, and public health in many places around the world.
Pre-applications for the 2008-09 academic year will be available on our website on January 1, 2008. For more information please visit http://www.nativeleaders.org/. Please distribute this message widely. Information about WLS is available in Spanish and French on our website.
History
WLS has been granting scholarships since 2001. Our alumni are working around the world to improve the welfare of their communities. Prior to 2006, WLS granted scholarships to both women and men that included a limited number of awards for doctoral level education. Starting in 2006, WLS will only award scholarships to women pursuing non-doctoral level graduate education.
Goals
WLS supports study, research, and leadership training, to assist women in their pursuit of solutions to the critical social, environmental, health and economic problems facing their countries and communities. By granting scholarships to remarkable women who demonstrate effective leadership, innovative solutions, and commitment to their communities, WLS helps develop and advance local expertise and community-based, culturally appropriate solutions. WLS endorses non-traditional leaders who use imaginative methodologies and model change. Academic study, research and leadership training should be based on the scholarship recipient's present or prior experience working with her community.
Course of Study
Scholarship recipients enroll in programs of study that cover a range of human rights and development issues at the non-doctoral graduate level including gender, reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, child exploitation, human trafficking, infant and maternal mortality, conflict resolution, environmental justice, global fair trade, agro-ecology, and sustainable development. WLS is secular and does not support programs of study that promote specific religious beliefs.
Scholarships The WLS Selection Committee awards four to eight scholarships, up to US$25,000 per academic year, for a maximum of two years. The awards help the recipients meet the costs of tuition, fees, books, educational supplies, housing, maintenance, and travel to and from the home country and the educational institution. WLS awards are paid directly to the institution in a student's account. For foreign women intending to study at U.S. universities, WLS funding for expenses other than tuition and books is subject to a 14% U.S. tax.
Location of Study
Candidates may use WLS funding for non-doctoral graduate study at accredited institutions worldwide. The WLS is committed to promoting the strengthening of research and of institutions of higher learning in the Global South. As such, WLS encourages students to study in their home country or region provided that the educational institution is accredited for higher education.
Eligibility Requirements
Eligible candidates include women leaders from the Global South and/or from indigenous groups who also meet all the following criteria:
1. They are committed to grassroots organizing and the needs of their communities.
2. They have proof of a bachelor's or a higher degree.
3. They have at least three years of work experience dealing with critical human rights concerns, or other social, educational, or health conditions negatively affecting their communities.
4. They have been accepted into a non-doctoral graduate program at an accredited university for full-time study/research related to their work experience in human rights, sustainable development, and/or public health.
5. They can show evidence of financial need for educational support.
6. They intend to return to their home countries to work, utilizing training and research acquired in the study program.
Deadlines
WLS pre-applications for the 2008-2009 academic year will be available Jan. 1 through March 14, 2008 on our website or by request from info@nativeleaders.org. After the pre-application period ends, all candidates will be notified about their application status. Incomplete pre-applications will not be considered for review. Unsolicited additional documents provided by the pre-applicant will not be reviewed. Only a small group of candidates will be invi
The Home Office has published a: 'Statistical Bulletin - Crime in England and Wales: Quarterly Update to September 2007'.Download the bulletin at:http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/hosb0108.pdf (pdf file, 144kb)
IRR training workshop on how to work with the media
29 February 2008
How can community organisations working with refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims and other demonised groups make the best use of newspapers and broadcasters which are often hostile or indifferent to Black and Minority Ethnic concerns?
What can be learnt from earlier struggles against media racism? This one-day course on working with the media will teach skills such as compiling press releases, handling interviews and developing a campaign strategy. The course is free to community groups but registration is required.
11am-4pm, Friday 29 February 2008
Institute of Race Relations,
29 February 2008
How can community organisations working with refugees, asylum seekers, Muslims and other demonised groups make the best use of newspapers and broadcasters which are often hostile or indifferent to Black and Minority Ethnic concerns?
What can be learnt from earlier struggles against media racism? This one-day course on working with the media will teach skills such as compiling press releases, handling interviews and developing a campaign strategy. The course is free to community groups but registration is required.
11am-4pm, Friday 29 February 2008
Institute of Race Relations,
2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X 9HS
Facilitated by Arun Kundnani
Facilitated by Arun Kundnani
Dealing with racist incidents conference
6 March 2008
To empower schools and Children and Young People's Services to address and deal with racist incidents and enable pupils to challenge racism.
