Denver, Oct. 21
Kinijit town hall meeting in Denver, Oct. 21, 1:00 PM
More info: 303 264 7999 or 303 594 4907
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Chicago, Oct. 21
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Kinijit delegation visits Chicago, Oct. 21
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South Dakota, Oct. 21
Kinijit leaders visit South Dakota, Oct. 21
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Washington DC, Oct. 28
Public Meeting and Fund Raising
Grand Hyatt, 1000 H Street NW, Washington DC
Time: 2:00 PM
More info here
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Revised CUD Delegation Itinerary from Sunday September 16 – Oct 27, 2007
September 16, Sunday, starting at 1:00 PM
Delegation holding Public Meeting with the Ethiopians in the DC metro Area, and fund raising
Sept 17-20, 2007
Meetings with support groups, congressional groups and US federal and local government officials
Sept 22-24, 2007
Delegation visit to Boston and Upstate New York to meet with CUD Support groups and the public
Sept 24-28, 2007
Delegation in Washington DC for more meetings and discussions
Sept 27-30, 2007
Delegation visit to Oakland
Sept 30-Oct 2, 2007
Delegation visit to Dallas
Oct 2-5, 2007
Delegation visit to Las Vegas
Oct 5-7, 2007
Delegation visit to Seattle
Oct 7-12, 2007
Delegation visit to Los Angeles
Oct 12-17, 2007
Delegation visit to Atlanta
Oct 19-22, 2007
Delegation visit to Minneapolis, South Dakota, Chicago and Denver
Oct 23-28, 2007
Delegation will be in Washington DC
Oct 27, 2007
CUD North America Chapters’ general meeting with the Delegation in Washington DC
CANADA Schedule for Delegates to Canada will be announced as soon us their entry visa is granted
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Cities Visited
Ethiopians in the Boston area are preparing an elaborate welcoming ceremony for Kinijit delegation at the Boston Logan Airport when they arrive on Saturday, Sept. 22, at 9:30 AM. According to Ato Samuel Belihu, a representative of Kinijit Boston, after the welcoming ceremony, the Kinijit leaders will go to their hotel where they will meet with Ethiopian community representatives in the Boston area. At 6:00 PM, they will arrive at a dinner event organized by Kinijit Boston that is expected to be attended by hundreds of Ethiopians. High level officials of the City of Boston and the State of Massachusettes are invited to attend the dinner event as guests of honor.
Fund Raising Dinner with Kinijit Leaders
Date: Sept. 22, 2007Time: 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
Place: Holy Trinity Armenian Apostolic Church
145 Brattle Street, Cambridge MA
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Oakland, California
Kinijit leaders will arrive in the San Francisco
Bay Area on Sept 29
Saturday Sept. 29, 2007
Town hall Meeting
Time: 2:00-6:30 PM
Dinner and Entertainment:
7:00 PM – Midnight
Greek Orthodox Church
4700 Lincoln Ave. Oakland CA 94602
For Information:
(510) 575-7931 or
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Kinijit leaders will arrive in Dallas on Sept. 30
A Grand Public Gathering
Sunday, Sept. 30, 2007
Time: 3:00 PM to 8:00PM
Place: The Radisson Hotel
1981 N Central Expressway Richardson, TX 75085
For more info:
972 375 1334
or 214 727 9995
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Las Vegas
Kinijit leaders will arrive in Las Vegas on Oct 2
The Kinijit delegation will arrive in Las Vegas, Mc Carran International Airport, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2007, at 11:00 AM.
On Wednesday, Oct. 3, there will be a public meeting at
The Palace Station Hotel
2411 W. Sahara Ave.
3:00 PM – 11:00 PM.
For further info:
702 403 2342
Kinijit-Las Vegas
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Seattle
Kinijit leaders visit Seattle, Oct 5
Let’s give heroic welcome to Kinijit leaders on Friday, Oct. 5, 11:00 AM at SEATAC Airport.
Town Hall Meeting with Kinijit leaders
China Harbor Meeting Hall
(free parking)
2040 Westlake Ave N Seattle, WA 98109
For further info: 206-380-9309 or 206-604-4835
The Kinijit leaders’ visit in Seattle is coordinated by an Ad Hoc Committee set up by the Kinijit North America leadership in collaboration with Kinijit chapter in Oregon and Vancouver.
