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May 17, 2012

Dear President Obama: Your meeting at Camp David on May 19, 2012 to discuss food security with African leaders, including Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, is a major opportunity to address what may be the single largest man-made contributor to food insecurity on the continent today: largescale land investments by foreign investors. As you sit down with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, we ask you to consider the attached letter signed by more than 8,000 supporters of the indigenous and local communities of Gambella 70,000 people in all who are being forcibly relocated to make land available for investment in agriculture. There are plans to relocate an additional 150,000 people, most of whom are subsistence farmers who have been able, until now, to feed their families without receiving government or foreign aid over the last twenty years. In addition to the many problems surrounding forced relocations, which include lack of transparency and human rights abuses, the loss of ancestral lands where people farm equals the loss of their ability to feed themselves. Farmers and pastoralists are being turned into plantation workers in menial seasonal jobs that do not put food on the table or provide for their basic needs. Against all evidence, the US ambassador to Ethiopia, Donald E. Booth, visited Gambella in January 2012 and said he witnessed "the people of Gambella benefiting from the fruits of development in the state." Mr. Booth seems unwilling to acknowledge any of the abuse, violence, or coercion that human rights groups and the media have reported he might have witnessed it as well, had he been free to expand his visit beyond approved sites. The African Union, the Committee on World Food Security, and a growing number of international organizations and experts agree that the trend of large-scale land investments in Africa constitutes a threat to food security in a number of countries. According to the World Bank, more than 96 million acres, an area about the size of France, are involved in large-scale land acquisitions. It is a troublesome and growing phenomenon. Fertile lands where communities have tilled and gathered for generations are being leased, mostly to foreign investors and primarily for export crops. Communities are relocated with promises of improved quality of life with schools, health care, and better livelihoods. They are often left with an inability to feed themselves and no new services or way to return to their previous homes.

The Oakland Institutes recent field research in Ethiopia revealed a grim picture of violence, coercion, and unrealized benefits by relocated communities. These findings are confirmed by Human Rights Watchs independent study involving 100 interviews and sixteen site visits this year. The burden of the Ethiopian governments objective of economic growth is being borne by the indigenous and local people of Gambella and the Lower Omo Valley, where a half million are slated to be moved. This is too great a cost. As Ethiopia is one of the largest recipients of US aid (more than $1 billion a year since 2007), the US bears responsibility on matters of such grave consequence. Something has to be done to ensure that we are not unwitting partners in this current tragedy. We urge you to look beyond the charade of this so-called responsible investment that will supposedly benefit all in the long run, and instead reassess the terms of US support to the regime. We hope that you will take leadership in responding to an international call asking you to put the brakes on this impending and present-day catastrophe.

Sincerely,

Anuradha Mittal Executive Director The Oakland Institute P.O. Box 18978 Oakland, CA 94619 510-469-5228 amittal@oaklandinstitute.org www.oaklandinstitute.org

Obang Metho Executive Director Solidarity Movement for a New Ethiopia C/O FAF 910- 17th St. NW, Suite 419 Washington, DC 20006 202-725-1616 obang@solidaritymovement.org www.solidaritymovement.org

President Barack Obama and Dr. Rajiv Shah, USAID administrator Dear President Obama and USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah: By continuing to provide huge amounts of aid to Ethiopia, the US is in partnership with a repressive regime that puts large-scale agricultural investment and for-profit access to Ethiopia's fertile lands over the well-being and land rights of indigenous and local people. The forced relocation of residents of Gambella has caused great hardship to tens of thousands including rape, other violent acts, coercion, and intimidation. We do not believe that USAID should support such endeavors and ask for due diligence in respect to the human rights of the people of Gambella. The US government should not condone these horrific acts as the price Ethiopians must pay for development and food security in Ethiopia. We ask you to look at the facts regarding the kind of investments occurring in Ethiopia and to ensure US assistance actually benefits local communities and not just the interests of a minority. Name
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Stephen Nicklay Karen Yatsko Leonie Hitchenor Christine Stewart Freya Harris Arwen Murakami Sheila Parker Peter Colenberg john forsyth

From
Moorhead, MN Bethesda, MD Umina Beach, Australia Escondido, CA Atlanta, GA Narashino, Japan Georgetown, MA Onna-son, Okinawa, Japan Winnipeg, Canada

Comments

Eduardo Henrique So Paulo, Brazil Barroso de Oliveira Rachel Lynn Aaaa Bbbb Amanda Benson Elizabeth Guapyassu Claudia Mulder Vicki Berg No, IL Bbb, New Zealand Fairfield, IA Rowlett, TX Cape Town, South Africa Gold Coast, Australia Page 1 Signatures 1 - 16

Name
17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. Melissa Moore New Guest Anuradha Mittal Pam Boland Frederic Mousseau Claudia Mariscal Tanya Kerssen Adane Fekadu G Sosnoff Andrzej Sobesto Magdalena Jureko Obang Metho

From
Berkeley, CA Lynchburg, VA Oakland, CA Grovetown, GA Oakand, CA Fontana, CA Oakland, CA Washingon, DC Berkeley, CA Krakw, Poland Bydgoszcz, Poland Washington, DC, DC

Comments

There is too much evidence pointing to the mishandling of donor funds to justify not delving deeper into these concerns through an official investigation; specifically in regards to funds given by the USAID. Therefore, we should strongly urges the U.S Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs and the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights to call for an investigation into the misuse of USAID aid by the TPLF/EPRDF regime; however, the TPLF/EPRDF are unlikely to be impartial and instead such an investigation should be independent and include representation of the donor (US), who ultimately bears the burden of responsibility to the US taxpayer. A team should Investigate reports of money laundering by members of the TPLF/EPRDF in light of new FATF concerns and continued allegations.

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Stefano Leone Rose NoFWDSPLZ ochala abula Pipa Jones Agnes N. Bisrat Woldemichael dora biasio Rob Meyer

Philippeville, Belgium Victoria, Australia burnaby, Canada Machynlleth, United Kingdom Bangkok, Thailand Zurich, Switzerland Affoltern Am Albis, Switzerland Maastricht, Netherlands Page 2 Signatures 17 - 36 This is not just relocation of the people of gambella from their land but is just the repeated geneocide of dec/ 13 / 203/ by the same government of Meles.

Name
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morard christophe buis les baronnies, France Joanna Rybak Maria Solberg Laura Hidalgo-Downing Steve Dale Jamian Evans Silvia Cappi Roland Gallant Anita Ketel Karen Baker Olivia SITTON jennifer curtis Naoko Idesawa Ludwig Krause MOUSSEAU GENEVIEVE Youness Bousenna Christine Pinehill Dieuwke van Wijk Taylor isMyName Bill C Raluca Anghel David Moore Vicki Anderson Deborah Litster Paul Fleming Tczew, Poland Somewhere, Norway Madrid, Spain Frankston,victoria, Australia Springwood, Australia Barzago, Italy Moncton, Canada Uden, Netherlands Newcastle, Australia Toudon, France Moss Point, MS Tama, Tokyo, Japan Dueban, South Africa LUYNES, Niger Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Logan, Australia Enschede, Netherlands Southern Sweden, Sweden Kempten, Germany Strasbourg, France Bridgeport, CT Northfield, MN Kitchener, Canada Lionshead, Canada

Esmee Woolcomb Bristol, United Kingdom Kurt Frees Jeff Furman Tony Clarke Cincinnati, OH ithaca, NY Ottawa, Canada This is outright THEFT and PIRACY which will surely intensify conditions of famine and hunger for Ethipians --- it MUST STOP NOW! Signatures 37 - 65

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Name
66. G. Bishaw

From
St. Paul, Ethiopia

Comments
Aid do more harm than good. This is one evidence.The public sector in Ethiopia has deteriorated for the last 29years with increasing flow of aid. Aid is more helpful for the existent of repressive tyrant government.

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Russell Reda Anneke Andries Shell S Kyre Zhad Bob Phelps Zita Worley John Richardson Carolyn Purcell

Bronx, NY Raamsdonksveer, Netherlands Aberdeen, SD Port Coquitlam, Canada Some Where In, Canada Beaumont, CA Washington, DC Mountain View, CA The reality of forced "relocation" brings tragedy, turmoil, to thousands of children and their families. These land deals must reexamined from the perspective of those directly affected. Relocation means loss of life; the least strong will perish.

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Arlene Hansen Jon Hoy Jen Sisk Ilenia Babetto Masha Samoilova John Streck M moore Livja Sorenson Jan Mach Lynn Geth Franklin Parker Dagmawi Shiferaw Ed Laurson Jo Coelho Dianne Lien J.L. Angell Silja Salonen

Greeley, CO San Antonio, TX Mooresville, IN Noale, Italy Wimbledon, United Kingdom Wimbledon, United Kingdom Emeryville, CA Seattle, WA Liberec, Czech Republic Miami, FL Montville, NJ Bellevue, DC Denver, CO Auckland, New Zealand Tomah, WI Rescue, CA Toronto, Canada Page 4 Signatures 66 - 91 S UPPORT The US government better look carefully at facts which are happening to Gembella, Ethiopia people.

Name
92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100. 101. 102. 103. 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 111. 112. 113. 114. Harriet Rohmer Ashish Kothari

From
San Francisco, CA Pune, India

Comments
Such landgrab in the name of development is unacceptable, and the US (as all other countries including India) that promote it must be stopped.

Elaine Baker-Guni Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, United Republic Of Jan Marinus Prins Bornhved, Germany Nicholas Mansfield Roxanne Schares Roger Bove Amita Sreenivas Eleanor Grant Simon Collery anthony jackson Bruce Eggum Yeshi TekleMichael Denise D'Anne Madhu Sarin alicia masia moreno Edward Allard Marianne Andersson Kajsa Overgaard David Deng Carol Black Charlie Hinton Santa Cruz, CA Mankato, MN West Chester, PA Seattle, WA Waterloo, Canada Usa River, Tanzania, United Republic Of Inverness, United Kingdom Gresham, WI San Jose, CA San Francisco, CA Chandigarh, India Paiporta, Spain Berwyn, IL Vargarda, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden Juba, Sudan Telluride, CO san francisco, CA Pay attention to needs of the poor, the weak, the multitudes and those of the unborn children in Africa and not simply the see the glitter of gold and silver in the hands of your corporate citizens. Signatures 92 - 114 Support indigenous land rights and local food sovereignty in Ethiopia, not foreign speculation in industrial agriculture. Will not the leaders of our world be judged by how they treat the least protected of us? Land is for the people to grow food not for corporations. Dispossessing indigenous people in the name of benefitting them is outrageous and must be stopped immediately. I strongly support Oakland Institute's work and believe in the petition they have recently forwarded regarding the US Aid support of forced relocations for land grabs in Ethiopia.

choolwe Mudenda Lusaka, Zambia

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Name
115. 116. 117. 118. 119. 120. 121. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. Lydie Meunier Lulseged Zerfu Melissa Andrews Ernesto Poussif nicola gobbi Olmo Forni Manu Nibango Stefan Ernst B.A. McClintock Kifle Teka

From
TULSA, OK Stockholm, Sweden Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ravensburg, Germany san nazario, Italy Torino, Italy Kwekwe, Zimbabwe Stuttgart, Germany Honolulu, HI Geneva, Switzerland

Comments

The US should do more to hold the Ethiopian government accountable for its brutal actions in Gambela and other parts of the country too.

Mary Lynn Hanley New York, NY Robert Wild Tatjana Puschkarsky Beth Burrows Felleke Bahiru Francisco Gadea Angie Zelter sharon brogan Flavia Aiello Jules Allen Anders Strmsodd Hosar John Madeley Development Alternatives Getachew Wanna Peebles, United Kingdom Radolfzell, Germany Edmonds, WA Regensburg, Germany Hillsboro, OR Knighton, United Kingdom Bakersfield, CA Rende, Italy London, United Kingdom Oslo, Norway Reading, United Kingdom Reading, United Kingdom Boras, Sweden This is a really serious inditement of the US government and we would call for an immediate change of policy. Mr. President we oppressed cheered when you were elected as the president of USA (world leader) because you promised that you will stand by those advocates of democracy and never by the side of dictators. The Ethiopian people need more than ever your assistance on their effort to enjoy their human rights what our All Mighty
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Signatures 115 - 138

Name
138. Getachew Wanna

From
Boras, Sweden

Comments
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God gave them but are deprived by tyranny regime. 85 Million Ethiopian people are on the side of you on war against terror. I am not sure that you will get this message and many other appeals to you, we have no alternative than trying to cry louder those of us who have the right to cry for help. Ethiopian people even do not have the right even to cry for help, if they do, they will be convicted in life imprisonment or death according to the new so called anti-terror law. Those who come to court are most fortune, others are summarily executed.

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Jesse Hoffman Georgina McAllister Anteneh Mequanent Engida Tadesse Diane Fisher Holly Shrumm CYNTHIA CORNELIUS Woffi Berere Judith Long

Thornhill, Canada Burwash, United Kingdom Vienna, Austria Oslo, Norway London, United Kingdom Sarnia, Canada hyattsville, MD Silver spring, MD Duluth, MN Large corporations are raping the land for huge profits with little regard for the people. They will consume the best of lands for their farms and the prescious water that is hard to find. The same scenerio is occuring in America. I am opposed to what is happening in Ethiopia and thepoor poeple are suffering.it has to end Forced relocations are immoral and illegal LEAVE THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF GAMBELLA WHERE THEY LIVE! i am stongly opposed forced relocations and Land Grabs

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Luke Kapchanga Maria Whittaker Grazia Borrini Demissew Ejigu DAWIT MEKONNEN k Johnstone Julia Burke Katty Vera de Fisher dereje shitaw Nejma Bk Paul Moss Steve Gude

Webuye, Kenya Lee's Summit, MO Berkeley, CA Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway st clair shores, MI Piedmont, CA New York, NY Oslo, Norway Faulx, Belgium White Bear Lake, MN Des Moines, IA Page 7 -

Please give your prompt attention to this important issue.

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Name
160. tanya smart

From
g, United Kingdom

Comments
Why can't the US govt (and whoever it works for) sort itself out and stop messing about with other people and their lands? The US govt seem to have the mentality of a toddler who's never been told no, and who's turned into a tantrum-prone bully who could now seriously do with a solid spanking and a time-out, for being so seriously unsociable...haha, I wish it could be so simple...

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Maconen Dahlborn Alyou Tebeje Susanne McNally

Saltsjbaden, Sweden sT PAUL, MN Geneva, NY Have you learned nothing from history? Land grabs for corporations are evil. Plantation agriculture CAUSES hunger. Look at Ireland in 1845. Look at India under the British. Look at Madagascar, ruined in an effort to resist this fate. What are you thinking?

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Don Manhire Endashaw Worku Mark Bowers Kathy Beavin eveline hartneck Beyene kassu Aschalew Aberra Jerry Greenfield DUSTIN FRIEDMAN Nancy Lovejoy Rahul Mehta

Colchester, United Kingdom Tucker, GA Sacramento, CA Bothell, WA leutkirch, Germany Brussels, Belgium Indianapolis, IN Williston, VT Huntington, NY TPLF IS Corrupted & Murderer Government.

Emily Ingebretsen Brooklyn, NY Wilbraham, MA Mississauga, Canada For decades, Ethiopia has been known to the outside world as a country of famine, food shortages, endemic hunger, and chronic dependency on foreign aid. Despite receiving billions of dollars in aid, Ethiopians remain among the poorest in the world. Since early 2008, the Ethiopian government has embarked on a process to award millions of hectares (ha) of land to foreign and national agricultural investors. Our research shows that at least 3,619,509 ha of land have been transferred to investors, although the actual number may be higher. The Ethiopian government claims that these investments will allow for much needed foreign currency to enter into the economy and will contribute to long-term food security through the transfer of technology to small-scale farmers. Through interviews with impacted communities, government officials, investors, civil society and others, this
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Signatures 160 - 175

Name
175. Rahul Mehta

From
Mississauga, Canada

Comments
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report analyzes the situation on the ground and helps to provide a real understanding beyond the rhetoric and hype of the actual impacts of land investments on the land and its people. The general findings of this research include: Commercial investment will increase rates of food insecurity in the vicinity of land investments. Despite Ethiopias endemic poverty and food insecurity, there are no mechanisms in place to ensure that these investments contribute to improved food security. In addition, there are numerous incentives to ensure that food production is exported out of the country, providing foreign exchange for the country at the expense of local food supplies. Finally, while the Ethiopian government lists transfer of technology as a major outcome of land investment, it has established no mechanism for such transfers to take place.

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Aseged Tefera Seifu Demmissie Dougas Merrey Daniel Hawley yewarkaw mengistu abiye ketema Sam Bird

gul, Norway Addis, Ethiopia Pittsboro, NC Ketchum, ID salisbury, Australia Frisco, TX Ames, IA As a student of international rural development, I find the terms of the land deals in Gambella appalling and I believe they will hurt the livelihoods of community members in the short- and long-term.

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henry Molinary Laura DeHaven mel deo Anna Murray Preece Rebecca Crane Mariya Younas Alma Bekalu Naomi Beingessner Fekade Semanie Peter Jones Jeanne Koopman

atlanta, GA Atlanta, GA Mallow, Ireland Newton Abbot, United Kingdom Brooklyn, NY Mississauga, Canada Stuttgart, Germany Regina, Canada Alexandria, VA Winter Park, CO Cambridge, MA Page 9 Signatures 175 - 194 There is no simple way to put it...but this land-grabbing of local small-scale agriculture in Africa for the interests of Western big guys is nothing short of colonialism 2.0.

cynthia williamson Washington, CT

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195. 196. 197. 198. 199. 200. 201. 202. 203. 204. 205. 206. 207. 208. 209. 210. 211. 212. Jim hitworth Engeda Alemu Abebe Seifu Elizabeth A Sarah Kulberg Roger Roman Monica Favela Markus Meister melake bekele Shannon Duncan Demiss Belete wotetu tegegne Daniel Bekele Lynda Addington Kassahun Desta Stephanie Dluhos Atalia Howe

From
Ucluelet, Canada Stone mountain, GA Mclean, VI Alexandria, VA Oakland, CA Sandton, South Africa Alexandria, VA Graz, Austria gaithersburg, MD Jamaica Plain, MA Reynoldsburg, OH tokyo, Japan Atlanta, GA Helena, MT San Diego, CA Ozone Park, NY Buenos Aires, Argentina

Comments
Once again the greedy and powerful have been rewarded by the greedy and the powerful. This is deplorable. We cannot use our tax dollars to prop up failing corrupt regime.

Ashish Fernandes Boston, MA

Aid and development must be designed to benefit the local people!!! Not aid in the development of large profits abroad or for wealthy land owners. Trickle-down economics is a sham; it's propaganda to push through crony capitalism and neoliberal ideology. As a former Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia who recently returned briefly to teach a short course at Addis Ababa University, I have a little insight into what is good for Ethiopia. These large-scale agricultural projects are not what Ethiopia needs. They will perhaps benefit the small middle class but can only disrupt the lives of ordinary Ethiopians. Mr. President, Allowing continued exploitation of the African continent is not acceptable. If only a forum of trade between the african people and the american small companies could be established, then a true benefit to both peoples could be realized. My experience along with attempts to do so makes me confident of this end. Huge conglomerate pirates will continue to take and destroy. While I know your plate is overloaded, I trust you will look deeper into this matter.

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Michael Gasser

Bloomington, IN

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norbert powell

cin, OH

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Signatures 195 - 214

Name
215. 216. 217. Lara Villavicencio Carolyn Watson Tibebu Gashaw

From
Minneapolis, MN Toronto, Canada Cambridge, MA

Comments
Please ensure that these people can grow their own food as it will help to maintain a stable source of sustenance for years to come. Please, stop supporting these dictators. Our tax money should not be used to attack and relocate innocent people. USA government should revise their policy and stop supporting terrorist and destroying the country on the name of terrorist. Meles and his mafia groups are terrorists Depriving peoplef their land for commercial development is criminal. Noway should we support that with our aid!

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Ruth Morton Rachael Wyant Patricia Hinton Mary McDonald Meredith-Lyn Avey Solomon Reta Susan Zeiger Beth Hatfield Michael Norden J Surman Abebe Bogale Jeff Schuhrke judith wicks Diana Bohn Kathy Parsons Luca Raineri Ramsey Tate

Rochester, NY Brooklyn, NY St. Louis, MO Cavan, Ireland Sunnyside, NY Kansas City, MO Ardsley, NY Cambridge, MA Defiance, OH Dalyan, Turkey Brussels, Belgium Morton Grove, IL Philadelphia, PA Berkeley, CA London, United Kingdom Pisa, HI Seattle, WA

Italy As someone who has worked with forcibly resettled peoples in western Ethiopia, I urge you to protect the human rights of small-scale farmers. The hunger and conflict that accompanies these communities is an invisible human rights tragedy.

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Scott Beck Herouy Hagos Ludo Goossens Veronica Schweyen Samson Asrade Paulos Abebe

Ridgewood, NY boston, MA Tokyo, Japan Mt. Rainier, MD Oslo, Norway Lycksele, Sweden Page 11 Signatures 215 - 240 Don't relocate people: they aren't cattle, stupid! We do not support these land grabs which force thousands of people off their land. It is unjust and unsupportable !

Name
241. 242. 243. 244. 245. Kinfu H Mesay Mamo Don and Roberta Thurstin Timmerman John Stevens Peter Bosshard

From
Seattle, WA Alexandria, VA Milwaukee, WI SF, CA Berkeley, CA

Comments

I find it shocking that a country that routinely flouts human rights and other international obligations in Gambella, the Omo Valley and other regions can continue to be the world's second largest aid recipient.

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Terefe Mekonnen Brenda Asterino Gebrehiwot Ayele Getnet K Elinor Stock

Graz AUSTRIA, Ethiopia Renton, WA Washington, DC Toronto, Canada St Louis, MO It is obvious that this activity is not for humanity nor for the humane treatment of people in need. This is once again corporate driven policy. That Must Change. This involuntary relocation has to be stopped!! Please be with the people and try to understand the reality on the ground. At times it pays to be with the people than with the government. This is just one of many places where land grabs by corporations, agro business and governments are undermining and disrupting the wellbeing of local citizens and destroying the fabric of local community and economic sustainability. The United States is on the wrong side of history on this issue and needs to cease entering and participating in partnerships with governments and other entities which encourage and carry out such devastating practices. The Rev. Elinor Jane H. Stock St Louis, MO

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Jodi Suckle Jessica Heineman-Pieper Natylie Baldwin Aleta Kazadi

East Meadow, NY shaker heights, OH Hayward, CA Rocklin, CA This is scary and upsets me greatly. The wealthy are not happy enough grabbing up what they can on their own continent, now that resources look used up--by all means destroy the neighboring continent where the residents have other customs and are ruled by corrupt leaders paid for by the same corrupt people who are trying this land grab. Most Americans, I believe, are fair people who do not appreciate this human abuse in their name by their members. It is horrific. It reminds me of some of the Star Trek movies where they would come to a planet and find a very elite society enjoying all kinds of benefits and then
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Signatures 241 - 254

Name
254. Aleta Kazadi

From
Rocklin, CA

Comments
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later find out it had de-humanized a part of its population and managed to create a good logic to ease their conscience. You would think that with time things might bet better or that fights won could lead us to new levels of growth and understanding. Unfortunately we seem to be slipping back and re-fighting the same battles we thought were won a long time ago. These things make me both angry and sad.

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matthewos eshete itta bena, MS Carey Dowling Margie Miller Laurene Church dagnachew Teshome khalif Ahmed Terry Schaunaman Moges Mamo West Haven, CT Philadelphia, PA Bethesda, MD Los ANgeles, CA Burnsville, MN Fargo, ND Saskatoon, Canada Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestral land and sell to foreign corporates is not different from the 19th century colonization.you the so called mufti-national corporate, don't push Africa in general and Ethiopia in particular to the brink. There will be no lasting security in Ethiopia and in the Sub-Region without respecting human right and human dignity. The helpless Ethiopians in Gambella need the special attention and protection of President Obama. It seems that destroying people's lives with NAFTA-type treaty's isn't enough, now the United states' government is throwing them off of their land to support corporate greed.

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Paulos Asrat

Mississauga, Canada

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Michael Stone Ernest J.P. Muhly Yirgalem Woldeyohannes S. Abebe

San Anselmo, CA Walkersville, MD Dublin 2, Ireland

Mary Frankhauser Spokane, WA Ottawa, Canada I have worked in Gambella including various parts of Ethiopia. I know Gambella and Ethiopia very well. There are many other onoccupied places in EThiopia where land for agricultural developments are available and can leased at a better price. Targeting Gambella is unfair. Is it because the people of Gambella are few and poor and they have no one to stand for them or is there a hidden agenda why they are being displaced from their home land?

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maria illing

hamburg, Germany Page 13 Signatures 254 - 269

Name
270. 271. 272. 273. Alemayehu Behulu Sioum Gebeyehou Elias Tad Lauren Turner

From
Secaucus, NJ Oakland, CA Dallas, TX Sequim, WA

Comments

That our government would support this is unconscionable. What does it say about how it treats its own populace? This isn't just about Africa. Get back to being for the people, not the huge, greedy, immoral corporations grabbing this land.

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Menkir Haile Megan Hafner Beth Braun Alan Fenn Bahir K. Susan Mullaney michael wale Jasmine Tilley h nona hungate Stefano Monti Jon worth Assefa Seifu gebremeskel kassa Tedla Asfaw

Baltimore, MD New York, NY Chicago, IL Dalyan, Turkey xxx, Belarus San Francisco, CA London, United Kingdom Antioch, CA oakland, CA Somerville, MA Jacksonville, FL London, United Kingdom chicago, IL People before politics! this is despicable! TPLF government starving Ethiopians to feed foreigners, it is a treason

Barbara Boettcher Calgary, Canada Flushing, NY USA and UK indeed are financing forced eviction of poor farmers that is a criminal activity and has to stop. USA and UK are on the side of the foreign land lords which are getting our land paying under the table for Meles Zenawi and his cadres. We condemn this criminal action and calling our people to fight all who are colluding to robe their livelihood. I opposed the dictatorial regime of Meles Zenawi to give the poor ETHIOPIAN peasant land for those rich not Ethiopian people. Such kind of unfair things it aggravate the peasant become unemployment & hunger. So the American state & those who are support this dictator state must stop aid & stand with the poor Ethiopian peasant. This cannot be ignored. Signatures 270 - 291

289.

Daniel Abebe

Moss, Norway

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Carol Johnson Richa Sehgal

Oakland, CA Portland, OR Page 14

Name
292. 293. 294. 295. 296. 297. 298. 299. 300. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305. Erik Schnabel Marcia Lind Sarah Miller Fitsume Girma Annabelle Hoffman Liza Smith R Michael Flynn Kirsten Jacobsen wendifiraw ayene Ghidey Zeratsion obsaa nama debela bekele bekele tola Jim Diamond

From
San Francisco, CA Oakland, CA Camden, ME Washington dc, DC thornhill, Canada Dartford, United Kingdom Oakland, CA Des Moines, IA Oslo, Norway Skedsmo, Norway osloi, Norway havana, Cuba eidhoven, Netherlands Berkeley, CA

Comments

i am opozing land girab in Ethiopia new colonializmo this most brutal form of human rights Discouraged, dependent people will be the first crop of this exercise. Misery and desperation will be the product, and these are not conducive to peace and stability. I worry, too, that "high value" products will be exported to more developed countries, with proceeds benefiting absentee decision makers, and much of the wealth leaving the country. This is a prescription for disaster. Jim Diamond, M.D. Advocating for a healthier planet

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Tefera Tesfaye (Be Ourael) Mary Croft lori pottinger Negussie Ali scott finamore Gabe A. Adamou Fekade Tessema Heather Day Andrew Corser

cordoba, Spain Etobicoke, Canada Berkeley, CA Munich, Germany citrus springs, FL Baltimore, MD Seattle, WA Seattle, WA Penzance, United Kingdom Burnaby, Canada Page 15 The land grabs being made in Africa, and all over the rest of the world, are a neo-colonialist time bomb which will explode in the faces of all of us in the (so called) developed world. Help Ethiopians to secure their land! From criminal gangs so called government and big companies. Signatures 292 - 315 Is it any wonder that world hunger cannot be stopped? This is immoral. Such actions will back fire causing increased hardships and subsequent wars.

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Dagim Worku

Name
316. 317. 318. 319. 320. 321. 322. 323. 324. 325. Christine Haigh Steve Fisher paula palmer Kirubeal Bekele Jirata P. Alemayehu Beyene Dagnachew Biyadegelgne and ethiopia awash 43 BIniyam Gemchu

From
London, United Kingdom Berkeley, CA louisville, CO Seattle, WA Wwk, Poland Denver, CO ottawa, Canada bern, Swaziland luxembourg, Luxembourg Finnsnes, Norway

Comments
Stop funding this brutality!

US Aid should not involve itself in this crime. stop colonizing Ethiopia, which was one of the two not colonized countries in the history of Africa!

we are fight for our mother land How can Anuak and Nuer live away from their grass land? World shall not allow these indigenous people die from the deprivation of human right. This is a clear reflection of the intent of the Ethiopian regime to cleanse these people. Ethnic Cleansing for the sake of selling the Blood Land. All world has responsibility to stop this murderous act at once and force the return of the people to the original settlements 70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for investment in agriculture. I hope the USA and USAID come to their senses and STOP this evil act caused on the poor Ethiopian people. This is an indirect human rigts abuse by the USA It is totally wrong that taxpayers' monies should be utilized to help move villagers in Ethiopia and for the US government to support land grabbing effors. Long live Ethiopia. Land grab in Africa in general and in Ethiopia in particular seems this time another way of colonizing its people ,and hence I strongly condemn it. Interestingly, US Aid has facilitated forced relocation of land grabs in a way the government uses this aid to use military force to enforce the farmers to leave their fertile land and move some where which is not as productive as their original one. I, therefore, ask Pr. Barack Obama and Dr. Rejiv Shah to stop aid to Ethiopian leader, Meles Zenaw. To deprive the land from the Ethiopian people means to deprive their life, since the life of the population is highly depend on the land. Signatures 316 - 332

326. 327. 328. 329. 330. 331.

solomon Getachew sisay Tsegaw David Andrews, JD workenesh Alemu Sheida Kourangi Yonas Getachew

Mnchen, Ethiopia Melbourne, Australia Washington, DC Bergen, Norway sterling, VA Toronto, Canada

332.

Gizew Yalfal

Luxembourg, Luxembourg Page 16

Name
333. 334. 335. 336. 337. 338. 339. 340. 341. YOHANNES MEKONNEN selam yonas Kidist Gelaye weytedar taye addis (comchabaw_1) Bisrat M Valeria Bonfiglio Ashenafe Ashe Lara Wright

From
ringsetd, Denmark addis abeba, Ethiopia Silverspring, MD oslo, Norway jerusalem, Israel harrisburg, PA London, United Kingdom alexandria, VA Albany, CA

Comments

Stop financing the dictatorial regime.

The Ethiopian people depend on the land for many necessary aspects of their lives. They cannot find equal or adequate supports from land with which they are unfamiliar. Please suspend aid to the Ethiopian regime until due diligence is taken to ensure the livelihoods and well-being of local and indigenous people have been assured.

342. 343. 344. 345. 346. 347. 348. 349. 350. 351. 352. 353. 354. 355. 356. 357.

Tristan Quinn-Thibodeau naol odda Melaku Selamu meyer brownstone Jeffrey Colledge Dawit Zeleke Serkalem tilahun Elias Tackla Michale NETSANET MAMO okongo ongwach Dagne Tadesse ALo Buku James Odling Marilyn Borchardt 4Sale Land Mulugeta Hailu

Brooklyn, NY levanger, Norway NA, Sweden Toronto, Canada Albuquerque, NM Footscray, Australia vanlose, Denmark Frankfurte, Germany phoenix, AZ fridley, MN Amsterdam, Netherlands gambela, Ethiopia Los Angeles, CA Oakland, CA Munich, Germany WashingtOn, DC Page 17 Actually I support the basic ideaa of villagisation, but not in this way!! Not for arabs, indians and woyanes with almost no benefit for the poor and sold for cents!! Keep up the good work Signatures 333 - 357 plc stop this colnye sesetam

Name
358. 359. 360. 361. gimmy abebe Kaleab Ahmed Jeremy Seifert Erika Voss

From
Jerusalem, Jamaica AA, Ethiopia Los Angeles, CA Wauwatosa, WI

Comments
keep ethiopan land free country.

Supporting the small farmer, their culture and way of life is what the United States should be doing. Encouraging our large scale type of agriculture is not sustainable and a disaster for the people being disp[laced. the right of people to live in their native place as they wish , as their culture and in a way they want must be respected. plus the melees government will sale the land for foreign land grabbers but do nothing with the money.

362.

zelalem workagegnehu paul wise sammy assefa franziska schneider kebraraw taye Solomon Fantahun yoseph AFEWORK raymond henry Meron Ahadu YARED ASEFA Roni Zierikzee zerihun gebre ROMAN ASSFAW Mzary Harvey Makambo Lotorobo FANTU BEKELE AJIT MITTAL Seyoum Akele Elizabeth Fraser

addis abeba, Ethiopia

363. 364. 365. 366. 367. 368. 369. 370. 371. 372. 373. 374. 375. 376. 377. 378. 379. 380. 381.

Gig Harbor, WA alexandria, VA Leipzig, Germany oslo, Norway Zurich, Switzerland 4665 Oftringen, Switzerland los sngeles, CA El Segundo, CA neu_isenburg, Germany San Francisco, CA rome, Italy catania, Italy stop land greab in ethiopia we dont need ethiopian dictator meles zenawy *Stop land Grabing & stop forced relocation* in Ethiopia The Woyane leaders please stop your Bad Policy for Ethiopia Stop corupption.....

RAHEL TESFAYE cedarhill, TX Brookline, MA nairobi, Kenya ALEXANDRIA, VA Jaipur, India Uppsala, Sweden Chicago, IL Page 18 Not taking any action in favor of this petition is supporting the dictator that has been making the poor more poor and poorer! Please stop this evil. You can. Signatures 358 - 381 WHO WILL PROTECT THE HELPLESS PEOPLE 'S INTERESET IN THE WORLD? UN IS ONLY FOR WAR ZONE. WHAT ABOUT THE SIELENT KILLERS?

Name
382. Elias Zerga

From
Salisbury, Australia

Comments
I think all human beings needs to be given those basic rights as the right to live, speak, and perform some basic activities with respect to the countries low. However, what is happening in Ethiopia is completely the opposite and it is even going to the worst. but the US is still supporting this unti human right activity by few without the will of the people. but i would like to at least tell my opinion to Pr. Barack Obama and Dr. Rajiv Shah, that this is not going to be a solution in the process of making a new peaceful planet. Those people from the Gambella region of Ethiopia are the part of the planet and no one can achieve the goal by just forgetting some part of the planet and focus on the other side. Therefore, please stop helping the Ethiopian Government so you can let them know they are doing a big mistake. Please let the human rights written on the constitution be real. Please stop fake human right and there should be the same and equal right to all human race regardless of their color. and Let the low be able to look after not only those who are in DC but also those who are in Gambella to. Thanks! STOP AID TO ETHIOPIA NOW; PLS

383. 384. 385. 386. 387. 388. 389. 390. 391. 392. 393. 394. 395. 396. 397. 398. 399.

Addiswork Worku Demesew Desta Nancy Nelson Abeba Desta Tansaye Tilahun Jacob A. Alemayehu abebe lema agoza yasemamane Shakespear Feyissa Abebe Hailu Araya Zergaw Ruth H.Selassie Kinfe WoldeMiskel kebede moltotal kebede teferi yohannes afwork yared tefera

Stockholm, Sweden Berlin, Germany Rockford, WA mnchen, Germany munchen, Germany Haslev, Denmark wellington, New Zealand silver spring, MD seattle, WA stockholm, Sweden Oslo, Norway Frederick, MD Koeln, Germany clarkston, GA Morton, PA rowllet, TX jersey city, NJ Page 19 -

Land Grabs !!!US STOP Aid Ethiopian Geoverment Land Grabs stope ethiopan gvermment

This is EVICTION which is totally destructive to livelihoods.

i said As a citizen of US I totally oppose US Aid money to be used in forced relocation for farmers to facilitate the Land Grab

Signatures 382 - 399

Name
400. 402. 403. 405. 406. 407. 408. 409. 410. 411. 412. 413. 414. 415. 416. 417. Hiwet Tadesse wondafrash tessera Ignacio Domnguez

From
stockholm, Sweden alive spring, MD ., Spain

Comments

http://sp3solidarios-en.blogspot.com/2011/08/system-earns-they-di The United States can't afford to besmearch its reputation in the family of nations by supporting abuse of innocent people. Stop uprooting people from where they lived for generations. Grant the citizens the resources to cultivate their land.

Michael and Carol Davis, CA Gass Mume Tola Firdu Ayiqerim martha tefera Fibus Niggli Ayele DHabte Daniel Tessema Obang Ojullu shugri mohamed Obang Jobi Heather Hutchison Abeba Desta Aklog Birara Tacoma, WA Anderson, SC fife, WA Dallas, TX Stockholm, Sweden springfield, IL Aurora, CO kent wa, WA Sioux Falls, SD Quito, Ecuador mnchen, Germany Ashton, MD

U.S government should stop support bad Ethiopia government projects.

Land Grabs ETHIOPIAN!!!!!!!! The Ethiopian people are friends of the American people and will be for generations to come. It is sad to see that American aid assists a brutal regime that is robbing people of their self worth, citizenship and driving them to the wall. We plead to you to stop financing disenfranchisement of the worst kind. It is a pitty to learn for the US government to finance a child killer, a thief and a human rights abuser. The US government will realize that providing financial aid to the Woyane regime is agree on what the dictatorial regime in Addis to continue more atrocities. The relocation of the people of Gambella is no less than approving the actions of of a dictatorial regime.

418.

Harar Tibebe Selassie

Toronto, Canada

419. 420. 421. 422. 423. 424. 425.

Gregory McCain Megan Adams luis Barranco Alysha Atma Denise Lytle shimels Wassie Mary Szacik

Chicago, IL Placerville, CA San Leandro, CA Portland, OR Fords, NJ Debrecen, Hungary NJ, NJ Page 20 Signatures 400 - 425

Name
426. 427. 428. 429. 430. 431. 432. jayasri amma AddIs Misikir Dawit Goshimea Joyce Pritchard Selamawit Muluneh Edita Hajdar Mandela Hargett

From
Srikakulam, India Austin, TX Omaha, NE Missoula, MT Allen, TX Pelican Rapids, MN Los Angeles, CA

Comments

I am not well versed in politics but this is just not moral. Any faithful person or entity guided by morality and religion would never let such lopsidedness happen. US foreign policy should show great wisdom and not bow down to unjust merchant like behavior. African nations will never have the opportunity to seek and strengthen itself which looks like what foreign investments in Africa is all about-taking advantage of those blameless by those only blamed who continue to blaspheme and devise wicked plans for power struggle, etc. It does not look good, it doesn't sound good,and it surely does not follow in God's law. Dr.Rajiv Shah, are you up to something? There is no Oneness in this. How can it be? President Barack Obama will lose votes. Even though big pockets always win, the point is to be just and fair. That is my opinion and I hope and pray that "the people"will actually start helping our nation. How will it be viewed, this "deal", after the truth of the matter revealed. Does one not care about criticism only after the fact? Please show world USA is much more better in terms of morality and it least right and correct justice if without religion. Stop help dictators and killers.

433. 434. 435. 436. 437. 438. 439. 440.

Berhanu Dadi EMEBET ASRAT Olivier Mazeas Mary OBrien Boima Tucker yohannes sheferaw Abunie Biru EG

Brooklyn Park, MN TORONTO, Canada Berkeley, CA New Britain, CT Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, Australia West Covina, CA Toronto, Canada

Please help the poor people who are displaced from their own land. President Obama and Dr. Shah Stop supporting this mercinaries who are in power in Ethiopia. They have no legal representation of the Ethiopian people. They are criminals. President Obama, we put our hopes high on you when you came to office. Please stop the old political game in
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Signatures 426 - 440

Name
440. EG

From
Toronto, Canada

Comments
(continued from previous page)

Washington as you promised, and focusing only what is best for your country while innocent peole are severely affected, by your adminstration's actions or inactions. Please stand with the Ethiopian people and STOP SUPPORTING THIS OCCUPYING FORCE. Mr. President Obama, please help Gambella people have peace of mind. They have been living under oppression for years and year. Thank you! May God Help Them!

441. 442. 443. 444. 445. 446. 447. 448.

Okony Cham Ibrahim Shafi Eshetu Fisseha Sofa Garca Garca abebe alemu Mesfin Negussie Linda McVarish Nardos Fasica

Mankato, MN Houston, TX Alexandria, VA New York, NY dallas, TX seattle, WA Laytonville, CA San Diego, CA

relocating people from where they grown up & farming for their survival is more than a crime

There are many Ethiopian Americans that live and vote in the United States. We will follow President Obama decision and who will vote for will depend on his actions. We will use our Rights to make a change !!

449. 450. 451. 452. 453. 454. 455. 456. 457. 458. 459. 460. 461. 462. 463. 464.

alemayehu mengiste ethiopia tenure mekuria negash Tibebe Mengistu ben detsa Tedros Alemu Ameha Shenkute Belay Manaye Metassibia Mulugeta Ermias Eshetu Argaw Belay vanessa reid Brook Bernini Barbara Peters Curtis Kline kassa Yohannes

toronto, Canada melbourn, Namibia Vancovur, Canada Austin, TX tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan Washinton, DC Dallas, TX Seattle, WA Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates North Hollywood, CA bristol, United Kingdom Tucson, AZ Piedmont, CA Evergreen, CO Ottawa, Canada Page 22 Relocating 70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for investment in agriculture is barbaric . Signatures 440 - 464 The (unsustainable) relocation of 70,000 people. This is pure insanity... justic

Name
465. 466. 467. 468. 469. 470. 471. 472. 473. 474. 475. 476. 477. 478. 479. 480. 481. 482. 483. 484. 485. 486. 487. 488. 489. 490. 491. peter Omot Lara Kinast Dub Ojullu napoleon asfaw Rama Agarwal Ayele Dema Meberatee Tadesse jeremie bodin Jean-Fabrice Pietri girma geremew Berhane Tseggai Hiamanot Zededu Tadesse Hailu Baheilu Tekelu Dylan Collins Tewodros Desta Yussuf YASSIN Helene Deret Getu Haile Ben Oscarsito P Parsons Diana Kidane-Mariam zendow sewbela yetnbe eyam Asayesh Raeuschel Patricia Hoorelbeke Ameneshewa Tahelew

From
storm lake, IA Vancouver, Canada Waite Park, MN Seattle, WA Oakland, CA Hyattsville, MD Melbourne, Australia singapore, Singapore Martiel, France munich, Germany Toronto, Canada Seattle, WA Berlin, Germany Calgary, Canada Park forest, IL toronto, Canada Oslo, Norway Villejuif, France Moscow, Russian Federation My Hometown, Sweden Auckland, New Zealand Ingelwood, CA istanbul, Turkey Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Mannheim, Germany Dakar, Senegal Nairobi, Kenya

Comments
More disgusting corporate greed!

Oakland Institute and SMNE - Never stop this fight until the people of Gambella get their land back .

To say the least,what a shameful association of the US adminstration with a regime implicated with gross human rights violation. stop foced settelment Human Rights to Ethiopia !!!!!!!!!!!

Stop using US taxpayer money to pick on people who are less politically and financially powerful than large corporations and large governments.

We should stand to stop forceful chasing of farmers from their own land without their will. Signatures 465 - 491

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Name
492. 493. 494. Chiara Ramon asheber abebe Theodros Arega

From
Eraclea(VE), Italy la, CA Stockholm, Sweden

Comments

President Barak Obama please STOP supporting CORRUPT AFRICAN DESPOTS who're selling our ancestors lands with a dirt price to stash the money in foreign banks. President Barak Obama STOP supporting CORRUPT AFRICAN DESPOTS !!!!!!!!!!! it's not human The Ethiopian Government should give priority to the local people than foreigners, why Ethiopians are living just like 2nd citizen in their own land? why their right is hidden in their own country? Let's invest in the people of Africa instead of depriving them of their already limited resources!

495. 496. 497.

Obang Jobi pascal guerini Fikru Kassa

Savage, MN luynes, France Auckland, New Zealand Shelburne, VT Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Berkley, MI Indianapolis, IN Oslo, Norway Rome, Italy Pawtucket, RI So. Burlington, VT southport, Australia Protect diversity by stopping the brutal action and displacement of the people of Gambella. truth is that there is proof that large-scale investments disrupt and destroy communities and ecosystems, they do not deliver on promises of job creation, economic development, and food security. Act for rights of people, rather than masked short term profiteering. Corporations cannot take precedence above people and natural abundance management. Please consider the terrible impact that agroindustrial displacement has on people and take action to ensure that this does not continue in the name of "development". It is time to consider development efforts that increase the capability of small-scale farmers and pastoralists to access resources - especially land - to ensure their livelihoods. In this, development will be broad based, effective, and will contribute to a secure future for small-scale farmers, pastoralists, and peasants. The Zenawi regime has to be removed

498. 499. 500. 501. 502. 503. 504. 505. 506.

Jostein Solheim Asnake Asfaw Diana Krausova Carmen Strange-one Mussie A Tsegai Silvia Forno Mary Pendergast Dana Jeffery alan abitbol

507.

Tamara Tucker

Halifax, Canada

508. 509. 510.

