MEDIA ADVISORY: Africa Trade Bill Press Opportunity

African American Religious & Civic Leaders Attending

WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE) today announced that a press conference to show support for the Africa trade bill will take place on Monday, October 25, 1999 at 1:30 p.m. in room 215 Dirksen Senate Office building.

WHO: Senate Finance Committee Chairman William V. Roth, Jr. (R-DE)

Mel Foote, Executive Director, CFA

Linda Greene, President & CEO, Linda Greene & Associates, Inc.

Ambassador Terence A. Todman, Todman & Associates & CFA Board Member

Dr. Claude M. Ligon, Institute of African Commerce and Culture

G. Stephen Hayes, Executive Director, Corporate Council on Africa

Elliott Hall, Vice President, Ford Motor Company

Claire Alicia Nelson, President, Institute of Caribbean Studies

WHAT: Press briefing for credentialed members of the press

WHEN: Monday, October 25, 1999 at 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Room 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Also expected to attend: Coretta Scott King, Dorothy Height, C. Delores Tucker, Emanuel Cleaver, Lois DeBerry, Dexter King, Bishop Roy Winbush, Rev. Michael Lemmons, Dr. Yvonne Scruggs, Martin Luther King III, James Wilson, Leslie Proll, Kweisi Mfume, Will Duncan, Mr. Hilary Shelton, Joanna Steinberg, Ms. Sullivan Robinson, Rev. Leon Sullivan, Andrew Young

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