ሲያትል ሆይ ስሚ፡ ቫንኩቨርም አድምጭ፡ ፖርትላንድም ታጠቂ፡ እነሆ ጀግኖችሽ መጡ…
ሙሉውን ጽሁፍ ለማንበብ እዚህ ይጫኑ
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Los Angeles
Kinijit leaders visit Los Angeles, Oct 7
Los Angeles Airport (LAX), Terminal 2, 11:15 AM
Town Hall Meeting
Sunday, Oct. 7, 2:00 PM
Hollywood Park Casino
Inglewood, CA 90303
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Atlanta
Kinijit leaders visit Atlanta, Oct 13
Atlanta International Airport
Delta Airlines
Arrival: Oct. 12, 3:00 PM
Public Meeting
Oct. 13, 1:00 Pm
Georgia International Convention Center
2000 Convention Center Concourse
College Park GA
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Minneapolis, Oct. 19
Kinijit Minnesota Support Group for Democracy & Development Association
P. O. Box 28181 Crystal, MN 55428-0181
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kinijitmn.org
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The recently released leaders of CUDP, the main opposition party in Ethiopia, are continuing with their tour of major US cities to meet with and express their thanks to supporters as well as human rights protectors for their unwavering support and protest against their unjust incarceration. CUDP delegate members were imprisoned for almost two years following the May 2005 general election charged of genocide before their release from prison this summer. They were also sentenced, by the ruling Party’s kangaroo court, to life imprisonment .
The high-powered delegation has already held very successful town hall meetings in Washington, DC, Boston, Oakland, Dallas, Las Vegas, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. A CUDP delegation headed by the Vice Chairperson, Judge Bertukan Mideksa will arrive in Minneapolis on Oct. 19, 2007. A colorful welcome ceremony will be stage at the MSP International Airport at 3:30 PM.
The esteemed delegation will hold a briefing to the Ethiopian community in Twin Cities on Saturday, October 20, 2007, at 5:00 PM under the theme of “Democracy and Ethiopia.” The event will take place at First Christian Church 2201 1st Ave M PLS, MN 55404. Kinijit Minnesota Support Group and the Ethiopian Diaspora in Minnesota are working hard to help bring about democratic changes and the rule of law in Ethiopia through peaceful and non-violent ways. We are, however, concerned by the many hurdles the ruling party is raising against kinijit, and alarmed by the rapidly deteriorating political situation in Ethiopia.
The upcoming welcoming event is is organized jointly by Kinijit Minnesota Support Group for Democracy & Development Association (KMSG) and Kinijit North America Association of Support Organizations (KNAASO). We invite Ethiopians in Twin Cities to come out in force, meet, and greet Ethiopia’s modern heroes.
For more information about the program, please visit the Kinijit Minnesota Support Group web site.
12 thoughts on “Upcoming Kinijit events in N. America – schedules”
Dear Kinijit delegation,
We all Ethiopian had last Sunday a great day with you. I wish you all good luck in Bosten.
Kinijit menfes new!!!!!!!!
Abew siteritu : “SAYIKATEL BEKITEL” yilalu.
We have heard that there is a little but aggravated problem within Kinijit leadership. This came to all our knowledge after the delegates have left the country. Everyone should know that this is happening not because Kinijit is a loose and fragile party but because it is dangerous to Woyane. Kinijit is Democratic Party giving chances to all members for participations in political affairs and some “Non-Ethiopian” (Those who are acting against Ethiopia) take this chance to dismantle the party. Supporters here in Ethiopian are very disappointed hearing this bad news. We are blaming not only the leaders, delegates, but also all supporters in all cities for organizing the so called meetings. What we fell is that first of all before contacting the Diaspora the leaders should solve the problem they have. Then they can go ahead on the meetings. I feel that the leaders who are released have not given much consideration to the supporters in country. They didn’t pass proper messages to the people and give their forward action plans.
I urge all supporters abroad stop any kind of meeting unless the party come to one. They should influence the leaders to sit and solve their problems. Solving includes kicking out those working against Ethiopian will and interest.
Kinijit is ONE!!!
To the distinguished Kinijit Delegation
I was at the Marriott last Sunday and like the thousands in the ballroom I was thrilled to see all of you. The room was filled with emotion, patriotism, and above all hope for a democratic and free Ethiopia. However, given all this, there was still something missing. Judging from the conversations around where I was sitting, it was easy to notice that the absence of ato Hailu has left a huge void in the hearts of many in the hall. My plea to all of you is to please iron out the minor differences that are causing the current fracture and continue to lead us in the struggle as a united party. The institution we call Kinijit is more important than any one individual and let us not wreck a great institution that was built on the blood and tears of hundreds and thousands of Ethiopians simply because we don’t want to iron out our differences.
If not Boston, please work towards having the full delegation that includes ato Hailu appear in Oakland. The message such an appearance will send to the enemies of Ethiopia is beyond imagination.
Keep your eyes on the prize!!
Thank tou and God bless Ethiopia
The diaspora in the US and all over the world I my self and all Ethiopians are very proud of you I have nothing to offer you except my heart felted thanks but I can assure you all of us at home are very ,very, proud having such a wonderful citzen who can stand for Democracy.
WOGEN BENANETE KORTOWAL WDEFITEM YIKORAL
Why are both of the occations in a church. There are also muslim kinijit supporter.
This will be a nice bread for woyane criminals to say kinijit is now connected with religion.
Please change the location before it is late. If not, I as a muslim will never care about kinijit at all.