Thursday 6 March 2008, 9-4pm
University of Leicester
Speakers:
David Moore (HMI) - The effect of racist incidents on education
Chris Gaine (Professor of Social Policy, University of Chichester) - Racist incidents in largely white schools
Stella Dadzie (Consultant for DCFS) - Trial & Error: learning about racism through citizenship education
6 March 2008
To empower schools and Children and Young People's Services to address and deal with racist incidents and enable pupils to challenge racism.
Thursday 6 March 2008, 9-4pm
University of Leicester
Speakers:
David Moore (HMI) - The effect of racist incidents on education
Chris Gaine (Professor of Social Policy, University of Chichester) - Racist incidents in largely white schools
Stella Dadzie (Consultant for DCFS) - Trial & Error: learning about racism through citizenship education
Waajiriwa Wa Bot
Ndani ya Mtungi wa BOT walio qualify kuajiriwa kwa sifa na vigezo vinavyotambulika na BOT ni pamoja na hawa wafuatao:- . 1.Pamella Lowassa
2.Filbert Frederick Sumaye
3.Zalia Kawawa
4.Harieth Lumbanga
5.Salama Ally Mwinyi
6.Rachael Muganda
7.Sylvia Omari Mahita
8.Justina James Mungai
9.Kenneth John Nchimbi
9.Blassia Blassius William Mkapa
10.Violeth Phillemon Luhanjo
11.Liku Irene Katte Kamba
12.Thomas Mongella
13.Allen Shibuda
14.Jabir Abdallah Kigoda
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PRESS RELEASE Global Women's Strike Contact: Sara Callaway 020 7482 2496
International concern grows for disappeared Haitian human rights defender, Lovinsky Pierre Antoine
Acclaimed actress Vanessa Redgrave joins a growing list of prominent people worldwide who have expressed concerned with the safe return of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, the missing human rights activist kidnapped in Haiti on 12 August 2007 after meeting with a visiting US human rights delegation.
Others include: actors Danny Glover, Martin Sheen and Andrew Lincoln (�This Life�), playwright John Arden, poets Benjamin Zephaniah and Linton Kwesi Johnson, writer George Lamming, Claudette Werleigh (secretary of Pax Christi International and former Prime Minister of Haiti), Tony Benn, Bruce Kent (Pax Christi International), Canon Nicholas Sagovsky, journalist Andrew Gilligan, Madaraka Nyerere (son of Julius Nyerere, Tanzania�s former President),
Michelle Pierre-Antoine, Mr Pierre-Antoine's wife, his sons, family members and colleagues, and concerned people and organisations around the world, are increasing pressure for his immediate safe return.
Amnesty International has issued an urgent report about the safety of Lovinksy as well as his close colleague, Wilson Mésilien. Mr Mésilien, who has been co-ordinating Fondasyon Trant Septanm (30 September Foundation) in Mr Pierre-Antoine�s absence, has been forced underground after receiving death threats and narrowly escaping abduction. There is increasing concern that members of that organisation are being targeted.
The petition for Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine has gathered nearly 1,800 signatures that include many prominent people. To sign visit: http://www.petitiononline.com/august/petition.html
Prayers and services for Mr Pierre-Antoine continue to be held in UK churches. MP John McDonnell's Early Day Motion for his release is circulating in Parliament. Fasts and Vigils have taken place in Guyana outside the headquarters of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community Secretariat), and weekly outside the Brazilian embassies in Barcelona and London. Vigils in Los Angeles and San Francisco have also appealed to the Brazilian authorities as Brazil heads the UN forces in Haiti which are responsible for law and order.
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is important to people everywhere who care about Haiti and who acknowledge our enormous debt to the Haitian people. Their 1804 revolution overthrew the most powerful empire of the time, the first victory in the struggle to end slavery in the Americas. This strengthened everyone resisting exploitation and injustice. Haiti directly aided South American liberator Simon Bolivar. Yet this enormous contribution to human liberation is hardly credited.