Vladimira Lackova Poprad, Slovakia Ojulu Odola Isabelle Robin Girraween, Australia Dhaka, Bangladesh Page 24 Signatures 492 - 510

Name
511. 512. 513. 514. Teklemichael Sahlemariam Alem Senshaw Leandra Gebrakedan yihune Engdda

From
Ottawa, Canada Silver spring, MD walsall, United Kingdom Frankfurt Am main, Germany

Comments

I started a petition as well last week, maybe we can work together, please cantact me http://www.change.org/petitions/ethiopian-prime-minister-stop-takin I am seriously dissapointed by the action of the united states government for not keeping its democratic promiissesfor the developing countries. Instead of standing along side the suffered people continiously supporting the ethno dictatorial regimes. It is my sincere hope Mr.Obamas government will hear the cry of the Ethiopian peoplet for the establishment of democracy and rule of law in Ethiopia. I call Mr.Obama to stop the support of Melese Zenawi's regime !

515. 516. 517. 518. 519. 520. 521. 522. 523. 524. 525. 526. 527. 528. 529. 530.

guerini laetitia Jen Allegretto gala lama worki negussie emabet kassaye Nancy Peterson Alan Leather Seid Hassan Hizb Balew Ivan Nutbrown Nyikango Abella rosemary galli Bethlehem Aragaw meste Haile Bama Athreya Bryan OSBON

aix, France Narragansett, RI bors, Sweden Frankfurt am Main, Germany san leandero, CA Scotts Valley, CA Chevry, France Murray, KY Gauting, Germany Southwick, United Kingdom Fridley, MN Charlbury, United Kingdom alexandria, VA toronto, Canada Washington, DC Brightlingsea, United Kingdom Is this the "Bangalore Bandits" deal featured in the UK Press some months ago? Karuturi Global ? See UK Guardian 21Mar2011/John Vidal & UK Times 28 Sept 2011/Pagnaments & McConnell. Plus see video by Vidal guardian.co.uk/audio As long as weyane is in power, Ethiopia and Ethiopians will be destroyed; lets get togethew and get rid of wyanes and HOD-ADERS as soon as possible. Small scale farming = food security for rural families against relocation, people should never move! Forced villagization has been tried time and time again from the USSR to China to Mozambique and it has NEVER worked. In Mozambique it helped fuel a civil war.

531.

klovee klove

Hyderabad, India Page 25 Signatures 511 - 531

Name
532. 533. 534. 535. 536. 537. 538. 539. 540. 541. 542. 543. 544. 545. selam negash teklu hailu kiriya Dimondi Diuma Girma Teferra Yohannes Tedla hanna getachew

From
broomfield, CO bonn, Germany Linz/Donau, Austria Seabrook, MD Allen, TX oslo, Norway

Comments
Shame on you US aid! I strongly supporting this petation,that USA Government not to support Ethiopia dictator leaders by all means ,thank you. I appreciate the initiative for prompt responce to stop the action of TPLF

Lebeyesus Mesfin wageningen, Netherlands Tesema Zena daniel tessemma aradaw beketema demeke zemenu Belay Wmariam mehret ketema Shegaw Kassie Brussels, Belgium lldingen Norway, Norway charlotte, NC amasterdan, Netherlands New York, NY Bonn, Germany Boden, Sweden In a highly corrupted ilegitimate regime that don't have transparency, accountability and that prevents/discourages active investigation of how resources are being utilized, the transfer of millions hectares of farmlands in the name of development, to foreign investors and to few ruling party favored domestic investors with out consultation and consent of the local innhabitants, who have no other means of leaving other than their land will not create long-term benefits to local inhabitants and to the people of Ethiopia as awhole. Overall the act is a disaster on the ecosystem and future existance of the indigenous people in particular and a potentiall danger to Ethiopia's sovereignty in general. meles stop killed inocente people ! Stop TPLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the poor Ethiopian people forced relocations

546. 547. 548. 549. 550. 551.

Fisseha Abebe yared mesfin Deborah Goldberg Paige Hooper-Reichbart Mary Kosta Laurie Gravell

Tucker, GA geneva, Switzerland San Francisco, CA Jacksonville, FL London, Canada Ocean View, DE

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Signatures 532 - 551

Name
552. simeneh makonnen

From
Richmond, Australia

Comments
Dear President Obama, As a community organizer, you understood that the younger generation is the locomotive of change. You directly addressed and motivated so many young generations and middle income communities to embrace a new agenda you called change we believe in. By so doing you galvanized millions of young Ethiopian-Americans to enrol for change and preached for peace, justice and democracy not only in America around the world to happen now or never. I was so excited watching history being made - your election, to the highest office in the world, as the first black president. The overwhelming majority of Ethiopians, including myself, in America and around the world supported your election for all the things you said and strongly stood for. Unfortunately, that message has not been either delivered or received in Ethiopia or Africa. We have patiently waited for your promises of peace, justice and democracy to shine on Ethiopia and beyond. Although, we absolutely empathize with you for the enormity of the scrambled tasks you have inherited to fix, both at home and around the world, we could not sustain the conditions in Ethiopia any longer and we have no alternative but to address the issues to you so you can take any action you may think is necessary. Thank you. I think it's terrible to read what is happening to the people of Gambella. They should be able to grow their own food on their own land and not be forced into dependence on foreign aid. This is the opposite of what aid should be about.

553.

Mary Holmes

Twickenham, United Kingdom

554. 555. 556. 557. 558.

Meti Zegeye Abraham Alemayehu GEDION DESSALGNE Kebede Gurmu Senaite Habte

Washington, DC Troms, Norway Oslo, Norway Dresden, Germany honolulu, HI Land grabbing, relocating and exposing natives to harsh elements of nature is a form of genocide. History is repeating itself-colonization in the form of land grabbing. "Ethiopian land to Ethiopians not to Indians, Arabs, Chinese, Europeans ....). Please stop supporting Melese zenawi and his inhumane actions. plz Obama stop sending money to Ethiopian gvt

559. 560.

surafel nega Samuel Hailu

calgary, Canada Los Angeles, CA

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Signatures 552 - 560

Name
561. Zeg Fanta

From
Seattle, WA

Comments
I was a Senior Cartographer in the Ministry of Land Reform and Administration. During my career, part of my job was identifying lands via various types of maps for planned local, regional and national developments. The lands that the regime of EPRDF/TPLF gave away like the other territories are marked precious than lands of gold or diamond deposites. They were part of lands planned for large scale state farms for use in the event of crises if and when the people become unable to produce using the existing farm lands because of natural or human induced catestrophe. Nothing would destroy Ethiopia and its people effectively than depriving the people and the nation the prime lands essential for the survival of generation. What we see now is a system that is ending the existence and continuity of the people and the nation. Any force should stop and remove the region. Any means is necessary and timely now!

562. 563. 564. 565. 566. 567. 568.

Tim Evans Dereje Mekonnen Asfaw Ayele Tsehay Zerihun zena guta dawit eya nigusu worku mantagaftot Jennifer Akhurst Solomon Alemu Mesfin Beshir Fikreyohanis Hailemaryam Eyob Hailu yami gech Yehualashet Woldesilassie

Colchester, United Kingdom Las Vegas, NV Los Angeles, CA Takoma Park, MD entlebuch, Switzerland oslo, Norway venezia, Italy our motherland Ethiopia and we Ethiopian are in worst problem which is never and ever in our history .we have to fight TPLF to save our peoples. USA also stand with us to secure the existence of Ethiopians Please do not evict the inhabitants from their land and the land of their ancestors. Please stop these forced relocations. Thank you.

569. 570. 571. 572.

London, United Kingdom Seattle, WA worcester, MA AddisAbaba, Ethiopia please everybody help us to stop the passion that we get from tplf we are in danger,we are in flame surounding;we did everything without our willing/by forceing/so the relocation did by tplf reinforcement

573. 574. 575.

Baher Dar, Ethiopia Steinkjer, Norway East Hartford, CT

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Signatures 561 - 575

Name
576. K P Moseley

From
Washington, DC

Comments
Forced relocations to make way for dams, agricultural projects, mines and so on are not only destructive of the livelihoods, communities and cultures of the dispossessed. They also tend to wreak havoc over far larger ecosystems, and may not, in the end, even serve the interests of the national economy. Certainly the United States need not aid nor abet such projects.

577. 578. 579. 580.

samuel getayeneh Chicago, IL Enduka wolde S Zelleke Anywaa Yaanywaa Addis, Ethiopia London, United Kingdom Minneapolis, MN I dont like thus Africa leader who are abusing their power to humiliate civilian. The leader is spouse to be there to protect their civilian. Not to kill them, not to kick them out off their land, not to sale their land, its very, very wrong what these Ethiopian leaders are doing to their citizen.

581. 582. 583. 584.

Alemu Endale Ephrem walde bilbao solomon

Fresno, CA Alexandria, VA bilbao, Spain save ethiopia from zenawi.he is in the way to do the same what happen to ruanda in 1994. Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia is a killer, he is genocider,dictator , racist ....and so on. ICC should ask Ethiopian killer, if they stand for human right.

Gizachew Mihretu Gonder, Ethiopia

585. 586. 587. 588. 589. 590. 591. 592. 593.

Nebeyou Solomon Beverly Stevens Julie Cavalca Anore Shaw Oromiyyaa Biyyakoo Jill Anderson Mankelklot Selassie Tadesse Gebre-Kidan elias molla

Alexandria, VA Durban, South Africa Newark, DE San Ramon, CA Athens, Greece Stillwater, MN Silver Spring, MD Orleans, Canada mpls, MN The American policy to the ethiopian government have been on the wrong side of justice, progress and development to the 85 million people. Its time to change this policy before we see disaster of political, economic and social in Ethiopia. Mr. President which side are you on? The time is now. Page 29 Signatures 576 - 593 "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!" Yes to Freedom no matter ... I`m guessing the food from this land will be exported overseas, it won`t even be used in Afrika.

Name
594. 595. 596. 597. 598. 599. 600. 601. 602. 603. 604. 605. 606. 607. 608. 609. 610. 611. 612. 613. 614. 615. 616. 617. 618. 619. 620. 621. 622. DESTA TEKLEMARIAM Ali Shifwaw mar kesti Solomon Lemma ebssa kumsa SAMSON MESFIN James Badeau mimi tadesse Omot Akway Margaretha Derasary abraham tezera Wondmagegne Mersha kaledawit Esmelealem Leul Kassa Mastewal Mellese Hiruy Haile TEKLEBIRHAN ENGDAWORK Rebca Zawde Sylvia Hart L Archila Paul Wartman Lacey Strong Lij Eyasu Notorious Asmamaw Neeta Dhawan yemeru alamerew Babillion Furgassa cf M Elodie

From
Washington, DC Murray, KY tornio, Finland Boston, MA burnaby, Canada new york, NY Los Angeles, CA allen, TX Calgary, Canada Oakland, CA dire dawa, Ethiopia Jersey City, NJ Daejeon, Korea, Republic Of Silver Spring, MD Durham, NC Pearl, MS WINDSOR, Canada calgary, Canada Eugene, OR Berkeley, CA Guelph, Canada san francisco, CA upper darby, PA steinkjer, Norway Oakland, CA A.A, Ethiopia Addis, Ethiopia campbell, CA ..., France Page 30 -

Comments

I support this petition! We need to get more signiatures for this. Spread the word everyone!

We are called to help the poor.

Please save the indigineous people from evicted from their land and from being homeless and helpless

Stop displacing the people from their homes.

Turning communal lands over to foreign corporations is reprehensible. It will reduce the nation's food security and trample the rights and welfare of local people.

LAND TO tiller and first citizens We know President Obama will do the right thing. Please help.

Signatures 594 - 622

Name
623. 624. 625. 626. 627. 628. 629. Biruk Sisay Achala Cham yew yew Dinbushe Gella Wesenu Irko Endale Tessema Bassam Imam

From
Gondar, Ethiopia Mahtomdei, MN colorado springs, CO Jacksonville, FL London, United Kingdom Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Montreal, Canada

Comments

People from the Gambella, like other people around the world, have a GOD-given right to live on their ancestral lands unmolested; to be treated as full-fledged human beings, with dignity, justice and mercy. It is a grave sin to commit horrific injustices against people, especially if the person/s committing the act couldn't care less. Best Regards!

630. 631. 632.

jose demi Janae Choquette Soomon Tekle

Nazareth, Ethiopia Everett, WA Dublin, Ireland I am very disappointing and extremely concerned that the USAID an agency of the US government is involved and funds this act of displacing people from their lands with tax payers money. This is an extreme form of human right violation. We will bring this to the attention of the US voters and tax payers, who I am sure would be horrified when they find out. Presidant Obama has the opportunity to stop this as soon as possible, however he has simply ignored it just for political convinience.

633. 634. 635. 636. 637. 638. 639.

Tenesa Wetat Ferehiwote Demissie Tefera Selassie Benny Rees Vichutar Wongaiyara Wondmeneh Awoke Demelach Getahun

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Flusing, NY Los Angeles, CA Bristol, United Kingdom Bangkok, Thailand Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Stadtlengsfeld, Germany Page 31 Signatures 623 - 639 You are as just responsible as the little dictators for turning a blind eye and assisting fascist regimes for your own selfish reasons.Stop supporting Meles Zenawi!!

Name
640. 641. 642. 643. 644. 645. Abang Othow Rebecca amala cham Sosina H Devinder Sharma Akolla cham Abebe Mulugtea

From
Strathfield, Australia amsterdam, Netherlands Minneapolic, MN Mohali, India sydney, Australia Awassa, Ethiopia

Comments
We must be a voice for those who are often marginalized and wiped out. For sake of financial gain.

Don't exploit the world for your gains. Please The AID made through them is not really reaching to the people and the country's real need, so help us not by helping their unfair and criminal activities. Thank you for your understanding as always pls stop helping zs tayrany&save us

646. 647. 648. 649. 650. 651. 652. 653. 654. 655. 656. 657. 658. 659. 660. 661. 662. 663. 664. 665. 666. 667. 668. 669. 670.

Obiora Embry henock getnet Azeb Beyene tibebu desta Belete Fikru emmanuel vivien joshua Kruis Amy Cortese ydike petros Mariko White aragaw shibeshi heck stphanie Latifa Hussien Bedilu Tekle Ana P Martinez anne bates

Lexington, KY adiss abeba, Ethiopia kongsvinger, Norway las vegas, NV shawnee, KS Lyon, France Grand Rapids, MI Portland, OR wpg, Canada Ithaca, NY garland, TX bessens, France kuiwait, Kuwait Oslo, Norway Kendall, FL New Haven, CT Shame on Meles! Thank you for your consideration of this urgent matter.

Michelle Larocque Bessemer, AL Anteneh M.Emeru Barrie, Canada Thomas Windberg Spicewood, TX anisa ralls Peter Spain Mary Ogles Thomas Rowan Belaynesh andualem Patric Sabol shoreline, WA Vienna, VA Littleton, CO Bronx, NY burnaby, Canada Wheeling, IL Page 32 Signatures 640 - 670 Ethiopia needs to respect small family farmers and stop forced evacuation for agribusiness farm investments. US AID IS A DEAD AID.

Name
671. 672. 673. Fekadu Amede Ochan Agwa Randy Hinthonr

From
Las Vegas, NV Austin, MN Seattle, WA

Comments
The Ethiopian government have killed and imprisoned so many of its citizen. Please help President Obama: you must pressure the government of Ethiopia to stop the forceable relocation of their citizens to make way for large agribusinesses which will likely result in famine conditions in the future. Local people need their land.

674. 675. 676. 677. 678. 679. 680. 681. 682. 683. 684. 685. 686. 687. 688.

Selina Larson omar fereja getachew fekade tesfaye kebed Mekonnen feridu Senafich Seyoum Barasa Bayana Tanya Monsour Stager Wubshet Alemie geda yordanos aba gartto Henok Ethio Dillon Hall selam tulu woldemichel Amde Diane Bryden Wendy Matias mikael girma Joanna Swart Bichok Kot Tanja Keim Margaret Garigan

Glendale, AZ silver spring, MD hou, TX la, CA bergen, Norway toronto, Canada washington, DC, DC Ft. Mitchell, KY Edmonton, Canada calgary, Canada kampala, Uganda san jose, CA Terrace, Canada arlington, VA Aurora, CO its not fair even to your mind giving money to torture people! This action of the Ethiopian "Government" is great destruction to the nation that any people's loving nations and leaders and international organisation must take immediate and radical action. Fellow ethiopians let us come together and expose the evil deeds of the current regime The situation in Gambela in particular and the resource dispossession should stop immediately. USAID need to stop cover up for the regime. Mr. President Barack Obama: Thank you for your concern on this matter. No tax payers money for Dictators those starve their own nation!

689. 690. 691. 692. 693. 694. 695.

Sacramento, CA Johannesburg, South Africa Arlington, VA Sugar Hill, GA Narre Warren, Australia Kronach, Germany Falls Church, VA Page 33 Signatures 671 - 695 The forceful displacement in Gambella should stop, it is in humane.

Name
696. 697. 698. 699. 700. 701. 702. 703. 704. 705. 706. 707. 708. isayas sahelu mamo tena Paul Manning mary donagher Nancy O'Byrne Mary Paolucci Randy Madonna Christina Meyer tomas bayou Zelekashe Demissie ama witke Oliver Reimer Imru Zelleke

From
Mckinney, TX washington, DC Canning, Canada Bronx, NY St. Augustine, FL Covington, KY Chicago, IL Salina, KS Denver, CO Flushing, NY Leipzig, Ghana Leipzig, Germany Arlington, VA

Comments

If we really want to help Somalia, we should study the conditions there. Better to help the people to grow their own food than send money during famine.

leave the land to those who it belongs to!!!!! USA keep ur fingers away from africa!!!! The US will be partner to a forced relocation and forced confiscation of people property, that might lead to a deliberate genocide I believe that this contrary to the principle of the US Constitution and every cannon of justioce that Americans believe in. I don't think that President Obama does understand the terrible error he is committing. As an indian it is obvious that Rajiv Shah supported Indian investment in Africa. The tragedy of land grabs is that the people with the least representation in many of the poorest countries on earth are the ones who bear the brunt of the harm. In pursuit of foreign exchange and investment in infrastructure, Meles is willing to sell out people in the remote corners of Ethiopia who pose no threat to the government in Addis. We can't in good conscience support the activities of this government any longer. This 'arrangement' does not make sense, either a country looks after its citizens or it forgets its main aim - this forced relocation has to stop. Ethiopians must rise together and make Meles Zenawi the last tyrant of Ethiopia and America must stand by the people of Ethiopia and not a terrorist regime.

709.

Nathan Yaffe

Northfield, MN

710. 711. 712. 713. 714. 715.

Nora Cassidy Valerie Waters Abate Kassa Margo Edwards m kassa jebessa fana

Modesto, CA Colchester, United Kingdom Jamaica Hills, NY Hayward, CA london, United Kingdom athens, Greece Page 34 Signatures 696 - 715

Name
716. 717. 718. 719. 720. 721. 722. 723. 724. 725. 726. 727. 728. 729. 730. 731. 732. 733. 734. 735. 736. 737. 738. 739. 740. 741. kebede abebe Elliot Ross asfaw kebede Gizaw tesfaye Warren Harrington Carole Hemphill selamawit reta YALFAL KENU belay yikunu Zebaraki Zebuye debasu endalamaw temesgen alemayehu Bansa Daye BOSSE BOSSE10 Lemlem Tsegaw Harry Harrison Stephen Taylor Philip Schleihauf Yenenehe Tedla Genet Desta Kamilah Morain Julian Boys Paula Taylor Tezeta Hailu kristen sheehy

From
oslo, Norway Brooklyn, NY richardson, TX alexandria, VA Canton, OH Fairbanks, AK amsterdam, Netherlands linkoping, Sweden vassanden, Norway SK, Canada bollnas, Sweden fort mcmurray, Canada callaway, MO SKARA, Sweden Woodbridge, VA White Plains, NY Cambridge, United Kingdom Kingston, Canada Flushing, NY Kitchener, Canada N/A, Trinidad And Tobago London, United Kingdom Mandeville, LA Barcelona, Spain portland, ME

Comments

Please save the livelihoods of the local people.

Meles is a well know terrorist who brutalizes his own nation and everybody should condemn this brutal government.

ethiopis ethiopiawi Geneva, Switzerland

US pleace seport poor Ethiopian who fight to stop land grbs.

Development must respect the rights of Ethiopians, not override them.

The world needs more self sufficient people, please do not create another impoverished camp of people who are dependent on a failing system. Please don't invest anymore money on ripping apart our earth to grow food in a way that is very unnatural. Industrial agriculture is
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Signatures 716 - 741

Name
741. kristen sheehy

From
portland, ME

Comments
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dependent on fossil feuls and dumps toxins into our food and water system, not to mention that crop failure on such a scale is way more devestating than on a small independent scale. Please put the resources at hand into teaching people how to grow their own food and to provide for themselves! There are already way too many moms who must watch their children starve, empower the people rather than strip them of their resources. Stop second round colonialism of africa by Asians and dictator rulers. Stop selling our ancentorial land for cheap price. respect our citizinship right, land to ethiopians and ethiopians, not for minority groups mongoring power. Zenawi, what you did so far is enough, you have deposited billions of dollar in foriegn bank in your name, wife, and relatives and freinds. Leave our country for good.

742. 743.

Eileen Culkin bantwale diress

St. James, NY wageningen, Netherlands

744. 745. 746. 747. 748. 749. 750. 751. 752. 753.

Frederick Goddard Omod Omod Lelia Mattingly azmach thomas Geri Collecchia getachew ayalew jennifer elias Russ Banner Daniel Driscoll-Shaw tamene demissie

New York, NY Trondheim, Norway Ossining, NY amsterdam, Netherlands Prospect, KY ottawa, Canada san francisco, CA Bradenton, FL Huntley, IL geislingen, Germany I strongly demand Pr.Obama adminstration to stop supporting the tyrannt and terrorist rigiem in Ethiopia Mr.Pr Iam just like any lieman, but if you would like listen to me,it is better to be a friend of 80,000,000 people rather than 100 human blood seekers. I also strongly demand your adminstration to be with us and to make all your effort to stop land garabing which prolong famine and impoverishment in Ethiopia .

754. 755. 756. 757. 758.

gemechu gole zemeneu bedenku Teo Guan Te mestowete wolde elias temesgen

calgary, Canada denhaag, Netherlands Singapore, Singapore st helens, OR london, United Kingdom Page 36 Signatures 741 - 758

Name
759. 760. 761. 762. 763. 764. 765. 766. 767. 768. 769. 770. Maria Scurrell Lauren Weber AMARE TIZAZU Karolin Schwarz Linda Pepe, CSJ Milikt Asrat Simon Kruger Kathryn Barry Dawn M Nothwehr kitaw yagersew Marguerite Coyle

From
Berlin, Germany SAN FRANCISCO, AA Dallas, TX Leipzig, Germany Hartford, CT Kassel, Germany Pretoria, South Africa Suffern, NY Chicago, IL Rockville, MD Chapel Hill, NC

Comments

Wasyhun Tesfaye Arlington, TX

No donation ethiopia Take care! There may well be "unintended consequences" in relocating people to areas in which they cannot easily feed themselves. Mass relocations have proved to be disastrous and are inhumane.

771. 772. 773. 774. 775.

Omega Demissie Aja Obuey Beferdu Melese Janna Aljets Colleen Purcell

Scarborough, Canada Austin, MN Alexandria, VA Berlin, Germany Mtn View, CA Creating 70 thousand internal refugees constitutes a serious crime. This is not progress or development, it is poverty creation. US AID must not support Ethiopia's forcible removal of people from their homes. This needs to stop...Mr. President please stop aiding Melse destroy a country. He is killing and destroying peoples life just because he can. No Laandd Grap

776. 777. 778. 779. 780. 781.

Etalemahu Bekele Alexandria, VA Matthew Suddes Mary Berning shega birile Kirstin De Mello Anna Kramer Bradenton, FL FL, FL massa lombarda, Italy Chicago, IL Somerville, MA

I've visited Ethiopia many times and seen the challenges facing its rural people. It's time for the US to look at our own policies and examine whether our actions are helping to increase poverty or overcome it. do not contribute to more familne by relocating these Ethiopians

782. 783. 784. 785.

king of Abessinia Gail Griffin melse abebe hanna zewdu

konstanz, Germany Centennial, CO milano, Italy hannover, Germany Page 37 Signatures 759 - 785

Name
786. 788. 789. Tezera Dessie Jenaro Rodriguez Tracy Wilson

From
Oslo, Norway Hastings, PA Cinton, IN

Comments

Please look further and with more detail at this situation in Ethiopia. It is destroying families, physically and mentally. We will not stand for this in our country or any other country. It is a human rights issue. Thank you.

790. 791. 792. 793. 794. 795. 796. 797. 798. 799. 800. 801. 802. 803. 804. 805. 806.

Miriam Nana tsegaye dejene Mary Denevan Bizu Alemu Joan Baxter jim stasheff Jessie Hawthorn Mary Englerth Graham Whitley Justin R-Sondergaard Ayesha Begum Manya Gorman-Knutson Tibebu Abebe Nicholas Napolitano Elizabeth Bastasch Aschalew Zenebe Elfneh Alemu

Berlin, Germany reynolsburg, OH Portland, OR CALGARY, Canada Tatamagouche, Canada Lansdale, PA Denver, CO Waynesboro, PA Claremont, Australia Lisbon, Portugal Bangalore, India Brooklyn, NY Fresno, CA Bronx, NY Aptos, CA lynnwood, WA Pine Bluff, AR Dear Mr. President Supporting uprooting people from their land where the they have strong attachment to the land will create enormous social unrest, emotional and psychological turmoil. Thank you Thank you I support this petition Our country should not be aggravating the food problem in Ethiopia or any ohter country,

807. 808. 809. 810. 811. 812.

Abdi Daisane Valencia Rakotomalala Joseph Reyes Bekel d Cha Smith

Grand Island, NE Manchester, United Kingdom La Quinta, CA Norsborg, Sweden Honolulu, HI Page 38 Signatures 786 - 812 hands off from Ethiopia

adenew belachew campbell, CA

Name
813. 814. 815. 816. 817. 818. 819. Edward Briody Elizabeth Demissie Patricia Kenney Paul Ford Ayenew Worku Wondemagegn Sarah Fernandez Haregewoin Hailegiorgis marosk getachew Andrew Wynne Maureen Freeman

From
Jackson Heights, NY New York, NY Park Hills, KY Berlin, Germany Klfta, Norway Newhall, CA takoma park, MD

Comments

I support this petition to stop the peoples displacement of the local peoples in gambela rigion. please help Ethiopien from relocated from there place ethiopien saleing land to forigen that is not pfair the people how live there they are diplaced difreent loction i mean remote area please help those victim we must fight injustice!!!!!! I have on my office wall the picture of the White House with the beautiful garden in front of it. your wife has worked hard on pushing for local and healthy food for our children. Why then would you allow our USAID dept. to do this to the people of Gambela? Large scale agriculture will destroy their soil - look at India. Please stop the cor[orations now!

820. 821. 822.

bridgewater, NJ Bury, United Kingdom St. Mary of the Woods, IN

823. 825. 826. 827. 828. 829. 830. 831. 832. 833. 834. 835. 836. 837. 838.

Missrak Demissie yesihareg sinke eskender asefA Anna Marie Carr Sherlina Nageer Jim Comes mark costanzo

London, Canada pordenone, Italy oslo, Norway Levittown, PA Georgetown, Guyana Worcester, MA akron, OH

Geoff Gird;lestone Constantia, South Africa Catherine Gordon ruth fisher paulin musura Liza Debevec YILMA ABEBE Zeynaba Roobaa Teshager Tilahun Vancouver, Canada Gc, Australia toronto, Canada Ljubljana, Slovenia WOODBRIDGE, VA Seattle, WA Chicago, IL They need to stop the forced relocation before this impacts Ethiopia in the worst way possible. It's really sad and painful watching while poor are displaced from their home and dumped under the big tree with no food for the sake of billionaires. . Signatures 813 - 838

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Name
839. 840. 841. 842. Hanna Krieger Markos Abebe Gaure Mdee menduban alemu

From
Landshut, Germany oslo, Norway Arusha, Tanzania, United Republic Of hasselt, Belgium

Comments
President Barack Obama watch your Coorupted deplomates. stop defend dectators! Death to Dictator Melese Zenawi in Ethiopia.

Dear President Obama, Ethiopia's tyrant Meles Zenawi is the source of all mess in Ethiopia, Meles is an illegitimate leader, who has taken control of Ethiopia by force while robbing the people of the country of their national resources. Meles the name of "silent killer" ,is the 9th worst of the worst leader in the world ( Prof. Gregor Ayittey 2010 edition), & constantly amoung the world top 10 enemies of the press/ Freedom of Speech since he came to power in 1991 (accourding to CPJ, Reports Without Borders,HRW,,,reports) Infact, in the last 20 years, under Meles direct command his federal police forces shot dead thousands of innocent civilians & opposition party members , according to some sources , today 30-50 thousand political prisoners/ prisoners of conscience in Ethiopia, who have committed " State" crimes by exercising their guaranteed " Human & Democratic Rights ". Besides, in the name of investment, Meles has placed Ethiopia under the market forces of globalization so as to sell or lease its fertile lands to international land-grabbers, the colonial regime of Zenawi has been violently evicting the Ethiopian villagers from their homes and farmlands because his motto is sell and eat today and die tomorrow. According to Oakland Institute sources, this time in Gambella only estimated that 75% of the domestic Investors which is widely to receive beneficial treatment in relation to investment and given land freely & receive preferential access to credit were from Tigray (Zenawis ethnic group people) such a practice is a kind of Colonialism. Therefore, please, open your mind & heart to help our people & be part of the voice of the voiceless Ethiopian. Thank you. I first came to Tanzania in 1972. Hunger and agricultural development have been part of my life since. There are varying opinions on how best to achieve 'food security.' But simply removing people from their land without FIRST preparing for their care and future is unconscionable.

843.

Ken Thesing

Nairobi, Kenya

844. 845. 846. 847.

GUDATA JAFI Kampire Bahana Elisabeth Nyffenegger

Kampala, Uganda Kampala, Uganda Perroy, Switzerland

Nathalie Bertrams Johannesburg, South Africa Page 40 Signatures 839 - 847

Name
848. 849. 850. 851. 852. 853. 854. 855. 856. 857. 858. 859. Paulina Heiligenthal Mesfin T endale legesse Rosa Moro Alem Gessese deboraye hailu dino luca mulugeta eshetu andualem legese sisay ayele oziana gebrekistos solomon derzie

From
Rosbach vor der Hhe, Germany London, Canada tokyo, Japan Madrid, Spain Noble park, Australia London, United Kingdom milano, Italy oslo, Norway adelaide, Australia zurich, Switzerland Bergen, Norway winnipeg, Canada

Comments

It is evil to rob our resource and land while our people is starving,our people is under the most brutal narrow minority aparthide rul,Chines and Indians are corrapting Africa by making back door deal with Africa dictators.our people are being irradicated from thier land and give away for Indians and Chinis.it is gross human right violation and genocidal.the saddest part is the so called civilized world is watching while this kind of barbaric and inhuman practice is going on on poor african people,instead USA and Europians are funding our corrapt leaders.it is immoral. "Love Of Man Is Practical Policy" Forcefully dislocating poor farmers and selling their land to foreign capitalist is very inhuman !

860. 861. 862. 863. 864. 865. 866. 867. 868. 869. 870. 871. 872.

Tiririm Bersene

Brussels, Belgium

Marissa Moorman Bloomington, IN david tekle Anita Green Liku Belachew Etse Demissie Laura Mousseau Paul Mitchell Stephen Wood Michael Hatcher Roy Taylor Wayne Ohlsson samuel bayou stockholm, Sweden Toronto, Canada Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Toronto, Canada aix en pce, France Lvsj, Sweden Brooklyn, NY London, United Kingdom Canton, GA Montpelier, VT Calgary, Canada Page 41 Signatures 848 - 872

Name
873. 874. 875. 876. 877. 878. 879. 880. 881. 882. 883. 884. 885. 886. 887. Joyce Neufeld Kimbowa Richard Ernst Lindqvist Phyllis Zoon Michele Larocque CARRIE RUEL-FLORES ed hill Norris Currie Larry Halvey Goodwin Dolores Giblin Christopher Szecsey Gerry Kearns Chester Simmons Ed Lytwak

From
waldeck, Canada Kampala, Uganda Stockholm, Sweden Newark, NJ Wolcott, CT Logansport, IN pasaia, Spain Swift Current, Canada Shepherdstown, WV Covington, KY Occidental, CA Blackrock, Ireland Decatur, GA Arlington, VA

Comments
Let the people of Ethopia deal with their own problems. They can produce food on small plots without U.S. domination Land grabs make deepen poverty and social exclusion

Regina Cappelletti Canton, MI

Shame on the corporations, governments and individuals who seek to grab lands from disenfranchised peoples, for their own personal gain and profit.

Forcibly removing people from their land so that governments and corporations can take it over is a flagrant abuse of human rights. Indigenous peoples have a natural right to determine their fortunes since they were "THERE" first. Why can't we step aside by defending their right to do this?

Please stop this terrible action! Article 7 of the statute of the International Criminal Court says the "deportation or forcible transfer of population" is a crime against humanity. Why is the U.S. and Obama Administration engaged in more blatant war crimes? Do you believe you will not be held accountable?

888. 889.

David Nally Eriq Yihun

Cambridge, United Kingdom Debrezeit, Ethiopia We Ethiopian are homeless in our own land! Why do you close your eyes and pour finance to the pocket of the tyrant TPLF for dislocate us and made us homeless and push us to hunger???? Please c if these happen to the people of the US what will be your measure??? Please stop financing and supporting the dictator Meles Zenawi. May God Bless Ethiopia and her people!

890. 891. 892.

Kristian Stoyanov Winifred De Palma Jrdis Land

St. Louis, MO Baltimore, MD Castrop-Rauxel, Germany Page 42 Signatures 873 - 892

Name
893. 894. 895. 896. 897. 898. 899. john Meeks Bex Syrett i rod Jacqueline Heuberger Hall Dennis Lee S. Maryann Mueller

From
Chicago, IL Shrewsbury, United Kingdom boulder, CO Brigueil, France Portland, OR Lodi, NJ

Comments

Please support the citizens before the corporations!

Cynthia Easterday Birmingham, AL

I worked in southern Africa for many years and witnessed far too often the negative impacts of so called "helpful" partnerships, often begun with good intentions. However the intentions here are clearly not to the benefit of the people of their own country and, in the end, will exacerbate poverty and hunger issues and reliance on outside sources. Stop these foreign investments NOW, PLEASE! Land grabbing is sowing the seeds of instability and insecurity

900. 901. 902. 903. 904. 905. 906. 907. 908.

Reinhold Waber Winston Carroo N Cornea Aashish Khullar Mengescha Kassa yated asefa Berhane Gebrehiwot Rachel Dutton Bruce Bruce

Mertingen, Germany New York, NY Moose Jaw, Canada Boston, MA Darmstadt, Germany parma, Italy Raleigh, NC London, United Kingdom ogdensburg, NY its not your land, leave it alone, its their land and they need to fight with their lives for it, GOM will never feed the world, it will kill the world,only ORGANIC WILL FEED THE WORLD please stop supporting Terrorist MELESE ZENA and his regime in Ethiopia ,Thanks

909. 910. 911. 912. 913. 914. 915.

berhanu haile Joan Dutton Christy Rodgers John Wallace Temra Costa Linda Jacobs Benjamin Fields

Minneapolis, MN Guisborough, United Kingdom San Francisco, CA Carmichael, CA Oakland, CA Campbell, CA Blacksburg, VA Page 43 -

Forcibly relocating people is an act done by CapitalisticTerrorists. Enough already. They don't need to grow flowers! Signatures 893 - 915

Name
916. 917. 918. 919. 920. Raphael Sperry Seni Kassa Hannah Johnson Carole Furman M. Messai

From
San Francisco, CA Montville, NJ Lexington, KY Saugerties, NY NY, NY

Comments

President Obama, are you and your Administration about to give financial support to Ethiopias autocratic ruler, Meles Zenawi, to help him carry out his cruel villagization program? Zenawis government is forcibly removing the Gambella, Benishangul-Gumuz, Somali and Afar peoples from their ancestral lands and deliberately turning whole communities into internally displaced peoples in their own country. Those refusing to be relocated are imprisoned or killed. Shame on US Ambassador Booth, claiming that the Gambella people are benefiting from the fruits of development, when many human right organizations and reputable journalists have written to the contrary. Environmentalists are also concerned that clearing more than 3.5 million hectares of land for the planned farms could have a detrimental impact on the environment, because many trees have to be cut which would destroy Ethiopia's protected game reserves, as well as the wildlife. The UN, the Food and Agriculture Organization, the UN World Food Programme and the World Bank have all written against such a policy in Ethiopia where famine stalks the country every other year. It is alleged that the Ethiopian government has leased out an area the size of France for 99 years, which is expected to generate a lucrative business. Global Financial Integritys (GFI) report dated May 12, 2011 Illicit Financial Flows From the Least Developed Countries, 1990-2008 lists Ethiopia as the ninth top exporter of US$8.4 billion of illicit capital. As a tax payer, I am also against my tax dollars going to such a brutal ruler. didn't we sign the UN declaration of rights for indigenous people? who is getting this land for farming? if its not the people who originally lived there then it's going to the wrong people.

921.

Hoover DouglasHooverD Degu Balagru Lee Zeigler Alejandro Del Aguila Desalegn Melaku Beyene teflose aebram Beyene Tesfu

new York, NY

922. 923. 924. 925. 926. 927.

Hamburg, Germany San Francisco, CA Mexico, Mexico addis abeba, Ethiopia zrich, Swaziland Rdekro, Denmark Stop funding forced reelocation of Poor Ethiopian farmers

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Signatures 916 - 927

Name
928. 929. 930. tesfaye surafel Nunnu Amsale aytal newzendro

From
stockholm, Sweden London, United Kingdom Berlin, Germany

Comments
Do not help anti etiopian regimi in ethiopia,Meles Zenawi. Do not help the killer of his own people. President Barack Obama history will judge you please do the right thing to protect those weak and hungry. The illegal sale/lease of land by Meles who does not represent Ethiopia and Ethiopians is illegeal. He should face International Justice for the Massacre he committed against the Anuak people. The illegal relocation of the Anuaks without their will and with the help of US tax money is not right and should be stopped immediately. This isn't right. Let the people live. Moving them for business is consigning them to death. There is no sustainable development by forceful displacement. Poor people have right to live on their land. Stop helping the tyrant Ethiopian government NOW!!!

931. 932. 933. 934. 935. 936. 937. 938. 939. 940. 941. 942. 943.

Ben Harnett T Bosona zewudu zelalem Hailu Yigerem Hagos G/egziabher Emily Hayden jack Santa Barbara eric chebassier Welde Hiwot karen brown Brigitte Gibbs Adane Yicheneku Joan P Mencher

Raleigh, NC stockholm, Sweden sannyvale, CA AddisAbaba, Ethiopia addis ababa, Ethiopia Kenilworth, IL Lynden, Canada Paris, France Brussels B, Belgium Benbrook, TX san diego, CA Narvik, Norway New york, NY

It is extremely important to stop the land grabs in countries like Ethopia. In the case of landgrabsd by Indian investors or government or China, taking away their own good farm land ti build 8 land highways and fancy upper class apartment complexes is clearly one of the reasons they are now taking away Ethopia's land. These investors need to be required to give up and grow food on their own land instead of putting down more and more concrete. As an anthropologist who has studied the devastating effects of forced resettlement on livelihoods in apartheid-era South Africa, I am appalled to see similar policies continuing in the present day.

944.

Derick Fay

Riverside, CA

945. 946. 947. 948.

tessea azeb Rosana russo tam abebe Katherine Crisp

Preignac, France palermo, Italy berlin, Germany Hassocks, United Kingdom Page 45 Signatures 928 - 948

Name
949. 950. 951. 953. 954. 955. 956. desie woodu Olaf Klaube Megen Jalo gebre mengistu degefe biru Arun Mittal Mary Kwart

From
tel avive, Israel Freiburg, Germany Oslo, Norway england, United Kingdom Renton, WA Mission Viejo, CA Ashland, OR

Comments

Please prevent native people from being displaced in Ethiopia. I large scale agriculture wants to come into the country, work with the local people to include them in the plans. I don't support plantation-like agriculture where the workers are treated like slaves and indigenous people are removed.

957. 958. 959. 960. 961. 962.

Susanne Lachapelle Ruth Rogers BIRI YAYA hale-92 asmare Andy Barker Sari Steuber

NY, NY Fort Collins, CO LONDON, United Kingdom messina, Italy Burlington, VT Springfield, PA People have the right to grow their own food and have land to grow it on. Large-scale agriculture has been shown to contribute more to food insecurity than to alleviating hunger. We must stop supporting agricultural corporations that take indigenous peoples' land. Allow people to feed themselves! Corporations will not care for the land like a small farmer or herder will do. Only those folks know how to care for our rapidly dwindling productive land. Please stop this useless destruction of people and the earth.

963. 964. 965. 966. 967. 968. 969. 970. 971. 972. 973. 974.

Michael Gass Marcel Heroux carlotta penn Linda Ray B Labiejko Gregory Nielsen Naomi Andrijich nancy black Dean Muller David Momenee Tanya Baker Anne Rhodes

Davis, CA Panama, Panama Columbus, OH San Francisco, CA London, United Kingdom Mesa, Zimbabwe Karama, Australia St, Charles, MO Berkeley, CA Milford, NH Santa Cruz, CA Freeville, NY Page 46 -

Signatures 949 - 974

Name
975. andre mathews

From
memphis, TN

Comments
WE HAVE FARMERS IN OUR GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE A PART OF FOOD PRODUCTIONS AND HELP FEED THE FAMILIES. 901-690-2258,andremathews310yahoo.com

976. 977. 978. 979. 980. 981. 982.

Tayira Mora Black San Jose, Costa Rica David Filing VARUN MITTAL Eon Cooper Mike Grawe Robin Paradis Stern Kassaye Tekola Moges sara taylor Homer Elliott Henry Weinberg Mckian Nielsen Quinton C James desiree torres helen tesfaye Cham Agwa ravindran pallath Stefano Battain patricia croker HALE LUYA Beatriz Nunes Michelle Johnson Beverley Anderson andu asaye Amaranta Carvajal Akron, Ohio, OH jaipur, India Lauderhill, FL St. Louis, MO Westhampton, MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia lee, NH The Plains, OH Santa Barbara, CA Camarillo, CA L A, CA Belen, NM toronto, Canada Mankato, MN narakkal, India Canale D'agordo, Italy Paris, France trapani, Italy Lisbon, Portugal Tamworth, Australia Hartlepool, United Kingdom jimma, Ethiopia Quito, Ecuador Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Clermont, FL Manhattan, NY May God save Ethiopia The land leases in Ethiopia are taking place in the absence of transparency and public scrutiny.The local people have been denied the right for participation on the processes of land deals.Stop land grabbing in Ethiopia!

983. 984. 985. 986. 987. 988. 989. 990. 991. 992. 993. 994. 995. 996. 997. 998. 999.

1,000. chris bruhn 1,001. Erika Rikhiram 1,002. Fela Richelle Eagan

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Signatures 975 - 1,002

Name
1,003. Joerg-Michael Krah 1,004. Jay Digiandomenico 1,005. Lea Mendes 1,006. Theresa Skufca 1,007. Ojulu Timothy 1,008. Tamara R Pearlman 1,009. Sr. Elizabeth Riebschlaeger, ccvi 1,010. Chiara Bragagnolo 1,011. henry rivas 1,012. Margaret Snyder 1,013. Sean Guerin 1,014. Holly Lawrence 1,015. Birgit Walch 1,016. Chukwunyere Kamalu 1,017. Carol Thompson

From
Berlin, Germany Plantsville, CT Lisbon, Portugal Hollywood, FL Adama, Ethiopia Roanoke, TX Cuero, TX

Comments

We must put human rights first as a priority in making decisions to award grants to developing nations, especially when it comes to the right to sustain one's family's life with basic human needs.

CFV, Italy Santa Tecla, La Libertad, El Salvador San Antonio, TX Warrenton, VA Napa, CA Hamilton, Canada london, United Kingdom Flagstaff, AZ We are watching....this is AGRA made bare. This project exposes well the goals of AGRA and 'Feed the Future' in plowing paths for industrial agriculture over the livelihoods of herders/farmers whose production does not enter the global market and therefore, are expendable. The US government must remove any financing remotely related to this land grab in Ethiopia.

1,018. Karen Berger 1,019. Anand Parikh 1,020. yisehak kassaye 1,021. Bonita Schack 1,022. Jphn Walker 1,023. Lane Vanderslice 1,024. Kathryn Padgett 1,025. Brad Gentry 1,026. Rich poor 1,027. Peter Gray

Montrose, CA Lynnwood, WA bandhagen, Sweden Park Hills, KY New York, NY Washington, DC Panama City, FL Carterville, IL Galveston, TX Belfast, United Kingdom Page 48 Signatures 1,003 - 1,027 Dont be part of the peoples agony!

Name
1,028. hailu bekele 1,029. Nicholas Loehlein 1,030. tamene demissie

From
ny, NY Medical Lake, WA stuttgart, Germany

Comments

Pr. Obama I [as a cizen of ethiopia] would like strongly demand your adminstration the following two things:1-your adminstration is supporting and co optrating the tyrannt and trrorist meles zenawe rigiem. please stop it or reconsider your gov foriegn policy. 2- please make all your pressure to stop land grabing which prolong instability and impoverishement. Mr president i am just like any leiman,if you would like listen to me, it is better to be a friend of 80,000,000 people instead of 100 mercenary masse murder and those who wanted by UN ICC for genocide criminals.

