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[align=center]For Immediate Release:[/align]
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[align=center]PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT [/align]
[align=center]TO THE AFRICAN DIASPORA COMMUNITY[/align]
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[align=center]WHAT:A TEXAS TOWN HALL MEETING PRESENTED BY[/align]
[align=center]THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF ELDERS[/align]
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[align=center]WHY: TO DISCUSS THE AFRICAN UNION'S 6TH REGION DIASPORA INITIATIVE AND OPEN NOMINATIONS FOR THE ELECTION OF TEXAS' AFRICAN DIASPORA REPRESENTATIVES TO THE AFRICAN UNION[/align]
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[align=center]WHEN: Saturday, April 14 at 7:00 pm[/align]
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[align=center]WHERE: SHAPE Community Center, 3815 Live Oak, Houston TX 77004[/align]
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[align=left]Ras Nathaniel Blake, Director of the AU 6th Region Education Campaign will give an update on the international election process that is already underway and explain the Eligibility Requirements for African Diaspora Representation as contained in the Statues of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union. He will be the guest on KPFT Pacifica Radiothis Thursday night, April 12th at10:30 pm.[/align]
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[align=left]Black people in Texas, like all other states, must call a town hall meeting, elect its representatives and prepare them for the AU Sub-Regional Cuacus USA in Septemeber andthe African Diaspora meeting scheduled for October in South Africa. By December 2007, twenty (20) representatives from the entire African Diaspora must be ready to take their seats with the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union.[/align]
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[align=left]For more information, please contact: (713) 942-0533; or (713) 726-1516[/align]
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[align=left]or email: ras.nathaniel@yahoo.com [/align]