Information from Grattan Puxon due to the International Roma-Day

[Viola Hinz-Hassan Pour Razavi]

I want to share this info with you, might be interesting for people in the New York aerea: Grattan Puxon 19. Februar 12:09 Hi Viola, Great to get your warm message. Sending you this for info (was sent to others) Any announcement, with pics, of your events could go on the romanationday website about to be launched. One point though and I hope you'll give it some thought. Roma Nation Day - the day when we promote the Roma Nation concept. Yes, it's international or global too. Back in former Jugoslavia it was always a struggle (never completed) to move from etnicka grupa to narodnost. The nearest we came was when Ales Bebler, former Jugoslav rep at the UN, took up the issue in the l970s. I am now able to give you more details of the Roma visit to the UN in New York. Let me say first that the meeting at the UN in connection with Roma Nation Day is but part of a larger picture. The larger picture is the growing action to combat anti-Roma racism under the heading which is already being promoted, that can be expressed in  "Roma Against Apartheid Movement" or RAAM (which contains the sound and meaning of "ram"). The UN meeting is to take place on 6 April, two days before Roma Nation Day. It is envisaged to have a short cultural event with music, followed by presentation of briefs and discussion on combating anti-Roma violence and apartheid. Florin Cioaba, vice-president of the IRU, is coming to take part. Short of being in New York yourself, do you perhaps have friends and contacts in New York who would want to participate? (And draw attention to Kosovo) Assisting with the organization is lawyer Barry Fisher, who is in Los Angeles. You may wish to contact him bfisher557@aol 310 557 1077 In addition we have announced the London Roma Nation Day march, starting at 12 noon from Hyde Park Corner, to which we expect to attract trade union and student activist support. A planning meeting is taking place in London on Wednesday (22 Feb) when we will also be discussing followup action during the London Olympics. But baht, but sastipe tuke, tire familijake, sarinenge. Grattan