1,031. Muna Idow 1,032. Christophe Bazin 1,033. Eddy Robey 1,034. Phil Hanson 1,035. Nancy Bellers 1,036. Godeun Hwang 1,037. GARY Ballogg 1,039. Bridget Joyce 1,040. Karisha Kirk 1,041. Ronald Matthews 1,042. Roxann Maddox 1,043. Ann Kennedy 1,044. Edie Colbert 1,045. Marisela Trujillo 1,046. David Lilly 1,047. Margot Backus 1,048. Czerny Auyang 1,049. Shane rychcik 1,050. Richard Allebach 1,051. Stephanie Roa 1,052. Minximal Abel 1,053. Katya Napzok 1,054. Susan Hansen 1,055. Marilu Boero

Beaverton, OR Marquette, France Sherman Oaks, CA PORTLAND, OR Easton, PA BOSTON, MA CHICAGO, IL MOUNT AIRY, MD Blmgtn, IN Marlborough, MA GALLATIN, TN Salem, OR Williamsburg, VA Chimayo, NM San Dimas, CA Houston, TX Brooklyn, NY SALAMANCA, NY READING, PA GLENDALE, AZ Waterbury, CT SANTA CRUZ, CA FAIRBANKS, AK ALPHARETTA, GA Page 49 Signatures 1,028 - 1,055

1,038. Elizabeth Jackson Elk Grove, CA

Name
1,056. Warren Osborn 1,057. Stacey Brewster 1,058. Jennifer Choi 1,059. Sandra Mardigian 1,060. Jack Shur 1,061. Marya Grathwohl 1,062. Sang Yub Kim 1,063. lorraine brabham 1,064. Jacquie Clarke 1,065. Scott Rubel 1,066. Douglas Mason 1,067. Fletcher Cossa 1,068. William Radke 1,069. Martha Tapley 1,070. paige Hammer 1,071. Eunice Mok 1,072. Bruce Strandtmann 1,073. Darrell Kastin 1,075. Paige Hammer 1,076. Robert Berger 1,077. Austin Fite 1,078. Jeanne Stulb 1,079. Lisa Butterfield 1,080. Wendy Baylor 1,081. Gina Kim 1,082. christine wangler 1,083. Diane Taudvin 1,084. Leonard R. Jaffee 1,085. Monica Vidal 1,086. Rachel Myers 1,087. JoAnn McGovern 1,088. sean smith 1,089. Lora Roode 1,090. susan secunda

From
Tulsa, OK POWELL, OH SURPRISE, AZ Mill Valley, CA BROOKLYN, NY DAYTON, WY URBANA, IL CASTLE POINT, AA Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA SENECA, IL NEW YORK, NY Raleigh, NC Tyler, TX BOULDER, CO ALEXANDRIA, VA Maxwell, TX Ashland, OR Boulder,, CO Plano, TX Pacific Palisades, CA Folsom, LA Eureka, CA Laguna Niguel, CA San Francisco, CA Roseville, CA ASHLAND, AA Tualatin, OR Little Bookham, United Kingdom Studio City, CA Steilacoom, WA Manhattan, NY Loveland, CO MANHATTAN, NY Page 50 -

Comments

1,074. Chic-ette Chartres Northport, WA

Signatures 1,056 - 1,090

Name
1,091. Gary Moss 1,092. Linda Johnson 1,093. Tamara Bell 1,094. Kathryn Hall 1,095. Dana Mantle 1,096. Paula Chojnacki 1,097. Nat & Sandee Childs 1,098. robin blanton 1,099. Elizabeth Gulick 1,100. mark dixon 1,101. Gayle Drinhaus 1,102. Hope Steele 1,103. Thomas Proett 1,104. Michael Kirkby 1,105. Alexa Brill 1,106. Debbie Biere 1,107. Carla Spencer 1,108. Cynthia Viar 1,109. Elizabeth Memel 1,110. Avril Suckow 1,111. Andreia Shotwell 1,112. Rick Russell 1,113. Vasu Murti 1,114. Valerie Hopkins 1,115. Lawrence Tetenbaum 1,116. Alfred Martinez 1,117. janice clowe 1,118. Max Ramirez 1,119. john lanie flaherty 1,120. vikki miller 1,121. robert jessen 1,122. Sonia Liskoski 1,123. Laura Ziemann 1,124. Mary Christine Erikson

From
LAGRANGE, KY Aspen, CO Felton, CA Lakewood, CO Los Gatos, CA San Diego, CA Miranda, CA Louisville, KY North Hollywood, CA Bozeman, MT PALMDALE, CA MEDFORD, MA REDWOOD CITY, CA Toronto, Canada Mechanicsburg, PA Barnhart, MO Waynesville, MO East Ridge, TN Ojai, CA Seabrook, TX WHEAT RIDGE, CO Bowling Green, OH Oakland, CA Albany, CA Plainview, NY Coachella, CA Rye, NY Pawtucket, RI Plymouth, MA Sebastopol, CA Georgetown, TX Carpolis, PA Troy, MO Rocklin, CA Page 51 -

Comments

Please do the right thing...

Signatures 1,091 - 1,124

Name
1,125. Robert H. Stiver 1,126. Mark Gronceski 1,127. Emillie Pacheco 1,128. Grace Himmelberger 1,129. William Bader 1,130. pamela green 1,131. Laurie Werbner 1,132. Bill Brown 1,133. Deborah Sandoval 1,134. Rosemary Lesh 1,136. Mark Lowentrout 1,137. Eugene Elander 1,138. Elaine Alfaro 1,139. Sterling Griffiths 1,140. Nicole Smalls 1,141. Paula Sorge Moynihan 1,142. John Cannatella 1,143. Margaret Staton 1,144. Shakeeb Akhter 1,145. Lauren Tietz 1,146. Killian O'connell 1,147. james limbachh 1,148. rambo osanya 1,149. Pat Gursky 1,150. Jessica Simms 1,151. Ellen Goodman 1,152. Jon Wallace 1,153. Barbara Davis 1,154. Peggy Kelly 1,155. thuong nguyen 1,156. katie Scarchilli 1,157. Charles Van Wey

From
Pearl City, HI HOWLAND, OH LAKEWOOD, CA Boise, ID Bethlehem, PA Kalamazoo, MI Bellingham, WA Clovis, CA Espanola, NM CHICAGO, IL Santa Clarita, CA Dahlonega, GA Santa Cruz, CA Portland, OR Bronx, NY Los Angeles, CA NEW YORK, NY SANTA BARBARA, CA PLAINFIELD, IL AUSTIN, TX CROZET, VA SAN FRANCISCO, CA Sleepy Hollow, NY Brooklyn, NY Huntington Beach, CA East Providence, RI Burlington, IA Roswell, NM Denver, CO chandler, AZ ROYAL OAK, MI SEATTLE, WA Page 52 -

Comments

1,135. Elisabeth Johnson Watertown, MN

Signatures 1,125 - 1,157

Name
1,158. Polly Howells 1,159. Martha La Cava 1,160. Marguerite Doyle 1,161. Amy Squires 1,162. Beth Bannor 1,163. John Flitcraft 1,164. Tamara Matz 1,165. Cara Schmidt 1,166. Lawrence Crowley 1,167. Asia Real 1,168. Mark Laustrup 1,169. Seungmin Cha 1,170. Sonya Urban-Burkett 1,171. Dianne Wilkins 1,172. jorgen ramstead 1,173. Nancy Schuhrke 1,174. Jonathan Mitchell 1,175. Michael Potvin-Frost 1,176. Dennis Vieira 1,177. Gina Gatto 1,178. Twikie Simms 1,179. Raymond Powell

From
Brooklyn, NY White Plains, NY West Roxbury, MA Brooklyn, NY Oak Park, IL Cambria, CA Los Angeles, CA Tucker, GA Broomfield, CO Newbury Park, CA HAYWARD, WI NEW YORK, NY Albuquerque, NM Falmouth, ME Los Angeles, CA Chandler, AZ Madison, AL Plattsburgh, NY North Dartmouth, MA Castro Valley, CA Anaheim, CA Atlanta, GA

Comments

Corporations are out of control and need more govern. regulations to stop the rape of others lands.

A decent ethical government serves the people of their nation, -not foreign money interests!

1,180. Muriel Santa Barbara, CA Coudurier-Curveur 1,181. Carl Armon 1,182. Kristina Rose 1,183. Joanna Vamplew 1,184. virginia wood 1,185. Bridget Morris 1,186. Carol Treacy 1,187. Donna McKibben 1,188. Kevin Furr BOULDER, CO LOS ANGELES, CA Sainte Genevieve, MO Kennebunk, ME Phila, PA Petaluma, CA San Francisco, CA Albemarle, NC Page 53 Signatures 1,158 - 1,188

Name
1,189. Catherine DeGraw 1,191. James Johnson 1,192. Melissa Slack 1,193. Pat Matheny-White 1,194. kate mason 1,195. Lauren Ford 1,196. richard riger 1,197. Mike Testa 1,198. Nicole Gentry 1,199. Debbie Adair 1,200. Maxine Blanchette 1,201. Sarah Stephens 1,202. Elizabeth Hemzacek 1,203. Robert Nichols

From
New York, NY

Comments

1,190. Claudette Kulkarni Pittsburgh, PA Brooklyn, NY BALMVILLE, NY Tumwater, WA addison, NY Venice, CA Alb, NM Raleigh, NC Shreveport, LA Edina, MN Chicago, IL Parkersburg, WV Willowbrook, IL Manhattan, NY

1,204. Michaela Tehachapi, CA Roessner-Herman 1,205. Tyler Bradford 1,206. sade beckford 1,207. Edward Rollins 1,208. Ernst Bauer 1,210. Kirk Rhoads 1,211. Carolyn Eden 1,212. laurie hull 1,213. Marie Banks 1,214. Jillene Roldan 1,215. janet hendricks 1,216. Judith Hornaday 1,217. cathy dermody 1,218. Shari Amos 1,219. Patricia Nazzaro BRONX, NY NEW YORK, NY LAVEEN, AZ Mountain Home, AR Bainbridge Island, WA rhome, TX Tucson, AZ Hacienda Heights, CA Milford, MI Grants Pass, OR BAYVIEW, WI SACRAMENTO, CA UNION, KY Page 54 Signatures 1,189 - 1,219

1,209. Deanne O'Donnell Greensburg, PA

Name
1,220. Kerstin Alm 1,221. Maya Knowles 1,222. linda hecht 1,223. Catherine Cogorno 1,224. Nancy Bengtson 1,225. Marlee Ostrow 1,226. Earl Shumaker 1,227. Eric Crump 1,228. Vipul Seth 1,229. Heidi Kasel-Diaz 1,230. Cassandra Gonzalez 1,231. cindy Wright 1,232. Jun Chang 1,233. Thierry Deshayes 1,234. Marjorie Ando

From
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA San Jose, CA La Mesa, CA St. Louis, MN Sedona, AZ Los Angeles, CA Sycamore, IL Gettysburg, PA Thornton, CO Minneapolis, MN AUSTIN, TX VISTA, CA LYNNWOOD, WA Scottsdale, AZ Seattle, WA

Comments

To add insult to injury, the foods grown by foreign investors are most likely "luxury foods" grown for export only, and certainly not something sustainable. Tragic.

I am saddened that your government would take away from small farmers to make room for mega-farms. Help your own farmers learn methods such as drip watering to make their farms viable.

1,235. Marisa Kalt 1,236. Rebecca FAERY 1,237. James Thomas 1,238. David Grothey 1,240. Peter Kuhn 1,241. Regina Marino 1,242. yvonne kravitz 1,243. mary meehan 1,244. Jeff Burns 1,245. trace malmer 1,246. Barbara Feldman 1,247. Dianne Hoaglin 1,248. Tom Seaney 1,249. Mandy Rahardjo

New Haven, CT Cambridge, MA Chapel Hill, NC Alpine, CA San Diego, CA Hamden, CT BELLE TERRE, NY LOS ANGELES, CA Van Nuys, CA CHEBANSE, IL LAGUNA WOODS, CA Sudbury, MA Ithaca, NY Simsbury, CT Page 55 Signatures 1,220 - 1,249

1,239. Pedro Perez-Ortiz New York, NY

Name
1,250. Debbie Sturt 1,251. Michael Altman 1,252. Lynne Treat 1,253. LINDA YANCEY 1,254. Katherine Salinas 1,255. James Rice 1,256. Thomas Wilmore 1,257. Rev. Martin J. Simmons 1,258. Kariana Head 1,259. Wendy Mueller 1,260. Mary Massey 1,261. Sherri Fugit 1,262. Claudia Fennelly 1,263. Carlos Shelton 1,264. thomas mcmahon 1,265. Robyn Sharpe 1,266. J Davis 1,267. Stephen Santangelo 1,268. Frederick Westphal 1,269. Rachel Horlings 1,270. Lori Nelson 1,271. Russ Kowalski

From
Pacific Grove, CA New York, NY Chehalis, WA Sorento, IL Arcata, CA Baytown, TX Austin, TX Fargo, ND Brookeville, MD Hurst, TX SAINT LOUIS, MO GREENWOOD, IN MEDFORD, MA BILLINGS, MT MILLIS, MA BOSTON, MA Sf, CA Las Vegas, NV Midlanad, MI SYRACUSE, NY BUFFALO, NY

Comments

Wicomico Church, VA If the Ethiopians get away with grabbing land and renting it to foreigners, how long will it be before other nations start the same game. And who is going to care for the people being displaced???? Eugene, OR Williamsburg, VA Los Angeles, CA Lewes, DE Ingleside, IL El Centro, CA Brooklyn, NY WILMINGTON, NC NATICK, MA Page 56 Signatures 1,250 - 1,280

1,272. Henry Schrieber 1,273. Amanda Fagan 1,274. Armenuhi Galstyan 1,275. James Lehmann 1,276. Marianne Amann 1,277. Cristina Roberts 1,278. Sarah Bates 1,279. Caroljane Roberson 1,280. Sarah Bedell

Name
1,281. Doug landau 1,282. Alyssa Koski 1,283. Adrienne Moumin 1,284. Vicky Scott 1,285. Norma Campbell 1,286. Lisa Kazmier

From
GULFPORT, AA NORTH FORK, CA SILVER SPRING, MD ALDER, WA Campbell, CA Manville, NJ

Comments

This could easily be disastrous if GMO is used. It goes without saying the advantage to those moved will be elusive if not an illusion. Why are you willing to gamble with others' lives? The world needs more small farmers doing their local thing and less massive companies grabbing huge tracts of land.

1,287. Sally Hinshaw 1,288. Bruce Scott 1,289. Crystal Hathaway 1,290. Julie Johnson 1,291. Charlene Kerchevall 1,292. meave o'connor 1,293. Merle Hooley

Columbus, OH Bellevue, WA Chino Hills, CA Laguna Niguel, CA Oceanside, CA berkeley, CA BELLEVUE, WA

1,294. Beverly Bradshaw FREDERICKSBURG, VA 1,295. Bronwyn Adams-Cohen 1,296. Elizabeth Werner 1,297. Terri Leibowitz 1,298. Olga Valle Tetkowski 1,299. Kesra Hoffman 1,300. Ted Fishman 1,302. JoAnn Pfeifer 1,303. Lynn Rosen 1,304. Carolyn J. Davis DeLeon 1,305. Claire Marsh 1,306. Alene Cisney SHELBURNE, NH BROOKLYN, NY Manhattan, NY Middletown, MD San Jose, CA NORTH FREEDOM, WI Brooklyn, NY Madison, WI Dillsboro, NC Port Orchard, WA Please don't remove 70,000 people in Gambella away from their source of work and food! A large scale agricultural plantation will not supply them with either necessity - only lead to their misery and starvation. Signatures 1,281 - 1,307 God is Good. There is nothing good about this. That can only mean that it is of the spirit of the devil. Help deliver them from the hands of the enemy.

1,301. Roxanne Brothers KALISPELL, MT

1,307. Diane Britton

Seattle, WA Page 57

Name
1,308. Helen Miller 1,309. John Pielemeier 1,310. John Aylward 1,311. Allison Hegan 1,312. Adelin Medina-Williams 1,313. Peggy Fugate 1,314. Mark Dorr 1,315. Spencer Kingman 1,316. James Tate 1,317. Anthony Trotta 1,318. Michael Wilson 1,319. Kymbear Saves 1,320. Carol Smith 1,321. JOSEPH REEL 1,322. Brenda Seay 1,323. Mary Long 1,324. Rod Stoick 1,325. DC Katten 1,326. Margaret Hodgkins 1,327. Douglas Estes 1,328. Jacqueline Milligan 1,329. Arthur Campo 1,330. carol broll 1,331. peter masters 1,332. Dori Grasso 1,333. Diana Chike 1,334. Surei Quintana 1,335. Rick Martin 1,336. kathy lindler 1,337. Diane Snow 1,338. Joan Mortenson 1,339. Irene Bachelder

From
Arlington, TX Fairfield, IA Seattle, WA Monrovia, CA Jamaica, NY Oxford, OH FORT COLLINS, CO BERRIEN SPRINGS, MI BROOKLYN, NY Bronx, NY Cambridge, MA Bronx, NY Conshohocken, PA PACIFIC GROVE, CA Fairfax, VA Austin, TX LAUREL, MT CAVE CREEK, AZ DENISON, TX San Francisco, CA Freeland, WA Baltimore, MD Tunkhannock, PA Kerrville, TX Cockeysville, MD Chapel Hill, NC Bayside, NY Satellite Beach, FL Chapin, SC Camarillo, CA Huntington Beach, CA KENWOOD, CA Page 58 -

Comments

Instead of relocating these people, why not include them in the project!

It is a crime to allow the Government of Ethiopia to remove these dirt-poor citizens from their land.

Signatures 1,308 - 1,339

Name
1,340. Charles Gray 1,341. Michelle Frantz 1,342. Kare Ben 1,343. Dawn Lahey 1,344. Diane Dauten 1,345. Adama Hamilton 1,346. Jane Halsey 1,347. Anita Wolpman 1,349. kristin Erman

From
SPRINGWATER, NY NEWARK, DE BOULDER, CO Elk Grove, CA East Longmeadow, MA Ashland, OR San Francisco, CA Paloalto, CA Joplin, MO

Comments

1,348. Joseph Breazeale Concord, CA When will we stop forcing human beings from their ancestral lands so that we can have cheaper food? I would think Americans would be especially sensitive to this after destroying indigenous cultures in our own country's land grab and after enslaving millions of African's for economic reasons.

1,350. Jane Leaving 1,351. Naomi Peck 1,352. Brian Erickson 1,353. April Prather 1,354. William Feldman 1,355. Christopher Cornish 1,356. Walter E. Margie Jr.

Seattle, WA Ceresco, MI Columbus, OH East Texas, PA GOLD CANYON, AZ SAN FRANCISCO, CA BETHLEHEM, PA

1,357. Leigh Ann DiCarlo HOLLOMAN AFB, NM 1,358. Mark Trinkaus 1,359. timothy Mobley 1,360. Anna Gagern 1,361. Christina McNamara 1,362. Paul Ezust 1,364. Peter Paladin 1,365. Darvin Oliver 1,366. Stephanie Hildreth 1,367. Scott Bishop 1,368. Lenore Sheridan Washington, DC coshocton, OH Dearborn, MI Felton, CA Cambridge, MA Seven Hills, OH Mart, TX Rochester, NY OLYMPIA, WA SAN JOSE, CA Page 59 Signatures 1,340 - 1,368

1,363. Michael Horstman Rockville, MD

Name
1,369. peter willems 1,370. Avril Harrison 1,371. Barry Hart 1,372. Karla Arnold 1,373. maryam Khan 1,374. Frances Wade 1,375. lisa bergerud 1,376. karen winnubst 1,377. judy killingbeck 1,378. Cheryl Elsass 1,379. Aniko Rankine 1,380. Mark Holden 1,381. peggy ward 1,382. Joshua Gutier 1,383. Gia Zimmelli 1,384. annette varady 1,385. Barbara Mason 1,386. Margaret Lamb 1,387. SUE JOHNSON 1,388. tim tucker 1,389. Memarie Christoforo 1,390. joyce kantoff 1,391. Robert Grillo 1,392. Jane Foley 1,393. David Giantomasi 1,394. Bart Dickens 1,395. PATRICIA BROWN 1,396. Allison Jeffrey 1,397. David Kauber 1,398. Michael Goode 1,399. Janice L Eno 1,400. Patricia Lane

From
Netherlands SAN RAFAEL, CA ARLINGTON, AA Topeka, KS Rosemount, MN Bigfork, MT Falcon Heights, MN Cedar Hill, TX Rochester, NY Mansfield, OH ALAMEDA, CA BEVERLY HILLS, CA SALISBURY, MD MONROVIA, CA Talent, OR Jewett, NY Campbell, CA Dorchester, MA Concord, CA Decatur, AL Greene, ME Bainbridge Island, WA Chicago, IL Rock Hill, SC Kailua Kona, HI Santa Barbara, CA SANTA FE, NM FAR ROCKAWAY, NY AURORA, NY Marina Del Rey, CA Athol, MA Framingham, MA Page 60 -

Comments

I cannot see where it is in Americans' interest to send aid to countries who care nothing for their own people. Here is a good place to cut the budget.

Please act for the betterment of mankind not corporate Amerikkka

Signatures 1,369 - 1,400

Name
1,401. Margaret Frazier 1,402. Joseph Kondrot 1,403. Donna Tomeo 1,404. David Niskanen 1,405. Ximena Hernandez-Cata 1,406. Tim Duda 1,407. Hazel McCoy

From
Palm Springs, CA Washington, DC Massapequa Park, NY St. Louis, MO Bethesda, MD San Antonio, TX Longmont, CO

Comments

If you can't stand up for the indigenous tribes of your own African heritage, than whose can you stand up for? A devoted follower of yours so far. But will be no longer if you let us down on this issue!! I mean it!!

1,408. Wendy Pelletier 1,409. elizabeth Johansen 1,410. Dawn Grib 1,411. Amber Sumrall 1,412. Sonia Ness 1,413. Karen Carlson 1,414. Keith Marx 1,415. sheila Loayza 1,416. Barbara Fitzgerald 1,417. Bruce Wille 1,418. Gloria Sugarman 1,419. april jacob 1,420. lance gimenez 1,421. Melanie Kenoyer 1,422. Bill Brady 1,423. Karen Nelson 1,424. Angie Mackey 1,425. Lloyd Haugland 1,426. Lauren martinson 1,427. Dianna Mullen 1,428. LINDA SMITH 1,429. Charles M McLean Jr 1,430. B. Goheen Los Angeles, CA Dillsburg, PA Soquel, CA Elk Grove Village, IL San Rafael, CA Chicago Heights, IL Wayland, MA Kenmore, NY Albuquerque, NM WESTPORT, CT north bergen, NJ Miami, FL Vancouver, WA West Chicago, IL Elmira, NY Littleton, CO Eclectic, AL Long Beach, CA Kearney, NE Rogue River, OR Granite City, IL Corrigan, TX Page 61 Signatures 1,401 - 1,430 The people who are displaced and get no benefit will remember who was responsible.

Name
1,431. Keith Morris 1,432. Hollis Wood 1,433. Tina Kent 1,434. Brenda Haig 1,435. Richard Kaplan 1,436. Lewis E. Patrie 1,437. Rylie Peace 1,438. Jacqueline Cochrane 1,439. Peggy Batakis 1,440. Jon Gordon 1,441. Worku Mulat 1,442. Sara Avery 1,443. Grace Tiessen 1,444. Karen Campbell 1,445. Martha Scott 1,446. Gloriana Sewell 1,447. Christian Heinold 1,448. Katherine Barnhart 1,449. Spencer Mitchell 1,450. Katya Dow 1,451. DANIEL SCHLAGMAN 1,453. Michael Harrington 1,454. Martina Hough 1,455. Jim Garnett 1,456. Janet Born 1,457. Harvey Beagle 1,458. Kathy Schubert 1,459. Anna Blake 1,460. Justine Logan 1,461. patrick carraher 1,462. Holly Kennedy 1,463. ann beverly

From
Los Angeles, CA Santa Fe, NM Wheat Ridge, CO Long Beach, CA New York, NY ASHEVILLE, NC CANAL FULTON, OH REDONDO BEACH, CA BROOKLYN, NY DALLAS, TX Lafayette, CO Pasadena, CA Citrus Heights, CA Annapolis, MD Milford Square, PA Oakland, CA Brooklyn, NY Grosse Pointe Farms, MI Houston, TX East Meadow, NY

Comments

1,452. Roberta LaFrance San Leandro, CA Granite Bay, CA KAPAA, HI HOSCHTON, GA BATESVILLE, IN Yakima, WA Chicago, IL Seattle, WA Bridport, VT Canterbury, CT Bethpage, NY Florissant, MO Page 62 Signatures 1,431 - 1,463

Name
1,464. Nancy E. Ellingham 1,466. linda downes 1,467. Michelle Marsico 1,468. audrey schildwachter 1,469. Kathy Selvage

From
Bellevue, WA

Comments

1,465. James D. Streeter Las Vegas, NV FRIDAY HARBOR, WA TORRANCE, CA WEST CHESTER, PA Wise, VA Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you can feed him for a lifetime. Aid monies need not be used to facilitate the take over of land that might be better used to feed the people of Ethiopia.

1,470. RICHARD BERG 1,471. Christopher Gautrau 1,472. Vel Santic 1,474. Kathleen Reynolds 1,475. sue davies 1,476. marina levine 1,477. Leslie Nicholas 1,478. Deborah Thompson 1,479. Audel Contreras 1,480. Alfred Gerteiny 1,481. Gabrielle Moore 1,482. yigzaw adera

Valley City, ND New Milford, CT Pittsburgh, PA New York, NY PHILO, CA East Lansing, MI Hallowell, ME Cool Ridge, WV RESEDA, CA Bridgeport, CT San Marcos, TX hollis, NY USA should be againist what is been done to the poor people in Ethiopia.After all USA is not the way it use be when I first knew it in 1952.I went to schooll/college finainced by USA government/yig We demand the U.S. deal fairly and humanely with people in other countries. If we're going to help them, it must be true help for the people, not for corporations that are in it for profits. These people need help not more hardship! PLEASEDO NOT TAKE AWAY THE LAND AVAILABLE TO THEM!

1,473. Douglas McGruter Middleboro, MA

1,483. Joby McClendon

Ponder, TX

1,484. Marlene Fisher 1,485. Susan Minuto 1,486. ronald Chick 1,487. Diane Luck 1,488. Marvin Grantham

BICENTENNIAL, AA Waterbury, CT Dahlonega, GA Portland, OR Pleasant Hill, LA Page 63 Signatures 1,464 - 1,488

Name
1,489. Christopher Wright 1,490. Seth Minkoff 1,491. Evan Fulmer 1,492. Jessica Rocheleau 1,493. tamaara tabb 1,494. Leslie Cummings 1,495. Martin Landa 1,496. Adriana Reyes 1,497. Gary Cronin 1,498. Rudy Stefenel 1,499. Carole Pooler 1,500. Marilyn Martin 1,501. Barbara Nowak 1,502. vreni rod 1,503. Mimi Sancho 1,504. Alysa Behrin 1,505. sharon farrell 1,506. Robert Cogburn 1,507. Richard Neill 1,508. Keith LaPointe 1,509. clark yerrington 1,510. Debra Polansky 1,511. Janet Hada 1,512. Jennifer Rials 1,513. DeWitt J. Henderson 1,514. Richard Booth 1,516. Kathryn Rose 1,517. Janeth Mallory 1,518. dorian sarris 1,519. Thomas Gallaghe 1,520. Nancy Cook 1,521. Diane Shaughnessy 1,522. Anna Wieder

From
Los Angeles, CA SOMERVILLE, MA Merrimack, NH Maple Grove, MN MANHATTAN, NY LAHAINA, HI Sedona, AZ Ames, IA Santa Fe, NM Milpiktas, CA Chicago, IL Rockville, MD Highland Mills, NY Rye, NY Gilbert, AZ Salt Lake City, UT West Hollywood, CA Arroyo Seco, NM BURLEIGH, AA WALLED LAKE, MI ANCHORAGE, AK AUBURN, CA SNOHOMISH, WA Coppell, TX Las Cruces, NM Grosse Ile, MI Denver, CO Lewiston, ID Craftsbury, VT Burlingame, CA Lone Oak, TX Tacoma, WA New York, NY Page 64 -

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1,515. Barbara Cummins Hillsboro, OR

Signatures 1,489 - 1,522

Name
1,523. Scott Smith 1,524. Eva Kraemer 1,525. Bob Mosher 1,526. Leslie Cassidy 1,527. Martha Tocco 1,528. Chris Hogger 1,529. john laetsch 1,530. Pamela J. Richart 1,531. Alaiykah Sabriin 1,532. Patricia Matejcek 1,533. Deborah Ziska 1,534. Vivian Gilbert 1,535. Rich Hladky 1,536. M. Hart 1,537. Stephanie Spiers 1,538. Karen Bien 1,539. Julie Alley 1,540. Burton Whalen 1,541. Lynn Autumn 1,542. Richard Meyer 1,543. Christina Sarich 1,544. Sandy Inguaggiato 1,545. Kathryn M. 1,546. Peter Smith 1,547. Barbara King 1,548. Daniel Hofmann 1,549. Kara Fujita 1,550. Rita Mitchell 1,552. Nancy Jacobs 1,553. E A Hinds 1,554. Georgette Victor 1,555. Patrick Brogan

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Huntington Beach, CA Chicago, IL Sonoma, CA New York, NY Los Angeles, CA Scottsville, VA BERKELEY, CA CHICAGO, IL DETROIT, MI SANTA CRUZ, CA WASHINGTON, DC Red Feather Lakes, CO Bremerton, WA Douglas, AZ San Diego, CA Clovis, CA Long Beach, CA Montrose, PA Leucadia, CA Long Island City, NY Rockwall, TX GUILFORD, CT WEST HARTFORD, CT COAL CREEK, WA LOS ANGELES, CA NEWPORT BEACH, CA WASHINGTON, AA Ann Arbor, MI Bellevue, WA Portland, OR Kenwood, CA Oceanside, CA Page 65 -

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1,551. Russell Covington Winston-salem, NC

Signatures 1,523 - 1,555

Name
1,556. Mary Horsley 1,557. John Evans 1,558. Batya Billinkoff 1,559. Stephanie Washburn 1,560. Robin Pappas 1,561. Michele MARTIN 1,562. Carl Ollivier 1,563. Natalie Van Leekwijck 1,564. Anne Orth 1,565. Martha Hancock 1,566. Melody Shimada 1,567. Robert Dietrich 1,568. Amy Schoppert 1,569. bert greenberg 1,570. Mary Kate Rutland 1,571. Catherine Turley 1,572. susan sachs 1,573. A Pate

From
Richmond, VA Eugene, OR Rochester, NY Los Angeles, CA Pocono Manor, PA Santa Monica, CA Sun City Ctr., FL Deurne, Belgium Gerald, MO Charlotte, NC Carbondale, IL Richmond, CA Tacoma, WA San Jose, CA Rome, GA ORANGE, CA Wakefield, RI Trinidad, CO

Comments
Just proves that governments are run by insane people.

We can respect indigenous peoples and look after our own interests - it's doable!

For shame to take land away from it's own people. Cut their funding from the US and give this money back to our own citizens.

I have not researched specifically which big-moneyed investors might be trying to buy this specific land - land already providing sustenance for already living people and communities. But I do know prominent American universities have in some cases used endowment funds for these purchases in current time. I also know this is an "old" story in human affairs, (previous famines in different lands, including the Irish potato famine!) The outrage of people being dispossessed from land in current times is seen in Mexico following NAFTA. It is also documented in Frances Moore Lappe's book "Food First", published around 1970. This practice is an outrage committed by those "of privilege". It is a crime in moral terms, and is rooted in greed. That it continues bodes ill for 21st Century humanity. These people need their land. Don't take it away.

1,574. Jane Engelsiepen 1,575. Patricia Anderson 1,576. Harold Robinson 1,577. Natasha Fisher

Carpinteria, CA Grass Valley, CA Talladega, AL Rhinelander, WI Page 66 Signatures 1,556 - 1,577

Name
1,578. Tom Wood

From
Columbia, MO

Comments
President Obama, Please Help the Ethiopians! Obviously, the Ethiopian Government is more interested in raking in foreign money to line their own pockets than they are in saving their own citizens from starvation (which has happened before). What a disaster.

1,579. Stuart Cordon 1,580. Jean Henderson 1,581. Bobby Hougen 1,582. Maria Moore 1,583. Tomi Kean 1,584. Barbara Vedder 1,585. James Rospond 1,586. STEPHEN HERRERA 1,587. Lee Keys

Dartford, United Kingdom Elkhorn, WI Santa Rosa, CA NEW HARTFORD, CT MINNEAPOLIS, MN MADISON, WI Glen Ellyn, IL Coronado, CA Desert Hot Springs, CA STOP THIS RAPE OF THE NATIVE PEOPLES LAND. Why is the US goverment aiding and abetting the theivery of these peoples land by relocating them to make fertile land they live on available for investment for Agriculture Moguls. Is it the wish of the US goverment to let these people die of starvation by moving them to non-productive land that they will be unable to grow food on and feed themselves. This is totally dispicable but then the 1% couldn't give a damn as long as they can take over the control of food in this world.

1,588. Robert Bell, III 1,589. diane arceneaux 1,590. Denise C Bell 1,591. Vesna Glavina 1,592. T L 1,593. Lainey LeBlanc 1,594. Chrissie Johnson 1,595. Carlos Acosta 1,596. Cynthia Wilson 1,597. James Denison 1,598. Dale Uetrecht 1,599. Marin Grace 1,600. Roseanne Pacheco 1,601. Beth Wilson

Fort Collins, CO Grand Coteau, LA Washington, DC Fairfield, IA Missouri City, TX CHICKASHA, OK PORT TOWNSEND, WA Long Beach, CA Cincinnati, OH Petaluma, CA Valatie, NY Mountain View, CA Page 67 Signatures 1,578 - 1,601

Name
1,602. Olga Safronova 1,603. Sylvia Seret 1,604. raul guzman 1,605. Robert Brosius Jr 1,606. Lorraine Forte 1,607. Andreas Wittenstein 1,608. chuck mitchell 1,609. Aissatou Fall 1,610. Amy Brownson 1,611. Judy Kirk 1,612. Myra Resnick 1,613. Constance Garcia-Barrio 1,614. JIMMY RIVERA 1,615. Vivian Blau 1,616. Saab Lofton 1,617. Jerry Sawyer 1,618. Klaus Becker 1,619. Amanda Overstreet

From
Far Rockaway, NY Santa Fe, NM El Paso, TX Tarzana, CA Manhattan, NY Woodacre, CA center harbor, NH BOSTON, MA CARTERVILLE, IL Redwood City, CA New York, NY Philadelphia, PA Lancaster, PA Denver, CO Seattle, WA Stratford, CT Datteln, OH Pittsburgh, PA

Comments

when will we learn that Do No Harm means we help the rest of the world vs create enemies through company greed and starvation

STOP THE MADDNESS NOW. AND GET BACK TO GOD...

Big Ag has caused enough damage to the land and people around the world. We must move away from big conventional agriculture and move towards sustainable farming. Small farms are more sustainable to the land and environment, and provide more jobs that are lasting and provide a higher quality life for more people. Please don't support this atrocity in Ethiopia! Thank you for your time and efforts.

1,620. Laura Zaragoza 1,621. Janet Hagge 1,622. Mark Terpstra 1,623. Jose Almaguer 1,624. Jack Weber 1,625. basil williams 1,626. ed g reen jr 1,627. Rose A. Herman 1,628. Barbara Harpe 1,629. Richard Ayre

Houston, TX North Bend, OR Lansing, MI EL SEGUNDO, CA AURORA, CO ELMIRA, NY ALBUQUERQUE, NM Lomita, CA Presque Isle, ME Page 68 Signatures 1,602 - 1,629

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1,630. Beverlee Goynes 1,631. Maureen Mehler 1,632. Sharlene White 1,633. Donald Onsgard 1,634. Marita Robinson 1,635. Linda Lang 1,636. William Horton 1,637. Marianna Bailey 1,638. Wayne Buckham 1,639. Willliam F. Coffey 1,640. Michio Kusama 1,641. Jyrica Gough 1,642. Philip Robar 1,643. Jeane Harrison 1,644. Heather Osborne 1,645. Joe Burkleo

From
Ridgefield, CT Laguna Woods, CA Oceanside, CA NORTHFIELD, AA ASTORIA, NY AUSTIN, TX SANTA BARBARA, CA ASHEVILLE, NC MCKEESPORT, PA MACEDON, NY Castro Valley, CA Annapolis, MD Saint Louis, MI Des Moines, IA Berkeley Springs, WV Dallas, TX

Comments

This will only make the starvation and hunger in this area worse. We need to make sure that no one in the world starve to death. Hundreds of millions of people have starved to death in the world since I was born some 59 years ago. The people calling themselves Christians and Republicans should be held responsible for all of these deaths and doing nothing because the people happen to be black. So much for Family Values and the Sanctity of Human Lives with their opposition to Abortion. What Hipocrites!

1,646. Bess Katerinsky 1,647. marj manglitz 1,648. Victoria Sethunya 1,649. Janet Bradley 1,650. Meltem Narter 1,651. Ken Hedges 1,652. Elliot Rowe 1,653. Jinx Hydeman 1,654. Sandy Cadwell 1,655. Michael Dorer 1,656. Robert New 1,657. Richard Wagner 1,658. Beth Orlik

Buffalo, NY Lincolnstreetlincoln, NE HOLLADAY, UT EDGEWOOD, MD LAGUNA BEACH, CA LEMON GROVE, CA Seaside, CA Trabuco Canyon, CA Rochester, NY Fremont, CA Rutland, VT Chino Hills, CA Irvine, CA Page 69 Signatures 1,630 - 1,658

Name
1,659. Joanne Platanos 1,660. juli jupin 1,661. Lara Marshall 1,662. Diane Lansing 1,663. Charles Brannan 1,664. Helen Kirby 1,665. Sandy & Graham Baker 1,666. Linda Helland 1,667. Ina Martinez 1,668. Lee Raper 1,669. Larry Mayfield 1,670. MIke Kelly 1,671. Dan McMullen 1,672. Meghan Prior 1,673. CINDY REYNOLDS 1,674. Emilie Marlinghaus 1,675. Betty Martin 1,676. Bobby Schulze 1,677. Donald Shaw 1,678. Dot DeCesare 1,679. Jean Lowerison 1,680. Shirley Johnston 1,681. Annie Bartholomew 1,682. Marilyn Mason 1,683. Justine King 1,684. JC Delettrez 1,685. larry hermann 1,687. Cheryl Parsons 1,688. Clare Watts 1,689. Padma Dyvine 1,690. Louise Stoehr 1,691. Angee Sylvester

From
Wexford, PA Fort Lauderdale, FL Boone, NC Santa Monica, CA BEL AIR, MD LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA Cleburne, TX Ukiah, CA Glendora, CA Wichita, KS Ukiah, CA Horseheads, NY Bellingham, WA Winston-salem, NC PINE, CO Bend, OR Crandall, TX San Francisco, CA St. Petersburg, FL METHUEN, MA SAN DIEGO, CA BRENTWOOD, CA Alexandria, VA Evanston, IL New York, NY Buffalo, NY Castro Valley, CA GIG HARBOR, WA Dolores, CO Hurleyville, NY Nacogdoches, TX Lanaster, CA Page 70 -

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1,686. nicholas nakadate Portland, OR

Signatures 1,659 - 1,691

Name
1,692. Cecil Woolley 1,693. Christian Oguguo 1,694. ray moses 1,695. Paula Nowels 1,696. JoAnn Carlson 1,697. Don B. Meriwether 1,698. Irene Radke 1,699. Deni Mack 1,700. Travis Herb 1,701. Linda Watson 1,702. Kate Richard 1,703. jennifer jensen 1,704. cecile moochnek 1,705. Rebecca Haigh 1,706. Maureen ONeal 1,707. nicole Ball 1,708. Nell Green Nylen 1,709. Yuka Persico 1,710. Patricia Tomlin 1,711. Jill Thompson 1,712. Helen Perkins 1,713. Daniel Shefaraw 1,714. Joseph Sullivan 1,715. Joan Aiken 1,716. Susan Breen 1,717. michela greiner 1,718. Mariko Kaonohi 1,719. Gila Wdowinski 1,721. Brooke Palmer 1,722. Ronald Hobbs 1,724. Josette Bailey 1,725. Gary Hockett 1,726. Anita Manuel

From
Westminster, CO Chicago, IL Clinton Township, MI Talent, OR Stevens Point, WI Atlanta, GA DANIA, AA ROCHESTER, NY ASHLAND, OR KEIZER, OR Gulph Mills, PA Haiku, HI Berkeley, CA Morris, MN Tigard, OR Northampton, MA Berkeley, CA Simi Valley, CA SEQUIM, WA Albuquerque, NM Tigard, OR N.d, Germany Stevensville, MT Phoenix, AZ Glasco, NY Livonia, MI Matteson, IL Laguna Beach, CA Snellville, GA HIGHLAND, IN Nyc, NY Cave Creek, AZ Seattle, WA

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1,720. Carolyn Anderson Tucson, AZ

1,723. Betsy Germanotta CAMBRIDGE, MA

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Signatures 1,692 - 1,726

Name
1,727. John Cavaliere 1,728. Barbara Stone 1,729. RICK EASTON 1,730. Charles Casper 1,731. Reese Forbes 1,732. Olan Webb 1,733. Linda Tyson 1,734. stacie charlebois 1,735. Ray Harris 1,736. Kim Mazik 1,737. Andrea Staff 1,738. Michelle Davis 1,739. Michael Russell 1,740. Rafael Caraballo 1,741. Jeff Carlin 1,742. Robert Heron 1,743. Hannah Parker 1,744. Michael Gross 1,745. Sheri Bresson 1,746. Bonnie Mandell-Rice

From
Warwick, RI Easton, MD Cornville, AZ Union Springs, NY Saint Louis, MO Richmond, KY Flossmoor, IL Santa Rosa, CA Carrollton, GA Hailey, ID Altadena, CA Terre Haute, IN San Francisco, CA PALOUSE, WA GEORGE SCHOOL, AA LOS ANGELES, CA DURHAM, NH Denver, CO Bethel, CT Broomfield, CO

Comments
Please think of you own country's people as well before you think of others. The money can not make up for a wrong!

Large-scale agricultural plantations have been proven, over and over again, to increase hunger and poverty among indigenous and tribal peoples, to destroy wildlife habitats and corridors, and to disrupt rain patterns. In fact, the agricultural plantations of Africa have been linked to the seemingly perpetual droughts there. It is time to stop this insanity.

1,747. Marsha Wiseltier 1,748. marietta roberts 1,749. Judy Cali 1,750. Patty Diana 1,751. Jenise Grice-Reedus 1,752. Hilary Davidson 1,753. marietta roberts 1,754. Howard Cohen 1,755. Heather Ribbs 1,756. jim van

Glen Head, NY Tempe, AZ Berryville, CA Glendale, AZ Irvington, NJ New York, NY TEMPE, AZ PALO ALTO, CA SAN JOSE, CA AMHERST, AA Page 72 Signatures 1,727 - 1,756

Name
1,757. Rita M. Carreon 1,758. Cynthia Wood 1,759. Philip M. Cucchiara 1,760. Chiara Collette 1,761. patrick tobin 1,763. Michelle Grifka 1,764. Patricia Austin 1,765. Sandra Gardner 1,766. Fatima Miller 1,767. Jordan Glass 1,768. Michelle Grifka 1,769. Willine Hall 1,770. Mark Cappetta 1,771. Dawn Montague

From
BURBANK, CA COCOLALLA, ID Shaker Hts., OH Baltimore, MD Traverse City, MI Ann Arbor, MI Norwalk, CT Seattle, WA Washington, DC Valhalla, NY ANN ARBOR, MI ANTIOCH, TN San Mateo, CA Muncie, IN

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1,762. Melanie Steinberg Penn Yan, NY

The key to food security is the access of individual families to land to grow their own. Ethiopian families need access to clean water, land, equipment and know-how, not big agricultural corporations charging them money for what they could grow for themselves. Forcing people off of land will only disrupt families and cultures.

1,772. anthony gilchriest 1,773. Judtih Sharp 1,774. Jolina Mitchell 1,775. Anne Phillips 1,776. cynthia mabry 1,777. Sue Kaufman 1,778. sina youssefzadeh 1,779. drew hempel 1,780. Marcy Matasick 1,781. Paulania Tjoe 1,782. Jack Cox 1,783. V'Ann Boateng 1,784. Pat Hayes 1,785. Claudia Martin 1,786. Adolfo Miralles 1,787. Mike Phelps

Hollywood, CA SAN DIEGO, CA MARINA DEL REY, AA CARBONDALE, IL Alliance, OH Painesville, OH PORTLAND, OR MARINE, MN Sandia Park, NM Alpharetta, GA Portland, OR Long Beach, CA Upper Darby, PA Latrobe, PA San Dimas, CA CLEMMONS, NC Page 73 Signatures 1,757 - 1,787

Name
1,788. Caleb Ellis 1,789. Aria Jackson 1,790. Keith Loomis 1,791. Joann James 1,792. Richard Harwood 1,793. Roz / Bob Schuessler 1,794. Lorna Paisley 1,795. john hartnett 1,796. Emmeline Craig 1,797. Didi Chadran 1,798. Matg Gilsdorf 1,799. Brian Thompson 1,800. Marybeth Muir 1,801. Gary Nickerson 1,802. Carole J. Gonsalves 1,803. Ron Gerughty 1,804. Haydee Felsovanyi 1,805. Martha Sheriger 1,806. Dave Sagert 1,807. Catherine Lanzl 1,808. leslie dagnall

From
West Hollywood, CA Portland, OR BLUFF POINT, NY Mayodan, NC Richmond, VA SEATTLE, WA Joliet, IL Nashport, OH Bolinas, CA Harvard, MA Escondido, CA Cambridge, MA Mount Prospect, IL New York, NY San Jose, CA Great Falls, MT San Francisco, CA FAIRFAX, CA San Marcos, CA Encinitas, CA Yonkers, NY

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This is the lowest form of thievery.

This is so painful to think about how these people will survive this. When do we stop supporting repressive regimes because they tell us what we want to hear, rather than what really happens to their people.