Letter to the Kinijit leadership,
The current mess, specially, in the Diaspora’s Kinijit supporters, in fight for convincing the leadership to go in two different directions is a sad scenario. We heard that the leadership in prison and right after prison affirmative of one Kinijit regardless of the problem in the Diaspora supporters was evident. But, whatever the problem was, it seams we the Diasporas are trying to divide the released leaders in to two. Can we say that the problem is really one fighting for democracy and the other fighting for dictatorship or it is a computation on who is the true fighter against the dictatorial regime of EPRDF/TPLF?
The answer and the solution for this mess is that all in the hands of the leadership itself. Calling for general meeting would save the party from being disintegrated. It is a high time to do this first before trying to ask the outside governments and even to our own people to understand how Kinijit is committed for democratic Ethiopia.
The campaign for democracy around the world is nothing if the party is governed by its own internal problem. Please work on the problem solving of its own integration first!! I am afraid that there are many of us who do not realize how Kinijit has been an effective political opposition against the undemocratic EPRDF/TPLF government. Within a short period of time, this party was able to mobilize the people of Ethiopia who rather would like the political strategy be peacefully than with armed struggle as the usual and typical African way of changing one government by force to end up only in the same old ones.
Right now, this effective political party finds itself between the allied forces of the US government with the Zenawi one and its own in fight. So I say to this leaders of this Ethiopian hope political party for change, if there are true democratic Ethiopians in this political movement, they shall first bow to their mass and resolve the difference that scare every supporters in the Diaspora and inside Ethiopia. Who knows how much support a political party like Kinijit needs if it can not give a priority to resolve its own differences first!!
Time for the old man to go. Let us give the next leaders some breathing space. And, for God’s sake, let’s not last millenium’s hate culture haunt us AGAIN. We should not be using our compatriots’ sacrifice for our own/personal goals. Let us reconcile ourselves first before we prescribe it to others.
Kinijit fikir new’na. Kinijit menfes new’na.
በትግል ጉዞ ግለሰቦች በየመንገዱ ሊንጠባጠቡ ይችላሉ። ዳር የሚደርሱት ግን እዉነትኛና ቆራጥ ጀግኖች ብቻ ናቸው። ከሃገር በፊት ቤተሰቤ፣ ዘመዴ፣ ጓድውኛየ ይበልጣል የሚል መሪ ፍጹም ራስ ወዳድና አምባገነን ነዉ፤ የዲሞክራሲ እሴቶችን ለወዳጆቹ አሳልፎ ይሸጣልና። ከመሪዎቻችን ጋር ወደፊት!!!
ኢትዮጵያ ለዘላለም ትኑር!
I have heard from my friends in Dallas that the EPRP radio station is constantly misinforming with lies and negative propoganda against Kinijit.
Particularly the EPRP person in charge to make sure Kinijit is not establishing himself is called Ato Yoseph Haile.
In a forum called EPRP, this guy is writing the following. Because they are coming directly sunday morning from oakland, they directly go the meeting. If the people come to the Airport then the whole event will take the whole day and there will be no time to seat and discuss with the people.
Howevwe this is being spinned by EPRP people for their cheap propoganda. They say that:” Dallas in not welcoming Kinijit leaders” . Please look at the e-mail below and particularly the title.
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እንደምን ኣላችሁ?
እኔ ከዚህ በፊት ጽፌ አላቅም:: ግን አሁን ሁነታው አላማረኝም:: ፊውዳሎች ወደ ሁዋላ ሊመልሱን እያሰቡ የመስላል:: ጊዘው በጣም ተቀይራል አብረን እንራመድ አለዝያ እንደ ኢሕአፓ ሆነን እንዳንቀር:: ሃላ ቀር አስተሳሰብ, ፊውዳሊዝም, አምባገነንነት, እኔ ብቻ አውቃለሁ ባይነት, ፈላጭ ቆራጭንትና አፋኝነት ይበቃናል:: ኢትዮጵያና ሕዝቦችዋ በነዳነት ይኑሩ!! አሜን! አሜን! አሜን!!!
ይሁን ይሁን ኬር! ይሁን ይሁን ኬር! ይሁን ይሁን ኬር!
Dear Chacha -WONDATA !!!
Thanks for speaking the truth. I have nothing but respect for Eng Hailu Shawel.But the damage he did to the strugel after geting his freedom can’t be fixed and he CAN’T LEAD KINIJIT in a democratic fashion may be draging the movment dawn to old EDU road. THAT WE SAY NO
God Bless Ethiopia
Pls lets not put gas on the fire by exagerating things. I still have respect for all the cud leaders which include the chairman Ato Hailu Shawel. but those who exagerate things and build a huge fence to prevent the communication between the leaders are Ethiopian peopls’ enemies. What I do not understand is why is it always negative things come out from KIC website. The chairman interviewed by Abysinia radio about Dr. Taye and his answer is Dr. Taye is elected by groups of people as the chairman of KIC. No members of Kinjit know about this. Democracy is to respect peoples’ voice. Why Dr. Taye come out and say something and explains everything to the Public if he is elected chairman. He should have done long time ago. Anyway it is good for all Ethiopian to see the leaders solve their problem and work together.