Ethiopian American Civic Advocacy

Today, Ethiopian American students from San Diego State, UC Riverside & UCLA demonstrated in Little Ethiopia, Los Angeles against the tyrannical rule in Ethiopia. The students gathered to rally against dictatorship , the wrong foreign policy of the USA and to demand the release of political prisoners in Ethiopia including the pro democracy leader Birtuakn [...]

Monday, January 11, 2010
Today Ethiopian Americans held a successful demonstration across the street from the State Department in Washington where they expressed their outrage and concerns regarding the continued incarceration of the prominent political leader Mrs. Birtukan Mideksa and thousands of political prisoners in Ethiopia.

The protesters asked the US government and Secretary of State Hillary [...]

Ethiopian American activists in DC metro area plan to collect thousands of signatures on Saturday night in front of the D.C. Armory from Teddy Afro’s fan that would urge Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demand the ruling regime in Ethiopia to immediately and unconditionally release Birtukan Mideksa.
Representatives of Ethiopian Americans announced that Teddy Afro’s New [...]

Candle Light Vigil Photos by Matt Andrea:
EACA members joined their fellow Ethiopian Americans in successful candlelight vigil that observed the first anniversary of Judge- and- the Unity for Democracy and Justice’s Chairwomen Birtuakn Midekssa’s imprisonment on November 29, 2009, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, outside the White House in Washington .
Ethiopian Americans made a [...]

Dear Mr. President:
Your election as President of the United States of America has brought considerable hope among many Ethiopian-Americans and among Africans in general.  This hope is founded on the promise of significant and sound changes in the US policies towards Africa.
We are writing this letter to convey to you our growing concerns over ongoing [...]