1,809. Hannah Tomes 1,810. john contos 1,811. Ismet Kipchak 1,812. Maureen Besancon 1,813. carmen marin 1,814. Adrianne Puza 1,815. John Hatton 1,816. Neil Freson 1,817. Peter Dunphy 1,818. Eric Bond 1,819. John Zeigler

Rittman, OH LA PALMA, CA Nesconset, NY Woodland Hills, CA San Francisco, CA New Cumberland, PA Putney, VT Henrietta, NY Fort Collins, CO VENTURA, CA Denton, TX Page 74 Signatures 1,788 - 1,819

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1,820. Joe Bongiorno 1,821. Rachael Denny 1,822. Elissa Nelson 1,823. Auriol Europe 1,824. Mark Wahl 1,825. Miriam Berkley 1,826. Jan Stephens 1,827. Alison Anderson 1,828. Ralph Manon 1,829. Eileen Chieco 1,830. S. Hunter 1,831. Heather Donnelly 1,832. Sheri Giardini 1,833. Richard Hoffman 1,834. Daron Lees 1,835. Phillip Waring 1,836. Lynn C. Lang 1,837. Patricia Burgert 1,838. Loretta Lee 1,839. Robert Brown 1,840. Kristine Andarmani 1,841. Cailin Miller 1,842. Clarice Glandon 1,843. Kimberly Reyes 1,844. Steve Shawn 1,845. John Mangano 1,846. Lisa Clark 1,847. Rachael Maxwell 1,848. Glenn Woodard 1,849. Rex Benning 1,850. Linda Middleton 1,851. Andrea Fritz 1,852. Richard Luke

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Valley Stream, NY BRADLEY, AA SEATTLE, WA KENSINGTON, MD LANGLEY, WA Ny, NY Forest Park, IL Philadelphia, PA Hagerstown, MD Ashland, OR Lancaster, PA Evans, GA Redford, MI WALLA WALLA, WA WEST BOUNTIFUL, UT MISSION VIEJO, CA Saint Cloud, MN Raleigh, NC Huntington Beach, CA Rochester, NY Saratoga, CA Harrisburg, PA Long Lake, NY Mount Juliet, TN Rockville, MD Nyc, NY Aptos, CA Boston, MA Pittsburgh, PA Kanata, Canada Honolulu, HI WEST ALLIS, WI LOS ALTOS HILLS, CA Page 75 -

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Please think of the Ethiopians that have no voice..or land!

The Ethiopians have a painful history. Please demonstrate our solidarity with the people of this country by stopping forced evictions.

Signatures 1,820 - 1,852

Name
1,853. Connie Rutter 1,854. Cordi Koga 1,855. Marilyn Hoff 1,856. Esther Allman 1,857. Jeffrey Mead 1,858. Jennifer Andre 1,859. Dana Pierson 1,860. Patricia Jehle 1,861. Sonja Kjolhede

From
SAN PEDRO, CA Rancho Palos Verdes, CA El Prado, NM Frankfort, IL Richardson, TX New Bedford, MA Scottsdale, AZ Beulah, MI Alexander, NC

Comments

Human beings must always come first, not corporations or "large-scale plantations."

Please stand against these forced relocations of tens of thousands of Ethiopians! We must not in any way support such actions, which are clearly greed-driven land grabs by corporations without a conscience.

1,862. Linda Lynch 1,863. Sharyn Skeeter 1,864. Carol Fifield 1,865. Julissa Bordoy 1,866. Lisa Burroughs 1,867. michael clark 1,868. Danielle Reierson

Prescott, AZ Stamford, CT Greensboro, NC NEW YORK, NY ASHTABULA, OH Memphis, TN Los Angeles, CA please do not do this!!! Holy sh*t!! When will we stop exploiting the most vulnerable populations for the gain of our greedy corporations? This is wrong. Let the people who live on the land continue to live there and grow food to sustain themselves and their families.

1,869. Josh Lynch 1,870. Janet Neihart 1,871. Heidi Schubert 1,872. Teri Jo 1,873. Rachel Heuman 1,874. Joan Mitchell 1,875. George Picchioni 1,876. Barbara Sinclair 1,877. Ashley Hardy 1,878. Karen Erikson 1,879. Jean Withrow 1,880. Kaye Fissinger

Warrenville, IL Cottage Grove, MN Chicago, IL Aurora, IL Evanston, IL Bushkill, PA bronx, NY LAGRANGEVILLE, AA Perry hall, MD West Brookfield, MA Walton, NY Longmont, CO Page 76 Signatures 1,853 - 1,880 This practice is obscene. Ethiopia belongs to the Ethiopians, not to foreign interests. Be faithful to who you are.

Name
1,881. Herbert E. Larson 1,882. Edward O'Gara 1,884. Marge Pizzuti 1,885. Gwen Adler 1,886. Andrew Lawlor 1,887. Kathleen Keske 1,888. Margarita Rogers 1,889. Alyson Winters 1,890. Mary Tuma 1,891. FRANKLIN MCNEILL 1,892. Vivianne Nantel 1,893. Jon Current 1,894. Pat Mullarkey 1,895. Teresa Grant 1,896. Marilynn Fuller 1,897. David Teague 1,898. Scott Barlow 1,899. Paul Schutt 1,900. Shoshana Simon 1,901. dorothy gonzales 1,902. Wayne Daniel 1,903. ronnie k endre 1,904. Brian Castoldi 1,905. janet perlman 1,906. Barbara Bauer 1,907. vicki hood 1,908. Brooke Newell 1,909. sid haney 1,910. Gabriel Lautaro 1,911. Timothy Martin 1,912. Sandy Woiak 1,913. Kim Keersmaekers

From
Cleveland, OH Quincy, MA Hopewell Junction, NY Portland, OR ALBION, PA BROOKLYN, NY LITHONIA, GA CHARLOTTE, NC Charlotte, NC Tolleson, AZ Sananselmo, CA Hillsboro, OR Ann Arbor, MI San Anselmo, CA Bellingham, MA Brevard, NC Sunnyvale, CA Chicago, IL San Bernardino, CA colo spgs, CO Phoenix, AZ SANTA FE, NM GLENDALE, WI BERKELEY, CA Carefree, AZ Roseburg, OR Jay, NY Lexington, KY Oakland, CA Woodside, CA Arlington, VA Temecula, CA

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1,883. Sarah Schoellkopf Oakland, CA

This is an Ethiopian govt. boondoggle to say the least!

Aid money now going to big ag? Bet. After Bill Gates finishes poisoning the people, Monsanto grabs the lands and poisons them.

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1,914. Paul Holloway 1,915. Claude Guillemard 1,916. Bob Cunningham 1,918. Chris Introna 1,919. Steven Shepherd 1,920. Celia Janosik 1,921. Paula Bargiel 1,922. Mike Igartua 1,923. Christopher T. Mizera 1,924. Lawrence Hager 1,925. Nicole Porto 1,926. S Hadler 1,927. jim neese

From
Alamo, TX Baltimore, MD Kingston, NY Atlanta, GA Elizabethtown, KY SEWICKLEY, PA PARK RIDGE, IL Tigard, OR Chicago, IL Falls Church, VA Rockleigh, NJ Manhattan, NY Phx, AZ

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1,917. James Williamson Semora, NC

Is life not difficult enough for persons living in this inhospitable land? But to move them, and not to a beetter place? That is inhumane.

1,928. Michele Kingsport, TN Villeneuve44@hotmail 1,929. Darren Craddock 1,930. Donna D'Amico 1,931. D. Levy 1,932. Robert Lockhorn 1,933. Barbara Zaha 1,934. Marcia Panebianco 1,935. Eric Parks 1,938. Timothy Shanahan 1,939. Peg LeClair 1,940. Nancy Eichler 1,941. Paula May 1,942. Sonja Thompson 1,943. Eddie Bumguardner 1,945. Manami Ito SAN ANTONIO, TX CARMICHAEL, CA LOS ANGELES, CA VANCOUVER, WA St Charles, IL moscow, PA Mill Valley, CA Fountain Valley, CA Colorado Springs, CO Oakland, CA Sandusky, OH Collingswood, NJ Cortez, CO Do the right thing.

1,937. Annemarie Prairie Boulder, CO

1,944. Christopher Smith LOS ANGELES, CA BELMONT, CA Page 78 Signatures 1,914 - 1,945

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1,946. Robert Comperini 1,947. Hailey Byers-Balmer 1,948. Thomas Willette 1,949. Christopher Hunter 1,950. Mary Donch 1,951. William Brodie 1,952. Jenny Casey 1,953. York Quillen 1,954. Victoria Powers 1,955. Michael Essex 1,956. Dotti Lydon 1,957. Leona Terry 1,958. michael wohlleb 1,959. Emily Smith 1,960. Roger Christensen 1,961. David Irving 1,962. Richard Conti 1,963. Carolina Camarillo 1,964. Judy Kaplan 1,966. Deborah Finn 1,967. Judith Kahle 1,968. Julie Mosquedo 1,969. Lee Oler 1,970. Bridget O'Brien 1,971. nicholas bacon 1,972. Sid Harring 1,973. Patricia Guthrie 1,974. gary dube 1,975. Vincent Campanaro 1,976. Eve Duplissis 1,977. Joan Easley

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APPLETON, WI Portland, OR Greencastle, IN Monroe, LA New Rochelle, NY Columbia, SC sandy hook, CT Knoxville, TN North Vernon, IN El Dorado Hills, CA Seattle, WA MIRANDA, AA Lou, KY Chapel Hill, NC Readstown, WI Reno, NV Lancaster, CA Laredo, TX Nyc, NY Chapel Hill, NC Fairfield, CA VALLEJO, CA TUCSON, AZ SEATTLE, WA Long Island City, NY Mayfield, NY Chalfont, PA Buffalo, NY Yardville, NJ LEWISTON, ME WOODLAND HILLS, CA Page 79 -

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One more example of a government that takes care of the few in power instead of the many in need.

1,965. Marilyn Bilderback Eureka, CA

Signatures 1,946 - 1,977

Name
1,978. Portland Coates 1,979. Joseph Kohn MD 1,980. Sally Springett 1,981. Frank Hackley 1,982. Robin Mayerat 1,983. Lee Pettenger 1,984. Greg Penta 1,985. Chris K. 1,986. Pam Taft-Dick 1,987. David Silverstein 1,988. John Barfield 1,989. Claudia Bertrand 1,990. Brian Fourman 1,991. Philip Dennany 1,992. Carol Sperry 1,993. Maryann Rein 1,994. Hernan Ricardo Carrasco 1,995. Kiel Pratt 1,996. Elaine Parker 1,997. Dean Thompson 1,998. Christine Bottaro 1,999. Jean Barker 2,001. Kiley Brown 2,002. Brijesh Shah 2,003. Beth Placek 2,004. Jean Ross 2,005. Noel Parenti 2,006. Cathy Ellison 2,007. Marian Meinen 2,008. Ruth Barnes 2,009. Carol Rankin 2,010. Dan Cobb

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA Brooklyn, NY Rochester, NY Anaheim, CA Hamburg, NY Seiad Valley, CA Melrose, MA Memphis, TN SPRINGFIELD, AA Berkeley, CA Plano, TX Vernon, CT Chicago, IL Indianapolis, IN Lancaster, PA Endwell, NY Alexandria, VA SACRAMENTO, CA NAPA, CA Woodland Hills, CA Ferndale, NY Kennett Square, PA

Comments

www.WeAreOne.cc Let the "agricultural investors" reclaim wasteland for there investment and truly add to the local culture.

This is just a small part of your New World Order dream, Obama.

2,000. Kirk & Ann Jacobs Laramie, WY Louisville, KY Columbus, OH Torrance, CA Minneapolis, MN Winston-salem, NC BERKLEY, MI New York, NY Monterey, TN Denver, CO Sacramento, CA Page 80 -

What ever happened to human rights?

Signatures 1,978 - 2,010

Name
2,011. Fred Lavy 2,012. Susan Selbin 2,013. Linda Hansen 2,014. Miles DeIaco 2,015. Ellen Weissbuch 2,016. Susan Jennings 2,017. Deborah Adler 2,018. Ron Rattner 2,019. K. Bandell 2,020. George Kormendi 2,021. Carole Oliver 2,022. Sharon MacNeil 2,023. Laureen Anderson 2,024. dennis lum 2,025. Louise K. Carson 2,026. Susan Sarwark 2,027. Kamran Khan 2,028. Angelika Preston 2,029. Patricia Glenn 2,030. Susan Sarwark 2,031. James Hosay 2,032. Betsy Kaemmerlen 2,033. john boyle 2,034. Marylucia Arace 2,035. Josh Wilkins 2,036. Dirk Rogers 2,037. Robert Burr 2,038. Robert Johnson 2,039. J. Cleveland 2,040. John Williams 2,041. Mickey Meyers 2,042. James Nelson 2,043. Marlene Tendler

From
Harrisonburg, VA Albuquerque, NM Portland, OR MESA, AZ BALDWIN HILLS, CA MARION, MA DELMAR, NY San Francisco, CA Norwalk, CA New York, NY Limestone, TN Groton, MA Jackson, GA DURANGO, CO EATONVILLE, WA COLUMBUS, OH Gilbert, AZ Glen Spey, NY FLORENCE, AL COLUMBUS, OH VIRGINIA BEACH, VA COLUMBIA, SC SUMMIT HILL, PA Fullerton, CA Durant, OK Dallas, TX Bellingham, WA Shippensburg, PA Boulder, CO Garland, TX Houston, TX Roulette, PA Bethel, CT Page 81 -

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Ethiopia is due for another revolution.

When is it enough? Do ALL the people of world who suffer from agricultural corporate abuse need to die to put yet more processed food options on our grocery shelves?

Signatures 2,011 - 2,043

Name
2,044. Sergio Baron-Pulecio 2,045. Howard Leonard 2,046. June caminiti 2,047. Robin Gulling 2,048. Robert Kennedy 2,049. Aengus Wagner 2,050. larisa pedroncelli 2,051. Sandra Wilson 2,052. Judith Anderson 2,053. Erline Towner 2,054. leonard hilley 2,055. Elinor Vega 2,056. seth jackier 2,057. Wondimu Mekonnen 2,058. Penney Morse 2,059. Claire Beardsley 2,060. Anna Carver-Gay 2,061. Lindsay Byrne 2,062. mary maskell 2,063. Abby S 2,064. James Lovich 2,065. Barry Seth 2,066. Holly Brown 2,067. angelique lukezech 2,068. Michele Temple 2,069. Romola Georgia 2,070. Kate Brotherton 2,071. Mikhaila Rutherford 2,072. Anne Wills 2,073. scott thomsen 2,074. SYLVIA KANEKO

From
San Mateo, CA Petaluma, CA San Rafael, CA Guerneville, CA Berwyn, IL BIG SUR, CA SAN FRANCISCO, AA NORMAL, IL Long Beach, CA Milford, NH murfreesboro, TN Hesperia, CA Glencoe, IL Aylesbury, United Kingdom Osage, IA Claremont, CA BLOOMINGTON, IN SEATTLE, WA Portland, OR Hanson, MA Eastlake, OH Deerfield, IL Sherman Oaks, CA Sandpoint, ID Flushing, NY Palo Alto, CA Lake Forest, CA BERKELEY, CA ATHENS, AA Maple Grove, MN Newton, MA Page 82 -

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Why can't the government invest in teaching their own people to farm the land and keeping the money in the country. Too simple?

This is insane

Please save people of Gambella form TPLF land sellers.

Evil is as Evil does...

Signatures 2,044 - 2,074

Name
2,075. jean Veenema-Birky 2,076. pete vida 2,077. VIKTORIA R. MEDICINE ELK 2,078. Shilo Roberts 2,079. darius mitchell 2,080. sheedy dehdashti 2,081. Linda Nicoletto 2,082. Connie Colvin 2,083. chris flook 2,084. Linda Guthrie 2,085. Christina Bolan 2,086. Edwin McCready 2,087. Leilani Clark 2,088. Nicole Solano 2,089. Marykay Cooper 2,090. Andrew Drury 2,092. Micahel Beltran 2,093. Jennifer Goss 2,094. Kim Benson-Custard 2,095. Misti Patrellla 2,096. cassandra Yinger 2,097. Judi Glaze 2,099. Timothy Alstrum 2,100. NANCY HUTTO 2,101. Amber Thompson 2,102. Kim Kim Pinkley 2,103. John Albertson 2,104. Ranjit Sandhu 2,105. Jayna Sheats 2,106. Margaret Silvers

From
Glenn, MI catonsville, MD Littleton, CO PHOENIX, AZ Seattle, WA Del Mar, CA CORTE MADERA, CA EAST ELMHURST, NY Nevada City, CA Atlanta, GA Essex Jct, VT Los Angeles, CA Captain Cook, HI Fort Worth, TX Tucson, AZ BROOKLYN, NY JAMAICA, NY GLENDALE, CA MARQUETTE, MI CHICAGO, IL Pen Argyl, PA State College, PA East Hartford, CT North Bend, WA Groveton, NH Bel Air, MD Tacoma, WA Los Angeles, CA PALO ALTO, CA CARRBORO, NC Page 83 -

Comments

Coruptionis rampant,these poor people are up to their ears in it.

2,091. Thomas Hudspeth DALLAS, TX

2,098. deborah parkhurst shorewood, WI

Please don't let agribusinesses steal what little wealth there is from the Ethiopean people.

Signatures 2,075 - 2,106

Name
2,107. Charlotte Alexandre 2,108. Tamara Everett 2,109. Priscilla Rocco 2,110. J. Valentine 2,111. Katherine Watson 2,112. Charlene Boydston 2,113. Leslie Nordstrom 2,114. Randy Harrison 2,115. Cheryle Streb 2,116. Tiffany Baugher 2,117. Joey Leftow 2,118. Peter Butterworth 2,119. jeff kanonas 2,120. Shandrae Santana 2,121. jan karol 2,122. Karen Johnson 2,123. John Coe 2,124. THOMAZ BRIZBIN 2,125. Doug Wattier 2,126. Richard Beckman 2,127. Traling tu 2,128. David Burwasser 2,129. beth peary 2,130. Theresa Hemminger

From
THORNTON, CO PHOENIX, AZ COSTA MESA, CA Machias, ME Newport Beach, CA Pahrump, NV Monroe, WA Eugene, OR Rochester, NY West Chester, PA New York, NY SAN FRANCISCO, CA TUCSON, AZ Mohnton, PA Denver, CO Murfreesboro, TN Cheyenne, WY Chicago, IL Scottsdale, AZ Bainbridge Island, WA BOULDER, CO OBERLIN, OH SOUTH PORTLAND, ME IRONS, MI

Comments

Invest in the people. Teach them to farm sustainably on a family scale! Don't allow agri-business to force thousands of poor off the land to become beggars in the cities!

2,131. SHIRLEY CASON DURHAM, AA JENKINS 2,132. Janine Brunell Looker 2,133. Bruce Cratty NEWBURYPORT, MA DENVER, AA

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Signatures 2,107 - 2,133

Name
2,134. judy franksen 2,135. Sharon Borrege 2,136. Joan Ochoa 2,137. Gerald Morris 2,138. Gretel Munroe 2,139. karen vaughan 2,140. Muktar Sado 2,141. angie heisey 2,142. Tony Kiernan 2,143. Gerry Rhoades 2,144. gillian austin 2,145. Jessica Toler-Elayazra 2,146. Deborah Leech 2,147. Jane Srygley 2,148. Leonard Welling 2,149. Yonas Gurmu 2,150. deborah walsh 2,151. Arthur Gregorian 2,152. Mark Henning 2,153. Robert McCombs 2,154. amy wiley 2,155. Richard Prochowski 2,156. samantha sage

From
Omaha, NE Santa Cruz, CA Oxnard, CA St Louis, MO Medford, MA Brooklyn, NY Seattle, WA Marietta, PA Syosset, NY BILLINGS, MT ROCKVILLE, MD Valdosta, GA Charleroi, PA Bethlehem, PA Gwynn Oak, MD Silver spring, MD Stillwater, MN Oakland, CA ELGIN, IL ARCATA, CA Oshkosh, WI Yale, MI santa Cruz, CA

Comments
I stand with the indigenous people of Ethiopia. What exactly is this "investment in agriculture" more polluting factory farms"? Yuk! Stop it.

It is inhumane to force indigenous people to move to a new location which they in no way want to do, just to make land available for investment in agriculture. Let indigenous people stay on their native lands where they can feed themselves.

Please use your hearts!

2,157. NONZENZELE BALTIMORE, MD IFEANYICHUKURA 2,158. Jeffrey Beckers 2,159. Ryk Loske 2,160. Maurya McCall 2,161. Lea Hodges 2,162. Tibor Weinreb 2,163. Elizabeth Elder 2,164. Eddie Havoc Oakland, CA Glover, VT Bridgeport, PA ASHBURN, VA BROOKLYN, NY ALBUQUERQUE, NM Glen Cove, NY Page 85 Signatures 2,134 - 2,164

Name
2,165. Christine Bachman 2,166. Delana Austin 2,167. Dale Knight 2,168. Diane Krell-Bates 2,169. Larry Yard 2,170. marla Katz 2,171. Shaun Khan 2,172. Carla Clark 2,173. Boyd Gardiner 2,174. Larry Ulrey 2,175. edna rossenas 2,176. Rose Marie Mungaray 2,177. Mark Domanich 2,178. Christopher Brunje 2,179. Patrick O'Connor 2,180. Richard Welles 2,181. Janet Kennington 2,182. A. Gates 2,183. Liette Pedraza-Tucker 2,184. marvin taylor 2,185. Jane Frazier 2,186. geoff richcreek 2,187. mi haki 2,188. olive ayhens 2,189. Lisa Gherardi 2,190. Linda Vega 2,191. Johanna Hollander 2,192. Janelle Matrow 2,193. Sarah Tracey 2,194. John Hayter

From
Keaau, HI Sugar Land, TX Cotati, CA San Diego, CA Los Alamos, CA Seattle, WA Brooklyn, NY Houston, TX Rancho Santa Fe, CA Indianapolis, IN Muir Beach, CA Tucson, AZ CAMPBELL, OH CRESWELL, AA PASADENA, CA North Chesterfield, VA Los Angeles, CA Independence, OR Brooklyn, NY Marietta, GA Greenville, SC LONG BEACH, CA San Diego, CA Brooklyn, NY Los Gatos, CA New York, NY O, CT NORTHAMPTON, MA Southfield, MI Jacksonville, IL

Comments

The world land grab that is well underway threatens all and benefits very few.

We (USA) simply cannot have this happening with our support. Please take a long look at the events.

Any family has the right to own the land upon which they live and earn their living, and especially if it has been in their family for generations. Signatures 2,165 - 2,194

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Name
2,195. Emily Hauer 2,196. Elise Stengle 2,197. Doug Lenier 2,198. Janice Taylor 2,199. Christi Dillon 2,200. Daniel Chew 2,201. Frances Barber 2,202. Cora Anderson 2,203. Mika Ashley-Hollinger 2,204. M. Brianna Stallings 2,205. Donna Eyssi 2,206. Joseph Alfano 2,207. Deborah Couture 2,208. Roberta Moore 2,209. Judith Gayle 2,210. Beth Rosen 2,211. Stephanie Llinas 2,212. Joseph Rizzo 2,213. Sharon Findling 2,214. Lynda Hyde 2,215. paul schiappa 2,216. Joan Penda 2,217. Robert Smith 2,218. Archie Gress 2,219. Sherri Fryer 2,220. Barbara Adkins 2,221. David Elwell 2,222. Peter Giannini 2,223. Bruce Fox 2,224. Michael Gerber 2,225. Karen Kravcov Malcolm 2,226. Dawn Cassin 2,227. Trent Buckman 2,228. Zoe Keough

From
Frederick, MD San Francisco, CA Valley Glen, CA Talladega, AL MOORESVILLE, NC BAYSIDE, WI BLAND, VA MERIDIAN, ID KILAUEA, HI Albuquerque, NM Andover, MA New York, NY Frederick, MD Durham, NC WHEATLAND, MO JAMAICA PLAIN, MA Richmond Hill, NY New York, NY Oakland, OR Tiffin, OH melville, NY Albuquerque, NM Durham, NC Austin, TX Clymer, PA PHILADELPHIA, PA WASHINGTON, DC Lincoln, NE Detroit, MI Amherst, NY Scottsdale, AZ St Louis, MO Carlsbad, CA PAHOA, HI Page 87 -

Comments

Please stop the madness, far too many people have already died in Ethiopia.

Signatures 2,195 - 2,228

Name
2,229. Harriet Anderson 2,230. Loretta Brogan 2,231. james watson 2,232. Dan Larkin 2,233. George Berticevich 2,234. Michael Ray 2,235. Jamie Shapiro 2,236. Zorika Henderson 2,237. Kathleen Richard 2,238. Jimmy Hall 2,239. Michael Lucas 2,240. Linda Manuel 2,241. Maurice Nelson 2,242. Vaalea Darkke 2,244. Sherry Marsh 2,245. Casey Blanchard 2,246. Kate Kenner 2,247. Allen Yun 2,248. Arlene Kelly 2,249. James Torgersen 2,250. Amy E Stroud 2,251. Manetric Douglas 2,252. An Vu 2,253. Christina Kionk 2,254. Roselva Ungar 2,255. Charles Stander 2,256. Christine Doolittle 2,257. Marcia Berman 2,258. Frank Freitas 2,259. Helen Weber 2,260. Richard Spry 2,261. Barbara Clarke 2,262. judith Sandoval

From
GILBERT, AZ SHREVEPORT, LA MAURY, NC VANCOUVER, WA Tiburon, CA Oro Valley, AZ MERRICK, AA ITHACA, NY Glen Mills, PA Austin, TX Rogue River, OR LEAKEY, TX TUCSON, AZ Ottawa, Canada Oceanside, CA Ocean Springs, MS Jamaica Plain, MA Rockville, MD Wauconda, IL Salt Lake City, UT Arlington, TX Indianapolis, IN Huntington Beach, CA Iron Mountain, MI Los Angeles, CA SAINT PAUL, MN Montour Falls, NY Berkeley, CA Moraga, CA Sierra Vista, AZ Nolensville, TN NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA SAN FRANCISCO, CA Page 88 -

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2,243. Amanda Langston Decatur, GA

Signatures 2,229 - 2,262

Name
2,263. Craig Silbert 2,264. Debra Gleason 2,265. Lynn Ziegler 2,266. Tom Lucas 2,267. Toddy Perryman 2,268. Bill Britton 2,269. Bob Taylor 2,270. Michelle Porter 2,271. Veronica Moore 2,272. Richard Sherman and family 2,273. Jackson nanje

From
Hilltown, PA Chicago, IL Poulsbo, WA Yukon, OK Corvallis, MT Livermore, CA Bloomington, IN DENVER, CO KAPAAU, HI BERKELEY, CA Douglasville, GA

Comments
What do we stand for if not for People?

Please stop the GREED!!!!

I stand for solidarity and the protection of indigene rights to land ownership. In Ndian division in Cameroon, investors have signed a similar pact with the government of Cameroon to use 70,000hectares of land for palm plantation, without due consultation with the indigenes. Currently, the indigenes of Ndian division are waging a similar fight. So, as a people whose problems are similar, I stand in shoulder with the Gambella people of Ethiopia to say no the land grabbing, no to family displacement, yes to dialogue with the indigenes and let their opinions be the guiding force to any project in their land.

2,274. Heidi Evans 2,275. Susan Torres 2,276. Peter pfeiffer 2,277. Gabriel Sheets 2,278. Kirsten Taufer 2,279. Arlene Renshaw 2,280. amanda linkous 2,281. Peter Haroutian 2,282. Adam Faja 2,283. Paul Packer 2,284. Nasreen Allen 2,285. david C. milligan 2,286. Beverly Stoeltje

SLC, UT Carmel, NY Altadena, CA Merced, CA Byers, CO Mankato, MN Montgomery, TX Worcester, MA Seattle, WA PORT JEFFERSON, AA San Antonio, TX Westford, MA B, IN If Ethiopia is important to the U.S., then it should be important for the Ethiopian people to be able to remain on their land and be able to feed themselves. Nothing breeds trouble so fast as hunger.

2,287. Patricia Gracey 2,288. andrew somers

Reno, NV Tucson, AZ Page 89 Signatures 2,263 - 2,288

Name
2,289. David Gerke 2,290. L. Bagley 2,291. Eric Schmidt 2,292. Richard M Rowland 2,293. Sandra Woodall 2,294. Sarah Jacobson 2,295. Andreea Scarlat 2,296. janis Epton 2,297. Carol Chappell

From
White Oaks, NM LYNCHBURG, VA CHARLESTOWN, RI SAN FRANCISCO, CA SAN ANTONIO, TX Tucson, AZ Williamsburg, VA Raleigh, NC High Falls, NY

Comments

2,298. Nancey Schnieder Iowa City, IA

Have we learned nothing from the treatment of indigenous peoples when big business comes in as bullies and the cohorts are their government? Now we should stand in solidarity with these people.

2,299. Cherie Martorana 2,300. Ruth Mendes 2,301. NOE' PENA III 2,302. Catherine Garneski 2,303. Moghes Woldehaimanot 2,304. Kesh Ross 2,305. Gilda Fusilier 2,306. Mahin Charles 2,307. Anne Karam

new york, NY Pound Ridge, NY COLUMBIA, SC NEWARK, DE CEDAR RAPIDS, IA CHICAGO, IL Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA Malibu, CA Please show respect for small family farmers. The large corporate agriculture investors are no more than vultures. Let them invest in and clean up their operations here. And perhaps you could look again at the Farm Subsidy Program and fix that?!

2,308. JOHN PAVEL 2,309. Jessica Tucker 2,310. Leslie Abrahams 2,311. julia holleran 2,312. Jan Modjeski 2,313. nick page 2,314. Victoria Blessing 2,315. Shirley Moore 2,316. Dale Tavris 2,317. Linda Jarsky 2,318. Jake Kittell

WALLINGFORD, CT Westminster, MD Long Beach, CA Moorpark, CA Murrells Inlet, SC Ferndale, WA Concho, AZ JAMES ISLAND, SC SILVER SPRING, MD PORT HURON, MI Morrisville, VT Page 90 Signatures 2,289 - 2,318

Name
2,319. anita jennings

From
Cloverdale, CA

Comments
THIS IS CLEARLY GENOCIDE. THIS IS THE DESTRUCTION OF A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE FOR PROFIT. STOP IT NOW!! RETURN THEM TO THEIR LAND. THIS IS WHAT WE DID TO THE NATIVE AMERICANS. DO WE ALLOW IT IN 2012? this is really more significant that Iraq and Iran etc. Only there is no oil, only precious land and livelihoods and life.

2,320. margaret connealy 2,321. Geynell Eskite 2,322. Rhonda Thibault 2,323. Thomas Laferty 2,324. melinda hersh 2,325. Limell Lawson 2,326. Azucena Diaz 2,327. Christie Turner 2,328. Jim Oxyer 2,329. Wendy Oser 2,330. Sandra Eisenring 2,331. Jeanette Capotorto 2,332. Lynette Harrison 2,333. Janus Wilhelm 2,334. David Katz 2,335. sUSAn Smiley 2,336. Michelle A. Palladine 2,337. Barbara Ryland 2,338. Milene Johnson 2,339. Liliana Vogel 2,340. Deborah Raley 2,341. Margo Lozito 2,342. MARY MCGILLIGAN 2,343. Sally Simpson 2,344. Paula Hartgraves 2,345. Paticia Emmert 2,346. David VanHouten 2,347. James Wilson

ALBUQUERQUE, AA BALTIMORE, MD WARWICK, RI Kihei, HI Huntington Beach, CA Tucson, AZ La Puente, CA ENCINITAS, CA Louisville, KY Berkeley, CA Cary, NC Commack, NY Reno, NV Salem, OR Westminster, CO OLYMPIA, WA PALM SPRINGS, CA South Portland, ME Warren, OH Brooklyn, NY Santa Cruz, CA North Augusta, SC Two Harbors, MN Garland, TX Dublin, CA Austin, TX Olathe, KS Tupelo, MS Page 91 Signatures 2,319 - 2,347

Name
2,348. David Klass 2,349. MJ Langelan 2,350. Reginald Pearce 2,351. Karl Steudel 2,353. Barbara Richards

From
New York, NY CHEVY CHASE, MD HUNTINGTON STATION, NY Los Angeles, CA Milwaukee, WI

Comments

2,352. Susan Gunderson Bellevue, WA I just saw a report on progress being made in Ethiopia in the years since the big famine. A local filmmaker had documented the work done by a Kenyan filmmaker and his son to publicize the famine. Now this land grab will undo that progress. I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia 67-69.

2,354. laurie geller 2,355. Renita Jolley 2,356. Wayne Godbout 2,357. Gloria Korhonen 2,358. Howard Harrison 2,359. Kristin Huntoon 2,360. richard otto 2,361. Sophia Leskie 2,363. Amy King 2,364. Vikram Seetharaman

Vancouver, WA Boulder, CO Weymouth, MA Port Huron, MI Redmond, WA Brooklyn, NY East Lansing, MI Waterford, MI Austin, MN Solon, OH It is a basic human right for rural farmers and herders to stay on the land they work or graze. As such, the U.S. government should not be supporting foreign regimes that forcibly evict their own citizens from land they have been living on for generations. wake up!

2,362. David Howenstein DES PERES, MO

2,365. Matt Andersen 2,366. Stephanie Remington 2,367. Evan Kaiser 2,368. John Hooks 2,369. ira ballen 2,370. anita Pereira 2,371. Kathleen Malley-Morrison 2,372. Patricia Karoue 2,373. Jeffrey Eiche 2,374. Chris Joslyn

Boise, ID Costa Mesa, CA San Diego, CA Chicago, IL NEW YORK, AA SAN FRANCISCO, CA BOSTON, MA Dallas, TX New York, NY HARTFORD, CT Page 92 -

Signatures 2,348 - 2,374

Name
2,375. Philip Shook 2,376. phyllis sherlock 2,377. Fabian MacGuire 2,378. Karen Saunders 2,379. Dennis Therry 2,380. Areil Larsen 2,381. Victor Escobar 2,382. Victoria Cooper 2,383. Debbie Huffman 2,384. Chas Withers 2,385. R lombardi 2,386. Rose Bruno 2,387. Susan Bright 2,388. Jessie Bourke 2,389. Mary Olson 2,390. Jennifer Kovach 2,391. Sylvia Ruth Gray 2,392. Michael O'Brien 2,393. Nandini Minocha 2,394. Christiane Pistor 2,395. Lynne M 2,396. Shirley Warren 2,397. Jack Schilleci 2,398. Mary Coleman 2,399. Alicia Yeager 2,400. Louis Dolive 2,402. Norma McCulloch 2,403. William Samuel 2,404. Tim Brown 2,405. Maryanne Rangel 2,406. Robert Bruno 2,407. Casey Mushkin 2,408. Melissa Ambrose 2,409. Julia Johnson

From
Tempe, AZ palo alto, CA SAINT MARYS, KS BRATTLEBORO, VT BAYSIDE, CA San Luis Obispo, CA Midlothian, VA Rock Hill, MO Houston, TX Schererville, IN BROOKLYN, AA HOLLISTER, CA Anchorage, AK Prescott, AZ Bethesda, MD Bridgeville, PA Salt Lake City, UT KENOSHA, WI SAN JOSE, CA MANHATTAN, NY GRAND JUNCTION, CO New Paltz, NY Birmingham, AL Orangevale, CA Springfield, IL Staunton, VA Peoria, AZ Silver Spring, MD JACKSONVILLE, IL BELLINGHAM, WA HOLLISTER, CA BROOKLINE, MA San Francisco, CA Columbus, OH Page 93 -

Comments
this is an absolute outrage. --a perfect example of the "shock doctrine"

We should not be supporting this policy.

2,401. Angela Hermsdorf Peabody, MA

Signatures 2,375 - 2,409

Name
2,410. Renata Dobryn 2,411. Matthew Quellas 2,412. Harold Guy 2,413. Aaron Grace 2,415. Tony Greiner 2,416. Erin Newton 2,417. Thomas Campanini 2,418. carm ivaey 2,419. Dhyana McCraig 2,420. Kristine Barbieri 2,421. Rev. Nano Nathan 2,422. Amy Pelletier 2,423. Peter McClure 2,424. Bobbi-Lee Smart 2,425. Alice Tobias 2,426. George Allen 2,427. bob sigmund 2,428. Lachelle Wolfe 2,429. Ernest Boyd 2,430. Judith Greil 2,431. Maurice Guertin 2,432. Sam Rabito III 2,433. Hope Wang 2,434. Deborah Ahlers 2,435. Ron Steinbecker 2,436. Joseph Glaston 2,437. Theresa Haines 2,438. Linda Campana 2,439. Kewpie Sprott 2,440. Leandro Della Piana 2,441. jayne pitchford 2,442. carl mansfield

From
Hither Plains, NY Los Angeles, CA Ojai, CA Oak Park, IL Albuquerque, NM MONTEREY, CA York, PA ALBANY, NY SAN DIEGO, CA COLUMBIA, MD SNOWFLAKE, AZ Wallingford, CT Pawcatuck, CT Anaheim, CA Falcon Heights, MN Fort Worth, TX Savannah, GA Cedar Creek, TX Sunnyvale, CA Tucson, AZ Magnolia, TX PORTLAND, OR Newington, CT Windsor, CO Saint Louis, MO Desert Hot Springs, CA Los Angeles, CA Wellesley, MA Manning, SC ATTLEBORO, MA Santa Monica, CA PHILADELPHIA, PA

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2,414. nelly baldan badia New York, NY

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Signatures 2,410 - 2,442

Name
2,443. Glenn and Jean Camper 2,444. Lois Peterson 2,445. Rick Lambert 2,446. Antonio Martinez 2,447. Shelley Reilly 2,448. David Smith 2,449. NOURA KASSIS 2,450. george schiffner 2,451. Jules Stenzel 2,452. Mike Rigoli 2,453. Marcia Lovelace 2,454. Jean Kampmeyer 2,455. Miguel A Fornosa 2,456. Mary Bates 2,457. Kristen Emond 2,458. Vickie Burns 2,459. Charles Clark 2,460. Francee Levin 2,461. Victoria Trimble-Lowe 2,462. Jack West 2,463. joan stennick 2,464. Earl Carlson 2,465. Chris Davidson 2,466. Judy Dunsire 2,467. Larry Lambeth 2,468. Vaughn Currier 2,469. Lois Hamilton 2,470. Claudine Beck 2,471. mike tanz 2,472. Elizabeth Barris 2,473. Linda Hale 2,474. Margaret dePasquale 2,475. Lisa Monti 2,476. Mike MacDougall

From
CARVER, OR Belmont, CA Independence, OR Blue Island, IL WEST CHESTER, PA IRVINE, AA CLAREMONT, CA Lake Grove, NY Madison, WI Chicago, IL Oakland, CA Maple Grove, MN Bronx, NY HILLSBORO, IL Monroe, CT Fort Wayne, IN KALKASKA, AA Columbia, SC Bellevue, WA Northbrook, IL Sf, CA LONG BEACH, CA Madera, CA ISSAQUAH, WA Springfield, MO Reston, VA Schertz, TX Siloam, NC San Jose, CA SANTA MONICA, CA Glen Ellen, CA Greenwood, ME San Francisco, CA Nine Mile Falls, WA Page 95 -

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Signatures 2,443 - 2,476

Name
2,477. Kathleen O'Reilly 2,478. Cindy Unruh 2,479. Jeff Gertz 2,480. ann&derek legg 2,481. margie ransom 2,482. Marcia Tindell 2,483. Nancy Gerry 2,484. Lorraine Kirk 2,485. Dylan Strickland 2,486. Rita Falsetto 2,487. Jule Garrison 2,488. Yvonne Imperiale 2,489. Becky Bell-Greenstreet 2,490. joseph & carol olson 2,491. Amber Watts 2,492. Peggy Lindquist 2,493. VINCENT ZABALY 2,494. James Matrix 2,495. Carmen n'ha Lydia 2,496. Odilia Leal-McBride 2,497. William W Haywood 2,498. Lillian Falcone 2,499. Debby Dieckman 2,500. Corinne Monk 2,501. Jeannine Bressie 2,502. John Rokas 2,503. John Templin 2,504. Tom Reilly 2,505. Kevin Leja

From
TRUMBULL, CT San Leandro, CA Asheville, NC RICHMOND, CA St Louis, MO KINGWOOD, TX WICKENBURG, AZ Nederland, CO Los Angeles, CA Aguilar, CO Daleville, AL New York, NY Coquille, OR ANCHORAGE, AK Cleveland, OH Portland, OR BURBANK, CA Arlington, VA Idanha, OR Lufkin, TX Centralia, WA Tobyhanna, PA Newberg, OR North Olmsted, OH Santa Rosa, CA Eastpointe, MI Bluffton, OH Atlanta, GA Bellingham, WA Page 96 -

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If we are going to be the loving protector and/or sheriff of the world regardless of whether we can afford it or not, let's do it here!

Large scale plantations are like corporations. They are not the People! And these indigenous people will lose big time to -- once again, GREED.

True and lasting economic development comes from people owning their land and working together in communities to support themselves.

Signatures 2,477 - 2,505

Name
2,506. Joe Wolf 2,507. Michael Scanlon 2,508. Rebecca Gibson 2,509. james johnson 2,510. Robert Bard 2,511. Benjamin Henderson 2,512. Jess Galchutt 2,513. Richard Boyd 2,514. Elaine Gayler 2,515. Christine Fonyo 2,516. Ramsey Gregory 2,517. joseph gelibert 2,518. Dionna Campbell 2,519. Gerald Gatling 2,520. Ann Baker 2,521. Mark Faust 2,522. Lilithe Magdalene 2,523. Nannina Leo 2,524. Collette S 2,525. kristen bernard 2,526. Mary Kaye Thrift 2,527. Ricki Walsh 2,528. Carol Elder 2,529. Richard Timm 2,530. Presly Hollingsworth 2,531. Sandy Imhoff 2,532. scott Williams 2,533. Brent Yeh 2,534. Timothy Mieyal 2,535. Kathy McGrogan 2,536. Jared Kloth 2,537. Carolyn Lee 2,538. Ruth Reid

From
Cleveland, OH VILLANOVA, PA Isanti, MN Athens, OH EASTHAMPTON, AA New York, NY Rochester, NY BUTTE, MT SEBASTOPOL, AA Moscow, ID ELK GROVE, CA Pontiac, MI Carmichael, CA Clarkston, GA Rochester, NY Madison, GA Middletown, CA Las Vegas, NV Lancaster, OH Fennville, MI San Francisco, CA Spokane, WA Las Cruces, NM Lansdowne, PA Starks, LA New York, NY Berwyn, NY PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CA Parma, OH Georgetown, SC Newtown, CT La Tijera, CA BAY CITY, TX Page 97 -

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LEAVE THESE PEOPLE ALONE YOU ARE INTRUDING INTO THEIR LIVES STAY OUT ASSHOLES FOR TRYING TO EVICT THESE PEOPLES

Transulation: Re-colonialization.

Signatures 2,506 - 2,538

Name
2,539. judy DEYOUNG 2,540. Ron Weber 2,541. Dominic Marino 2,542. Scott Warwick 2,543. Ruth Baker 2,544. Leland Brun 2,545. Angela Zarbano 2,546. Jennifer Shields 2,547. Karen Joseph 2,548. Linda Skudlark

From
TORRANCE, CA SPRINGFIELD, AA HARTFORD, CT Monrovia, CA Gilbertville, MA Honeoye Falls, NY Universal City, TX Lockport, NY Grand Rapids, MI Salem, MA

Comments

I guess there are NO civil or individual rights in Ethopia, isn't it time that the people of Ethopia had some?????? Please tell me why people are replaceable...easily rid of ..in this Hitler like manner, maybe even worse. US AID!!!..promising to assist in making life a bit better.?? Think of Americans...and many other countries. One is born into a country. One loves this country..it is called pride is it not?...how difficult it must be to think of a little mind , an adults mind..when they try to find answers as to why they are so disrespected.no matter how hard they try in their own country..we know of that.. is that not why the health plan was implemented against Hitler mongers in our own country. (and I know malnutrition first hand) they that cannot feed their children, parents, themselves..as they are.suffering malnutrition; they are called lazy and useless...my God what horrific people we are to watch this unnecessary happening. Bill and Melinda Gates and the few others cannot do it all. This is worse than Iraq. We have know the corrupt government..selling out to the ones who feel they can, in my mind steal this beautiful country in Africa.. A country long neglected given crumbs only. Truthful, I feel the average Joe fears the black man...and we know whites are a minority in this world.. and I am white..truth us truth..I love God's people and count myself blessed when I have have love and respect from another , Black Asian, Muslim... We have been part of the crucifiction. We have denied monies to cultivate land properly to have our great minds we so proudly educate, create a water source that can reach wonderful soil rich soil that needs irrigation..to farmlands and living communities. We could merge tradition with high tech so as not to redefine the African but show them we appreciate their beauty and ways, but we have offerings to assist them in building their country as Americans and Europeans did theirs. Has no country not been down and out and needed assistance..? I think so .. What is the song.."this is my country, the land of the free."The East will steal all that is good and the natural
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Signatures 2,539 - 2,548

Name
2,548. Linda Skudlark

From
Salem, MA

Comments
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born will become dispensable. yuk I am depressed with the bullying..it is like this Republican "convention"..whatever whiny little bullies.. Is the word HUMANISM still in Webster's Dictionary..My stance tells me it is rarely implemented!! MONEY MONEY MONEY and we get crazed individuals crazed groups and crazed countries and we will all dissipate. Let's be tough...sit down at that table...fear none China can...We do not need this enormous sin of negligence on our shoulders..the giver gets more out of the action than the receiver, We want to educate our own....then lets be true to our souls and make things right! Blessings on your hearts!!

