The Militarization of the African continent, the Scramble for Natural Resources, and People’s Resistance Movements

Thursday, April 12th at 7pm at WESPAC, 77 Tarrytown Road, Suite 2W, White Plains, NY 10607 (free parking available on site – park on upper level).

Join the WESPAC Community as we welcome the Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, Maurice Carney, who works for a Washington, DC based non-profit dedicated to educating Americans about the crisis in the Congo.  Over six million Congolese have been killed in the past few years (more than half of them under the age of 5) due to proxy wars being fought in the Congo for access to Congo’s vast resources including gold, diamonds, copper and cobalt (that we all use now in our cell phones).  We hear very little about the enormous suffering of the Congolese as a result of these resource wars and as a result of rebel groups protecting American corporate interests in the region.  Please consider taking the time to join us for this important evening discussion.

The UN describes these corporations as the “engine of the conflict”.  They include: 
Cabot Corporation, Boston, MA
OM Group, Cleveland, Ohio
AVX, Myrtle Beach, SC
Eagle Wings Resources International, Ohio
Trinitech International, Ohio
Kemet Electronics Corporation, Greenville, SC
Vishay Sprague. Malvern, PA

This event is free and open to the public. Contributions to support Maurice’s work will be requested.  For more information, please contact [email protected] or call 914.449.6514.