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. . IC0 0 0 182 1 . conference drew more than 300 persons--repre'sentatives of churches, human rights organizations, labor unions and individuals "hung up" 0: Africa. The stated purpose of the conference was to explore ways in which concerned persons and groups in this country could provide support of various kinds for African liberation movements. The committee supported the April 21st rally at the Portuguese Embaesy in Washington, D. C. .protesting the bombing of Tanzanian territory. Council and the Harvard-Radcliffe Afro-Student Association (pro- . African liberation groups) in their effort to -pressure Harvard University into divesting itself of its $21 million in Gulf Oil stock (large investments in Portbguese Angola). . Just recently ALDCC supported the Pan-African Liberation Much of the financial and logistie81 support for the African Liberation Day Coordin'ating Committee is coming from church sources by way of the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization. IFCO was set up five yearqago in the wake of the Detroit and Newark riots to help churches put their money where their resolutions were. a- With the recent decline of church income and a noticeable white backlash within some denominations,. LFCO seeks to continue as a bridge (though increasingly fragile) betweeq minority groups . and its supporting white denominations. On 15 March, a non-tax exempt spinoff organization, IFCO Action, w a s formed with the avowed purpose of attempting to influence legislation and effect social change. struggle is one of its top priorities. was involved in the unsuccessful attempt to prevent the unloading of the Rhodesian chrome in Burnside, La., on 20 March 1972. Support of the African liberation It should be noted that IFCO Action The African liberation movement is an issue that lends itself well to the unification of the black community in America. movement can entice antiwar advocates, the new left, and "progressive" movements to play a more active role in supporting their cause, the Iiberationists will bc far down the road to creating an utopian Africa' solcly for black people. If the e- .. J