2,549. Diana Dee 2,550. Pinky Kushner 2,551. Lynn French 2,552. senait telila 2,553. Cathy Kleinsmith

North Hollywood, CA SAN FRANCISCO, CA ROCHESTER HILLS, MI MARLOW HEIGHTS, MD Colorado Springs, CO The people of Ethiopia have suffered enough. I know as I was a Peace Corps Volunteer there and saw first hand what US Aid did to Ethiopia. This is another grand scheme that will only hurt the country even more. Cameron Park, CA Steuben, ME Evanston, IL Lincoln, NE CLAYTON, MO Dorchester, MA South Bend, IN Philadelphia, PA WORCESTER, NY BEACON, NY Las Vegas, NV Bowling Green, KY redondo beach, CA Coralville, IA A H MCCOY FEDERAL BLDG, MS Woodlyn, PA Page 99 Signatures 2,548 - 2,569

2,554. Sheila Desmond 2,555. Maryann Smale 2,556. Barbara Monier 2,557. Ron Kriha 2,558. martha Schermann 2,559. Jane Taylor 2,560. Gayle Areheart 2,561. B. Dirnbach 2,562. Mary Ann Bayne 2,563. Gary A Lail 2,564. Linda Gregg 2,565. Jessica Nielsen 2,566. diana molinari 2,567. Joyce Miller 2,568. C C Ray 2,569. gwenn meltzer

Name
2,570. Daniela Cuevas 2,571. Lorraine D. Johnson 2,572. Judith Damico 2,573. Lois White 2,574. Olivia Simpson 2,575. Michael Bennett 2,576. Morgan Tayloe 2,577. Jackie ONeil 2,578. Linda Moore 2,579. Terry Vollmer 2,580. Michael Zimmerman 2,581. Athena Batsios 2,582. fran levin 2,583. Nicole Marimon 2,584. Jill Cleveland 2,585. Phyllis Wilcox 2,586. Marc Hill 2,587. George Camia 2,588. Marie Linder 2,589. Emily Gordon 2,590. katherine nelson 2,591. Demian Roberts 2,592. cc wright 2,593. Michelle Kofler 2,594. Lisa Udel 2,595. Alice Green 2,596. James Mullen Ward 2,597. John Crawford 2,598. Susan Sloan 2,599. gayle gray 2,600. David Wenner 2,601. Sara O'Brien 2,602. Susan Wrightsman

From
NEW YORK, NY Seattle, WA Riverside, OH GRANTS PASS, OR CATAULA, GA DAVENPORT, IA Eugene, OR Detroit, MI Maplewood, MO West Hollywood, CA NASSAU, NY abingdon, VA New York, NY DELAVAN, WI Alququerque, NM 97402, OR Quincy, MA Hanford, CA Palmyra, VA Kent, WA Bush, LA Green Valley, AZ South Deerfield, MA Jacksonville, IL Wheat Ridge, CO Metairie, LA Middletown, CT Los Angeles, CA Ithaca, NY Bel Air, MD Willits, CA Wolfeboro, NH

Comments

Please consider the needs of the people first.

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Signatures 2,570 - 2,602

Name
2,603. Grace Feldmann

From
SANTA BARBARA, CA San Francisco, CA Loa Angeles, CA Lambertville, NJ

Comments

2,604. Suzanne M. Mace Lawrence, KS 2,605. Joel Meza 2,606. Carol Banever 2,607. Nancy My voice does not deserve

We all know that this land leasing will be used for GMO crops and inhumane factory farming,slowly poisoning the environment and all forms of life for generations to come..In the USA this has happened, even though the people are against it. It seems as though the land should be given back to the people to grow organically raised crops, in every country GMO crops should be banned and a holistic agricultural model adapted that serves all life forms and not the corporations.. It is time to listen to the people...We are all accountable to a Higher Source....

2,608. Christine Dufour 2,609. candice caballero 2,610. carin christy 2,611. dina frigo 2,612. barbara edwards 2,613. Cindy Madak 2,614. Greg Jones 2,615. Juline Christofferson 2,616. orlonda uffre 2,617. Deany Goode 2,618. Mary Stack 2,619. Mona Petersen 2,620. Margaret Lander 2,621. Mary Landrum 2,622. Tim Barrington 2,623. Stephen Morales 2,624. Chris McCarty 2,625. Madeleine Ricklis 2,626. Annemarie Casper 2,627. Enrique Rodriguez 2,628. Cynthia Klug

Torrington, CT Chicago, IL Olympia, WA highland, IN Talent, OR Warren, MI Palmdale, CA Alpine, WY Oakland, CA Gladstone, MO BOSTON, MA ALPINE, CA Long Beach, CA Nashville, TN San Jose, CA MILL VALLEY, CA INDIANAPOLIS, IN Corpus Christi, TX Poughkeepsie, NY Jamaica, NY SAN ANTONIO, TX Page 101 Signatures 2,603 - 2,628 For the sake of the well being of your country and people, please do not let foreign corporations take over so important an aspect of Ethiopian life as food production!

Name
2,629. Anne Veraldi 2,630. Sandra Franz 2,631. Janie Masi 2,632. Elizabeth Lieberman 2,633. Barbara Walrafen 2,634. Ron Silver 2,635. Alison Altman 2,636. Sailor Cybertron 2,637. Marianna Cobb 2,638. Christopher Galton 2,639. Eric Schultz 2,640. Debra Saude 2,641. Heather McFarland 2,642. Donna Archer 2,643. Ryan Buckner 2,644. Margie Glod 2,645. Laura Golden 2,646. Rachel Wales 2,647. Drew Brown 2,648. Gavin Ostrom 2,649. Jean Cheesman 2,650. David Thayer 2,651. richard firestine 2,652. Cr Carrell 2,653. Brian Alexander 2,655. Gayle Smith 2,656. Rob Morey 2,657. Kimberly Rivera 2,658. Maarie Bentley 2,659. Jeremy Crytzer 2,660. Allyce Von Weidlich

From
San Francisco, CA CHICAGO, IL MANHATTAN, NY HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY Prescott, AZ Atlantic Beach, FL Cambridge, MA Hollywood, CA Keller, TX Myrtle Beach, SC Fond Du Lac, WI Sweet Home, OR Auburn, WA BUENA VISTA, CO Marion, NC Blum, TX San Diego, CA Oak Lawn, IL SAINT JOSEPH, MO ROSEVILLE, CA SANTA BARBARA, CA portland, OR Myerstown, PA Wellington, KS Royal Oak, MI CARMEL, AA SNOWMASS VILLAGE, CO MESQUITE, TX MORGAN HILL, CA Interlaken, NY SEBASTOPOL, CA

Comments

2,654. Nancy Guetschow Wisconsin Rapids, WI

This is just so WRONG.

Page 102

Signatures 2,629 - 2,660

Name
2,661. PAMELA Edwards 2,662. Kevin Vaught 2,663. John Denny 2,664. Simon Williams 2,665. jane drew 2,666. Janet Falcone 2,667. Marianne Adkins 2,668. Scott Godwin 2,669. Rick Wigington 2,670. Audrey Johnson 2,671. Ken Gibb 2,672. Harriet Cohen 2,673. Dave Luckens 2,674. WILFORD PRESLER IV

From
BUCKS HARBOR, AA Antioch, TN Arlington, TX College Station, TX Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Wilder, VT Cleveland, OH Lincoln, NE Azusa, CA Anchorage, AK New York, NY Lexington, KY Newaygo, MI

Comments

like stevie wonder sai,"keep hatred from the mighty,and the mighty from the small."that goes for these so called "investors". Mr President This is the opportunity to utilize Dod resources for humanitarian aid and diplomacy. Please do not let this opportunity in making this shift pass us by. . America can easily do these things and the greater things that will follow.

2,675. Rosemary Webster 2,676. Peg Linnehan 2,677. Werner Bergman 2,678. Lee Margulies 2,679. Sandra Zeese

Crestwood, IL Claremont, CA Stanwood, WA STONY BROOK, NY Silver Spring, MD Eithiopia for Eithiopians - not foreign exploitation. This sounds like corporate neo-colonialism. Let's be sure we support efforts that actually benefit the people. Thank you, Sandi

2,680. Jennifer Kelly 2,681. jean shank 2,682. Edward Scott 2,683. Steve Fryburg 2,684. Cat Vallario 2,685. Judy Masters

Palo Alto, CA Sturgis, MI Frederick, MD Bellbrook, OH Vernon, CT Grants Pass, OR

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Signatures 2,661 - 2,685

Name
2,686. Beatrice Stanley

From
Dwight, IL

Comments
This reminds me of what the U.S. Government did to the Native Americans in the U.S.. We can not endose such behavior from anyone toward indigenous peoples of a region,

2,687. Tami Linder 2,688. Thom Bukosky 2,689. Kathleen Clark 2,690. Christine Berg 2,691. Rich Feit 2,692. Frieda Hughes 2,693. Robert Story 2,694. Nancy Marschel 2,695. April Rosenthal 2,696. Mary Massey 2,697. Cari Helstrom 2,698. Greg Rosas 2,699. Gloria Shen 2,700. Margaia Forcier-Call 2,701. Alan Berg 2,702. olivier grielen 2,703. Joyce Erickson 2,704. Catherine Ward 2,705. Bob Pomilla 2,706. Monty Ernst 2,707. nazen merjian 2,708. Ron Heiman 2,709. Bonna Mettie 2,710. Bob Wallick 2,711. Deanna Libby-O'Connor 2,712. E.S. Schloss 2,713. thomas hall 2,714. Vickie Rudd 2,715. Richard Lombard

Mountainair, NM Blairsville, PA DES MOINES, AA PALO ALTO, CA Evanston, IL Cincinnati, OH Greensboro, NC Beaverton, OR Kansas City, MO Lincoln, CA Long Beach, CA Castro Valley, CA Fletcher, NC JEMEZ SPRINGS, NM BALDWIN CITY, KS ny, NY Monroe, CT Birmingham, AL New York, NY Eau Claire, WI Charlottesville, VA River Forest, IL Paradise, MI Harbor Springs, MI ROSLINDALE, MA NY, AA BELLINGHAM, WA Phoenix, AZ Groveland, MA Don't be part of the exploitation of people who deserve a break in lif. Where exactly are these people going to go? I hope that reason and compassion will come before investors' interests.

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Signatures 2,686 - 2,715

Name
2,716. Richard Dimatteo 2,717. Jerri Mariott 2,718. Curtis Cali 2,719. Nancy Salovich 2,720. Charli Stubbs

From
San Diego, CA Oakland, CA SUNNYVALE, CA BELLEVUE, WA Whitewater, CO

Comments
So now you are condemning untold numbers to misery and death for corporate greed.

I lived in Ethiopia during the late 60's when it was ruled by Emperor Haile Selassie. He tried to make sure girls got schooling and that the people were able to farm and feed themselves. It's sad that the people are being betrayed by their leaders who simply want to line their pockets. These people deserve better then they are getting. I'd like the Ethiopian leadership to explain their actions. If agricultural plantations are being developed to help the starving in so many parts of Africa then that's admirable, but why can't you employ and provide housing for the people you're forcing to move to work on these farms? But if you're forcing people off viable land on to land where nothing will grow, that's no better than genocide under a different name.

2,721. patricia ahmad 2,722. Patricia Ridley

AGOURA HILLS, CA Bethesda, MD

2,723. Teddy Mamo 2,724. Barbara Larcom 2,725. Sharon Hobrock

Baltimore, MD Baltimore, MD Washington, DC, DC

2,726. Beverly Mc Kees Rocks, PA Williamson-Pecori 2,727. James Justus 2,728. nicholas talbot 2,730. Raymond Nash 2,731. John Jacobsen 2,732. Andrea Rapp 2,733. Phyllis Dunaetz 2,734. Dennis Conroy 2,735. Martin Lane 2,736. Toula Siacotos 2,737. Stanley Randolph 2,738. Sophia Myers 2,739. Vicki Vigil San Diego, CA Richmond, CA Westminster, MD OAKLAND, CA Flagstaff, AZ Gardnerville, NV Poway, CA Cortland, NY POINT RICHMOND, CA LAFAYETTE, LA Cordova, AK Santa Fe Springs, CA Page 105 Signatures 2,716 - 2,739 Any development should promote food production for Ethiopians. This activity seems to benefit the highland Amhara rulers and India.

2,729. Barbara Lheureux Onalaska, WI

Name
2,740. Larry J. Wood 2,741. Sarah Hart 2,742. Hannah Conners 2,743. Mary Irons 2,745. Cheryl Petruzzi 2,746. Jamie Zazow 2,747. joyce suslovic 2,748. philomena o'dea 2,749. Vaughn Pettit 2,750. Fern Sweet 2,751. Etienne Franc 2,752. Joanna Hoar-Vea 2,753. Karen Cappa 2,754. Mel Templet 2,755. Cliff & Betty Gilchrest 2,756. Ryan Park 2,757. nancy salvatierra 2,758. Aloysius Wald 2,759. Sharon Tiedeman 2,760. Don Powers 2,761. Jaime Gonzalez 2,762. Carolyn Scarr 2,763. Adam Zion 2,764. Sondra Huber 2,765. avril Harville 2,766. Judith Wells-Walberg 2,767. Rhonda Kess 2,768. Dolores Baron 2,769. Kathleen Senter 2,770. Frank Smith

From
RANCHO DOMINGUEZ, CA OSKALOOSA, IA Annandale, VA North Augusta, SC E Hampton, NY Santa Monica, CA dewitt, NY Pittsburgh, PA JOSHUA, TX Sherman Oaks, CA Aptos, CA Los Angeles, CA Rohnert Park, CA Pottsboro, TX MILLBORO, VA TORRANCE, CA Arlington, TX Columbus, OH Clinton, WA MARINA DEL REY, CA MIAMI, AA BERKELEY, CA Philadelphia, PA Hillsboro, OR Benbrook, TX San Jose, CA Burbank, CA Chicago, IL Dayton, OH Baltimore, MD Page 106 -

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I suggest the US aid be diverted to NGO's that aid the suffering refugees, create clean water projects, etc. Especially if the government succeeds in the land grab.

We must do all we can to help the people of Ethiopia. Their government is despicable. This clearly is not in alignment with our(U.S's) expressed values. I wholeheartedly oppose this endeavor. Please stop this now. Land grabbing is EVIL, end of story!!!

Signatures 2,740 - 2,770

Name
2,771. Wanda Huelsman 2,772. NAdia Wahdan 2,773. Noel Larock 2,774. Lisa Krause 2,775. Katherine Simota 2,776. Marilee Talman 2,777. Mary Lorna Greenway 2,778. Bob Brockmann 2,779. Nicole Monforti 2,780. Charles Beierle 2,781. leah altman 2,782. Cassie Callan 2,783. Michael Garcia 2,784. Arline Fass 2,785. Margaret Hadderman 2,786. Dale Stuckenbruck 2,787. Kris Rivard 2,788. Donna Kuroda 2,789. Sara Graziosa 2,790. Karin W. Ahlf 2,791. Charles Arnold 2,792. gina anson 2,793. Astrid Spannhoff 2,794. Leah Cox 2,795. Kathleen Thomas 2,796. Scott Batson 2,797. Barbara Keyt 2,798. Lauren Wade 2,799. roger wiesmeyer 2,800. Thomas Blaney 2,801. Antonia Zitz 2,802. Albert Zook

From
Dayton, OH Roseville, CA Southwick, MA Bartlett, TN Trempealeau, WI Kingston, NY Houston, TX brooklyn, NY New Bedford, MA Kingsland, TX La Costa, CA Benicia, CA Phila, PA GREEN VALLEY, AZ ARENAS VALLEY, NM LAKEVIEW, NY St Heights, MI Herndon, VA East Canaan, CT Costa Mesa, CA Manchester, NH Orange, CA FLATONIA, TX DICKINSON, TX Las Vegas, NV Wakefield, MA Shelton, WA Ironton, OH Nashville, TN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Milan, NY Denver, CO Page 107 -

Comments

This borders on genocide --it's wrong and immoral! Why not create programs where indigenous can participate in the development? outrageous. People need to live somewhere safe and with enough food and protection from invasion...WTF????

Signatures 2,771 - 2,802

Name
2,803. LISA COMFORT 2,804. Heather Sams 2,805. Jaime Grimwood 2,806. Russell Wood 2,807. OCTAVIA PLUMMER 2,808. Nancy L Stockdale 2,809. Gabriel Torres 2,810. Paula Bourgeois 2,811. Lewis Thorwaldson 2,812. Peter Sukowski 2,813. Allyson Renteria 2,814. Charles Morrell 2,815. Andrea Jenison 2,816. Todd Hack 2,817. Steven Freiman 2,818. Zubair Siddiqui 2,819. Edward Flounoy Jr. 2,820. Emma Rosocha 2,821. Bonnie Faith 2,822. Juliet Martinez 2,823. Susan Carter 2,824. Jeanne Stillman 2,825. joan hamer 2,826. Sean A. George 2,827. david makowka 2,828. Lori Erbs 2,829. Jamie Petsitis 2,831. Lane Butler 2,832. William Redondo 2,833. Robert Hasselbrink

From
albuquerque, NM Las Vegas, NV Phoenix, AZ Petoskey, MI Whitehall, PA Denton, TX new york, NY Woodland Park, CO BROOKLYN, NY FORT ATKINSON, WI Frisco, TX Fredericksburg, VA Milford, MA San Diego, CA Conway, MA Bolingbrook, IL FAR ROCKAWAY, NY LOS ALAMOS, NM Cambridge, MA Tucson, AZ Houston, TX Hastings-on-hudson, NY Greenville, NC ATLANTA, GA Ash Fork, AZ Acme, WA Warwick, RI Tempe, AZ Fresno, CA Pueblo, CO Page 108 -

Comments

This is really not a good idea!

Protect your farmland for your own people. Don't sell out to China or any foreigners.

2,830. Michelle Woodruff San Antonio, TX

Signatures 2,803 - 2,833

Name
2,834. Richard Perras 2,835. Glenn Hufnagel 2,836. david bott 2,837. Dorothy Roeder 2,838. Shane McAndrew 2,839. catherine reysz 2,840. Lana May

From
Albany, NY Buffalo, NY SACRAMENTO, CA PHOENIX, AZ Prospect Park, PA Saline, MI Mt. Prospect, IL

Comments

How can you allow such a travesty? How hipocritical to fight for democracy around the world (lies) and force people off their land for BIG BUSINESS. You are all unethical in your dealings if you allow this to happen and should be criminally prosecuted.

2,841. Alan Holder 2,842. Keith Cowan 2,843. Dennis Young 2,844. Herbert Gross 2,845. mohamed ali 2,846. Kenneth Bird 2,847. Richard Hickey 2,848. Rev Dick Preston 2,849. Barbara McKee 2,850. John R Poole 2,851. Marlene Lebel 2,852. Armida Gilbert 2,853. Gregory Garnant 2,854. Terry Bergeron 2,855. D M 2,856. Kirsten Soler 2,857. Lauren Murdock

Tarrytown, NY Seattle, WA Pismo Beach, CA Worthington, OH aberdeen, SD Rochester, NY Aurora, CO Lansing, MI Vancouver, WA Palm Springs, CA Pflugerville, TX Decatur, GA NEW YORK, NY SAINT LOUIS, MO Cp, CA Oxnard, CA SANTA BARBARA, CA SALEM, MA San Francisco, CA Salem, MA New Hyde Park, NY Silver Spring, MD Whitestone, NY AURORA, AA Leicester, NC Page 109 Signatures 2,834 - 2,866 This is a perfect example of greed, corruption, and graft.

2,858. Deborah Dahlgren CROMWELL, CT 2,859. Jane Bozek 2,860. Carol Stevenson 2,861. Jane Bozek 2,862. Brian Sheppard 2,863. Danna Pope 2,864. Edward Carey 2,865. W. Little 2,866. paul gallimore

Name
2,867. Trycenia Upshaw 2,868. weslie phillips 2,869. Scott Devries 2,870. Linda Hottel 2,871. Jo Ann Kreider 2,872. David Ganon 2,873. Laura Mountain 2,874. 2,875. Jeff Richards 2,876. Andy Lynn 2,877. Dale Nutley 2,878. raiden knight 2,879. Dino Canton 2,880. Leonard Tremmel 2,881. Diane Kent 2,882. Valerie Cheasty 2,883. Linda Nadeau 2,884. Kitty Johnson 2,885. Melvin Gennis 2,887. Anna Clayton 2,888. yvonne Scarlett 2,889. Elizabeth Larkin 2,890. Lauence J Victor 2,891. Steven Batson 2,892. Laura Legere 2,893. Ruth Brighton 2,894. David Elliot 2,895. Larry Holliday 2,896. Sandip Dasgupta 2,897. tracy holmberg 2,898. Linda Faulhaber 2,899. Gene Labovitz 2,900. Kathryn Parke 2,901. Stacy Billings

From
Highland, IN Golden, CO San Pedro, CA Arlington, TX Germantown Hills, IL New York, NY SAN DIEGO, CA FRANKLIN, IN Austin, TX Douglasville, GA Santa Cruz, CA Taos, NM Arvada, CO SAN FRANCISCO, CA Phoenix, AZ Menlo Park, CA Greenwich, NY Frederick, MD Everett, WA WESTHAMPTON, MA NEVADA CITY, CA SCOTTSDALE, AZ Tucson, AZ Irving, TX Seattle, WA Brentwood, NH Waterford, MI Crete, IL Santa Monica, CA Willow, AK New York, NY San Diego, CA Pittsburg, KS Astoria, NY Page 110 -

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2,886. Edith Montgomery Ashland, OR

Signatures 2,867 - 2,901

Name
2,902. Carmen Hudson

From
Clio, MI

Comments
AUUUUGH WHY ARE YOU ALL SO FREAKING EVIL ALL THE TIME! CONSTANTLY! YOU'RE JUST HORRID! GROW A FREAKING CONSCIENCE YOU SCUM!

2,903. MaryGrace Brown Mount Sinai, NY 2,904. Leigh Wallace 2,905. Cheryl Vallone Rigby 2,906. S. McIntyre 2,907. Richard Glass 2,908. Maria Cervantes 2,909. Brenda Troup 2,910. Monique Huang 2,911. Marianne Duke 2,912. Martha Graham-Waldon 2,913. Christy Field 2,914. richard holcomb 2,915. Karen Slote 2,916. mary allen 2,917. Lisa Burton 2,918. Jon Olsen NORTHWEST PLAZA, MO Ashland, MA Derby Line, VT Eugene, OR Chicago, IL Bolton, MA Issaquah, WA San Francisco, CA Felton, CA Big Bear City, CA Minneapolis, MN North Tonawanda, NY Hazel Park, MI Bunbury, Australia JEFFERSON, ME

2,919. deborah OJAI, CA Maragopoulos MN FNP 2,920. Mary Ermey 2,921. Jack McCloud 2,922. Joanna Neff 2,923. Kathleen Rueppel 2,924. Sharon Bushman 2,925. Andrew Wilson 2,926. Barbara Schwartz AUSTIN, TX FORKS, WA CHICAGO, IL San Antonio, TX Los Angeles, CA Philadelphia, PA Richford, NY Please do whatever you can to end the large-scale evictions of indigenous people and their communities for agribusiness expansion. This is a human rights, humanitarian, and ecological disaster in the making.

2,927. Charlene Maker 2,928. Andy Prosser

Little Compton, RI Reno, NV

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Signatures 2,902 - 2,928

Name
2,929. Oliver Seely

From
Lakewood, CA

Comments
The U.S. has an abysmal record of knowing best how to make faraway peoples live their lives. Now it would appear that it is doing it again, by supporting lucrative projects of mechanized agriciulture, never mind the cultural customs and tribal dynamic of the people who live there. I say keep your hands off. Try other things which produce jobs consistent with exiting customs and allow the next generation to make the demands for change: education, communication, family planning, health care.

2,930. kevin orme 2,931. Patrick De La Garza Und Senk 2,932. Brian R. McKee 2,933. John Davis 2,934. David Brodnax 2,935. Karen Erickson 2,936. Michelle Spilecki 2,937. Deborah Key 2,938. bryn jones 2,939. William Peltz 2,940. Marilyn Olson 2,941. Janice Cyrill 2,942. Adrian Schnell 2,943. William Peltz 2,944. Karen Bump 2,945. Marisela Saunders 2,946. Kathleen Childress 2,947. heath perry 2,948. Cheryl McGregor 2,949. Jackie Muzio 2,950. Hartson Doak 2,951. Lon Withers 2,952. Susan Gitlitz-tucker 2,953. Heather Abbott

Seattle, WA DUNCANVILLE, AA FORT LOWELL, AZ Bellingham, WA OAK PARK, IL San Jose, CA Schenectady, NY Hermitage, TN TUCSON, AZ ALBANY, NY Valparaiso, IN Columbus, NC New York, NY Albany, NY PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ MADISON, AL Charlottesville, VA Mar Vista, CA Phoenix, AZ Sebastopol, CA Pearl City, HI CHICAGO, IL PORT CHESTER, NY RALEIGH, NC My taxpayer dollars must not go to hurting the poor of any country.

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Signatures 2,929 - 2,953

Name
2,954. Sherron Collins

From
Spring Lake, MI

Comments
It is becoming apparent that other countries are buying up the use of African land that might be critical to the population native to the land. While this is good planning for China, it's bad for Ethiopia!

2,955. WILLIAM LORCH 2,956. Rev. Daniel Doran, Ph.D. 2,957. doris ann Wilcox 2,958. Barbara Sandow 2,959. Bridget Palecek 2,960. Doug Cecere 2,961. Deborah McNeil 2,962. Beth O'Brien 2,963. Beth Brenneman 2,964. Sue Osborn 2,965. Robert Hall 2,966. Lauren Jusek 2,967. Barbara Hadenfeldt 2,968. Linda Jenkins 2,969. Donna Williams 2,970. Linda Bishop 2,971. Mary Amaya 2,972. Peggy Schramm 2,973. zenida carlos 2,974. Carol Rowland 2,975. Georgia Locker 2,976. Janet Pielke 2,977. Rick Potthoff 2,978. Fred Marschner 2,979. John Moszyk 2,980. CHARLES arnold 2,981. Halimah Allah 2,982. richard myers 2,983. Tammi Dee Voytek

Joliet, IL Sault S Marie, MI Burbank, CA Richmond, CA Oshkosh, WI Fort Collins, CO Smyrna, GA Rochester, NY Laytonville, CA Hilton, NY SPRINGFIELD, MO Garrettsville, OH Berkeley, CA Conway, NC Kansas City, MO El Dorado Springs, MO SHELBY, NC Waukegan, IL VICTORIA, TX Creston, CA Fort Collins, CO Claremont, CA Houston, TX WALNUT CREEK, AA St Louis, MO Lompoc, CA Altadena, CA Eastcanton, OH Waterbury, CT No one should be run out of their home! These people need to be helped, not to be homeless

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Signatures 2,954 - 2,983

Name
2,984. Nicolas Petersen 2,985. James Shawvan 2,986. Tab Buckner 2,987. Erin Cleere 2,988. judy pang 2,989. Jerry Bloomer 2,990. Roch Jimenez 2,991. lawrence barley 2,992. Eric Geswender 2,993. lorraine schaeffer 2,994. Donald Schwartz 2,995. Jillian Bailey 2,996. Mary Robbins 2,997. Marilyn Flynn 2,998. julie weals 2,999. Theo Saunders 3,000. Marti Cooksey 3,001. Joyce Levy 3,002. Michael Rice 3,003. Nancy Bruny 3,004. Tim Shannon 3,005. mark scibilia-carver 3,006. Lowell Palm 3,007. Robert Mercier 3,008. Jenelle Zamyslowski 3,009. Russell Hilliard 3,010. Julia Shpirt 3,011. Stefan Kozinski 3,012. Tina Pott 3,013. Lisa Goldman 3,014. 3,015. Veronica Hayes 3,016. Sue Merris

From
PORTLAND, OR SAN DIEGO, CA San Francisco, CA Burlington, VT PVE, CA Hot Springs, SD San Antonio, TX JACKSONVILLE, AA TEXAS CITY, TX TOPANGA, CA Baltimore, MD Denver, CO Richardson, TX Cutchogue, NY St. Charles, IL Los Angeles, CA Colorado Springs, CO Zionsville, IN Minneapolis, MN Northglenn, CO Anacortes, WA trumansburg, NY Washington C.h., OH WYNDMOOR, PA St. Paul, MN BLACK MOUNTAIN, NC New York, NY WILMINGTON, DE Worthington, OH Mount Pleasant, SC EVERETT, WA Ferndale, MI Pittsboro, NC Page 114 -

Comments

The names of the investors should be publicized, and pressure brought to bear to get them and their funders to pull out.

Signatures 2,984 - 3,016

Name
3,017. Ligia Prado 3,018. Scott Mitchum 3,019. Dennis Schaef 3,020. Darlene Ross 3,021. Anne Borreggine

From
So Paulo, Brazil ELLINWOOD, KS Meadville, PA Woodbridge, CA Bangor, ME

Comments

Would you like losing your home and your family displaced? Please keep agribusiness out of Ethiopia and the rest of Africa. Agribusiness has taken the ability of small farmers to make a go of it in the USA. There is no need to make Africans suffer more because of the greed of the few.

3,022. Guy-Luc deVeaux Bronx, NY 3,023. Lois Smith Fort Washington, MD

3,024. Noel Vethanayagam 3,025. Rhoda Schlamm 3,026. Vicki Koger 3,027. Eileen Jones 3,028. Claudia Egelhoff 3,029. Denyse Cardoza 3,030. Ed Immar 3,031. charlene casucci 3,032. Ervin Livingston 3,033. Anne Padilla 3,034. Brian Coscione 3,035. Gina Woods-Norris 3,036. Linda Henning 3,037. Christine Snyder 3,038. sherrie miranda 3,039. Jerold Drucker 3,040. Blake Bentley 3,041. Leanne Friedman 3,042. Julianne Craig 3,043. deborah j volk 3,044. patrick hogan 3,045. Barbara Chally 3,046. Keith Thompson 3,047. Terri Schneider

Markham, Canada Woodside, NY Turner, OR Woodridge, IL MINNEAPOLIS, MN Olivehurst, CA Braintree, MA Medway, MA North, SC Santa Fe, NM Cohoes, NY Placerville, CA San Diego, CA Cheektowaga, NY Chula Vista, CA Camarillo, CA ROANOKE, VA DAVIS, CA Saint Louis, MO Cincinnati, OH Roseville, MN Sunrise Beach, MO Saint Paul, MN Valley Cottage, NY Page 115 Signatures 3,017 - 3,047 This is intolerable and the US and USAID administrator should insist on the rights of the families to remain on their land instead of forcing them off it for land-grabbers' profits.

Name
3,048. Ed Simmons 3,049. Terry Mays 3,050. RON MULLER 3,051. Mikki Chalker 3,052. Lynn Brewer 3,053. Marilyn Bartlett 3,054. dorothy schieber 3,055. Daniel Tiarks 3,056. frank mcginty 3,057. Scott L 3,058. Michael Davis 3,059. Andrea Fox 3,060. Lorene Rowland 3,061. Kellie Huynh 3,062. sandra romano 3,063. Gina Troisi 3,064. Dennis McGee Jr 3,065. Kyle Brandt 3,066. Ruth Rollow 3,067. Diane Sullivan

From
SAN DIEGO, CA Beaver, UT Norwalk, CT Binghamton, NY Skokie, IL Burnt Hills, NY Bernville, PA Los Angeles, CA JENKINTOWN, PA Hell, MI Seattle, WA Lancaster, OH BILLINGS, MT PLANO, TX Downey, CA Norwalk, CT Chicago, IL CONTOOCOOK, NH Bastrop, TX Oak Harbor, WA

Comments

Rather than sell out to foreign corporations...teach the people how to farm sustainably as well as help them with resources to do so.

3,068. Robert and Julia Clinton, WA Kenny and Glover 3,069. david seavey 3,070. Hans Wiegert 3,071. Nadereh Ovanessoff 3,072. Leoni Figueredo 3,073. marc silverman 3,074. Anne ODonnell 3,075. Jean Mansour 3,076. Nancy Carson 3,077. Doug Bender 3,078. amanda Russavage Stroudsburg, PA Simpsonville, SC La Jolla, CA San Francisco, CA La, CA Phoenix, AZ Culver City, CA Wilson, WY Redondo Beach, CA NAPERVILLE, AA Page 116 Signatures 3,048 - 3,078 I know we have plenty of problems at home but let's do the right thing abroad as well. The world is watching our humanity Please don't force these people to leave for corporate profit. Allow the people to stay on their land.

Name

From

Comments
I've read about foreigners buying up African lands to grow food for their countries. Those lands should be used to feed the people of Africa. The jobs should all go to their people. The Ethiopian people should be farming their own lands. People shouldn't be forcibly relocated. Ethiopia is a large country. I would like to know why anyone needs to be forcibly relocated.

3,079. Frank Fredenburg Milford, PA

3,080. Sara Biggers 3,081. Shearle Furnish 3,082. Annette Bigler 3,083. Anita Capshaw 3,084. Thomas Bejgrowicz 3,085. Marianne Widmalm 3,086. Karen Raccio 3,087. R dean James 3,088. Ralph Hagewood 3,090. Jean Adams 3,091. Carole Hagen 3,092. Robert Pancner 3,093. Stephanie Mory 3,094. Deanna Grahn 3,095. Gale Rullmann 3,096. Karen Kilduff RN 3,097. Laura Beck 3,098. rollin blanton 3,099. Ann Metcalf 3,100. ELIZABETH CLAY 3,101. Phillipa Kafka 3,102. Ted Washburne 3,103. Fay Biegun 3,104. Ellen Blunk 3,105. Christopher All Wesson

Chapel Hill, NC Canfield, OH Lexington, KY Louisville, KY LANCASTER, PA ANN ARBOR, MI Maple Grove, MN Conway, AR ASHEVILLE, NC Albuquerque, NM Warrenton, OR Darien, IL Seabrook, SC MADISON, WI Youngsville, NC Houston, TX New Market, MD Los Angeles, CA Durham, NH phoenix, AZ Boulder City, NV Vancouver, WA West Sayville, NY Merlin, OR ASTORIA, OR shame, shame, shame Please use your influence to protect these vulnerable and prevent their cruel displacement. USE the USA aid to buy the land and give it to the people ( one billion a year).

3,089. Jennifer Angelone PORTLAND, ME

3,106. Betty McCutcheon ROSEVILLE, CA Page 117 Signatures 3,079 - 3,106

Name
3,107. Lisa Boehlke 3,108. Thomas Carnahan 3,109. Nancy Higgins 3,110. Debbie Tenenbaum 3,111. AM Barre 3,112. Erin Walding 3,113. michael fuchs 3,115. Karyn Goff 3,116. Jennifer Worthen 3,117. Rowe Taro 3,118. Thomas O'Grady 3,119. Kathy Harris 3,120. Samuel Two Bears 3,121. Shelly Wallace 3,122. Richard Kollmar 3,123. Catherina Brancaccio 3,124. Lauren Mitchell 3,125. Janice Rogers-Levy 3,126. Gina Thomas 3,127. Chere Woo 3,128. Ludvig Roth 3,129. Marie Sanders 3,130. julie quanstrom 3,131. Mike Huseby 3,132. Elaine Becker 3,133. Jonathan Netherton 3,134. Jennifer Planeta 3,135. Amy Dingman 3,136. Linda Rivera

From
MINNEAPOLIS, MN San Diego, CA Pomona, NY BERKELEY, CA Salem, MA Minneapolis, MN Knightdale, NC Livonia, MI Riverside, CA Raymond, NH COHOCTON, NY BOULDER, CO Windsor, CA Northglenn, CO Santa Cruz, CA Quincy, MA Pittsburgh, PA Portland, OR Veneta, OR SAN FRANCISCO, CA Tacoma, WA Oyster Bay, NY Sun City, AZ PUYALLUP, WA HOUSTON, TX FAIRVIEW, OR CHRISTIANSTED, VI Albuquerque, NM New York, NY

Comments

So, is it Monsanto or ADM or Con Agra? Corporate greed isn't bad enough in the US, now we're letting it happen in Ethiopia too?!??

Have the good African people not suffered enough? Ethiopians must not be forced off their land; made destitute and suffer starvation! Signatures 3,107 - 3,136

Page 118

Name
3,137. Athena Anderson 3,138. Asante Riverwind 3,139. Gloria Monroe 3,140. Lopamudra Mohanty 3,141. Lisa Caprina 3,142. Mark Cohen 3,143. Maureen Buckley 3,144. Arthur Brogley 3,145. melissa sharpley 3,146. Francine Joy Allen 3,147. Monica Poro 3,148. LORI BLACKSHERE 3,149. Nancy Aldrich 3,150. Eugene Russell Key 3,151. Emily Figueroa 3,152. Braelyn Burch 3,153. Caryn Graves 3,154. Mary Armacost 3,156. Glenn Zorn 3,157. Gina Pantier 3,158. anna seitz 3,159. Thomas E Pass 3,160. Barbara Renton 3,161. Wanda Ashman 3,162. John Reese 3,163. Thomasin Alyxander 3,164. Blake Winter 3,165. Denise Pedersen 3,166. yilma bekele 3,167. Linda van Der Merwe 3,168. Ernest Jones

From
New Holland, IL Sarasota, FL GRANTS PASS, OR St.peters, MO Seattle, WA Denver, CO Point Roberts, WA Scenery Hill, PA Little Rock, AR NORTHVILLE, MI PITTSFORD, VT Camas, WA The Woodlands, TX Dundalk, MD Marietta, GA Weedsport, NY BERKELEY, CA Phoenix, AZ Milwaukee, WI Federal Way, WA Detroit, MI Houston, TX Berkeley, CA Madison, WI Alcalde, NM Windsor, CA Orchard Park, NY AMERICAN FORK, UT oakland, CA Seattle, WA LOSANTVILLE, IN Page 119 -

Comments

3,155. Lenore Greenberg Brooklyn, NY

US tax payer should not finance tyrants,

Signatures 3,137 - 3,168

Name
3,169. Saroj Gilbert 3,170. Samira Turk 3,171. kristen hilliard 3,172. sarah dolinar 3,173. Carol Pattee 3,174. Marie Socarras 3,175. Carol Edman 3,176. Randy Vonck 3,177. Tracy Tucker 3,178. Carol Suchecki 3,179. Barb Hollenbach 3,180. Antonio Mendez Jr 3,181. Scott Postlethwait 3,182. Nayeem Aslam 3,183. Ken Abbott 3,184. Joseph Connell 3,185. stephen malczewski 3,186. Susan Spector 3,187. CS Hupp 3,188. Alisha Kaiser 3,189. Keith Gordon 3,190. Adele Greenberg 3,191. Michael Seager 3,192. Marilyn Saunders 3,193. Carol Mone 3,194. Heinz Thomet 3,195. Kathy Collins 3,196. Lucy Edwards 3,198. Linda McClure 3,199. anna karp 3,200. Laura Overmann 3,201. Christina Keach 3,202. Morris Sandel 3,203. Erin Marshall

From
WILLIAMSBURG, VA Austin, TX Earlton, NY Staten Island, NY Hillsboro, OR Iowa City, IA Ottawa, IL Ypsilanti, MI Austin, TX Culvercity, CA Lafayette, CA chicago, IL CROWN POINT, IN Villa Park, IL Asheville, NC Brooklyn, NY Cheektowaga, NY rochester, NY GAMBIER, OH Weed, CA Los Angeles, CA NY, NY Mentor, OH Ridgefield Pk, NJ Trinidad, CA Newburg, MD Evansville, WI TUXEDO PARK, NY San Diego, CA norfolk, VA BURLINGAME, CA Edgewood, NM Austin, TX Portland, OR Page 120 -

Comments

My son is adopted from Ethiopia.

I have heard about this situation and I am shocked that we cannot do something!

3,197. Donna Jitchotvisut Chicago, IL

Signatures 3,169 - 3,203

Name
3,204. HonoraBright Aere 3,205. Dawn Spencer 3,206. Linda Morgan 3,207. Erika Lehmann 3,208. G. Marjorie Golden 3,209. Linda Thomas 3,210. Fred Goldberg 3,211. Robert Lyday 3,212. Margaret Kramer 3,213. Lauren Easlick 3,214. Peter Yff 3,215. Cynthia Carey 3,216. Carol Curtis 3,217. Elda Unger 3,218. Samantha Schipman 3,219. Teresa Vanzeller 3,220. D Roberts 3,221. calvin young 3,222. Diane Hejl 3,223. Alexis Nazario 3,224. Norma Rubovits 3,225. Bettina Schupp 3,226. Richard Carol Mann 3,227. Linda G Wilscam 3,228. Charles Wittman 3,229. jane jaehning 3,230. Carlos Nunez 3,231. E Garcia 3,232. John Repass 3,233. Sharon Albrecht 3,234. Tanya Croke 3,235. Richard Barnett 3,236. janet anderson

From
Blodgett, OR Elyria, OH CALDWELL, ID Sioux Falls, SD Santa Rosa, CA Norwalk, CT Rego Park, NY MADERA, CA LITTLE CANADA, MN ITHACA, NY Oak Lawn, IL Greensboro, NC Salt Lake City, UT Malibu, CA Charlotte, NC Las Vegas, NV seattle, WA Fairfax, VA Austin, TX dover, DE CHICAGO, IL BATON ROUGE, AA Lake Wylie, SC Rockville, CT Amityville, NY `Oak Harbor, WA Reseda, CA El Passo, TX Kodiak, AK Warren, PA North Tunbridge, VT Wimberley, TX Oak Park, MI Page 121 -

Comments

Signatures 3,204 - 3,236

Name
3,237. Susan Tarrant 3,238. Melanie MacLenn MD 3,239. Karen Sterling 3,240. Ursula Schaefer 3,241. Lucille LePage 3,242. Lucinda Bailey 3,243. gary taft 3,244. Julia Glover

From
The Woodlands, TX Asheville, NC Cedar Creek, TX FAIRFIELD, IA GLOUCESTER, MA CENTENNIAL, CO Waukesha, WI Clinton, WA

Comments

The US cannot allow the Ethiopian people to be exploited and starved -- what are we giving this country $1billion/year for, if at the same time we are tacitly allowing the Ethiopian government to devastate its people? This is a gross injustice that the U.S. must not support.

3,245. H Berrien Zettler 3,246. Monica Smothers 3,247. Arthur Goodman 3,248. Michael Lockhart 3,249. Diana Summers 3,250. Rod Weaver 3,251. Brenda Dittemer 3,252. k gorman 3,253. William Parr 3,254. Robert Parker 3,255. Matthew Smith 3,256. SANDRA APPLEBAUM 3,257. Luisa Appleman 3,258. Lang Haynes 3,259. Samantha Williams 3,260. Erica Crytzer 3,261. Josh Tallant 3,262. HEDY BURBIC 3,263. Gordon Johnston 3,264. Jon Spitz 3,265. Gladys T. Lee 3,266. michelle roemer schoen

Columbus, GA NEW ROADS, LA Albany, OR Littleton, CO Birmingham, United Kingdom Mill Hall, PA Bloomsburg, PA Farmington, CT WEYMOUTH, MA MONROE, VA Greenville, SC Long Beach, CA Portland, OR Swarthmore, PA Mars Hill, NC Interlaken, NY Columbia, MO MYSTIC, CT Portland, OR LAYTONVILLE, AA QUITMAN, GA Doylestown, PA Page 122 -

Governments exist to empower individuals and families. Unfortunately those in power always seem to completely forget this.

Signatures 3,237 - 3,266

Name
3,267. d schneps 3,268. Anne Marie Bucher 3,270. Michael Eichenholtz 3,271. J V 3,272. Mary Jane Silva 3,273. Richard Cummings

From
MARINA DEL REY, AA BRONX, NY

Comments

3,269. Gerald P. Halpern East Hampton, NY Richmond, CA San Diego, CA Bakersfield, CA Sag Harbor, NY I taught in Ethiopia at the Haile Sellassie I University and came to oppose American support for him, but Meles is far worse. Nothing seems to change but this must not be allowed to happen. American supported Haile Sellassie because of the Cold War and he was overthrown anyway. America supports Meles because of the War on Terror and he will eventually be overthrown as well. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is insanity. Doesn't CIA ever learn anything? I warned them what was going to happen then and the reaction was hostility. I was right then and I am right now.

3,274. Marie Wakefield 3,275. sharon belson 3,276. Maurizio Nascimben 3,277. John and Martha Stoltenberg 3,278. phyllis hugins 3,279. Maria Ferreira 3,280. Karen Boelling 3,281. Lynn Cascio 3,282. Katherine Faddol 3,284. Ursula McCarty 3,285. Sarah Jagdmann 3,286. Kirk Walser 3,287. Mwasaa Sherard 3,288. Jim Gayden 3,289. Nancy Colburn 3,290. Ken Shuffler 3,291. Nancy Mickelburgh

Newport, OR Brookhaven, PA Gansevoort, NY Elkhart Lake, WI Frisco, CO BRISTOL, RI TIGARD, OR HUNTINGTON, NY Ferndale, MI Newell, IA Chapel Hill, NC Modesto, CA MEMORIAL SQUARE, GA Vancouver, WA Bedford, MA Plano, TX Johnson City, NY Page 123 Signatures 3,267 - 3,291

3,283. Jessica Strickland Charlotte, NC

Name
3,292. KEITH SMITH 3,293. victor pavlovic 3,294. Blair Hopkins 3,295. Yaw Asante 3,296. Anne Gross 3,297. Kim Stewart 3,298. Margaret Sellers 3,299. Anne Gross 3,300. stephanie proctor 3,301. Debra Myers 3,302. C.R. Goodman 3,303. marybeth vanpelt 3,304. Stephanie Hercik 3,305. James Cox 3,306. paul trefz 3,307. Tracie Turner 3,308. Alice Smith 3,309. Gene Willeke 3,310. DENISE CAMERON 3,311. meg brodie 3,312. Eric Morris 3,313. Nancy briggs 3,314. Tim Meier 3,315. JUDITH BARNETT 3,316. barbara rosenzweig 3,317. Annie Chang 3,318. ALICIA ALVARADO 3,319. Linda Jameson 3,320. Dennice Briol 3,321. Anita Walsh 3,322. Bret Polish

From
Buckhannon, WV Cleveland, OH Kennewick, WA Calgary, Canada CERES, CA los angeles, CA North Grosvenordale, CT Modesto, CA Van Nuys, CA Wayland, NY Los Gatos, CA SENECA, SC Baroda, MI Kansas City, KS Sharon Hill, PA San Francisco, CA Irvine, CA Oxford, OH Bronx, NY Washington, DC Nashville, IL Fayetteville, NC Cincinnati, OH LONG BEACH, CA SOUTHAMPTON, PA Oakland, CA Akron, OH MOUNT SHASTA, CA APPLE VALLEY, MN Corrales, NM LOS ANGELES, CA Page 124 -

Comments

Let these people live their sustainable lives, and please do not allow our corporations to run roughshod over their rights to live, and to live sustainably.

