Kinijit leaders Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa,
Ato Gizachew Shiferraw and Dr Berhanu
Nega arrive in Minneapolis, Oct. 19, 2007
[photo: Kinijit Minneapolis]
The Kinijit high-level delegation to the United States led by Wzt. Bertukan Mideksa and including Dr Hailu Araya, Ato Gizachew Shiferraw, Ato Brook Kebede and Dr Berhanu Nega visited five cities since Friday as they finalize their USA tour. On Saturday, Wzt. Bertukan, Ato Gizachew, and Dr Berhanu participated in a town hall meeting and fund raising event in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota known as the Twin Cities. Artist Abebe Belew conducted the fund raising event which brought in $25,000. The meeting was attended by about 600 people. On Sunday, Dr Hailu Araya and Ato Brook Kebede attended a public meeting in Denver, Colorado. About 150 Ethiopians who reside in the Denver Metro area took part the meeting and raised $14,200. Meanwhile, Dr Berhanu Nega went to Chicago to participate in a small town hall meeting. As in Denver, about 150 Ethiopians attended the Chicago meeting with Dr Berhanu and contributed $10,000 for Kinijit. At the same time, Wzt. Bertukan and Ato Gizachew held a similar public meeting in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We don’t know what happened there yet…