May 20, 2013
To Your Excellency:
I am Founder & President of SelassieStandUp.org, a US- based grassroots, Pan-African movement organized to promote and advance the interests of Africans and peoples of African descent. I am appealing to your Excellency, on behalf of the global black community, to endorse the erection of a statue of His Imperial Majesty (HIM) Emperor Haile Selassie center front of the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Government, as well as several other AU member countries, have already expressed their endorsement of the SelassieStandUp.Org project as the Golden Jubilee will be celebrated on May 25, 2013. The project calls for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected center front of the AU Headquarters, alongside former Ghanian President Kwame Nkrumah. Please click on the following link to read the open letter I sent thanking President Girma Woldegiorgis of Ethiopia for endorsing the SelassieStandUp.Org project. The link also includes my article published on major Ethiopian news media outlets on May 8, 2013, calling for action for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected center front of the AU Headquarters building. [http://www.zehabesha.com/to-his-excellency-president-girma-woldegiorgis/]. The Ethiopian Government responded to my call for action by endorsing the SelassieStandUp.org project on May 11, 2013. Please click on the following link to read further. [http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/news-headlines/item/474-president-calls-for-the-erection-of-a-statue-for-haile-selassie-i].
Your Excellency can also support and be part of the SelassieStandUp.Org project by clicking on the following link, and signing the petition: [http://www.change.org/petitions/the-african-union-au-build-statute-of-his-majesty-emperor-haile-selassie-center-front-of-au-building]. HIM Emperor Haile Selassie deserves distinguished honor and recognition for his visionary leadership, and for the leading role he played in establishing the OAU/AU and advancing the global interest of Africa and peoples of African descent.
With the utmost conviction, we, Africans and peoples of African descent, believe HIM Emperor Haile Selassie should be accorded with distinguished honor and recognition. As such, on behalf of Africans and the Black Diaspora, SelassieStandUp.org calls for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected for his foresight, visionary leadership, and distinguished role in establishing the Organization of African Unity (OAU)/AU, and for his unparalleled contributions in struggling for the freedom, independence, and unity of Africa and peoples of African descent.
We look forward to your Excellency’s endorsement of the SelassieStandUp.org project, and collaboratively working with your Excellency in order for this project to come to fruition. Your Excellency’s support will help ensure HIM Emperor Haile Selasssie is accorded his rightful place in history. Let us join hands in the spirit of African Unity and make history by honoring our history.
Ager ena tarik aymotim; yetarikinim kibir yemeeTebiKew tewlid new!
A Nation and its history shall not perish; for it is each generation’s responsibility to preserve and respect the sanctity and honor of history!
-Emperor Haile Selassie
Sincerely,
Nebyat Aklilu
Founder & President
SelassieStandUp.Org
To Your Excellency:
I am Founder & President of SelassieStandUp.org, a US- based grassroots, Pan-African movement organized to promote and advance the interests of Africans and peoples of African descent. I am appealing to your Excellency, on behalf of the global black community, to endorse the erection of a statue of His Imperial Majesty (HIM) Emperor Haile Selassie center front of the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian Government, as well as several other AU member countries, have already expressed their endorsement of the SelassieStandUp.Org project as the Golden Jubilee will be celebrated on May 25, 2013. The project calls for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected center front of the AU Headquarters, alongside former Ghanian President Kwame Nkrumah. Please click on the following link to read the open letter I sent thanking President Girma Woldegiorgis of Ethiopia for endorsing the SelassieStandUp.Org project. The link also includes my article published on major Ethiopian news media outlets on May 8, 2013, calling for action for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected center front of the AU Headquarters building. [http://www.zehabesha.com/to-his-excellency-president-girma-woldegiorgis/]. The Ethiopian Government responded to my call for action by endorsing the SelassieStandUp.org project on May 11, 2013. Please click on the following link to read further. [http://www.thereporterethiopia.com/index.php/news-headlines/item/474-president-calls-for-the-erection-of-a-statue-for-haile-selassie-i].
Your Excellency can also support and be part of the SelassieStandUp.Org project by clicking on the following link, and signing the petition: [http://www.change.org/petitions/the-african-union-au-build-statute-of-his-majesty-emperor-haile-selassie-center-front-of-au-building]. HIM Emperor Haile Selassie deserves distinguished honor and recognition for his visionary leadership, and for the leading role he played in establishing the OAU/AU and advancing the global interest of Africa and peoples of African descent.
With the utmost conviction, we, Africans and peoples of African descent, believe HIM Emperor Haile Selassie should be accorded with distinguished honor and recognition. As such, on behalf of Africans and the Black Diaspora, SelassieStandUp.org calls for a statue of HIM Emperor Haile Selassie to be erected for his foresight, visionary leadership, and distinguished role in establishing the Organization of African Unity (OAU)/AU, and for his unparalleled contributions in struggling for the freedom, independence, and unity of Africa and peoples of African descent.
We look forward to your Excellency’s endorsement of the SelassieStandUp.org project, and collaboratively working with your Excellency in order for this project to come to fruition. Your Excellency’s support will help ensure HIM Emperor Haile Selasssie is accorded his rightful place in history. Let us join hands in the spirit of African Unity and make history by honoring our history.
Ager ena tarik aymotim; yetarikinim kibir yemeeTebiKew tewlid new!
A Nation and its history shall not perish; for it is each generation’s responsibility to preserve and respect the sanctity and honor of history!
-Emperor Haile Selassie
Sincerely,
Nebyat Aklilu
Founder & President
SelassieStandUp.Org
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