Signatures 3,292 - 3,322

Name
3,323. Ingrid Scott 3,324. Mary K-- Case 3,325. Alison Stewart 3,326. Joshua Leavitt 3,327. brandon Ross 3,329. Macie Schriner 3,330. Michael Gray 3,331. Elizabeth Adan 3,332. Arlette Crews 3,333. Sam Graber 3,334. William Katrina Dresbach 3,335. Krista Verrastro 3,336. Julie Booton 3,337. Katherin Balles 3,338. Patricia Pruitt 3,339. Nancy L. Farrell 3,340. Debra Pezzotti 3,341. Nancy L. Lutz 3,343. Saundra Crowell 3,344. Pat Marriott 3,345. Tonya Strong-Mewbourn 3,346. Caroline Treadwell 3,347. zelda bush 3,348. katy McNerney 3,349. b brian Tupaz 3,350. David Stetler 3,351. shirley wong 3,352. Ann Khambholja 3,353. Cyndie Tobin 3,355. Ariana Oppegard

From
CASTINE, AA BUCKNER, MO YARDLEY, PA SAN FRANCISCO, CA IOWA CITY, IA Lansing, MI Cuyahoga Falls, OH CARMICHAEL, CA Campbell, CA South Bend, IN Lorain, OH BALTIMORE, MD RALEIGH, NC BREMERTON, WA Oak Park, IL Tacoma, WA Rochester, NY Park Forest, IL SMITHTOWN, NY Los Altos, CA Greeley, CO MALIBU, CA Levittown, PA Southfield, MI Boise, ID Everett, WA San Francisco, CA Tucson, AZ BURBANK, CA Denver, CO Page 125 -

Comments

3,328. Margaret Pantzloff Freedom, CA I am contacting my senator to try to get legislation to eliminate aid to country's that ignore human rights.

3,342. Donald Chambers New Orleans, LA

3,354. Bernadette Foster Lilburn, GA

Signatures 3,323 - 3,355

Name
3,356. Maris Bennett 3,357. Dinah Fuentes

From
Antioch, CA San Rafael, CA

Comments
Money is necessary for the people of Ethiopia but how we use it, our intent must be morally sound. We must keep those of interest whom are only interested in investment AWAY for they are not there for the welfare of the people. Please Use your discretion otherwise I see are very dire and bleak situation for the people of Ethiopia and their land. They need us but not to be bleeded by shady investors that will destroy the environment and their communities and make their situation even graver. Please do what is morally right! My sister-in-law has lived and worked in Ethiopia for over 25 years; we have visited her and seen the poverty. Farmers without land are no longer farmers; they and their families will die of famine. Again the rich grow richer, and the poor?!?

3,358. Patricia Liske

Falls Church, VA

3,359. Dinah Fu 3,360. adriana szyda 3,361. Cleo Opera 3,362. Carol Howell 3,363. james corrigan 3,364. Ron Goodwin 3,365. Ilonka Guenther 3,366. jim sickafoose 3,367. Robert Belknap 3,368. lori steedley

SAN RAFAEL, CA New Lebanon, NY Woodland, CA Jefferson, ME Morrisville, NC Indianapolis, IN Souderton, PA Wheat Ridge, CO FRANKFORT, MI athens, GA People should never be forcibly removed from the land with which they have ties.

3,369. Carol Montecito, CA Kommerstad-Reiche 3,370. Sarah de Sousa 3,371. ojolo akwar 3,372. Michael Iltis 3,374. Scott Herman 3,375. Susan W. Small 3,376. Gwen Crist 3,377. Nancy Fifer 3,378. Gay Browning 3,379. Florence Walker 3,380. Kim Telgarsky Spring Branch, TX SAN DIEGO, CA m, WI Sacramento, CA Capitola, CA SALT LAKE CITY, UT Lewes, DE Tesuque, NM NEWTON, AA Harrisburg, PA

3,373. Yvonne Dee Stahl Bellingham, WA

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Signatures 3,356 - 3,380

Name
3,381. Sandy Romelsbacher 3,382. cherie mcewen 3,383. Michael Kiralla 3,384. Gena Kennedy 3,385. eileen collins 3,386. Eric Cadora 3,387. randy sailer 3,388. Paul and Kathle Helbling 3,389. Katja Wishart 3,390. Edy Rayfield 3,392. Benjamin Etgen 3,393. Julie L. Stanley 3,394. mike butkiewicz 3,395. Janet Switzer 3,396. Fred Welty 3,397. Ligory Fernandes 3,398. susan ricci 3,399. linda gallagher 3,400. Meredith Pelrine 3,401. Marek Osinski

From
Nampa, ID Middle Island, NY ARCADIA, CA Victoria, TX Herndon, VA Salt Lake City, UT BEULAH, ND LIBERTY CENTER, OH San Rafael, CA Davenport, CA Sacramento, CA OAK GROVE, OR Sterling Heights, MI BEULAH, CO Chardon, OH SYRACUSE, NY Tucson, AZ JEROME, AZ BLOOMINGTON, IN Albuquerque, NM

Comments

greed

3,391. Annette Pedersen Glendale, AZ

Don't promote large scale agriculture at the expense of the local peoples.

It is shameful that Obama administration pretends not to see what is going on in Ethiopia. US aid should be immediately suspended and not resumed until the land is given back to its legitimate owners.

3,402. Carolyn Wisler 3,403. lydia torres 3,404. Barbara Marino 3,405. AnaMaria Torres 3,406. Axel Gerber 3,407. Gary Gilardi 3,408. Ronald Kestler 3,409. Peter Arata 3,410. Jamie Metzler 3,411. Al Yates 3,412. Edward Nizalowski

Powell, OH Chicago, IL Seattle, WA El Paso, TX Lemon Grove, CA HOOD RIVER, OR Louisville, KY Greensboro, NC Baltimore, MD Breckenridge, CO Berkshire, NY Page 127 Signatures 3,381 - 3,412

Name
3,413. Brian Kie Weissbuch 3,414. Jacoba Dolloff 3,415. Jean Rusch 3,416. gail jarocki 3,417. Carol Dahlberg 3,418. Kirsi Hepworth 3,419. Lidia Kellum 3,420. Andrea Fenwick 3,421. judith buckay 3,422. Karen Spencer 3,423. Mary Sutkowski 3,424. matt courter 3,425. Lisa Jemison 3,426. Barbara Stamp 3,428. John Pedersen 3,429. anne perkins 3,430. Deborah Zarett 3,431. Thomas Lewis 3,432. James Swarts 3,433. Suzanne Stute 3,434. Chad Credeur 3,435. Julie Zimmerman 3,436. marie bartlett 3,437. Christina Pasillas 3,438. Peggy Detmers 3,439. Janet Jamerson 3,440. Carl Zimmerman 3,441. Mark Straka 3,442. Kay Peters 3,443. Charles Wolfe 3,444. Matthew Wood 3,445. Alison Stone 3,446. Dana Franchitto

From
San Anselmo, CA La Mesa, CA Maple Valley, WA Richmond, CA SIOUX FALLS, SD Kirkland, WA Conroe, TX Bellingham, WA St Clair Shores, MI NEW YORK, NY BROOKLYN, NY seattle, WA Saginaw, TX Bloomington, MN Nampa, ID Santa Monica, CA San Antonio, TX Atlanta, GA ROCHESTER, AA Madison, WI Monument, CO Las Vegas, NV LEYDEN, MA Klamath Falls, OR Rapid City, SD San Leandro, CA Las Vegas, NV Sac, IA Las Vegas, NV Sylmar, CA Seattle, WA Upper Nyack, NY S. Wellfleet, MA

Comments

A injury to one is a injury to all.

3,427. Judy Volquardsen KAILUA KONA, HI

dear President Obama and Dr. Shah, Certianly, the relocation of indigenous peoples and local communites to make way for foreign "agriculture
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Signatures 3,413 - 3,446

Name
3,446. Dana Franchitto

From
S. Wellfleet, MA

Comments
(continued from previous page)

investment" flies in teh face of verything the US and UN stand for. people will lose their livelihoods and hunger will increase if their land is sold off as a mere commodity.Please withhold aid to Ethiopia until they back down from this vile commodifca tion of peoples' land. Thank you very much.

3,447. Melinda Keith-Singleton 3,448. Dawn Albanese 3,449. Katherine O'Sullivan 3,450. Mary Haas 3,451. Gregg Haley 3,452. Carolynn Griffith 3,453. Alkis Downward 3,454. Audrey Shepard 3,455. Louise Brooke 3,456. Mark Rodman 3,457. Diane Carmody 3,458. Gwen Romani 3,459. Carol Newman 3,460. Evelyn Regan 3,461. Jen S 3,462. Vanessa Lim 3,463. Scott Meihn 3,464. Robert Giese 3,465. Faith Purdy 3,466. Don Burns 3,467. Gary Morgan 3,468. Michelle Gershon 3,469. Joan Leonard 3,470. HAYR GUTIERREZ 3,471. Peter Eriksson 3,472. Luci Price 3,473. Kathy Haggerty

Wheaton, IL Elk Grove Village, IL New York, NY MORGANTOWN, WV WEST MONROE, LA Honolulu, HI Washington, DC Albuquerque, NM Boulder, CO Newark, OH FLORIDA, NY Castaic, CA ASTORIA, OR Syosset, NY Ellicott, MD Vancouver, Canada Seattle, WA Appleton, WI Clarks Summit, PA Cloverdale, CA Cleburne, TX JACKSONVILLE, AA Fridley, MN NY, NY Rockville, MD Captain Cook, HI Wethersfield, CT Page 129 Signatures 3,446 - 3,473 RELOCATION...PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR LIVELIHOODS... Let me add that, if American companies are involved in displacing these people, action should be taken to stop this practice. Please take ethical action to keep people in their homes, on land that is able to grow their food.

Name
3,474. Allen Swift 3,475. Shana Morris 3,476. Christa Hladky 3,477. constance st jean 3,478. Emily Van Alyne 3,479. John Watson 3,480. Debra Anderson 3,481. Felix and Judi Fusco 3,482. Costa Chitouras 3,483. marie j cameau 3,484. Robert Puchli 3,485. Debra Bushman 3,486. Doris Allen 3,487. Winn Adams 3,488. S. Anger 3,489. sean bienert 3,490. Gayle Wade 3,491. Trudy Murray 3,492. Jerry Detry 3,493. Davie Cantrell 3,494. Sally Flood 3,495. Alison Wilson 3,496. Catherine Foley 3,497. Patricia Lindsey 3,498. Khadejar Dimson 3,499. Kevin O'Connor 3,500. Jennifer Boettiger 3,501. Stephanie Bahramian 3,502. Sue Ann Christenson

From
Martinez, CA SURFSIDE BEACH, SC Colome, SD Riverside, CA Christiana, DE L.A., CA Clarksburg, MD Nyc, NY SOMERVILLE, MA Queens Village, NY Lindenhurst, IL Walnut, CA POINT REYES STATION, CA Bellingham, WA Stephenson, MI Glenmoore, PA Chicago, IL New York, NY Green Bay, WI Williamsburg, VA Indianapolis, IN Pittsburgh, PA Stony Brook, NY Sausalito, CA BROOKLYN, NY Davis, CA BELLEVUE, WA New Britain, CT Marana, AZ

Comments

Using the power we have as country to influence other countries to "do the right thing" for their people is morally conscious. It is time to take the "high ground," and use this influence to assist those who are unable to stand against their own government. Please act on their behalf and use the means we have to assist the people of Ethiopia.

3,503. Leslie Brooks

Long Beach, CA Page 130 Signatures 3,474 - 3,503

Name
3,504. Jeffrey Moidel 3,505. Barbara Methvin 3,506. Ann Coz 3,507. Cody Westheimer 3,508. Brian Gibbons 3,509. Jeroen de Wit 3,510. gael tryles

From
Seattle, WA Brookeland, TX Waltham, MA LOS ANGELES, CA Greenbelt, MD Los Angeles, CA Holly, MI

Comments

Having the people in Ethiopia relocate would be a possibility IF they were being moved to a place where they can sustain themselves on fertile land with water available. Something needs to be done~ I really don't have the solution~ but the droughts and starving people need help. I don't think bringing in large scale agricultural plantations while dislocating the people is the solution. Can't money be spent on helping them to farm their lands with help with wells and irrigation? You know much more than I do about this so ,please help these people how to farm the land to feed themselves,not let outsiders come in and take over. If outsiders can farm this land then the Ethiopian people should be helped to do the same. Thank you,in advance, for your consideration. gael tryles. MI

3,511. Susan Kepner 3,512. John Stallone 3,513. Lars Jefferson 3,514. Karen Kawszan 3,515. Karla Nichols 3,516. Abimael Leon 3,517. Richard Mindar 3,518. greeley Wells 3,519. Arthur C. Donart 3,520. Ryan Monihan 3,521. Debbie Egan 3,522. Joyce Soares 3,523. Cynthia McPeak 3,524. Priscilla Drake 3,525. Gloria La Fleur 3,526. marcy klapper 3,527. Maria Moniz 3,528. Teresa Molina 3,529. r beard

Hampton, NH San Jose, CA Albany, OR Spring, TX COLUMBIA, MO DAVIS, CA Honolulu, HI Jacksonville, OR Thomson, IL Brooklyn, NY OAKLEY, CA Swansea, MA Point Arena, CA Penn Yan, NY Dearborn Heights, MI WEST TISBURY, MA Falmouth, MA Wichita, KS Kailua, HI Page 131 Signatures 3,504 - 3,529 How are we able to support a Country that won't feed, or allow it's own people to feed themselves?

Name
3,530. colleen gray-mackey 3,531. Tiana Lippertz 3,532. Tracy Leinbaugh 3,533. grace lopez 3,534. Dee Pendley 3,535. Florence Mattersdorfer 3,537. David Addison 3,538. Sarah Skilling 3,539. Michael Texeira 3,540. Kristen Osgood 3,541. Glenn Dansker 3,542. Christine Waddell 3,543. Suzanne Mclean 3,544. Rose Troyer 3,545. Carol Gillingham 3,546. Karen Wolf 3,547. Chris Rice 3,548. Mitch Dalition 3,549. matt duerr 3,550. Gretchen Hartel 3,551. Robert Carr 3,552. Lawrence Cromwell 3,553. RICHARD CURRY 3,554. Laurie Schwisow 3,555. Linda Garrish Thomas 3,556. Shirley Vaughn 3,557. Jason Larkin 3,559. Robin Husslage

From
Newark, DE KAILUA KONA, HI Athens, OH east meadow, NY Linden, VA Livingston Manor, NY

Comments

3,536. ANGIE WILLIAMS Quincy, CA Arlington, VA Aurora, IL BRONX, NY Casa Grande, AZ Cambridge, MA EMERYVILLE, CA Santa Cruz, CA Morrisville, NC Great Mills, MD Green Bay, WI Los Angeles, CA SAN FRANCISCO, CA Cardiff, CA LA TUNA CANYON, CA Leicester, NC Woodbridge, VA Pinebluff, NC Shelton, WA MILFORD, NH San Antonio, TX Keymar, MD Rye, NH Page 132 Signatures 3,530 - 3,559 Why can't we learn that bigger isn't always better? It seems stupid to take farmland and transform it into flower fields in an area that already suffers major food shortages. Please stop this injustice and return the land to the people, so they can feed themselves.

3,558. Elizabeth Thomas Wilmette, IL

Name
3,560. Bonnie Shinneman 3,561. Mark Roberts 3,562. Sarah Lewis 3,563. Leo Mavrovitis 3,564. Darcy Skarada 3,565. Joseph I. Vincent 3,566. Jerry Campbell 3,567. Bob Wirgau 3,568. Blanca Estaba 3,569. Leonora Jordan 3,570. Kyle Ahlers 3,571. P. N. Robinson-Martin 3,572. Ramsey Sealy 3,573. max mensing 3,574. William Crosby 3,575. Margaret Veith 3,576. Melinda Campos 3,577. Jonathan Dirrenberger 3,578. Lydia Garvey 3,579. Nahusenay Metaferia 3,580. gwen jameson 3,581. Michael Daniels 3,582. John Broussard 3,583. lynn Hillman 3,584. Rose Marie Lagorio 3,585. Judy Lyman 3,586. Eugenie Borrelli 3,587. gary rickert 3,588. Angie Araujo 3,589. Debra Ouellette 3,590. Ramonita Ramos 3,591. Diana McLean

From
Westminster, CO Kingwood, TX Vienna, VA New York, NY MIDDLETOWN, CA HARVEY, LA Lebanon, OR Weirton, WV Brooklyn, NY SKOKIE, IL WELLESLEY, MA Olympia, WA Fayetteville, AR Yachats, OR ERIE, PA Philadelphia, PA Sparks, NV San Francisco, CA CLINTON, OK DALLAS, TX PHILOMATH, OR San Antonio, TX KAMUELA, HI M, CA Sedona, AZ Surprise, AZ Assaria, KS LAUREL, MD Tucson, AZ Columbus, OH Camuy, Puerto Rico Stockton, CA Page 133 -

Comments

This makes no sense at all, except to the greedy, inhumane idiots who will make a killing - literally

Signatures 3,560 - 3,591

Name
3,592. Barbara J Spiegelberg 3,593. Maureen Kavanagh

From
Pequea, PA Woodside, NY

Comments

3,594. Lea Seattle, WA Lonnberg-Hickling 3,595. Jane Heald 3,596. Charlene Cooper 3,597. Karen Amarawansa 3,598. John Cox 3,599. Ted Kozlowski 3,600. Scott Ploger 3,601. clarisse fawzi 3,602. Thai Tran 3,603. Marcie Brushaber 3,604. Liza Burrell 3,605. D Smith 3,606. Carl Smith PLEASANT HILL, TN Gardena, CA Venice, CA HOUSTON, TX PORTLAND, OR Idaho Falls, ID Foster City, CA Brooklyn, NY Reyno, AR Fenton, MI Cincinnati, OH Portland, OR Enough mistakes in this world - No forced relocation should be done - It is not done in the US it shouldn't be done anywhere else in the world.

3,607. Ruth E. Summerville, SC Roberts-Shepherd 3,608. Florence Granowitter 3,609. Michelle Middlebrooks 3,610. Frances Nowve 3,611. Dana Sheriden 3,612. Belinda Scott 3,613. Lorna Rinear 3,614. James Livingston 3,615. Connie Williams 3,616. Brita ocarroll 3,617. Ximena Rendon 3,618. Robby Strozier 3,619. Jo Chen 3,620. Rebecca VerMeulen 3,621. Maria McGlashan BROOKLYN, NY Wilmington, DE Berkeley, CA CARMEL, IN Greenville, NC Bellingham, MA Skandia, MI PLATTE CITY, MO Jacksonville, FL San Francisco, CA Macon, GA Newbury Park, CA Springdale, AR Cleveland, OH Page 134 Signatures 3,592 - 3,621 Please help put these people before profit.

Name
3,622. Polly Walker 3,623. Kip Sieger 3,624. Christine V. Fink 3,625. Amber Day 3,626. Ruben Gomez 3,627. Ramani Ramani 3,628. Rita Debernardo 3,629. Martha Ferger

From
Rumford, RI CEDAR PARK, TX Stockton, CA Bluefield, WV Van Nuys, CA KIHEI, HI Watsonville, CA Dryden, NY

Comments

I see this as part of a developing land grab by rich nations to feed themselves at the expense of third world countries. It is essential to act against this injustice wherever we have the influence to do so..

3,630. Dianne Douglas 3,631. Barbara Fry 3,632. clara barber 3,633. Margith Maughan

Phoenix, AZ ALTON, IL Oroville, CA Salt Lake City, UT

3,634. corinne wahlstrom POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 3,635. David Walker 3,636. Karen Gamber 3,637. Edwin Young 3,638. Mary Homan Avondale, AZ Evergreen, CO Ignacio, CO St. Clair Shores, MI We must begin choosing people over profits. I am sure a way can be found to increase agricultural output while supporting local farmers. A strong local economy is good for the country.

3,639. Vincent DiTizio 3,640. Suzanne Gaynor 3,641. James Moore 3,642. Charles Waugh 3,643. Marjorie Knoll 3,644. Nancy Ranieri 3,645. Ann Wagner 3,646. bettina bruning 3,647. Sharon Villagomez 3,648. SAMUEL BERG 3,649. lorretta marcel 3,650. Geri Cade 3,651. Christopher Pond

STATEN ISLAND, NY Washington, DC JOLIET, IL San Marcos, TX Indianola, IA Dresher, PA Phoenix, AZ Ny, NY Oak Park, IL NEWBERG, OR San Francisco, CA Plano, TX Glide, OR

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Signatures 3,622 - 3,651

Name
3,652. R. Wayne Crandlemere 3,653. Jeff Charity 3,654. Jasmine Martin 3,655. Rebecca Buell 3,656. Marcella Ciucki

From
Holbrook, MA South Paris, ME Springfield, MO Yakima, WA Munster, IN

Comments

3,657. Milian C M Correa Rio Vista, CA

We are still trying to provided housing after Katrina, virtually nothing seems to be getting done in Haiti, now they want to take homes away from the Ethiopian people. Where is your heart and your sense of compassion. Let these people stay in their homes, the only home they have ever known. This land belongs to the people who live there. This land is suppose to be used to feed them. Why is the government allowing this to happen and does it make any sense to evict thousands of nearly starving people just to give it to a foreign investors who will not support, care, give back, and feed the countries own. When will they learn that life always surpasses money.

3,658. Asrat Tesfayesus 3,659. Brandie McCrory

Berkeley, CA Milton, MA

3,660. Ellen Port-Peitersen 3,661. Maria Trabaris 3,662. Jan Cross 3,663. A N Mongere 3,664. Anne H Brown 3,665. Tracy Millard 3,667. kelly epstein

Auburn, ME Flushing, NY Loveland, CO Lewisville, TX Carbondale, CO Blandon, PA Spring, TX

3,666. Migdalis Gonzalez Cidra, Puerto Rico 3,668. virginie destanque SANTA BARBARA, CA 3,669. Rhonda Petersen 3,670. Margaret Weimer 3,671. YESHIWAS BEFIRDU Morganton, NC San Mateo, CA ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia Big agriculture is the problem, not the solution. ; 20/05/2004. Signatures 3,652 - 3,671

Page 136

Name
3,672. Julie Gibbs 3,673. J Duhn 3,674. mary holmeyer 3,675. Alexandra Gierlachowski 3,676. Scott Bloom 3,677. Joshua Henry 3,678. Benjamin Oppenheim 3,679. Imtiaz Shaikh 3,680. Hosanna Lillydahl 3,681. Patricia Greiss 3,682. Brian Mc Ginley 3,683. Anna Roblin 3,684. Steven Mitchell 3,685. Richard and Sud Bentley 3,686. MARTHA LUCIA LANCHEROS GUZMAN 3,687. Caryn Kauffman 3,688. Joan Linstrom 3,689. Melanie Blackburn 3,690. Dennis Sproull 3,691. Anne Gore 3,692. Hester Stewart 3,693. Melanie Graf 3,694. Charles Alexander 3,695. Cassandra Hartley 3,696. ann lynette mayo 3,697. Karen O'Brien 3,698. Colette Buchanan 3,699. Joyce Skolte 3,700. Darla Masterson 3,701. Jacqueline Mitchell

From
Los Angeles, CA Eldora, IA Phoenix, AZ Bolingbrook, IL Seattle, WA MOUNT PLEASANT, SC Palmetto Bay, FL Palo Alto, CA Amherst, MA Carlisle, PA Lancaster, NH Buffalo, NY New York, NY TUPPER LAKE, NY Ok, OK Jamaica Plain, MA Cheverly, MD Baltimore, MD Stkn, CA Paducah, KY Paradise Valley, AZ Bakersfoeld, CA Lutherville, MD Ann Arbor, MI San Clemente, CA WESTMONT, IL Eugene, OR Marietta, GA TUCSON, AZ Brandywine, MD Page 137 -

Comments

Ethiopians do not need corporate agriculture.

Signatures 3,672 - 3,701

Name
3,702. Alicia Kistner 3,703. Mannon Hubbard 3,704. Peter Sweeny

From
Springfield, OR Allen, TX Pleasantville, NY

Comments

Displacing people from their historic homelands should not be encouraged or tolerated. I would hope the US would stand for the less fortunate and support their right to their land. I hope you agree.

3,705. Karen Fleming 3,706. Donna R. D'Fini 3,707. eshete woldgeorgies 3,708. Matthew Fonfara 3,709. Donna Jaggard 3,710. Charlotte Sutherland 3,711. Alan Shute 3,712. Tim Miller 3,713. Mary Stanford 3,714. Kathleen O'Connell 3,715. Danelle Edgerton 3,716. Barbara Bartschi 3,717. Marcia Price 3,718. Linda Fein 3,719. david wesaw 3,720. Sharon Cox 3,721. Jennifer Leong 3,722. Brenda Goodson 3,723. Steve Schatz 3,724. William Donnelly 3,725. Noenoe Barney-Campbell 3,726. Michelle Nilson 3,727. Alexander Andrasik 3,728. Edwin Davis 3,729. Cathryn Classen 3,730. kaytee sumida 3,731. vicki price

Tulsa, OK Colrain, MA lasvegas, NV Cameron, WI Chicago, IL Bellevue, WA Lexington, MA Canton, OH BETHLEHEM, PA Indianapolis, IN SEATTLE, WA Portland, OR SAINT PARIS, OH WILTON, CT Kentwood, MI New York, NY San Leandro, CA BROCKTON, MA LAKEWOOD, CA PLYMOUTH, MA Honolulu, HI Victor, MT Buffalo, NY LA MESA, CA East Bethany, NY San Diego, CA arlington, TX Lets find a solution for these people !!!

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Signatures 3,702 - 3,731

Name
3,732. Jessica Lowe-Wilson 3,733. Kathy Nelson 3,734. Haudeno Saunee 3,735. Carol March 3,736. Danny Dishon 3,737. Doris Hayes 3,738. Brook Miller 3,739. Steven Brewer 3,740. Heather Marko 3,741. Della Cleve 3,742. ron pyle 3,743. Edith Coleman 3,744. Renee Locks 3,745. Joan Christensen 3,746. Dean Frick 3,747. Patricia Randolph

From
SANTA CRUZ, CA MILWAUKIE, OR NEW FREEDOM, PA WILLOW, NY Longmont, CO Erie, PA Ypsilanti, MI Auburn, NY North Plainfiel, NJ Richmond, VA Orangevale, CA Wilmington, DE Mill Valley, CA INTL FALLS, MN San Francisco, CA Portage, WI

Comments

Animal agriculture and agricultural drainage is the root cause of many of our environmental disasters - global warming and water issues are threatened by animals in agriculture.

3,748. Bonnie Williams 3,749. George Smith 3,750. Isabella Thomson 3,751. Heather Simonson 3,752. Loren Elmaleh 3,753. Mary Riker 3,754. karen ericson 3,755. Donna Dennison 3,756. Howard Miller 3,757. Stella Godbey 3,758. David Heitkemper 3,759. karen donofrio 3,760. L. Frost 3,761. Sara Pinto 3,762. jason husby 3,763. Barbara Pillers 3,764. Eric F. Smith

Harlingen, TX Tulsa, OK Woodinville, WA Eugene, OR Santa Fe, NM Manistee, MI Bothell, WA Indianapolis, IN VENTURA, CA Brandenburg, KY Seattle, WA philadelphia, PA Portland, OR CHICOPEE, MA MINNEAPOLIS, MN FORT WORTH, TX Freeland, MI Page 139 Signatures 3,732 - 3,764 This is a terrible idea!

Name
3,765. R M Owens 3,766. mary williams 3,767. Cynthia Hamilton 3,768. Dee Hellings 3,769. Elisa Edgington 3,770. Patricia Campbell 3,771. Pauline Steele 3,773. William Gray 3,774. Kim Ormond 3,775. Jayne Braby Bethard 3,776. Franceska Lynne 3,777. Sheffield Corey 3,778. Patrick Shaughnesy 3,779. Mary Buchwald 3,781. Sophia Vassilakidis 3,782. Joe Farmer 3,783. paul stein 3,784. Richard Heard 3,785. desiree bustamante 3,786. Gloria Lisowski 3,787. shirley sipps 3,788. kaley kirkpatrick 3,789. Kristin Thompson 3,790. hilary capstick 3,791. Kyle Peterson 3,792. Donald Ostling 3,793. Stephanie Farkash 3,794. sundae shields 3,795. Rhonda Holt 3,796. Alexander Grant 3,797. Sue Klapholz

From
Hadley, MI Avondale Estates, GA SPOKANE, WA Bozeman, MT Portland, OR Newtown, CT Greenfield, WI Morrison, CO Braidwood, IL YOUNTVILLE, CA La, CA Saunderstown, RI Louisville, KY BROOKLYN, NY HOUSTON, TX AUSTIN, TX Brookings, SD Wolfforth, TX D.F., MA South Milwaukee, WI HOUSTON, TX REDMOND, WA TUCSON, AZ Tallahassee, FL Sterling Heights, MI Peoria, IL Aurora, CO Oxnard, CA Miamisburg, OH CONROE, TX STANFORD, CA Page 140 -

Comments

3,772. Karen Staskiewicz Erie, PA

3,780. Susan VanDerzee Durham, CT

Signatures 3,765 - 3,797

Name
3,798. Brent Bray 3,799. chelsea madison 3,800. Susan Kurcz-Easom 3,801. john elliott 3,802. Ken Ward Jr. 3,803. Helen Rynaski 3,804. maireen lynch 3,805. sara colton 3,806. Gordon Parker III 3,807. Linda Schimpf 3,808. Dostana Ljusic 3,809. Jan Throndson 3,810. Kate Bates 3,811. Eileen VELEZ 3,812. Alicia Williams 3,813. Mark Gotvald 3,814. edith wander 3,815. Troy Schreiber 3,816. Susan Brown 3,817. Celeste Elmore 3,818. Susan Ross 3,819. kathryn denise 3,820. Sarah Forbes 3,821. Minnie Ruffin 3,823. Meredith Clayton 3,824. Mary Maneja 3,825. Donna C 3,826. Samantha Legas 3,827. Ellen Peterson 3,828. Arthur Schurr 3,829. Loretta Lehman 3,830. Michael Boyer 3,831. David Cline 3,832. barbara anne welch

From
Pflugerville, TX OAKLAND, CA Pittsburg, CA Berkeley, CA GLOVERSVILLE, NY Taos, NM Clifton Spgs, NY Ny, NY ALBUQUERQUE, NM Rochester, NY WARWICK, AA Corona Del Mar, CA MOUNT OLIVER, PA Hyde Park, MA Knoxville, TN PLEASANT HILL, CA Los Angeles, CA Millersburg, PA Lexington, KY PHOENIX, AZ Boulder, CO gaithersburg, MD Mansfield, MA Atlanta, GA Arlington, VA SAN FRANCISCO, CA Penn Lake, PA North Platte, NE Berkeley, CA Brooklyn, NY Duncannon, PA Richfield, MN LITTLETON, CO EL PASO, AA Page 141 -

Comments

3,822. B. Thomas Diener Albuquerque, NM

Signatures 3,798 - 3,832

Name
3,833. Michael McCall 3,834. Dominick Di Noto 3,835. Jonathan Stubbs 3,836. Kymberly Clark 3,837. Sabrina Thompson 3,838. Greg Method 3,839. barbara johnson 3,840. Sy Gross 3,841. Patrick Bilbrey 3,842. Stephanie Wood 3,843. Jan McMichael 3,844. karen linarez 3,845. Vicki Fischer 3,846. Mari LoNano 3,847. Janet Miller 3,848. christina truong 3,849. Richard Dawson 3,850. Donna Murray

From
Vancouver, WA Cloverdale, CA BROOKLYN, NY Brooklyn, NY El Dorado Hills, CA Parma, OH newbury park, CA MINNEAPOLIS, MN River Falls, WI Antioch, CA Kirkwood, MO carmichael, CA Indianapolis, IN Great Barrington, MA Sherman Oaks, CA Westminster, CA Kansas City, MO Patterson, GA

Comments

Please don't let greed once again overcome compassion.

Please use your influence to stop Ethiopia from relocating 70,000 people from Gambella to make land available for investment in agriculture. In doing this they are also aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia, as people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot readily feed themselves.

3,851. Denys Cope 3,852. Sarah Barton-King 3,853. jerome hill 3,854. michael hansen 3,855. Dorothy Nylen 3,856. Deon Weiss 3,857. Julie Parcells 3,858. Todd Snyder 3,859. Johnnie Baker 3,860. John Peeters 3,861. Beth Remmes 3,862. Rachel Hendrickson

Santa Fe, NM New York, NY maryville, TN Shady Cove, OR Dayton, NV Berkeley, CA Ellicott City, MD San Francisco, CA Mantua, OH Kankakee, IL Lilburn, GA Bloomington, IN

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Signatures 3,833 - 3,862

Name
3,863. Dave Freeman 3,864. Leanne Lynch 3,865. Bo Benya 3,866. Joe Carrera 3,867. Roger Choate 3,868. Carrie Phyliky Rimes 3,869. Sandra Dennis 3,870. Jim McCue 3,871. Donna Malamud 3,872. Michael Tuttle 3,873. Hilda Colls 3,874. Carol Polk 3,875. Carol Krez 3,876. Terez Storm 3,877. Sammy Cranmer 3,878. Gregg Roebuck 3,879. Bernadine Bednash 3,880. Roland Westerlund 3,881. Aurelia Holliman 3,882. Debbie McCarthy 3,883. Joanne Britton 3,884. Betty Dudney 3,885. Linda Ricks 3,886. ursa rave 3,887. Brad Miller 3,888. judith ackerman 3,889. William Sneiderwine 3,890. Angelica Pivarunas 3,891. DJ Wickjac 3,892. Monica Soto

From
Camp Verde, AZ Eureka, CA EAGAN, MN Layton, UT HOUSTON, TX Cabot, AR LAKEWOOD, CA Idaho Falls, ID Venice, CA Moscow, ID Aguadilla, PR Dana Pt/, CA Langley, WA Jerome, AZ BOSTON, KY Los Angeles, CA Binghamton, NY Minneapolis, MN Weatherford, TX Phillips, ME San Diego, CA Bakersfield, CA Beaufort, NC Penn Valley, CA Anthony, KS Nyc, NY Vancouver, WA Oak Lawn, IL Saint Paul, MN ARROWHEAD FARMS, AA

Comments
Our country should be a new leader in moral policy. We can deliver a strong, but positive message if we denounce this activity.

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Signatures 3,863 - 3,892

Name
3,893. Dennis McCracken 3,894. Nicholas Thibeault 3,895. Mha Atma S. Khalsa 3,896. Dawn Oesterle 3,897. Lily Adams 3,898. astrid uryson 3,899. Matthew Marvin 3,900. JeanAnn Rodine 3,901. Elizabeth Dokken 3,902. Georganna Reis 3,903. Claire Chambers 3,904. Rosemary Mills 3,905. mary lytle 3,906. Enel Woods 3,907. Jane Shevtsov 3,909. Theresa King 3,910. Jillian Enloe-Hamill 3,911. Marti Sayre 3,912. Linda Morgan 3,913. Bethany Saint Clair 3,914. Mary Michaelis 3,915. Laura Canellias 3,917. Rebecca Leuck 3,918. Kaitlin Blakemore 3,919. Jink Huge 3,921. pam Palencia 3,922. Darlene Lovell 3,923. ann compton 3,924. margot larsen 3,925. Claire Mikalson

From
Aberdeen, NC Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA BURKE, AA Santa Rosa, CA SANTA FE, NM Morris, NY Phoenix, AZ Edina, MN San Francisco, CA Murrieta, CA Arlington, WA wood river, IL El Segundo, CA Valley Village, CA Willis, TX New Castle, DE Cleveland, OH Savannah, GA Seattle, WA Columbia Station, OH Los Angeles, CA Seattle, WA Cleveland, OH Thousand Oaks, CA KIHEI, AA Bakersfield, CA ANNAPOLIS, MD Concord, CA PULLMAN, WA Page 144 -

Comments

3,908. Patricia Mehrkens San Jose, CA

3,916. Karina Wiesenthal Los Angeles, CA

3,920. Charles Hochberg Philo, CA

Signatures 3,893 - 3,925

Name
3,926. Yuri Yamane 3,927. Terri Winter 3,928. Nancy Feuerbacher 3,929. Natasha Levinger 3,930. Donald Parker 3,931. Albert Tahhan 3,932. Paul Cofrancesco 3,933. Virginia Wood 3,934. Georgia Lynn 3,935. Patricia Davis 3,936. Elizabeth Watts 3,937. David Tilli 3,938. Andrea Blinn 3,939. Sharon Torrisi 3,940. Sandy Commons 3,941. marsha maxwell 3,942. Karen Jacques 3,943. Ashlee Davis 3,944. Margarita Romero-Durazzi 3,945. Veronica Jensen 3,946. matthew cull 3,947. Amanda Segur 3,948. Peter Bechtold 3,949. Edith Belcher 3,950. Teresa Evans 3,951. Mesrak Ayele 3,952. Richard Waldo 3,954. Ray Hawkins 3,955. Gabrielle Campbell 3,956. Karishma Khoja 3,957. Sam You 3,958. James Tyree II 3,959. N e i l a G e l v i n

From
Los Angeles, CA Fairplay, CO TUCSON, AZ Reseda, CA SLIDELL, LA Quincy, MA San Diego, CA Boulder, CO BAKERSFIELD, CA Oakland, CA Lynbrook, NY Levittown, PA Hermosa Beach, CA Sacramento, CA WALNUT CREEK, CA Sacramento, CA Denver, CO Tucson, AZ Beaverton, OR Vail, CO Oak Park, MI Portland, OR Van Lear, KY Fulton, MS SEATTLE, WA Riverdale, UT Kansas City, MO Frederick, MD decatur, GA San Antonio, TX Portland, OR Greenwood, MO Page 145 -

Comments

3,953. Patty Ann Cambra NEVADA CITY, CO

Signatures 3,926 - 3,959

Name
3,960. Arun Jain 3,961. Tim Martinson 3,962. Bruce D Burleigh 3,963. Daniel Fewster 3,964. James Shelton 3,965. Marsha Merten 3,966. Sandra Heisey 3,967. SHARON SPEARS 3,968. christine mulholland 3,969. Dimmie Campbell 3,970. Bill Denneen 3,971. Hope Demetriades 3,972. Lawrence East 3,973. Delana Darrow 3,974. Fred Kleindenst 3,975. Marty Hertz 3,976. Leona Zions 3,977. Jan Freed 3,978. Marcia Caronia 3,979. Stephanie Tombrello 3,980. Patti Walters 3,981. john martinez 3,982. Richard Conviser 3,983. theo barnert 3,984. Candace Stolley 3,985. Mary Jo Ballator 3,986. C Eng 3,987. Colin Mirgis 3,988. Michele Leschi 3,989. Sonya Rasmussen

From
Cerritos, CA Ventura, CA O Fallon, MO BALTIMORE, AA RICHMOND, VA Birch Run, MI Mount Joy, PA Pollock Pines, CA Beach Center, CA Southington, CT NIPOMO, CA Pasadena, CA Jacksonville, NC Rantaul, IL Paradise, CA Eugene, OR CHICAGO, IL LOS ANGELES, CA Smithtown, NY ALTADENA, CA Tucson, AZ east los angeles, CA Fallbrook, CA Tarzana, CA Lower Lake, CA Hereford, AZ LITTLE NECK, NY Havre, MT Temple City, CA Meridian, ID

Comments
Shameful. Indigenous people own the land that has been their homeland for generations.

OMG this breaks my heart!! SO WRONG!

this would be a criminal act.

I have been to Ethiopia and have witnessed firsthand the hardship of life there. Please do not add to it. The Ethiopian government is betraying it's people for money. Do not destroy the ability of Ethiopians to feed themselves. Stop the foreign land-grab of Ethiopian agricultural lands.

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Signatures 3,960 - 3,989

Name
3,990. Bernie Gonzales 3,991. Susan Kuhn 3,992. P Mazzulo 3,993. Benjamin Mercer 3,994. Michael Martin 3,995. Anne Daletski 3,996. Alice Snead 3,997. C J Willis

From
Caruthers, CA Portland, OR Chicago, IL CHICO, CA Plainfield, IL CAMANO ISLAND, WA EAST STROUDSBURG, PA Van Nuys, CA

Comments

Please do not do this to your own people! Let them have their land to grow crops on .... Help your people develop the land and sell their produce, benefitting the country as well as the individual.

3,998. John Dart 3,999. Gloria Towers 4,000. Carol Kreck 4,001. maura sheehan 4,002. Krista Brazel 4,003. Rhett Lawrence 4,004. susan balthasar 4,005. Glen Benjamin 4,006. MARYELLEN REDISH 4,007. David Kimmett

Renton, WA Oceanside, CA DENVER, CO Encinitas, CA westchester, IL Portland, OR Los Osos, CA Portsmouth, NH Palm Springs, CA Longmont, CO Dear President Obama and Administrator Shah, Please use the quite potent stick you hold over Ethiopia to encourage them to refrain from divesting themselves of their own land and handing it over to corporate agribusiness. It will be a cycle from which they will never escape as a nation, further compounding poverty with terrible working conditions. Instead use the $1 billion annual carrot to encourage Ethiopia to reform its land ownership laws so that Ethiopians themselves can be the owners and stewards of their own wonderful country. I appreciate the hard work you both do to facilitate the betterment of humanity across the globe. This is disgraceful. If the USA has anything whatever to do with this it must stop!! NOW!!!

4,008. Clarissa Evans 4,009. Jane E Peterson 4,010. Marge Boone 4,011. j g 4,012. percel darden

Milwaukee, WI Albuquerque, NM Cincinnati, OH s, WA Wilson, NC The ongoing tragic history of African countries being ravaged by the global greed of other outsiders. Signatures 3,990 - 4,012

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Name
4,013. Peter Kokoros 4,014. Linghui Gao 4,015. karen moonshine 4,016. Brenan Searain 4,017. debra smith 4,018. Rita Salazar-Ashford 4,019. Harmon Greenblatt 4,020. Wendy L Hernandez 4,022. Bob Ramczyk 4,023. John Drillias 4,024. Toby Rane 4,025. Cliff Armstrong 4,026. g fernandez 4,027. Michael Mitsuda

From
Astoria, NY Medina, WA st ann, MO Pueblo, CO Brooklyn, NY Pasadena,, CA New Orleans, LA Rockport, WA

Comments

they are already struggling , why do you have to make them suffer more ?????????????

4,021. Maureen Mccarter St. Cloud, MN Brown Deer, WI Munster, IN Canoga Park, CA Tucson, AZ PHILADELPHIA, PA Fremont, CA

4,028. Christopher Quinn Madison, WI 4,029. Rebecca Matchett Front Royal, VA 4,030. Omot Ojullu 4,031. Joseph Rainho 4,032. Stan Nelson 4,033. Elmyra Lewiski 4,034. jennifer Kardiak 4,035. Jade christensen 4,036. Barbara Dahms 4,037. David Williams 4,038. Nava Sarracino 4,039. Rosaura Sanchez 4,040. Joan Murphy 4,041. Diane Alverson 4,042. Jean Morningstar 4,043. Rashas Weber 4,044. Martha Rivas 4,045. Carrie Cole Toronto, Canada Watertown, MA St Paul, MN Montgomery, AL New York, NY SAN CLEMENTE, CA BULLARD, TX SAN FRANCISCO, CA Anchorage, AK La Jolla, CA Arvada, CO Calera, AL Alhambra, CA Portland, OR Aztec, NM PORTLAND, OR Page 148 Signatures 4,013 - 4,045 Think of the impact on the people. They are important.

Name
4,046. Donna Mummery 4,047. Jerise Fogel 4,048. Midge Pauluk 4,049. Jack Frost 4,050. Denise Mitchell 4,051. Linda Staelens 4,052. Ron Avila 4,053. Ranko Balog 4,054. Georgeanne Matranga 4,055. KELLY ROGERS 4,056. Caroll Fowler 4,057. Christine Becker 4,058. Mark Amponin 4,059. Mike Vella 4,060. Lana Kitchel

From
HONEOYE FALLS, NY New York, NY VALLEY VILLAGE, AA Calabasas, CA Woodland Hills, CA Antwerp, Belgium San Francisco, CA Irvine, CA P J S, AA SAN JOSE, CA HAYWARD, AA Laguna Woods, CA Chicago, IL San Diego, CA Los Molinos, CA

Comments

PLEASE Don't kick these people out of their own lands. As a mother and an Organic Farmer for our small, family-owned farm, I am outraged! The people of Gambella need their land to feed themselves! For far too long, Ethiopians have endured dire poverty, starvation and worse. It's time for the deepest compassion. Let them stay on their land! Persuade the Ethiopian government to say no to foreign agricultural investors and say yes to Ethiopians!

