Congressman Mickey leland Global Day On World Poverty and Peace

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January 25, 2010

We, the undersigned, the peace loving, humanitarians and the admirers of the noble work of Congressman Mickey Leland in the United States and from nations around the globe, are requesting that starting this year, August 7th, 2010 be designated and recognized as Congressman Mickey leland Global Day On World Poverty and Peace. Congressman Mickey Leland and those 8 Americans and 7 Ethiopians who lost their lives in a plane crash on August 7, 1989 while on a flight to a refugee camp on a humanitarian mission in South-Western Ethiopia where, 50,000 Sudanese refugees , including 17,000 displaced children were being.

51 Signatures

  • Lielt Tewolde
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    • God Bless Mickey Leland!
  • Yeharerwerk Gashaw
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    • The world today needs another Mickey Leland
  • Fuad Mustafa
  • M. Johnson
    • Comments
    • Mickey was a great man
  • Malik Samba
  • Alemnesh Shiferaw
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    • Ethiopia
  • Mankelklot Haile Selassie
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    • Congressman Mickey leland was an individual with big heart , annd, with utmost concern for human rights and human dignity, peace and poverty, all over the world.
  • Sophia Armstrong
  • Jon Jonson
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    • Houston TX
  • Linda B. Smith
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    • Mickey, loved Ethiopia and its people
  • Getachew Abereham
  • Jim Brown
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    • Mickey made a big difference in Africa and here in the United States
  • Kebede Melaku
  • Alemu Getnet
  • Soliman Ahemed
    • Comments
    • From Somal
  • Diana Kimble
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    • I tried to visit the Mickey Leland Children center in Addis Ababa in Jan 2010 and it was not there. I along with 7 others was so sad. We hope to honor Congressman Leland and reconnect the link between our people here and in Africa soon. We need each other. Diana
  • Ser Seshs Ab Heter-Boxley
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    • Just do it now!
  • Kamm Howard
  • Cheri Hadley
  • Rhonda Turner
  • freda.ghaffar
  • Adjoa Barbara Baker
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    • Thinking Globally Against Poverty & For Peace is the right way! Let's Really Get it Done!
  • Alem Kiflom
  • Bereket Abreha
  • Dahome Bakari
  • Terefe Ayele Dallas Texas
    • Comments
    • Thank you Yeharerwerk Gashaw for keeping Congressman Mickey Leland's noble work a live.
  • Emebet Kassahun D.C.
  • Maribu Muhamuda
  • Genet Biru Ethiopia
    • Comments
    • God Bless Mickey Leland!
  • Taylor Price
  • Ali Selam Ethiopia
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    • We love Congressman Mickey Leland from our heart for ever
  • Eddie Murphy
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    • We should keep up with Mickey Lelnad's effort for peace and ending poverty
  • Wilson G. Marvin Dallas TX
  • Genemu Dechasa from the UN of Nirobi
  • Kirk Brown
  • barbara Smith
  • Dessta Mengistu
  • Mekonnen Leaulseged
  • Mekonnen Leaulseged
  • Tedy G. Robert
  • Tedy G. Robert
  • J. Bernice Jasper, Ph.D
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    • Mickey was simply the best...as a highschool classmate and neighbor of his, I grew up around him and know on a personal basis that his concern and humanitarian ways began at a very early age. The Phillis Wheatley Class of 1963 will always love and miss you, Mick!
  • Ethiopia Terefe
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    • I met Congressman Mickey Leland at RRC and he was a good man to alll. He was down to earth person that didn't care about his high profile, but helping the poor people from Sudan and Ethiopia .
  • Tizeta Yohannes
  • Thomas Bogale
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    • Congressman Mickey leland was the father of the poor people's rights in America-Africa.
  • Yonas Abreha A. A. Ethiopia
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    • Congressman Lelnad sacrificed his life for the poor people and the voiceless. Sister Yeharwerk thank you for keeping his name and noble workd a live.
  • Berry Smith New York
  • D.B. Noland NC U.S.A.
  • Hassan Abdela Mustefa
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    • Africa loves Mickey!!
  • Linda Gibson, Houston Texas
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    • Here in Houston, we are proud of Congressman Mickey Leland noble work in America, Africa, Cuba, Moscow