The Southern Africa Support Project (SASP) was an anti-apartheid, grassroots non-governmental organization. Previously, it was called the Southern African News Collective (SANC) and started after the 6th Pan-African Congress in 1974. SASP raised awareness of issues facing people in Southern Africa, protested, raised funds for refugees, and published a newsletter.
The SASP was a grassroots organization developed after the 6th Pan-African Congress (6PAC) held in 1974. [1] [2] After 6PAC, Sylvia I. B. Hill and others returned to Washington, D.C. where they started a group called the Southern African News Collective (SANC). [3] However, members of SANC felt there should be more emphasis on praxis, and started the SASP in June 1978. [4] [3] [5] The organization was partly based at Howard University. [6] SASP raised awareness of the struggles of oppressed people in the area of Southern Africa. [6] They held public events and a "Southern Africa Week" each year that focused on different countries in the region. [7]
Founding members included Kathy Flewellen, Sylvia Hill, Sandra Hill, and Karen Jefferson. [6] Later, Joseph Jordan and Ira Stohlman joined. [2] Jordan helped SASP set up "focus groups, educational campaigns, and demonstrations against U.S. southern Africa policy." [8] Former member of SANC, Sandra Rattley who worked at Howard's radio station, WHUR-FM, broadcast SASP programming. [2] In addition, SASP raised funds to aid refugees in Southern Africa. [5] During the 1985 and 1986 picketing of the South African Embassy, SASP "played a major role." [4]
SASP published a quarterly newsletter called Struggle. [9] Archivist and SASP member, Jefferson, organized the SASP collection of Struggle and other materials, many of which were later donated to Howard University. [1]
The Southern Africa Support Project (SASP) was an anti-apartheid, grassroots non-governmental organization. Previously, it was called the Southern African News Collective (SANC) and started after the 6th Pan-African Congress in 1974. SASP raised awareness of issues facing people in Southern Africa, protested, raised funds for refugees, and published a newsletter.
The SASP was a grassroots organization developed after the 6th Pan-African Congress (6PAC) held in 1974. [1] [2] After 6PAC, Sylvia I. B. Hill and others returned to Washington, D.C. where they started a group called the Southern African News Collective (SANC). [3] However, members of SANC felt there should be more emphasis on praxis, and started the SASP in June 1978. [4] [3] [5] The organization was partly based at Howard University. [6] SASP raised awareness of the struggles of oppressed people in the area of Southern Africa. [6] They held public events and a "Southern Africa Week" each year that focused on different countries in the region. [7]
Founding members included Kathy Flewellen, Sylvia Hill, Sandra Hill, and Karen Jefferson. [6] Later, Joseph Jordan and Ira Stohlman joined. [2] Jordan helped SASP set up "focus groups, educational campaigns, and demonstrations against U.S. southern Africa policy." [8] Former member of SANC, Sandra Rattley who worked at Howard's radio station, WHUR-FM, broadcast SASP programming. [2] In addition, SASP raised funds to aid refugees in Southern Africa. [5] During the 1985 and 1986 picketing of the South African Embassy, SASP "played a major role." [4]
SASP published a quarterly newsletter called Struggle. [9] Archivist and SASP member, Jefferson, organized the SASP collection of Struggle and other materials, many of which were later donated to Howard University. [1]