On July 26th our team went to Washington D.C. to put on a rally in Lafayette Park and host a reception on Capitol Hill to raise awareness for the Saharawi people. We met many wonderful people and were able to tell the story of the Saharawi to many that had never heard. Below you can download a PDF which contains a full report of the trip as well as transcriptions of the rally and the reception. Adobe Acrobat Reader (free software) is required to view the file.
Their Story
By 1975, Western Sahara had been a colony of Spain for almost 100 years. After decades of struggling towards a right for independence, with opposition from Spain, Morocco, and France, the International Court of Justice finally wrote an Advisory Opinion in October of 1975, declaring that neither Morocco to the north or Mauritania to the [...]