FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, OCTOBER 5, 2012
Ethiopian-American community
The Ethiopian American Community will hold the Ethiopian-American National Voter’s Convention, the first of its kind, on October 14, 2012, from 3PM to 7 PM at George Washington Middle School in Alexandria Virginia. The event is organized by “Vote For Free Ethiopia US” – a grassroots organization.
The Ethiopian American community is increasing significantly. Between half a million to one million Ethiopian-Americans are believed to live in the United States currently. The need to convene this large up-and-coming community in the US political and democratic system has become a paramount importance so as to address its specific issues and rights as an integral part of the American society.
Prominent speakers will include Both Democratic and Republican presidential candidate’s representatives, as well as the Green Party candidate and other third party candidates or their respective representatives. There will be representatives from the various Ethiopian American communities as well.
The event is free and open to the public and to the media; no tickets or reservations are needed. Journalists are encouraged to register confirm their attendance. For further information, please contact: Fasika Getaneh (fget47@gmail.com or 571-426-9696) Kebadu Belachew (kebadu@gmail.com or 703-216-8459), Teddy Fikre (teddy.fikre@browncondor.com or 202-367-8429
www.VoteFreeEthiopiaUS.org
info@ VoteFreeEthiopiaUS.org
hewan
October 6, 2012 at 4:35 am
What a great news how far we have come from being a silent observers to organize and participate as part of American society to both help the country that adopted us and help our mother land also to have the very freedom and democracy we enjoy in America to spread and help that same beacon of hope in to Africa.
I hope you have selected the very questions that our community’s concerned with what’s going on in Ethiopia, and those question that reflects all sides of Ethiopian. How the current American policy can help and it should not be ignored. I hope the questions will be represented in a concise and clear maner to the representatives and will be addressed respectfully to those individuals in a well thought form.
Thank You for the orgnizers and those who work hard to help transform our society to freedom!