Selma James, co-ordinator the Global Women�s Strike, widow and close colleague of CLR James, will be speaking in London at a conference marking the 70th anniversary of The Black Jacobins, James�s classic study of the Haitian Revolution. Ms James who has been taking part in the weekly Fast & Vigil commented: �We have an obligation to Lovinsky. We can't just stand by. We have to ask the Commissioner for Human Rights and Forced Disappearances of the United Nations to take action. What is Brazil, which heads the UN forces in Haiti, doing? What is the United States doing? It has enormous power. It was quick to go in and force President Aristide�s government out. Let us ask them what they are doing now to find Lovinsky with the great resources that they have always had at their disposal. We must leave no stone unturned.
The Vigil in London is at 5-6pm in front of the Brazilian Embassy,
32 Green Street, W1K 7AT (Nearest Tube: Marble Arch)
Background:
Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine is the founder of Fondasyon Trant Septanm, which advocates for victims of the 1991 and 2004 coups d'états against Jean-Bertrand Aristide; and co-founder of Fondasyon Kore Timoun Yo for street children in Port-au- Prince, and FAM, a centre for teenage mothers. The Fondasyon was named after the date of the military coup, 30 September 1991 during which President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was ousted. At least 3,000 persons were killed during the military regime between 1991 -1994. Ever since its creation in 1996, the Fondasyon members carry out weekly human rights vigils in central Port-au-Prince and several other Haitian towns to press for an end to impunity for past abuses and reparation for victims of the 1991-1994 military coup and for the victims of the transitional government of 2004-2006. The Vigil has now been devoted to Lovinsky�s safe return. The Fondasyon also campaigns for the total abolition of the Haitian army through reforming the Constitution by gathering signatures via a photo-exhibition of victims of past human rights abuses.
Further details from: Global Women's StrikeCrossroads Women's Centre, 230a Kentish Town Rd, London NW5 2AB http://www.globalwomenstike.net/ Tel: 020 7482 2496 http://uk.f274.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=womenstrike8m@server101.com
Dear all,
I am neither deeply religious nor Kenyan but I have experienced the closest thing to a religious moment, other than my own family experiences, when in that beautiful country so feel that it can do no harm to pass the message below around. It has reached me via two different friends in Kenya under the banner that Kenya needs all the help it can get at the moment!
One thing I do believe is that ordinary people of all tribes and skin colours do not want the current situation to continue a moment longer.
Best wishes,
John.
(John Bowden – Gumtree 4x4).
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th 2008 DAY OF PRAYER FOR KENYA
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and turn away from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, I will forgive them and will HEAL THEIR LAND." ( 2 Chronicles 7:14 ).
On January 25th 2008 , we are asking Every Kenyan, Every Friend of Kenyans, Everywhere to take time to make a concerted prayer for Kenya .
We want EVERY Kenyan and Every Friend of Kenyans in EVERY CONTINENT on the face of the earth to be praying together on this one day on behalf of our country.
How to participate: ·
I am neither deeply religious nor Kenyan but I have experienced the closest thing to a religious moment, other than my own family experiences, when in that beautiful country so feel that it can do no harm to pass the message below around. It has reached me via two different friends in Kenya under the banner that Kenya needs all the help it can get at the moment!
One thing I do believe is that ordinary people of all tribes and skin colours do not want the current situation to continue a moment longer.
Best wishes,
John.
(John Bowden – Gumtree 4x4).
FRIDAY, JANUARY 25th 2008 DAY OF PRAYER FOR KENYA
"If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray, and turn away from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, I will forgive them and will HEAL THEIR LAND." ( 2 Chronicles 7:14 ).
On January 25th 2008 , we are asking Every Kenyan, Every Friend of Kenyans, Everywhere to take time to make a concerted prayer for Kenya .
We want EVERY Kenyan and Every Friend of Kenyans in EVERY CONTINENT on the face of the earth to be praying together on this one day on behalf of our country.
How to participate: ·
Spread the word: send this message to Every Kenyan and Every Friend of Kenyans all over the world that you know, Everywhere – txt, SMS, e-mail, phone call ·
On January 25th, make a point of setting aside time to pray for Kenya , it does not have to be a long time but it must be a deliberate effort to pray for specific things about Kenya ·
You can pray individually, or get together with a friend or friends, workmates, someone on the street, your priest, pastor, congregation, youth group
What to pray for: - PEACE, PEACE, PEACE - Whatever else you feel in your heart to pray for concerning Kenya
'Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; when there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.' St Francis 1915
'Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; when there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.' St Francis 1915