4,061. daniel negash 4,062. susan ciancimino 4,063. Jess Bolen 4,064. Michelle David 4,065. Lisa Read 4,066. Inderjeet Kaur 4,067. charlene nash 4,068. Claire Gearen 4,069. ROGER ZWONITZER 4,071. Margarita Flores 4,072. Isaac Wollman 4,073. Gail Uecker 4,074. Grant Dilger

dallas, TX RICHMOND, CA Cape Girardeau, MO Brooklyn, NY Seattle, WA Kent, WA CHATTANOOGA, TN HONOLULU, HI Cheyenne, WY

4,070. Barbara Sundberg ALBUQUERQUE, NM EL MIRAGE, AZ San Luis Obispo, CA Tinley Park, IL Kent, WA Page 149 Signatures 4,046 - 4,074

Name
4,075. Carol Creamer 4,076. Cheryl Mitchem 4,077. mMark lamport 4,078. Sue Christiansen 4,079. David Auerbach 4,080. joe rissetto 4,081. jon mohr 4,082. margo kupelian 4,083. Lisa Langhaug 4,084. Miranda Vorhees 4,085. Sharon McFalls 4,086. Elizabeth Krohn 4,087. Bonnie LeBlanc 4,088. Brian Florian 4,089. Jack Rubinsohn 4,090. yvette dominguez 4,091. Kelli Gilbert 4,092. Corinna Hasbach 4,093. Michael K. Sullivan 4,095. Mary Hockett 4,096. Ruth Feldman 4,097. Richard Stewart 4,098. Mary Beckman 4,099. Teresa Bollermann 4,100. MICHAELLE ROBARDEY 4,102. Jason Fish 4,103. Barbara Houk 4,104. Breanna Ross 4,105. Erin Britos 4,106. Joshua Boker 4,107. Greg Goldberg 4,108. Debra Harpole 4,109. brendan meagher

From
FOREST HILLS, NY Oklahoma City, OK Marion, IN Iowa City, IA Boulder, CO Chula Vista, CA Oakland, CO GLENDALE, CA SPOTSYLVANIA, VA Gaston, IN El Cajon, CA Sebastopol, CA Kenner, LA Beverly Hills, CA BETHLEHEM, PA hacienda heights, CA Conifer, CO Reno, NV San Diego, CA

Comments

4,094. Patricia Buchanan Fruita, CT Decatur, AL FAIR OAKS, CA Westminster, CA Greenwood Lake, NY Castle Valley, UT Shreveport, LA

4,101. MARY GARDNER EVANSDALE, IA VICTORVILLE, CA Oak Harbor, WA Marland, OK Honolulu, HI BROOKEVILLE, MD Salt Lake City, UT Troy, MO Baltimore, MD Page 150 Signatures 4,075 - 4,109

Name
4,110. Deborah Wiley 4,111. Beryl Landau 4,112. Susan Endries 4,113. Taylor Brown 4,114. Costin Lixandru 4,115. Paul Couillard 4,116. Randi Robinson-Snaer 4,117. Florence Jesser 4,119. Barbara Willems 4,120. Vera Paschke 4,121. James Foley 4,122. Kity Ray 4,123. Gwendolyn Harrison 4,124. Janice Rocke 4,125. Merrill Dellas 4,126. John Todd 4,127. marie quinn 4,128. Sophia Werbowy 4,129. Serena Lamla 4,130. Diane Meeks 4,131. james day 4,132. Janelle Pollock 4,133. richard jones 4,134. Samuel Ephrem 4,135. Earl Gernert 4,136. Zena Briggs 4,137. Samuel Ephrem 4,138. Kathy Walters 4,139. Venu Reddy 4,140. Jan Wilson 4,141. Paul Fleisher 4,142. Lesley Ahmed 4,143. Rebecca Strout

From
La jolla, CA San Francisco, CA BELLINGHAM, WA Haverhill, MA Redmond, WA San Diego, CA Sacramento, CA WILMETTE, IL SLIDELL, LA ANCHORAGE, AK Canoga Park, CA Harrisville, WV Santa Barbara, CA Carmel, CA Santa Rosa, CA Littleton, CO WAUKEGAN, IL Addison, IL Kula, HI Cathedral City, CA SEATTLE, WA Carlisle, IA Lyons, CO SHORELINE, WA Greenbelt, MD Los Angeles, CA Shoreline, WA MILWAUKEE, AA Pleasanton, CA Shoreline, WA Santa Monica, CA Seattle, WA Pittsfield, MA Page 151 -

Comments

4,118. Francesca Agrusa Emeryville, CA

We can't support the entire world. However, if these governments are going to allow this kind pain to their country, then they don't deserve our help.

Please help in any way you can.

Signatures 4,110 - 4,143

Name
4,144. Wendy Lynch 4,145. Julie Tillman 4,146. lorraine yee 4,147. Lawrence Robertshaw 4,148. Lut Caljon 4,149. Pamela VourosCallahan 4,150. Charmaine Radellant 4,151. Kelsey Reisdorph 4,152. Sandra Dal Cais 4,153. Matthew Swyers 4,154. Sharon Smith 4,155. Lou Herman 4,156. Anna Vogel 4,157. Nancy Ahmad 4,159. Scott Riley 4,160. G Burke 4,162. Dean Thompson 4,163. Yohannes Dibabu 4,164. Charity Moschopoulos 4,165. Lara Connor

From
Los Angeles, CA Portland, OR Sf, CA Green Valley, AZ Hamme, Belgium GRANGER, IN Fresno, CA St. Paul, MN Woodside, NY Livermore, CA Grand Forks, ND Carlsbad, CA Captain Cook, HI Mpls, MN AUSTIN, AA Pittsburgh, PA Irving, TX VANCOUVER, WA Annandale, VA Granite Falls, WA

Comments
Please help these people who have no legal recourse in their "own" country ! This is unthinkable !

4,161. Frances Anderson HERCULES, CA

Engineering and Applied Science; Ph.D. Space Materials Science and Technology; Ph.D High Temperature and High Energetic Materials Technology; Ph.D. Dr Lra Connor Clinical Psychologist; Msc

4,166. Michael Harrop 4,168. John Nix 4,169. Celeste Black 4,170. Erin Keith 4,171. alicia hecht 4,172. Cindy Black 4,173. Nicolas Schulz

PHOENIX, AZ Kihei, HI COVINA, CA Fort Madison, IA FULLERTON, CA Seattle, WA New York, NY Page 152 Signatures 4,144 - 4,173 It is THEIR freakin' LAND, dammit!!!!!!

4,167. Stephen Mahoney Carver, MA

Name
4,174. Harrison P Bertram 4,175. michael plaisted 4,176. marionette kubicz 4,177. Vladimir Gulyy 4,178. Susan Leibowitz 4,179. Glenn Jacobson 4,180. Margaret Dozier 4,181. pia massie 4,182. Michelle McLinden 4,183. Holly Rule 4,184. Elizabeth Wahbe 4,185. Susan Hales 4,186. James Trimm 4,187. Kaaren Zvonik 4,188. Jessica Wolfe 4,189. Kim Wells 4,190. Julie Lane 4,191. Sharon Nicodemus 4,192. Garrett Gash 4,193. Sarah Reid 4,194. Abbey Jankowski 4,195. Abram S. Perlstein 4,196. Kenneth Gilliland 4,197. Jen Manders 4,198. Yvonne Irvin 4,199. Jeanie Camuti 4,200. Cynthia Harris 4,201. Mallika Henry 4,202. R Chris LaReau 4,203. Robin Rae Swanson 4,204. Alexis Walsh 4,205. James Williams

From
Schaumburg, IL Las Vegas, NV Mancelona, MI Gresham, OR Chicago, IL Sacramento, CA CORONA, NY BROOKLYN, NY HAIKU, HI Portland, OR Bellingham, WA Berkeley, CA Falls Church, VA Tamuning, GU GUERNEVILLE, CA Pflugerville, TX Sebastopol, CA Sacramento, CA MOSCOW, ID ITHACA, NY Hampstead, MD LOS OSOS, CA Philadelphia, PA Dubuque, IA INDIAN HEAD, MD Athol, MA West Peterborough, NH Cambridge, NY Savannah, GA Kailua, HI Lacey, WA Branch, MI Page 153 -

Comments

WOW this sounds like what the Europeans did in the U.S. with the Native Americans. Isn't this the 21st Century and what did we learn?

Signatures 4,174 - 4,205

Name
4,206. Jim Bjork 4,207. Kasia Borecka 4,208. Jennifer Canady

From
Saint Paul, MN Olkusz, Poland Everett, WA

Comments

THESE ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE SHOULD BE SUPPORTED & HELPED ! NOT MOVED OUT & STARVED ! HOW NASTY & DESPICABLE THAT IS ! HOW ARE THEY TO FIGHT IT ? I CAN'T BELIEVE THINGS SUCH AS THIS COULD EVEN BE HAPPENING !WHAT A TERRIBLE THING ! WHAT'S THIER REASONING BEHIND THIS ? SOUNDS LIKE SOMEONE SHOULD BE FIRED OR "RELOCATED" FOR EVEN CONTEMPLATING SUCH AN ACT ! HELP THESE PEOPLE ! OR WHAT'LL BE HAPPENING NEXT ?70,000 PEOPLE STARVING TO DEATH / HOW TERRIFYING THIS IS ! & I DON'T EVEN LIVE THERE !PLEASE HELP THEM ! FIND SOME OTHER WAY TO GROW FOOD TO MEET THIER NEEDS ! INSTEAD OF "DISPLACING THEM!

4,209. Gerda Seaman 4,210. Linda Marticek 4,211. kathleen crosby 4,212. Cynthia Mastro 4,213. Amy Perrin 4,214. Kari Wilson 4,215. Samantha Rauth 4,217. joni burkett 4,218. Todd Everett 4,219. Beth Phillips 4,220. Stephanie Sklar 4,221. Sunday Leopard 4,222. ameen alhusseini 4,223. Diana Roth 4,224. keefer irwin 4,225. Jonathan Chu 4,226. Debra Sartelle 4,227. Minnie Hallowell 4,228. Nancy Roberts-Moneir 4,229. Dragan Dan 4,230. karen stich

CHICO, CA Ho-ho-kus, NJ ROCKPORT, MA ELIZABETH CITY, NC Claremont, NH Kailua, HI Painesville, OH No. Ferrisburgh, VT Wheaton, IL West Allis, WI Silver Spring, MD ROSAMOND, CA Los Angeles, CA JENISON, MI Rochester, VT Fremont, CA WAGONER, OK Phoenix, AZ GULFPORT, MS Constanta,mihail Kogalniceanu, Romania Venice, CA Page 154 Signatures 4,206 - 4,230

4,216. Elizabeth Ramsey Davis, CA

Name
4,231. Rose Brown 4,232. Giselle Sebag 4,233. Jade Monahan

From
Colo. Spgs., CO Atlanta, GA New York, NY

Comments

Displacing people from their land is simply wrong. Further, the adverse long term effects on Ethiopia will most likely vastly outweigh the immediate financial gains garnered by such an unethical and cruel decision.

4,234. Eve Rosciam 4,235. Kim Amlong 4,236. anna clavin 4,237. Sam Benedict 4,238. Patricia Donnelly 4,239. judy lucas 4,240. Tony Bell 4,241. Tyler Harmon 4,242. Ezra Mable 4,243. George Hite 4,244. Amy Simmons 4,245. Mark RingswaldEgan 4,246. Samantha Butler 4,247. jenn harper 4,248. Andent Tsefaye 4,249. Carolyn R. Swift 4,250. Vanna Andrews 4,251. Carol Painter 4,252. Eduardo Espinal 4,253. carlos torrico 4,254. Gina Tibo 4,255. Carol Ashley 4,256. cristine vandyke 4,257. frederique sol 4,258. Sheba Lo 4,259. Maria Studer 4,260. evana madeira 4,261. Kirby E 4,262. Nicole Paige

Dameron, MD Cambridge, MA CHESTER SPRINGS, PA Otego, NY Harbor Beach, MI Charlevoix, MI Austin, TX Warwick, RI Fayetteville, AR Springfield, VA Cookeville, TN Cincinnati, OH YOUNGSTOWN, OH RED HOOK, NY Bronx, NY Providence, RI Jenks, OK Ithaca, NY MILFORD, PA Ciudad De Buenos Aires, Argentina GREEN VALLEY, AA Park Rapids, MN Concord, MA New Rochelle, NY SILVER SPRING, MD Levittown, NY preignac, France Ithaca, NY ROCKAWAY PARK, NY Page 155 Signatures 4,231 - 4,262

Name
4,263. Bill Behrend 4,264. Judi Yarwood 4,265. Carol Dewees 4,266. Marie Mccullough 4,267. Donald Williams 4,268. Sa Fish 4,269. Chad Fordham 4,270. Sarah Gagnon 4,271. Bob Morriss 4,272. Pamela Haggood 4,273. laura provo-meinhart 4,274. Susan Cantillon-Cuda 4,275. Nathaniel Hammerli 4,276. Tim Guisinger 4,277. nathylin flowers 4,278. John Mansky 4,279. Amylia Pereira 4,280. Kate Crenshaw 4,281. Elizabeth Barger 4,282. Morgan Powell 4,283. solomon Dagnachew

From
Albany, GA Lancaster, PA Pottstown, PA Pickens, SC Somerville, MA CEDARVILLE, MI Big Rapids, MI SPENCER, NY FOREST, VA Toledo, OH JULIAN, NC Saratoga Springs, NY Vail, CO Camarillo, CA BROOKLYN, NY Lansford, PA Ipswich, MA Athens, GA SUMMERTOWN, TN Staatsburg, NY Nairobi, Kenya

Comments

The divisive, dictatorial and ethno-centric regime of Ethiopia are selling out fertile lands to foreign investors without the will of the people. They evicted indigenous people from their ancestral land and threw in to inferno. This dictatorial regime led by Meles Zenawi has perpetrated systematic genocide against the people of Gambella. However the UN member countries and the United State of America give a blind eyes and deaf ears to the desperate indigenous people ordeals.The world must take swift action against the dictator who has been engaged in systematic genocide. We are One; we need to help feed the world, not kill them by Starvation~ in their own land! Stop the Land grab by corporations! Help us feed all the Children + Families~here NOW! ThAnk you!!!

4,284. Anna Cruikshank 4,285. NA Flowers

Springfield, OH Brooklyn, NY

4,286. mark gillono 4,287. Angela Chamberlain

aurora, IL Mosinee, WI Page 156 Signatures 4,263 - 4,287

Name
4,288. DaNelle Jenkins 4,289. Magorzata Konieczna 4,290. Don Bolanos 4,291. Agnes Johnson 4,292. Bert McDert

From
CINCINNATI, OH Wrocaw, Poland Friday Harbor, WA BRONX, NY Atlanta, GA

Comments

How bout we just stop propping up governments altogether? Surely there are NGOs doing good work in Ethiopia that could do a lot more of it with an extra billion a year? Perhaps even some working toward actually improving the situation of the people the government is trying to forcibly remove, such as for instance by strengthening their rights to stay on their traditional land?

4,293. John Vann 4,294. Hania Zozgrnik 4,295. Belinda Poropudas 4,296. ellen hinchcliffe 4,297. Dameon Torrey 4,298. John Vann 4,299. Sara Dannhardt 4,300. Joan Abruzzo 4,301. Dennis Ledden 4,302. GENEVA DRIVER 4,303. J Calhoun 4,304. Linda Nash

SPRINGPORT, IN Chorzw, Poland San Rafael, CA MINNEAPOLIS, MN Atlanta, GA Springport, IN VERONA, PA Bay Terrace, NY Mount Aukum, CA atlanta, GA ALMA, AA Greenville, TX Here is an example of the US attempting to do a good thing, but the effects will be devastating for the natives. Please study more, read Lester Brown, and stop the land grab.

4,305. Robyn Cleaves 4,306. henya murray 4,307. Elizabeth Hart 4,308. jean-theo jost 4,309. Alaya Bouche 4,310. Helen Cu 4,311. Amber Baker

University Place, WA Jamaicaplain, MA Lake Bluff, IL Hyde Park, VT PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ Brooklyn, NY Gibsonia, PA There are so many options for strengthening the people of Ethiopia. Destroying more fertile land with big crop consumerism is the most destructive option for the land and its people. Can we not learn from what we already know about this type of destruction. We've done it so many times before, can we finally try something different? Signatures 4,288 - 4,311

Page 157

Name
4,312. Laura Schlegel & family 4,313. Mary Sedgwick 4,314. Sharon Moss 4,315. LESLEY TONNA 4,316. vicoria kitchnes 4,317. Michele Glenn 4,318. Vicki Johnson 4,319. Joel Perkins 4,320. Mari Helen High 4,321. Dona Longacre 4,322. Seabury Lyon 4,323. Richard Warden 4,324. Gloriana Roig 4,325. Richard Jennings 4,326. LLOYD HEDGER 4,327. Eva Landeo 4,328. Alex A. Herrera 4,329. Nehemiah Barshlomo 4,330. Judith Cox-Gietman 4,331. mary cappiello 4,332. E.R. Adams

From
CHICAGO, IL WACO, TX Richmond Heights, MO Webster, MA Piru, CA Jacksonville, FL Kansas City, MO DENTON, TX Tucson, AZ RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA BETHEL, ME Arnold, MD New York, NY Santa Fe, NM Tacoma, WA Manhattan, NY Austin, TX Quincy, MA Waterford, NY Las Vegas, NV Dexter, MI

Comments

It MUST be insured that the People, the Animals be cared for properly, NO MATTER WHAT. This is Not to be about profits at the expense of the people! Insure the people and the animal WELFARE FIRST!

4,333. Michele Gielis 4,334. Karen Cignoli 4,335. Rosa Karl 4,336. Pat Wiberley 4,337. Dael Chapman 4,338. Casey Ferguson 4,339. Steve Green 4,340. Roger Carson 4,341. Patricia Dirienzo 4,342. Ellen Atkinson

Cambridge, MA Coram, NY Bayfield, WI Chicago, IL Amherst, MA MIDLOTHIAN, VA Sedro Woolley, WA Phoenix, AZ Erie, PA PACIFIC, WA Page 158 Signatures 4,312 - 4,342

Name
4,343. Amber Davidson 4,344. Marcy Dedam 4,346. Noreen McCarthy 4,347. kathleen rane 4,348. Keith Bouldin 4,349. Terry Charleton 4,350. Jean Hemphill 4,351. Nike Cacoullos 4,352. Valerie Clay 4,353. Ana Oviedo 4,354. Franklin Platizky 4,355. GInny Flowers 4,356. Sidne Baglini 4,357. Jerry Eldredge 4,358. Heath Lesjak 4,359. Ursula Teuter 4,360. gwen cope 4,361. Heidi Stubner 4,362. Patty Orr 4,363. jemmy delva 4,364. Neva Allen 4,365. Dave Christman 4,366. Nina Kornstein 4,367. Gail Babic 4,368. Sara Miller 4,369. Linda Prostko 4,370. Jennifer Brown 4,371. Alexandra Sipiora 4,372. Frank X Kleshinski 4,373. Andrew Peterson 4,374. Alvin King 4,375. charlotte byrams 4,376. Laura Telford

From
Columbia, SC Burlington, VT Pottstown, PA Santa Fe, NM ROSELAND, CA Trumbull, CT Johnson City, TN State College, PA South Charleston, WV Chicago, IL Denton, TX Nags Head, NC NEWTOWN SQUARE, PA Hebron, KY PHOENIX, AZ Bridgeville, PA Putnam Valley, NY MANHATTAN, NY FREEBURG, PA OTEGO, NY Belfast, ME OXFORD, OH Framingham, MA Mt. Gretna, PA Kent, OH Caledonia, MI Milford, CT Chicago, IL Jeannette, PA Portland, OR Reno, NV Crane Hill, AL AUSTIN, TX Page 159 -

Comments

4,345. Craig Zimmerman Buckley, WA

land is all these people have

Signatures 4,343 - 4,376

Name
4,377. Kathryn Axtell 4,378. Sarah Marsh 4,379. Barbara Kellogg 4,380. Pamela Robinson 4,381. Elias Sanchez 4,382. Jordana H. 4,383. Ann Harlan 4,384. Betty murphy 4,385. anna baylac 4,386. James Powers 4,387. Paul Webber 4,388. earl mcmanhan 4,389. Jennifer Thomas 4,390. Alexandra Graziano 4,391. patricia mc veigh 4,392. David Tinnin 4,393. Scott P 4,394. JIll Grams 4,395. nancy Harris 4,396. Deborah Lane 4,397. phillip caler 4,398. Roche' Martin 4,399. Steve Sierigk 4,401. Charles (bud) Adam 4,402. james shields 4,403. Justin Seck 4,404. Angela Stone 4,405. Daniel Isenberg 4,406. Marla Jacquinot 4,407. clayton lemieux 4,408. Angela Mallard 4,409. Marilyn Plott 4,410. j Callero 4,411. depastas nathalie

From
Sunnyvale, CA Poestenkill, NY GUILFORD, CT Sugar Land, TX Manassas Park, VA Chicago, IL Houston, TX Long Beach, CA Orleans, France Springfield, VA Eugene, OR Charlotte, NC Springfield, VA Thousand Oaks, CA Aptos, CA Cloverdale, CA Neenah, WI Galesville, WI Kewaskum, WI Prescott Valley, AZ Jackson, MI Richmond, VA Trumansburg, NY Akron, OH Portland, OR BRONX, NY Salt Lake City, UT Blacksburg, VA OVERLAND, KS Serling Heights, MI Telluride, CO Georgetown, TX CAPITOLA, CA MCLEAN, VA Page 160 -

Comments
Corporate land grabbing is a criminal idea. This is diabolical.

4,400. Consuelo Hannan Los Lunas, NM

Signatures 4,377 - 4,411

Name
4,412. Linda Wallace 4,413. William Davis 4,414. Susan Hittel 4,415. Corrine Haas 4,416. jef weisel 4,417. Deborah Bennett 4,418. Eileen Greene

From
Homewood, IL Bearsville, NY New York, NY Commerce Twp, MI Pepperell, MA Leeds, AL Salt Lake City, UT

Comments
Large-scale agricultural plantations should be nationalized and their overseers jailed. Jail the 1% for crimes against humanity, theft and environmental crimes!

Forced relocation is not the way to go. This money can be spent on investments that respect the rights of indigenous people and the culture in the area overall. Please urge the people who are receiving this funding and organizing these projects to stop the forced relocations. These types of grave human rights abuses must be spoken out against in clear terms. Thank you.

4,419. Elliot Tanzer 4,420. Lisa Valiente 4,421. Donald Tayloe 4,422. Rickey Westbrooks 4,423. Lilly Mahaney 4,424. yvonne Pratt 4,425. Tristan Sophia 4,426. Katie Grogan 4,427. mary wakeman 4,428. Veronica Feinstein 4,429. Gisela Zerykier 4,430. Krystina Stark 4,431. Karolyn Beebe 4,432. Cary Miller 4,433. esme berlin 4,434. Ada Letelier 4,435. Britton Saunders 4,436. Spencer Stall 4,437. Mary Cotey 4,438. Vernon Batty 4,439. leon laporte 4,440. Sandra Bostian

Temecula, CA Bolingbrook, IL FRESNO, CA CENTERVILLE, TN Leland, MI Canaan Lake, NY Deer Lodge, MT DURHAM, NC GREENSBORO, NC STAMFORD, CT Teaneck, NJ Cabot, AR Madison, WI ST PETERSBURG, AA CHAPEL HILL, NC New York, NY Milwaukee, WI EL PRADO, NM Lake Barrington, IL MESILLA PARK, NM Columbia, MD Comstock Park, MI Page 161 Signatures 4,412 - 4,440

Name
4,441. Bill Johnson 4,442. Gary Prevo

From
Wheaton, MD Livonia, MI

Comments
This land grab reminds me of the conditions that led america to be the, "prosperous", country that it is. It caused for centuries of inhumane treatment to the indigenous peoples of this and other lands. it brought upon them pain, suffering, hunger and massacre. Do we as a civilized nation wish to stand by idly by while this happens to another group of human beings. There are a lot of Americans of good conscience who still carry the feelings of guilt for the carrying out manifest destiny. I hope not. Please do the right thing. Respectfully,

4,443. Joyce Faulk 4,444. Nan Hunter

Austin, TX Wheatley Heights, NY This land is on loan to us from the Creator of all things. Removing these people from their home land constitutes a spiritual and physical assult aganist them form the deamons of greed who are doing this, if it is America or any other country the karma they will inflict upon their country and people will destroy them. Santa Fe, NM DES MOINES, IA Arlington, VA HARWICH, MA drammen, Norway Cambridge, MA North Olmsted, OH Los Angeles, CA Unionville, PA AUSTIN, TX LAGUNA WOODS, CA HAGERSTOWN, MD ALGONA, AA OCEAN PARK, WA CHAPEL HILL, NC BOWLING GREEN, OH BITTER LAKE, WA Page 162 Signatures 4,441 - 4,462 i really condomed the things that happened in Ethiopia.never ever be like this! Ethiopia lezelalem tinur!! Please stop land grab from the poor farmers of Ethiopia and forced relocation of the people.

4,445. Rita L. Glasscock 4,446. Dale Patrick 4,447. Grace Holden 4,448. Paula Myles 4,449. belete tsegaw 4,450. yalem yihdego 4,451. Andrew Kistler 4,452. ana jude 4,453. kathleen rengert 4,454. Martha Maria-Louisa 4,455. Lama Lane 4,456. William Ryder 4,457. Maria Heymans 4,458. S Zitzer 4,459. Judith Night 4,460. Alyssa Roberts 4,461. jacki masar 4,462. Laura Westbrook

Name
4,463. Mark Phemister 4,464. Michael Lasky 4,465. Anita Kostas 4,466. nancy geist 4,467. Katherine Nolan 4,468. Bob Thomas 4,469. nancy herrmann 4,470. Karen Spradlin 4,471. marion frazier 4,472. Pauline CALLAHAN 4,473. Frances Carpenter 4,474. Craig Bailey 4,475. adam heckle 4,476. Liz Carden 4,477. Jean Downing 4,478. Cathi Warren 4,479. Romy Overstreet 4,480. Thomas Heinrich 4,481. Jennifer Schmitz 4,482. Aurora Griffin 4,483. Ruth Meyer

From
LINCOLN, NE SANTA CRUZ, CA Santa Clarita, CA Avondale, PA Cupertino, CA Myrtle Creek, OR Windsor, CT Jacksonville, AL Brooklyn, NY Jordan, MN Providence, RI Rutherfordton, NC 05401, VT San Francisco, CA Lake Stevens, WA Omaha, NE Indianapolis, IN Ditzingen, Germany Canton, MI Irrigon, OR Keene, NH

Comments

I am so appalled at the greed of US companies that exploit helpless human beings with untruths about improving their existences. Monsanto, DOW, etc. are the sorts to which I'm referring. The US government forcibly relocated our native Americans in violation of US treaties with those native peoples, & in violation of their human rights, and gave their lands to American settlers and businesses. America, with its financial clout in Ethiopia, now can begin to make amends by standing on the side of 70,000 people from Gambella, to stop this land grab. Americans must answer the question: is OUR government on the side of the 1% or on the side of the 99%? When America gives $1 billion per year to Ethiopia, does America insist that the $1 billion goes to the everyday people of Ethiopia and groups representing them? Think about it. Its great to know that the American people are watching these developments and speaking up! Respectfully submitted.

4,484. Laura Molinario 4,485. Robert Knight

Kansas City, MO Vestal, NY

4,486. rio valencia

Midlothian, VA Page 163 Signatures 4,463 - 4,486

Name
4,487. Angelique Hartman 4,488. Judith Tarbet 4,489. Nina Gielen 4,490. sherry turner 4,491. Carlos Mendez 4,492. Melissa Bishop 4,493. Norman Hoffman 4,494. nan Schmid 4,495. Carol Laurencell 4,496. Michael C. Ford Dr. Richard B. Marks 4,497. Jonathan Nash 4,498. Pi Outer Space 4,499. Brett Marcel Babineaux 4,500. Mark Edwards 4,501. Anibal Contreras 4,502. KM Gorman 4,503. Helen Hughes 4,504. Jennifer Krouchick 4,505. Jim Crotty 4,506. david lindberg 4,507. Emmi Ollila 4,508. Dominick Falzone 4,509. Ashley Parker 4,510. Tacey Conover 4,511. william mittig 4,512. Ron Gilliland 4,513. Stirling Cousins 4,514. Angie Moser-Wohlfarth 4,515. Greg Lyman 4,516. Steve Banyai 4,517. J. Adam Bailey 4,518. Barbara Moffitt

From
San Diego, CA Santa Fe, NM New York, NY Quincy, MA Phoenix, AZ Deposit, NY Marietta, GA BROOKLYN, NY Palatine, IL WATSONVILLE, CA NEW YORK, NY Torshavn, Faroe Islands New Orleans, LA Chapel Hill, NC Chicago, IL Sedona, AZ St Louis Park, MN Warminster, PA AGUADA, PR MILWAUKEE, WI Espoo, Finland LOS ANGELES, CA Collegeville, PA Redding, CA MARIPOSA, CA HERNDON, VA White Bear Lake, MN Munich, Germany Kirkland, WA Port Mansfield, TX Gill, MA Lexington, NC Page 164 -

Comments

Signatures 4,487 - 4,518

Name
4,519. Gisela Peake 4,520. sagrario rilo 4,521. Marcela Silva 4,522. Regina Carpenter 4,523. Lou Rowan 4,524. AL MARTIN 4,525. Kelly Liebel

From
Puilaurens, France Santiago, Spain Seattle, WA Belpre, OH Seattle, WA Beatrice, NE Chino, CA

Comments

Please insist that Ethiopia put a stop to forced relocations, the people must be allowed to stay on the land that is their home.

4,526. Cheli Champaign, IL Winkler-Groschen 4,527. Kevin Allemann 4,528. Dianne PunKay 4,529. Mary Egger 4,530. m sivey 4,531. Courtney Daniels 4,532. Hiedi Tan 4,533. Gwendolyn Fields 4,534. Melanie Mangels 4,535. Juan Lopez 4,536. Elisabeth Webber 4,537. Glynis Lomon 4,538. Shilo De La Cruz 4,539. Marybeth Sharp 4,540. Michael Wolff 4,541. marie aversa 4,542. LAURA SAMPSEL 4,543. Ann Kroeber 4,544. Robert Meredith 4,545. Brandon Truster 4,546. Eugene D. Alexander 4,547. Shelly Jones 4,548. Timothy Fleche Harrisburg, MO La Puente, CA Memphis, TN highlands ranch, CO SHERMAN OAKS, CA Knoxville, TN NORMAN, OK North Kansas City, MO Albuquerque, NM Durango, CO Newton, MA Olympia, WA Grants Pass, OR AMHERST, MA Atlanta, GA STOW, OH RICHMOND, CA Madera, CA Buhl, ID Hummelstown, PA This sounds like an act of pirates to me.... Farming should be going in the other direction with small family farms being taught more modern arming techniques. this not only saves the land from degradation bu also contributes less to global warming If we give this goernment $1,000,000,000 a year I think we could ask them to not relocate their people.

Taylorsville, UT Rochester, NY Page 165 Signatures 4,519 - 4,548

Name
4,549. philip kane 4,550. Vincent Saia 4,551. erica pennington 4,552. Jan Bemetz 4,553. Edith M. Conrad 4,554. Mark Mullbock 4,555. Kathy Piltz 4,556. Judith Lammers 4,558. Lin McClellan 4,559. Laureen Pepersack 4,560. Kirsten Schelbert 4,561. April Plumeri 4,562. Barbara Nelson 4,563. evangeline Faacks-Moen 4,564. natalie bougos 4,565. belinda b 4,566. Ann Reed 4,567. Gerry Pirritano 4,568. Cris Tilliss 4,569. Joan Stroh 4,570. Vanessa roe 4,571. Sue Stoudemire 4,572. Kate & Bill Massengale 4,573. jime edwards

From
SARASOTA, AA New York, NY Goolwa, Australia Woodburn, OR Asheville, NC Portland, OR JIM THORPE, AA Dyersville, IA Wilmington, IL SANTA FE, NM EVANSTON, IL Niagara Falls, NY Dublin, CA ISLE, MN Gent, Belgium Columbus, OH Quincy, IL San Francisco, CA Lone Tree, CO Chula Vista, CA Bk, NY Atlanta, GA Los Alamos, NM santa fe, NM

Comments

This action by their gov't will most certainly result in more famine and misery. The people must have the right to grow their own food! A conscience must be a difficult thing to find these days.

4,557. Claudette Schiratti Kansas City, MO

let's start helping these countries rather than hindering their lives...seems that our, and their big government standards are far different than what the people really need...big government, get down on the peoples level, walk a mile in their shoes, if they have any, speak to them on their level, look them in the eye as you talk to them...learn from them.

4,574. george and barb rofkar 4,575. Michael Spadoni 4,576. Kathi Kibbel

BELLINGHAM, WA Rail Road Flat, CA Dallas, TX Page 166 Signatures 4,549 - 4,576

Name
4,577. Alycia Ware 4,579. laura ricci 4,580. Elizabeth Kanze 4,581. Margery Barlow 4,582. Caryn Hunt 4,583. Heather Chang 4,584. Andra Addis 4,585. Rebecca Saunders 4,586. pamela hamilton 4,587. Connie Conaway 4,588. elvin stewart 4,589. Jennifer Worrell 4,590. Robey Frasche 4,591. wayne hardaker 4,592. Hannah G. Robinson 4,593. jerry brennan 4,594. Doria Whitlatch 4,595. Summer Griffin 4,596. karin schuff 4,597. Shayna Kohan 4,599. Melissa Arminio 4,600. Phyllis Holzworth 4,601. Julita Jones 4,602. Teresa Bryan 4,603. Michael Barnes 4,604. Toni Gilmont 4,605. Rosemary Maziarz 4,606. john fahrendorf 4,607. Marvin Lewis

From
Louisville, KY bklyn, NY Cambridge, MA Packwood, WA Philadelphia, PA Monterey, CA CHICAGO, AA Cambridge, MA

Comments

4,578. Thomas Trescone Asheville, NC

Forcibly moving families because more powerful interests want their land, creating refugees, is wrong. Everybody knows that.

Please don't do as we do in America and sell our people to the rich, who give nothing back. They claim they give jobs but they don't,unless you count all the jobs they send overseas.

Las Vegas, NV Canonsburg, PA Jamestown, NY Niles, IL Denver, CO Aurora, CO Sound Beach, NY Lisbon, OH Reynoldsburg, OH Fallbrook, CA schefflenz, Germany Philadelphia, PA New Haven, CT Seattle, WA Laguna Beach, CA Kelso, WA Fpo, AP SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA Saint Charles, IL Eagan, MN PHILADELPHIA, PA Page 167 Signatures 4,577 - 4,607 The rich take the poor,in their sickness for wealth.

4,598. Thomas Hennigan Rio Rancho, NM

Name
4,609. Linda Birn 4,610. Brenda Mork 4,611. Liz Reed 4,612. Meghann Eddy 4,613. Pat Biondo 4,614. Shannon Fargel 4,615. laura lynch 4,616. L. Susan Griffiths 4,617. Anita Buffer 4,618. Jeanne Held-Warmkessel 4,619. suzanne ventura 4,620. Arthur Jackson 4,621. Rebecca Smith 4,622. Ann Creed 4,623. haley schwartz 4,624. Denise Anderson-Gaines 4,625. David Plant 4,626. Robin blier 4,627. NOREEN MICHAUD 4,628. Sophia T 4,629. Charlene LaFollette 4,630. Lynne Rosenfield 4,631. maxine klein 4,632. Paige McAdoo 4,633. Shannon Meckley 4,634. margaret hashmi 4,635. Linda Waer 4,636. Marija Stroke 4,637. jennifer coffee 4,638. Vicki Krotz 4,639. Richard n Beth Monroe 4,640. Barbara Shaffer

From
Hon, HI Vancouver, WA Lake Villa, IL Amherst, MA Berkeley, CA Carnegie, PA Meriden, CT Beaverton, OR Warminster, PA North Wales, PA Ny, NY DARNESTOWN, MD TROY, NY SAINT MARYS, GA Philadelphia, NY Los Angeles, CA Rohnert Park, CA Saugerties, NY WESTFORD, MA Austin, TX Tippecanoe, OH Aspen, CO NYC, NY San Francisco, CA Carbondale, CO BELLINGHAM, WA PORTLAND, OR New York, NY fort worth, TX PLATTSMOUTH, NE ROCHESTER HILLS, MI KENSINGTON, MD Page 168 -

Comments

4,608. Daniel Frauendorf Schefflenz, Germany

These people deserve to keep their land, their livelihood!

It's wrong to kick people off their land.

when will we learn that people are more important than money?

Signatures 4,608 - 4,640

Name
4,641. Wendy Chrisman 4,642. Ann Margaret Mills 4,643. Thomas Rogers 4,644. James Yurgel 4,645. Randall Powell 4,646. Dean Borgeson 4,647. Nona Weiner 4,648. sally giles 4,649. Wayne Berry 4,650. Lee Longfellow 4,651. Megan Hammond 4,652. Jenny Ruckdeschel 4,653. Mark Daniels 4,654. Anita Chariw 4,655. Maryann Robinson 4,656. Bethyl Vess 4,657. Elizabeth Ungar 4,658. Igor Givotovsky 4,659. Thomas Martin 4,660. Eva Martin 4,661. Zac Harmon 4,662. Stephanie Madison 4,663. Lorrie Oshatz 4,664. Jim Hacker 4,665. Gina Gentili 4,666. Laura Nevins 4,667. Marie Leven 4,668. mary brinich 4,669. Kathleen Wilkinson 4,670. jane jensen 4,671. Roberta Parrish

From
Columbus, OH Irving, TX Eagle, ID LOS ANGELES, CA Lufkin, TX Brooklyn Park, MN San Jose, CA Winterville, GA Hampton, VA Lake Oswego, OR Huntington Beach, CA Rosemont, PA FLAGSTAFF, AZ Wilmington, DE Minneapolis, MN Nashville, TN New York, NY Amesbury, MA Custer, SD Perris, CA Long Beach, CA Salem, OR Sunland, CA PIONEER, CA DENVER, CO Burns, TN Flushing, MI Chowchilla, CA WABASHA, MN Arlington, VA Springfield, VA Page 169 -

Comments

Ask Israel why this is crucial, we are one!

Protect the rights of local citizens in Ethiopia, not the interests of large corporations!

This land is not going to produce for the people of Ethiopia. This is an outrage. Our aid should be put on hold till this matter is resolved

Signatures 4,641 - 4,671

Name
4,672. Katy Martin 4,673. margaret spak 4,674. Kathleen Graff 4,675. Janet Simpson 4,676. Kristen Van Tassell 4,677. Erika Klein 4,678. Erica Knox 4,679. Joanne Wagner 4,680. Steven Lamar 4,681. Edward Busby

From
SAN FRANCISCO, CA Menlo Park, CA Jarrettsville, MD R, IL Centreville, VA THE WOODLANDS, TX CHICAGO, IL MADISON, WI El Prado, NM Park Falls, WI

Comments

Dislocating local populations for the sake of agribusiness is similar to the worst land grabs in our own national history. It was immoral then and it is immoral now. You CANNOT support this from a moral perspective. The U.S. continues to look the other way when U.S. Corporations want the resources of poor people in 3rd World Countries, another reason humans must be ashamed to be Americans.

4,682. Charles Couch

Brooklyn, NY

4,683. wentworth clarke 4,684. Patricia Albers 4,685. WILLIAM Reber 4,686. Orysia Dagney 4,687. Carlotta Harrell 4,688. Adriana Guastavino

HIAWASSEE, GA Manchester, CT Kaneohe, HI Philadelphia, PA JONESBORO, GA Rohnert Park, CA It is not a smart or wise decision to have large-scale agricultural plantations destroying your land! Helping individual and local small-scale farmers is so much more beneficial to the people, the country, and the planet. Here in the U.S., there is a growing movement to shift back to local, organic farming for many reasons: better quality food, much lower impact on the environment, helps local economy, are just a few examples. Don't let big agribusiness ruin your beautiful country! This is irresponsible and down right wrong and greedy! Please, be kind to your fellow human being. Please think about others before you think about yourselves.

4,689. Theresa Dumlao 4,690. Joan Quinn 4,691. Marianne Mills 4,692. Janet Hauter 4,693. Michelle Suffian

Centralia, WA Sacramento, CA JUNEAU, AK SOUTH BARRINGTON, IL PORTLAND, OR Page 170 -

Signatures 4,672 - 4,693

Name
4,694. Stanley Palombo 4,695. Quinn Bernegger 4,696. Wren Osborn 4,697. Edward Loeffler 4,698. charles hall 4,699. Laurie Kehl 4,700. A Grozik 4,701. David Spalding 4,702. Celia Franklin 4,703. Dianne Earick 4,704. Kim Frey 4,705. Greg Mohr 4,706. Dan Spiegle III

From
Rockville, MD Richfield Springs, NY El Cajon, CA New York, NY Nevada City, CA BEVERLY, OH Chicago, IL Taos, NM Eagle, CO FULLERTON, CA Newark, DE Santa Barbara, CA PORTLAND, OR

Comments

Sounds like premeditated corporate slavery to me!

4,707. Jennifer Valentine Massapequa Park, NY 4,708. Cindy Robinson 4,709. Kristen Nadaraja 4,710. Robert Deck 4,711. Warren Metzger 4,712. lloyd kay 4,713. Luther E. Franklin 4,714. Melody Sharpe 4,715. Kory Ruth 4,716. Samantha Bristoe 4,717. Sarah Wessels 4,718. Hans West Asheville, NC San Francisco, CA Toledo, OH Mukwonago, WI ASHEVILLE, NC ISSAQUAH, WA Milford, MI Martin, TN Cleator, United Kingdom Ithaca, NY Salem, OR There's a huge international land grab going on in Africa that surely bodes ill for Africans, aided and abeted by Africans with power and money. Perhaps we're seeing the birth of "crony colonialism".

4,719. Dawn Laughlin 4,720. E Thompson 4,721. Alfred Wilson 4,722. Sidney Pearson 4,723. Margaret Kelly 4,724. Kelly OBrien 4,726. Scott Coahran

Canon City, CO Santa Fe, NM Walpole, MA Atlanta, GA Haverford, PA Phoenix, AZ SAINT LOUIS, MO Page 171 Signatures 4,694 - 4,726

4,725. Danielle Raymond CASSADAGA, NY

Name
4,727. Alexia Strout-Dapaz 4,728. Rob Bein 4,729. Mary Bissell 4,730. ralph bocchetti 4,731. Cynthia Hull 4,732. Jean stidham 4,733. Hiroe Watanabe 4,734. Diana Stauffer

From
FORT WORTH, TX Longmont, CO OKLAHOMA CITY, OK Arcadia, CA GALLUP, NM Las Vegasn, NV Dallas, TX Placerville, CA

Comments

4,735. Samantha Garlejo FOLSOM, CA 4,736. Ginamarie Colorio MINNEAPOLIS, MN 4,737. Pamela Driscoll 4,738. Mark Wagner 4,739. Jo Ann Corum 4,740. mark ackerman 4,741. Sara Fisch 4,742. AJ Ippolito 4,743. Ofosuah Quaynor 4,744. Faith Vis 4,745. Dan Bennett 4,746. ERGA SHELEY 4,747. evan white 4,748. Paula Smith 4,749. Carol Abrams 4,750. Michael Bond 4,751. Deborah Friend 4,752. Angela Entzel 4,753. Erin Stark 4,754. Penney Nile 4,755. Carl Casella 4,756. David Harpe 4,757. John Dotta 4,758. Virginia Eagan 4,759. Gregory Hall 4,760. Hannah Donahue DEXTER, OR Rochester Hills, MI BELLMORE, NY Fort George, NY Scottsdale, AZ Atl, GA Ypsilanti, MI NEW MILFORD, PA Sun Prairie, WI Newburgh, NY San Francisco, CA MENOMONIE, WI SF, CA Scottsdale, AZ Newton, NH oakland, CA Denver, CO Northridge, CA Wallingford, PA Sacramento, CA Santa Rosa, CA Chico, CA San Marcos, CA Cottage Hills, IL Page 172 Signatures 4,727 - 4,760 This is simply wrong. A government that sells out the interests of the people like this needs to be replaced. Let's tell Ethiopia to stop forcibly relocating 70,000 people from Gambella.

Name
4,761. Richard Cowan 4,762. Nicole Dunlap 4,763. Alicia Nuszloch 4,764. Howard Flaer 4,765. Ron Sonnenberg 4,766. Sandra Zylberman 4,767. Eloise Harriss-Teas 4,768. Tristan Celayeta 4,769. Kim Pratt 4,770. Michael Nabors 4,771. Jennifer Willis 4,772. Nancy Meehan 4,773. Terrance Shoemaker 4,774. Joan Underwood 4,775. Elva Pero 4,776. James Steedman 4,777. Robin Kessler 4,778. Diane Hopkins 4,779. kathleen CONROY 4,780. Jerry Broadbent 4,781. Wesley Meeker 4,782. Eve Seamone 4,783. Jacqueline Kelley 4,784. Eldon Wedlock 4,785. Sherry Korthals 4,786. Amelia Roberts 4,787. BETTY AWAD 4,788. Stacy Thompson 4,789. Patricia Hicks 4,790. Crystal Edmunds 4,791. Ken Lesem

From
Monarch Beach, CA Humble, TX Reno, NV Los Angeles, CA Middleport, NY Owings Mills, MD Austin, TX Mill Valley, CA New York, NY MEMPHIS, TN San Francisco, CA Santa Rosa Beach, FL Parker, CO Westminster, CO Dana Point, CA Jamestown, NC Baltimore, MD GREAT FALLS, VA roslindale, MA Bucoda, WA Milford, CT Santa Cruz, CA MADISON, WI St Petersburg, FL Sioux Falls, SD Penfield, NY Colorado Springs, CO ALTA LOMA, CA SMYRNA, GA DENVER, CO BURLINGTON, VT Page 173 -

Comments

Enough! Leave the destruction of this land alone....gold, oil, animals and livelihoods have been ravaged for to many decades

They should invest in the families and support them in resourcing the land.

