Tombong, I can't agree more with that. I have heard of a lot of "umbrella" organizations but have not seen one out there yet. Anytime one comes with a suggestion like that, it is that individuals political identity that is first questioned. So hence we are unable to pass that stage and tend to be fixed to what divides us instead of using what divides us as the tool to bring us together. It might not be the right time to say this, but the only time we seem to agree to come together is when such happens. We talk about it and forget it and life moves on until the nest problem again. Happy seasonal greetings to you too and your family. Ousman Jallow Bojang. --- TOMBONG SAIDY <[log in to unmask]> wrote: <HR> <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV> <P>Ous,</P> <P>Happy Greeting Season to all. This is a serious issue and I believe it is high time a strong umbrella organisation of some sort is formed to protect the interest of Gambia. There should be one in the USA, one in Scandanavia and then one in every European country. Numbers are there to support such an organisation financially. Such an organisation should be apolitical and I think all Gambians, especially those in the diaspora are in the same both. Since September 11th, the immiragration, especially, in the USA have been cracking down on both legal and illegal immigrants. </P> <P>Just two days ago, a Gambian was killed in Sweden. This and other killings and detentions are enough reason for such organisation to be form and monies contributed to help Gambians.</P> <P> </P> <P>PEACE</P> <P>Tombong<BR><BR></P></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV>>From: Ousman Bojang <[log in to unmask]> <DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list <[log in to unmask]> <DIV></DIV>>To: [log in to unmask] <DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: Fwd: Gambians in Lexington detained by the INS <DIV></DIV>>Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 11:39:31 -0800 <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>This is really a very sad situation. I hope all of it <DIV></DIV>>comes out for the better. Recently there has been a <DIV></DIV>>lot of Gambians into INS issues. I only hope and pray <DIV></DIV>>that none of it becomes criminal but just Immigration <DIV></DIV>>issues. <DIV></DIV>>By the way, is there a single group of people as care <DIV></DIV>>takers of all these problems in different states where <DIV></DIV>>all contributions could possibly be sent? I think it <DIV></DIV>>would be a good idea to have one group so that we <DIV></DIV>>could all be on the same page. Another thing I may <DIV></DIV>>suggest is to try to differentiate the differences <DIV></DIV>>between a criminal act and and Immigation violation. <DIV></DIV>>This might have already been talked about here I am <DIV></DIV>>not sure. <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>__________________________________________________ <DIV></DIV>>Do you Yahoo!? <DIV></DIV>>Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. <DIV></DIV>>http://mailplus.yahoo.com <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface <DIV></DIV>>at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html <DIV></DIV>>To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: <DIV></DIV>>[log in to unmask] <DIV></DIV>> <DIV></DIV>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr> <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMGEN/2015">the new MSN 8</a> and get 2 months FREE*</html> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~