Signatures 4,761 - 4,791

Name
4,792. Jim Steitz 4,793. Wilson Ross 4,794. Paul Johnson 4,795. Greyling Gentry 4,796. Tena Purvis 4,797. Grace Burson 4,799. Greg Chambers 4,800. Catherine Cook 4,801. Ernestine Ledbetter 4,802. Susan Udin 4,803. Robin Marble 4,804. Chris Martino 4,805. Debbie Rollins 4,806. danielle o'terry 4,807. Jeffery Dorer 4,809. Claudia Potter 4,810. Cornelia Jensen 4,811. Abi Omot

From
GATLINBURG, TN SAN FRANCISCO, CA CHICAGO, IL REDMOND, WA GRANGER, IA MANCHESTER, NH San Clemente, CA Austin, TX Garner, NC Buffalo, NY Wareham, MA Lancaster, NY Sylva, NC Sherman Oaks, CA Los Angeles, CA Eastmont, WA Brooklyn, NY Burnsville, MN

Comments

4,798. Laurie Youngquist Portland, OR

4,808. Jannette Semenic Lemont, IL

What the Ethiopia government is doing to Anuaks people is genocide. In facts the Ethiopia government has murdered 450 Anuaks in 2003 and many more are still in prison. The policy the Ethiopia is implementing is no differ than what Hitler did to Jews in Europe. The USA government cant watch while the genocide is unfolding in Gambella region. Stop the genocide and force relocation now

4,812. Lynn Biddle 4,813. Patrick Lynch 4,814. Ronit Corry 4,815. Kelli Schwartz 4,816. Judith Pearson 4,817. Tammy Jones 4,818. Johni Prinz 4,819. Mary Margaret Switlik 4,820. Irene Tremper 4,821. bobbie stebor-meyer

CAMBRIDGE, MA Prescott, AZ Santa Barbara, CA Athens, GA Estancia, NM Norman, OK Ocean Shores, WA Wichita, KS Berwyn Heights, MD Cedar Rapids, IA Page 174 Signatures 4,792 - 4,821

Name
4,822. mengistu ayalew 4,823. Awet Kebedom 4,824. Joyce Cousino 4,825. Jenny Embleton 4,826. Carol Wiley 4,827. mark sonner 4,828. Sara Mauri 4,829. Sara Pena 4,830. ashebir Kassa 4,832. Sayew Alemayehu 4,833. Eizo Nishiura 4,834. Mesfin Makonnen 4,835. Eric Vrabel 4,836. whitney pratt 4,837. Karlyn Langjahr 4,838. Melissa Britton 4,839. aau Abel 4,840. Sally Polen 4,841. Jared Jensen 4,842. David Neher 4,843. elena kermani 4,844. Dawn Mason 4,845. ravi shah 4,846. sid cholmar 4,847. Rebecca Hall 4,848. Donald Myers 4,849. Rick Siegfried

From
ARLINGTON, VA Amsterdam, Netherlands Deming, NM Brighton, United Kingdom Victorville, CA Oakland, CA Brooklyn, NY perry hall, MD Malmo, Sweden Hydepark, MA Los Lunas, NM V.Froelunda, Sweden Midlothian, VA anna, TX MADISON, WI Seattle, WA London, United Kingdom Massillon, OH Sacramento, CA LOS ANGELES, CA San Diego, CA Pottsville, PA los angeles, CA New York, NY Ramsey, MN Madison, WI Eureka, CA

Comments
Please stop this forced relocations......now..!!!

4,831. Terry Cadwallader North County, MO

US Aid is used to finance land grad. Very sad. USAID should support the Ethiopian people, not "big Ag"!

People are getting sick of greedy, fascist corporate pigs who are trying their hardest to turn us into wage slaves making them their fortunes. Worker are going to rise up against greedy corporate pigs like them (and you). The Revolution is coming to YOUR door. It won't be pretty, but it WILL be just. You have been warned.

4,850. Dawn M. Bertelli 4,851. KATE JOHNSON

Lenox Dale, MA LA MESA, CA Page 175 Signatures 4,822 - 4,851

Name
4,852. Andrew Pierce 4,853. Janeene Porcher 4,855. Susan Earle 4,856. Mike Gazillo 4,857. Bini Melese 4,858. Maarie Schopaac 4,859. Eileen Meyers 4,860. Geralyn Leannah 4,861. Susan Zimmerman 4,862. Laura Coburn 4,863. janamora danithen 4,864. char barclay 4,865. Carolyn Newton 4,866. Lauren Grasch 4,867. abe desta 4,868. Gloria Sall 4,869. juli wood 4,870. Oscar Gutierrez 4,871. Karolyn Smith 4,872. Gloria Mellion 4,873. Melinda Ross 4,874. Vicki Fox 4,875. Joy Nelson-calhoun 4,876. June Cattell 4,877. Lee Olson 4,878. Grace Yhap 4,879. Michael Moats 4,880. james mchale 4,881. Claire Cocroft 4,882. Karen Kirschling 4,884. w aenlle 4,885. Colleen Filler

From
Covington, KY Golden, CO Cambridge, MA Las Vegas, NV Seatac, WA Charlestown, RI ADRIAN, MI Sheboygan, WI Meridian, ID Van Nuys, CA Adlikon, Switzerland Grand Rapids, MI Carbondale, CO New York, NY arnhem, Netherlands Dana Point, CA Chicago, IL San Diego, CA Denver, CO Los Angeles, CA Bloomington, IN Beacon, NY Rio Rancho, NM West Columbia, SC Washington, DC Long Beach, CA Downers Grove, IL patchogue, NY Philadelphia, PA San Francisco, CA Altadena, CA Fairfax, CA Page 176 -

Comments

4,854. Shannan Johnson Windsor, CA

SHAME, SHAME, SHAME on you!!!

4,883. Sharon K Thomas Shreveport, LA

Signatures 4,852 - 4,885

Name
4,886. Maureen Donohue 4,887. Berhanu Ambaye

From
STATEN ISLAND, NY Brisbane, Australia

Comments

We all Ethiopian should be stand together to eradicate tigre people liberation frontn(tplf) before it finish our nation and territory. Down with tplf !!! May God lookafter our nation and country!!!

4,888. Gary Sanchez 4,889. Kathryn Hamilton 4,890. Joyce Leggatt 4,891. Christina Rodriguez 4,892. Alexandra Rothe 4,893. Kim Loftness 4,894. P. A. Paye 4,895. melakamu sew 4,896. Mary Hardvall 4,897. Megan Richardson 4,898. Marcia Bailey 4,899. Amanda Miller 4,900. Jean Merritt 4,901. jennifer wyatt 4,902. Shelby Hooyenga 4,903. Michael Shirley

Newcastle, CA BIRMINGHAM, AL PORTLAND, OR Rialto, CA Bronx, NY SHORELINE, WA Newbury, VT kassel, Germany TRYON, NC Philadelphia, PA BLACKSBURG, VA Canon City, CO Valley Village, CA Mountlake Terrace, WA Whistler, Canada Lawrence, MA Don't put the land into agribusiness, but keep it in the hands of local farmers and help them to be more productive. See the work of Heifer International as an example of this more humane and effective answer to issues of best land use and providing enough to feed the people of the world. This is ridiculous, leave these people their land. Stop raping the earth and her inhabitants, it is not sustainable.

4,904. TRICIA PHILIPSON 4,905. Donald Wright 4,906. Ted Ebert 4,907. Amie LaRouche 4,908. Negussie Mekonnen 4,909. Paula Cox 4,910. Laurence Kone

Danville, CA LOST CREEK, WV Coupeville, WA COLORADO SPRINGS, CO Darmstadt, Germany ARLINGTON, TX Concord, CA Page 177 Signatures 4,886 - 4,910

Name
4,911. Amanda Collins 4,912. Jennifer Prescott 4,913. Candace Kawiuk 4,914. Matt Miksys 4,915. Brant Kotch 4,916. Deb Staudt 4,917. Ian Noah 4,918. Christopher Tobias 4,919. Joan Ciccarone 4,920. Dominique Coulet du Gard 4,921. Kira Goldsmith 4,922. Giovanna Tonelli 4,923. Sammi Katz 4,924. BARBARA WILLIAMS 4,925. Aster DH

From
Richardson, TX MANHATTAN, AA London, Canada Westmont, IL Houston, TX Russia, OH FARMER MARKET, AA Pittsburgh, PA COSSAYUNA, NY Bellingham, WA Ossining, NY Philadelphia, PA New York, NY New Bern, NC Uppsala, Sweden

Comments

Ethiopians are going hungry and being driven away from their own land. The unelected self-appointed government is leasing out fertile land to foreign investors. This is inhumane and it must stop right away.

4,926. Wanda Willey Halpin 4,927. Laura Howard 4,928. zizel maron 4,929. Amy Shelhon 4,930. Dean Simionescu 4,931. Jennifer Reed

Milbridge, ME LAS VEGAS, NV Athens, Greece Duluth, MN ROCHESTER HILLS, MI LAKEWOOD, CO Please help the people to live and die in peace on there land

4,932. Birtuka Amakelew Whitman, MA 4,933. Barbara Martin 4,934. s.. read 4,935. Merrie Thornburg 4,936. T.K. Wang 4,937. mazen hamza 4,938. Barbara MacPherson Albany, NY MORENO VALLEY, CA Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Wilmington, DE Toronto, Canada

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Signatures 4,911 - 4,938

Name
4,939. Sean McCoy 4,940. Janice Giudicelli 4,941. DAVID MONDEJAR 4,942. Kris McCann 4,943. Katherine Babiak 4,944. Thomas Mirick 4,945. Lisanne Freese 4,946. Melinda Grant 4,947. Shari Pease 4,948. John Voshell 4,949. Robert Hansen 4,950. valentina halliday 4,951. Carol Marsh 4,952. Mary Anna Jun-Morris 4,953. Suzana Mussiow 4,954. Lauren Spector 4,955. Sarah Amandes 4,956. Assefa Melesegne 4,957. John Page 4,958. Alberto Valls 4,959. kelly nobbs 4,960. Senait Fesseha 4,961. Tessa Nijzingh 4,962. steven feist 4,963. ELIZABETH HOLDEN 4,964. Maureen Hurley 4,965. Laura Taffany 4,966. jon schroeder

From
Portland, OR Avon, NJ Rosendale, NY

Comments

They are aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia, as people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot readily feed themselves.

Kent, WA Port Tobacco, MD Mason, OH Chicago, IL Whitehouse, OH Clanton, AL Camden, DE San Jose, CA Skokie, IL Missoula, MT Hampton Bays, NY Rijeka, Croatia Gold Beach, OR BROOKLYN, NY amsterdam, Netherlands Columbus, OH San Juan, Puerto Rico REDWOOD CITY, CA Norwood, MA Leeuwarden, Netherlands Cedar Falls, IA Black Mountain, NC Van Nuys, CA Santa Fe, NM Novato, CA Page 179 Signatures 4,939 - 4,966 Shame!!! Stop supporting dictatorial regime in the sake of GOD. Now our people are displacing from their own land to lease their land to foreign lander lootters. This relocation is taking the livelihood away from people, and since famine is caused more by lack of money than by lack of food, it is paving the way for future famines.

Name
4,967. HILDA ESTRADA 4,968. Adrian Haasler 4,969. Bill Leyrer 4,970. James Rideout 4,971. Jean Hughes 4,972. Agere alegnitaye 4,973. Mario Lopez 4,974. Becky Daiss 4,975. John Markham 4,976. Will Harvey

From
BROOKLYN, NY Leganes, Spain SEATTLE, WA Sun City, AZ Chicago, IL ct, Italy Montebello, CA Arlington, VA Princeton, KY Lexington, KY

Comments

Let the land be used for the Ethiopian people. Allow them to support themselves in a global economy in which they have no place, and allow them to use their land to attempt to go after their hunger problem. If it's not seen that they have no food because no one allows them to use their own land, then to hell with whatever lawmakers allow that to happen.

4,977. Joan Krebs 4,978. beverly hodge 4,979. Margaret Audi 4,980. Marie Leonard 4,981. William Klitzke 4,982. J L T Williams 4,983. Corinna N. 4,984. Carol Barr 4,985. linda clave 4,986. j m 4,987. hella steurbaut 4,988. Danielle Lowry 4,989. Abigail Gindele 4,990. Sally Giles 4,991. Angela Anderson 4,992. Natasha and Noah Brenner 4,993. William Roberson 4,994. Roman Schmitt 4,995. Heidi Jordan 4,996. gerard ferrari

GLENVIEW, IL Paris, IL Riverside, CA Elkins Park, PA STERLING HEIGHTS, MI Huntington Beach, CA Sarver, PA York, NE Brighton, MA Fv, CA gent, Belgium San Diego, CA South Berwick, ME FLUSHING, NY Snohomish, WA Knickerbocker, NY Brooklyn, NY ERIE, PA Portsmouth, NH LA CRESCENT, MN Page 180 Signatures 4,967 - 4,996 Please do not take land from families that have nothing!!!!!!!

Name
4,997. Charlotte Grillot 4,998. Daedra Smith 4,999. Richard Nelson

From
NEW YORK, NY Saint Louis, MO Lombard, IL

Comments
Prosperity for a country comes from its people. Abusing the people and taking away their basic rights does not bring riches, but eventually will lead to unrest and warfare. The Ethiopian people have suffered through drought and starvation. Now their Governemnt wish's to steal the lands they live on, the lands they work to produce food for their families. All so they can make profit by leasing these lands to farming companies, so they my grow food to be sold in other countries. In the meantime, the USA sends 7 billion dollars a year to help try and feed the people of Ethiopia. Leasing these lands will not provide the people of Ethiopia jobs or food to feed the starving masses. This must not be allowed, I call on President Obama to tell the Ethiopian Government that if they take these lands from their own people the US will cut off add to the Ethiopian Government. I'm for whatever kills the least number of animals and trees. Aside from that, humans, who can and do fend for themselves against all nature, can go straight to hell.

5,000. Linda Blinder 5,001. Susan Aldrich 5,002. Beverly Harris 5,003. Gary Hammond 5,004. LYNNE ZICKERMAN 5,005. Kirstina Shore 5,006. Marianna Zimmerman 5,007. Lawrence Rice 5,008. Kassahun Hailemariam 5,009. Joanna Clark 5,010. Naomi Hansar 5,011. Jan Weisel 5,012. Dianna Posner 5,013. Jessica PoveaMaciel 5,014. valerie kimbler 5,015. Valerie Longo 5,016. Marlena Lange

Austin, TX LA, CA ANDERSON, CA CORTLAND, NY Berkeley,, CA Columbia, SC Covington, LA Chardon, OH Woodbridge, VA San Juan Capistrano, CA Morningside, Australia WOODINVILLE, WA Olympia, WA Fresno, CA staffordsville, KY PASADENA, CA Middletown, NY Page 181 Signatures 4,997 - 5,016 The world can't tolerate more homeless people. People cannot live w/out producing their own food. Profit should not win over human rights.

Name
5,017. Alyssa Rosek 5,018. Amy Bostick 5,019. Ian Rollison 5,020. Naomi Fatouros 5,021. Harriette Frank 5,022. Philip Letson 5,023. Donna Pearson 5,024. Kim Bacon 5,025. christopher chan 5,026. SCJ Hemmerich 5,027. Harold Watson 5,028. Hazel Elliot 5,029. David Kaliner 5,030. evelyn och 5,032. Scott C. Walker 5,033. Stephen Dunne 5,034. Diana Andres 5,035. ROBERT STILLSON 5,036. Donna McGreevy 5,037. shere wilkie 5,038. Greg Carter 5,039. Keisha Alexander 5,040. v s

From
Bismarck, ND Wildomar, CA Lake Ariel, PA Bloomington, IN Durham, NC PHOENIX, AZ Boston, MA San Diego, CA BROOKLYN, NY Lawrenceville, GA Springfield, MO Whangamata, New Zealand Las Vegas, NV BEECHVIEW, PA FORT WORTH, TX Worcester, MA ALBUQUERQUE, NM Bolivar, NY Columbia, SC Burnsville, MN SHERMAN OAKS, CA Hampton, VA sh, MN

Comments

5,031. Jeremy Eggerman Springfield, MO

In doing this they are also aggravating current hunger while laying the groundwork for future famine in Ethiopia, as people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot readily feed themselves. First we destroy our own land, then we steal other people's. This has got to stop!

5,041. Gloria McCracken Chiloquin, OR 5,042. Eleanor Fox 5,043. linda schmidt 5,044. Howard Eisenberg 5,045. Isabel Lafita 5,046. Raymond Zahra New York, NY Blue Diamond, NV San Mateo, CA Weaverville, NC Florissant, MO

Page 182

Signatures 5,017 - 5,046

Name
5,047. Marc Yaffee

From
Reno, NV

Comments
Mr. President, Our U.S. Foreign Aid need to be used in responsible manner. Please review this situation and take the appropriate action needed to protect local landowners and farmers.

5,048. chris hall 5,049. Jeffrey Mercer 5,050. Angela Lang 5,051. Deb Saeger 5,052. Elizabeth Vitale 5,053. Joey Sullivan 5,054. Jason Barlow 5,055. Vicky Pitchford 5,056. Kristen Petersen 5,057. Joanne Wine 5,058. Catherine Price 5,059. Alexandra Tufnell 5,060. alwyn jones 5,061. Mark Lloyd 5,062. steven kroeger 5,063. Brett Taylor 5,064. Elaine OMalley 5,065. Doris Zumpe 5,066. Dylan Franklin 5,067. Katherine Fishman 5,068. Janet Nelson 5,069. Tsion A 5,070. lianne meijndert 5,071. Pamela Johnston 5,072. Kitty Baker 5,073. jan peddy 5,074. Charlotte Wells 5,075. Richard Morello 5,076. Lesley Schultz 5,077. Julie Rist

Oracle, AZ Albany, NY LOS ANGELES, AA Middleton, WI Hartford, CT North Easton, MA Boise, ID Toronto, Canada STOUT, OH Missoula, MT Bothell, WA Lopez, WA Durham, NC Albany, NY Harriman, TN Falls Church, VA DECATUR, GA BALTIMORE, MD HARLAN, IA boston, MA Spijkenisse, Netherlands Clayton, GA Lanesboro, MN Tucson, AZ TIGARD, OR Yonkers, NY Oakland, CA PHOENIX, AZ

Page 183

Signatures 5,047 - 5,077

Name
5,078. Emma Miniscalco

From
Washington, DC

Comments
Please review whether our country should be giving aid to Ethiopia's government without the condition that it respect the human rights of its people. Forced relocation clearly violates these rights and is unjust; I disagree with my tax money being used toward this end.

5,079. David MacLean 5,080. Nellie K Adaba 5,081. felipe manalo 5,082. Susan Tuttle 5,083. Kathy Popoff 5,084. melody woods 5,085. Kim Chamberlin 5,086. William Harrison 5,087. Pascal Fauchereau 5,088. Wendy Lance 5,089. Paula Shafransky 5,090. Daniel Vogel 5,091. Kathy Ruopp 5,092. michelle boulanger 5,093. marcello franciamore 5,095. Diane Hoffman 5,096. John Feissel 5,097. simon wilson 5,098. Linda Simpson 5,099. Salvador Moreno

SPRINGFIELD, VA Mamaroneck, NY STOUGHTON, WI Watertown, MA San Pedro, CA chicago, IL Brownstown, MI TARZANA, CA Paris, France CALDWELL, NC Sedro Woolley, WA Lake Oswego, OR CALUMET PARK, AA Middletown, CT Baychester, NY

5,094. Douglas Firestone White Plains, NY Hanover, PA Philadelphia, PA Nyc, NY Chartley, MA Morgan Hill, CA

5,100. Mary Hebblewhite SANDY SPRINGS, GA 5,101. Dedra Routh 5,102. BC Hall 5,103. shera reils 5,104. debra poscharscky 5,105. Janice Thorpe FRANKLINVILLE, NC Louisville, KY Berwyn, PA San Diego, CA Salem, OR

5,106. Rosemary Meyers Rancho, CA

Page 184

Signatures 5,078 - 5,106

Name
5,107. Shelly Lewis

From
Atlanta, GA

Comments
OK, Ethopian Government, her we go again. African countries has a traditional of working with Slavetraders, this is not the firs time that a African country has sided with the devil and remove their people from their homeland. The White man is still controlling Africa's soil.

5,108. Maureen Nichols 5,110. RANDY HAYES 5,111. Ervine Rumph

Durham, NC Rock Hill, SC Decatur, GA A people's land is a matter that falls under Human Rights,when they have no where else to go,in order to maintain their survival,as well as,a decent livelihood for him,or herself,and family for long time.

5,109. Michael Van Riper Putnam Valley, NY

5,112. tracie brannan 5,113. Gabriella vonGaza 5,114. Loretta Kerns 5,115. Alfredo Valle 5,116. Ellen Schwartz 5,117. Bernadette McNulty 5,118. Carol Ann Rittenhouse 5,119. stand up to the people 5,120. Laura Redwine 5,121. John Peterkin 5,122. David Schreiber 5,123. Clare Jacobs 5,124. Whitney Howland 5,125. James Shannon 5,126. Anita Brandariz 5,128. Deb Bowen 5,129. Marlene Kochert 5,131. T Culbertson 5,132. Dan Wheat-rivers 5,133. Val Rose 5,134. James Burks 5,135. Glenn Byrnes

milwaukee, WI Edmonton, Canada CORTLAND, OH Chicago, IL BRONX, NY APPLE VALLEY, CA PLYMOUTH, WI helsinki, Finland Carlsbad, CA Cottonwood, AZ Arlington, MA Los Angeles, CA Tulsa, OK Fairfield Bay, AR Brooklyn, NY Bville, NY Tohatchi, NM Kingsport, TN Wilmington, NC Pueblo, CO Wyndmoor, PA Sylmar, CA Page 185 Signatures 5,107 - 5,135

5,127. elizabeth a walker Vacaville, CA

5,130. Stephanie Sterner CHESAPEAKE, VA

Name
5,136. elizabeth banks 5,137. Sophia Bertolino 5,138. Lori Kegler 5,139. Sarah Teubner 5,140. Peter Tijerina 5,141. Terry Phelan 5,142. susan Peirce 5,143. Tom Gordon 5,144. brock schwartz 5,145. Deymirie Hernndez 5,146. Russell Scott 5,147. Deni Albrecht 5,148. marcia heitz 5,149. Sakura Vesely 5,150. Beth Heller 5,151. Patricia Yager 5,152. Tarya Simo 5,153. Annie Logan 5,154. Jason Vick 5,156. Jlennifer Kuhl 5,157. Mantis Tobagon 5,158. Andreina RF 5,159. Avis & Jeff Fisher 5,160. cheryl vosburg 5,161. Ulle Koiv 5,162. Susan Walsh 5,164. Gordon R. Feighner 5,165. Sheena Sokolowski 5,166. Adam Schaffer 5,167. Jutta Klar 5,168. c mallory 5,169. Darlene Schueler 5,170. barbara drecker

From
douglasville, GA San Rafael, CA SAN PEDRO, CA Portland, OR Chicago, IL Albany, NY Lyons, CO Kansas City, MO denver, CO San Juan, Puerto Rico Raleigh, NC Auburn, CA Cuba, IL Martinez, CA Boylston, MA Phoenix, AZ TROY, MI Salisbury, MD Irvine, CA Worton, MD Philadelphia, PA Long Beach, CA Mchenry, IL richmond, VA NEW YORK, NY Ellsworth, ME PORTLAND, OR Seattle, WA Bentonville, AR Hellenthal, Germany San Diego, CA Estill Springs, SD Ny, NY Page 186 -

Comments

5,155. Alice Sturm Sutter NEW YORK, NY *Human Rights*

5,163. OBANA ONGACH Austin, MN

Signatures 5,136 - 5,170

Name
5,171. Lisa Fredsti 5,172. Carol Watts 5,173. Karel Kilimnik 5,174. Karen Brandenburger 5,176. Kay Blevins 5,177. Lee Terbot 5,178. Jessica Ware 5,179. Michelle Macy 5,180. henry barigian 5,181. Adriane Miller 5,182. Crystal Schneider

From
Venice, CA Gresham, OR Phila, PA Tigard, OR

Comments

5,175. Robert Sandgrund Buffalo, NY Raleigh, NC Santa Fe, NM Milwaukee, WI Houston, TX FRESNO, CA Las Vegas, NV Marshall, Canada Unless this will benefit the families (directly providing them with these resources, i.e food) you are moving, this is a disastrous attempt in economy and another reason this world has almost reached its limits, people help people, help animals, stop destroying our only Earth and all it's creatures. Please review all avenues of this development to make sure it doesn't do any damage to the people by losing their livelihoods and being unable to feed themselves. The development should give the men in the area jobs to helps their families.

5,183. Kris Cordova

Loma Linda, CA

5,184. andrea storrs 5,185. helgaleena healingline 5,186. Christine Payden-Travers 5,187. Peter Branch 5,188. Diane Zeitlin 5,189. Janice Kargus 5,190. Michele Momboisse 5,191. David Brunner 5,192. Denise Singh 5,193. patti davies 5,194. Juliette Brush-hoover 5,195. Katja Toivola 5,196. Glen Wagner 5,197. Chris Ripley

Woodland Park, CO MONONA, WI Lynchburg, VA Astoria, OR Hoboken, NJ HALIFAX, PA MARINA DEL REY, CA Ottawa, KS DALY CITY, CA Indianapolis, IN SEATTLE, WA New Orleans, LA Houston, TX Greensboro, NC Page 187 Signatures 5,171 - 5,197

Name
5,198. Tracy Drake 5,199. Nancy Miller 5,200. Lauren Steen 5,201. Ruth Woodbury 5,202. Gigi Grim 5,203. Taylor Raffa 5,204. Laura Neiman 5,205. Jean Naples 5,206. Deborah Costas 5,207. Urmila Padmanabhan 5,208. Brian Cummings 5,209. Tamara Young 5,210. Mia Wyatt 5,211. Marta Hidegkuti 5,212. Greg Strain 5,213. Dorothy Poppe 5,214. Dylan Gomes 5,215. maria rausis 5,216. Jodi Beers 5,217. Julie Kramer 5,218. KAREN ASLAM

From
Chicago, IL GLENDALE, CA Waterford, PA PORTLAND, ME BROOKLYN, NY Portland, OR New York, NY West Haverstraw, NY Bellefonte, DE Fremont, CA Milwaukee, WI Chicago, IL Ellicott City, MD Chicago, IL Canoga Park, CA Louisville, KY Cloverdale, CA MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA Albuquerque, NM SAN FRANCISCO, CA northallerton, United Kingdom

Comments

Well done for giving so much aid to Ethipia.Was the aid charity or payment in advance for the right to take what you wanted? Surely you have enough land, use your aid to make the investment in their agriculture, their people, their children, their future.

5,219. Deborah Stone 5,220. Otto Neals 5,221. Gill Fahrenwald 5,222. choky alvarez 5,223. Mary Stopper 5,224. Dwight Fish 5,225. Rosemarie Sawdon

AUSTIN, AA Brooklyn, NY OLYMPIA, WA miami, FL Glendale, CA ELKHART, IN Blacksburg, VA This is outrageous...the agribusiness is no doubt Monsanto, Archer Daniel Midlands or a similar multinational corrupt corporation.

Page 188

Signatures 5,198 - 5,225

Name
5,226. Marshall Sanders

From
Oakland, CA

Comments
The 1% and their Wall Street cronies are taking their vast wealth stolen from the working class mortgages and buying homes in the US to rent back to us and buying up agricultural foreign lands to use them for export profits. This immoral and must be stopped.

5,227. Barbara Raisbeck 5,228. pamela joseph 5,229. joe w 5,230. Lisa Augustine 5,231. Karim drummond 5,232. samuel england 5,233. Chris McGratty 5,234. Makeda Kamara 5,235. Kendra Waddell 5,236. Bruce Dobson 5,237. Gareth Miles

Eugene, OR Westport, CO Glendale, AZ WYOMING, PA upland, CA Austin, TX Charlotte, NC Dorchester, MA Tucson, AZ LANGLEY, WA Swansea, United Kingdom Edmonton, Canada Rochester Hills, MI Belleville, IL cincinnati, FL Freeville, NY Soquel, CA Since I was a child (45 years ago), I can remember Ethiopia having starving children. We saved our pennies for children around the world like them. Can you please consider what you can do to protect the families in Ethiopia now? Thank you. Land and freedom for the indigenous people of all the earth... I think it is especially disgusting, and adds insult to injury, that this is being camouflaged as some sort of "aid"...

5,238. Merlina Reynolds 5,239. Steven Cypher 5,240. Marcia Earl 5,241. s g 5,242. Marilyn Petkov 5,243. nanette saucier

5,244. Hanna Tefera 5,245. Thi-Le Vo 5,246. Robert Hicks 5,247. Heather Drees 5,248. Mary Bentley 5,249. timothy palmer 5,250. Lisa Hecht 5,251. Harold D Roberts 5,252. Emil Wolk

RADFORD, VA Tacoma, WA Long Beach, CA Grand Forks, ND MASON CITY, IA london, United Kingdom Los Angeles, CA SOUTH BEND, IN Port Macquarie, Australia Page 189 Signatures 5,226 - 5,252

Name
5,253. Ursula Cain-Jordan 5,254. nancy keck 5,255. Arlene Cooper 5,256. Patricia n 5,257. Patricia Williams 5,258. Eric Barker 5,259. Louie Cervantes 5,260. Meena Radhakrishnan 5,261. SANDY PORTER 5,262. Lieselotte VonRoch 5,263. Kevin Charnas 5,264. Louise KLigman 5,265. Ketzia Jacoby 5,266. Carol Albert 5,267. Marlena Paulson 5,268. Joanna Kling 5,269. shelley frazier 5,270. Lee Ann Goya 5,271. Andrew Seeger 5,272. Gina White 5,273. Obang Omot

From
Baldwin, MD Santa Cruz, CA San Francisco, CA Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Marietta, GA HONOLULU, HI San Antonio, TX Ashburn, VA Madison, WI Kelso, WA Cleveland Heights, OH TUCSON, AZ San Francisco, CA New York, NY PROVIDENCE, RI URBANA, AA Raleigh, NC Venice, CA Clinton, WI WARNER ROBINS, GA Saskatoon, Canada

Comments

When is enough enough and if not now. When!!!!!!

Forced Relocations is cruel, immoral, inhumane and it must stop. Arbitrary arrests, and forced relocation are other tools of one Ethnic dominated regime (the TPLF). Acts of ethnic cleansing, forced relocation, and political suppression against the indigenous people of Gambella and Ethiopia as whole has become official policies of the TPLF. These land grabs are a new form of neo-colonialism that leaves large parts of Africa in the hands of foreign states and investors while displaced local populations are left to suffer and go hungry. The act of engaging in such behavior is certainly immoral and inhumane and it should stop. Long live Ethiopia.

5,274. Nicholas D'Amato 5,275. Dinesh Mi 5,276. Lawrence Fischman

Folcroft, PA Palakkad, India Yarmouth, ME Page 190 Signatures 5,253 - 5,276

Name
5,277. Paula Yates 5,278. Leslie O'Loughlin 5,279. Kay Trevarthen 5,280. Colleen Protzman 5,281. kari JACKSON 5,282. R Martire 5,283. Chantal Dothey 5,284. Krysa Kobryner 5,285. Eric Simpson 5,286. JoAnn Keller 5,287. Rick Ohren 5,288. Patricia Haupt 5,289. Jenette Champagne 5,290. Debbie Cavataio 5,291. Patrick Studt 5,292. Laura Wiley 5,293. Edward Morrison 5,294. Chuck Donegan 5,295. Robyn Nation 5,296. patricia reid 5,297. Paul Keene 5,298. Cecly Corbett 5,299. Katy Wheeler 5,300. Cynthia Ramirez 5,301. Jeffrey Geist 5,302. ernest huerta 5,303. Dawn Cuellar 5,304. Paula Goff 5,305. Katie Morrissey 5,306. James Boris MBA CPA 5,307. Steven Blauer 5,308. Heidi Millard-Lewis

From
MOUNT PERRY, OH Amarillo, TX Glenview, IL KIRKLAND, WA Atlanta, GA New York, NY CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH Tucson, AZ Cardiff, CA Lafayette, CO Richmond, CA Lake Forest, IL The Woodlands, TX Germantown, WI Madison, WI Eugene, OR Gunnison, CO Selden, NY SPRINGFIELD, IL Vashon, WA Flagstaff, AZ Rancho Cucamonga, CA Mesquite, TX Chicago, IL New York, NY Hurley, NM Beaverton, OR Battle Ground, IN Charlotte, NC Canoga Park, CA Canyon Lake, TX Seven Valleys, PA Page 191 -

Comments

We are STEALING profits that should belong to these people themselves. We should be there TEACHING them, not stealing from them.

Signatures 5,277 - 5,308

Name
5,309. Eva Maria Schneider 5,310. Dorothy O'Brien 5,311. Harry Spriggs 5,312. Bob Hearns 5,313. Constance Marjaui 5,314. Eleanor Cohen 5,315. Dale Patterson 5,316. Erik Liberman 5,317. Katie Allen 5,318. Georgii Billiris 5,319. John Ahearn 5,320. kathleen peter koprivec Martin 5,321. Jennifer Miller 5,322. bill lewis 5,323. Misty Jackson 5,324. Marisa Armstrong 5,325. Rafael Albarran 5,326. patricia nigro 5,327. Annalisa Graves 5,328. Ted Finger 5,329. Aimon Bustardo 5,330. Linda Thrasher-rocker 5,331. James Boots 5,332. Julia Hawkins

From
Valley Center, CA TORRANCE, CA Kingaport, TN Beverly Hills, CA Augusta, GA Oakland, CA Rockford, MI New York, NY Lynchburg, VA Atlanta, GA Geneva, IL Langley, WA HENDERSONVILLE, TN VOLCANO, HI LESLIE, MI Bowie, MD Bridgeview, IL saugerties, NY Portland, OR Kenosha, WI Lake Oswego, OR Hammond, LA Freeport, IL Cotati, CA

Comments

Please act in defense of the defenseless and re-think aid to countries in need of intervention. Remedies lie in local, sustainable autonomy, not in monoculture or crops for cash. We need to ask those who have no voice yet, the 99 percenters, what they need -- security from violence, access to the commons like good water and soil, and the equipment to continue in the ways they have developed for centuries.

5,333. Patricia Orlinski 5,334. victoria boucher 5,335. Suzanne Ludlum 5,336. leslie caplan

Sun City, AZ hyattsville, MD Oakland, CA Tybee Island, GA Page 192 Signatures 5,309 - 5,336

Name
5,337. George Bolduc 5,338. Janet Wallace 5,339. Barbara Hegarty 5,340. Priscilla Tine 5,342. Helena Brown 5,343. Emily Withers 5,344. Teresa Parcell 5,345. Diane Thomas 5,346. Penny Anderson 5,347. Rick Robins 5,348. carolyn novotnyreich 5,349. Steve Ruby 5,350. Donna Cou 5,351. Marsha Riner 5,352. Ann Clarkson 5,353. Jerry & Jane Smith 5,354. Lisa Wade 5,355. Jen Winfree 5,356. James Freeberg 5,357. Maria Van Der Maaten 5,358. Kristina Norman 5,359. Laura Stran 5,360. Bruce Chambers 5,361. Piotr Sroka 5,362. Patricia Cannell 5,363. Joyce Follingstad 5,364. John and Elaine Sartoris 5,365. Cheri Roberts 5,366. Tish Levee 5,367. Mark Sonderskov 5,368. John Ayala 5,369. Gloria Klimczak

From
VALLEJO, CA Marion, MA Ny, NY Knoxville, TN Little Mountain, Australia CHICO, CA ELKVIEW, WV Brooklyn, NY FALLS CHURCH, VA GRASS VALLEY, CA norwood, MN Boulder, CO MCDONOUGH, GA GARDEN CITY, GA PORTLAND, OR Eugene, OR Herrin, IL Fort Worth, TX Ashland, OR Denver, CO YAZOO CITY, MS Chicago, IL Minneapolis, MN Miller Place, NY Winnipeg, Canada PORTLAND, OR Beulah, CO PRINCETON, LA SANTA ROSA, CA Brooklyn, NY Fullerton, CA AKRON, OH Page 193 -

Comments

5,341. Elizabeth Hutchby CARY, NC

Helping local people grow their own crops sustainably is much better than absentee monocroping landlords extracting all the profit and viability out of the land.

Signatures 5,337 - 5,369

Name
5,370. Dina Angress 5,371. Ernest Hawes 5,372. Mia Young 5,373. Nancy Burke 5,374. Janice Sprow 5,375. Fay Bracken 5,377. Geraldine Clemens 5,379. Jennifer Logan 5,380. Ayesha Gill 5,381. Bob Justis 5,382. Melissa Prosser

From
PETALUMA, CA Albuquerque, NM Stone Mountain, GA Evanston, IL Vermilion, OH Pisgah Forest, NC PASO ROBLES, CA

Comments

We should be doing everything we can to help as many people as possible not oppressive governments

5,376. LINDA PACHECO Sacramento, CA

5,378. Helen M Mendoza BINGHAMTON, NY Sioux Falls, SD Oakland, CA Telluride, CO Paradise, UT Did we not learn from what happened to the Native Americans? Please, stop this. These people are my family, and yours, whether you believe it or not. Who would treat another this way? It is disgusting to exploit innocents and drive them from their homes to strengthen your military or steal their resources simply because you deem them primitive. They know amazing things, and they are being marginalized. They are minorities in their own country!

5,383. Kathryn Boniface 5,384. Simon Holden 5,385. Nikki Nafziger 5,386. Frank Svatek 5,387. Amanda Curry 5,388. Serena Schodt 5,389. Chris OMeara Dietrich 5,390. chelsea davis 5,391. Patricia Kusaba 5,392. Jeb Pronto 5,393. kathryn steele 5,394. lea mac leod 5,395. Taye Zegeye 5,396. Amber Thrasher 5,397. trish parisy

Cincinnati, OH Burbank, CA VALLEJO, CA Biddeford, ME Mesquite, TX Erie, PA San Jose, CA Portland, OR Redondo Beach, CA Weimar, CA Clarkesville, GA Amherst, NY Winnipeg, Canada Port Hadlock, WA Oklahoma City, OK Page 194 Signatures 5,370 - 5,397 Injustice anywhere is Injustice everywhere! We should all speak out and be the voice for the voiceless. Human lives have to be respected and this insanity has to stop!

Name
5,398. Rosie Akiaten 5,399. SD Murray 5,400. Gene Nemirovsky 5,401. John Nicol 5,402. Jessica Towns 5,403. Jurgen Stroo 5,404. Leon Bortnick 5,405. Rosalie Sable 5,406. Dominic Delarmente 5,407. Aida Shirley 5,408. Cynthia Strousberg 5,409. Arlette Franks 5,410. Christopher Lish 5,411. Adrian Magana 5,413. Daria Kondrashova 5,414. tiffany smith 5,415. Boneva Martin 5,416. guenet assegued 5,417. angela glanzer 5,418. Karen Lambert 5,419. John Herbert

From
SAN DIEGO, CA Newark, DE Chicago, IL Portland, OR Santa Clarita, CA Almere, Nepal Boynton Beach, FL PORTLAND, OR Pasay, Philippines Las Vegas, NV PCB, FL Polokwane, South Africa Olema, CA Fallbrook, CA Yljnovsk, Russian Federation San Rafael, CA Houston, TX CLAREMONT, CA Burbank, CA Monroe, NC Portland, OR

Comments

5,412. Betty Ann Duggan ACTON, MA

This Administration continues to abuse human rights, causing death and other suffering on massive scales while the mouthpiece, Mr Obama, pretends to care about human rights and all of us who aren't rich. The corporations would not be giving so much money to the Obama campaign if they were not buying exploitation opportunities like this. You people are despicable frauds. Reform yourselves while you can. You're just getting in deeper and deeper.

5,420. Carol Normandin 5,421. Lynn Jacobsen 5,422. Bernadette Poletti 5,423. Becky Anderson 5,424. Joe Schwartz

Laguna Beach, CA Sarasota, FL South Lake Tahoe, CA Bellingham, WA Toronto, Canada Page 195 Signatures 5,398 - 5,424

Name
5,425. melissa miller 5,426. Melakou Tegegn 5,427. Ellen DeMoor 5,428. John Rumley 5,429. Diane Alcibar 5,430. Taina Berg 5,431. Maureen Simatupang 5,432. Wendi Werner 5,433. Kenn Sandau 5,434. Kevin Tay 5,435. maria sause 5,436. Donna Watson 5,437. Donna Buker-Woodard 5,438. Brandi Bartels 5,439. Dulcy Wilson 5,440. Nino Jorjadze 5,441. Yvonne Hughes 5,442. Brian Williams 5,443. Martin Harvey 5,444. Nicole Cornell 5,445. Marjorie Frater 5,446. Laura Garcia 5,447. Lauren McClellan 5,448. Erik Karlsson 5,449. JACKELYN HAN 5,450. John Zimmer 5,451. andy tomsky 5,452. Carolyn Mountain 5,453. francoise beguin 5,454. Vera Gligorijevic 5,455. Shelly Peterson 5,456. Helen Mosley

From
Concord, CA Kampala, Ethiopia Lonedell, MO ROCK FALLS, IL Portland, OR Copenhagen, Denmark Madison, WI Everett, WA Copenhagen, Denmark Singapore, Singapore NEWPORT, OR Sacramento, CA La Vergne, TN LOS ANGELES, CA SSI, Canada Tbilisi, Georgia ALTADENA, CA WESTLAND, MI Bristol, United Kingdom Brisbane, Australia Dallas, GA Sevilla, Spain Scott City, MO Horsens, Denmark cebu city, Philippines Mason, WI San Marcos, CA ALBUQUERQUE, NM Versailles, France Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro Tacoma, WA BAYSIDE, NY Page 196 -

Comments

Ethiopia belongs ONLY to Ethiopians!

For more impact, add a personal comment here

Signatures 5,425 - 5,456

Name
5,457. Lorinda Roland 5,458. Jenny du Plessis 5,459. Marija Zdelar 5,460. Joyce Bower 5,461. Robert Tefft 5,462. Tamara Morillas 5,463. Monet Lee 5,464. Dorota Sadka 5,465. Cassandra Erenrich 5,466. tesfaye w/aregay 5,467. Bettina Lorenz 5,468. RENATA ROSS 5,469. jed feuer 5,470. Lidia Braboveanu 5,471. maradona suri 5,472. nuria c canseco 5,473. Angela Rei Buob 5,474. Jurij G. 5,475. leslie smith 5,476. Nicole Muhammad 5,477. Kevin Johnson 5,478. RJ Trombley 5,479. Claire Burgess 5,480. Jonathan Ratner 5,481. Mark Bales 5,482. julia still 5,483. marcello mamini 5,484. Karen Trepes

From
Olga, WA Marlands, South Africa Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro Citrus Heights, CA BROOKLYN, NY Andorra La Vella, Andorra APO, AE Silkeborg, Denmark Charleston, WV Cordoba, Spain Rhede, Germany chapel hill, NC Nyc, NY Houston, TX Hyderabad, India Mahn, Spain Giubiasco, Switzerland Gdansk, Poland san marcos, TX CHESTER, PA Reno, NV OTISVILLE, MI Carlton North, Australia Des Plaines, IL Norman, OK Wilmington, VT Turin, Italy Hammondsport, NY Page 197 -

Comments
Taking these peoples' land for commercial agriculture is very sad. Please do what you can to prevent this from happening.

unsustainable practices that have devastating and long lasting social and environmental impacts upon local communities

with hunger in Africa always in the news, would it not be shameful to support this and the exports of Ethiopia's produce?

Signatures 5,457 - 5,484

Name
5,485. Deborah Donna 5,486. Samson Ogalla Alang

From
BELLINGHAM, WA juba, Ethiopia

Comments
US aid should think carefully for his did,Gambellan have been reserving that land for long time to it's generation. the so call amrica for it has been a supper power should not miss-treat Gambellan i such a way. we are appiling to Human right to cop with the Gambellan with better understanding.

5,487. Nikkia Carter 5,488. robert ogburn 5,489. Mary Ann Bizzell 5,490. Jane Trelawny 5,491. Leone Batte 5,492. jeanne gowe 5,493. gillian brown brown 5,494. Sharon Rosseland 5,495. maria reis 5,496. kathy graham-ward 5,497. Dorothy Dobbyn 5,498. Joel Clasemann 5,499. Diana Gagliardi 5,500. Zablon Kiyar 5,501. Marlene Borth 5,502. jolanda venter 5,503. Marie Moore 5,504. Yoe T 5,505. Nora Gyetko

King George, VA Brunswick, GA Lake, OH St Ives, United Kingdom Grove City, OH QUINCY, MA Cowes, United Kingdom Stony Brook, NY Braslia, Brazil Durham, NC Millsboro, DE Duluth, MN King Of Prussia, PA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia PHOENIX, AZ Krugersdorp, South Africa Paradox, CO decatur, GA White Plains, NY I HATE corporations! I'm sick of the corporations ruining things for regular people. Pushing people off the land they depended on and cherished for generations - so they end up homeless and starving to death - is an outrage! BTW The Native American people know this all too well. Please put a stop to this atrocity. this is not good. no,this isnt fair.homeland,is homeland.

5,506. Mallory White 5,507. Rodney Martin 5,508. Diana Halse 5,509. Thomas Bekele-Arcuri

Baltimore, MD Lititz, PA Port Orford, OR Middletown, NY Page 198 Signatures 5,485 - 5,509

Name
5,510. Scott Rotman 5,511. Shannon Roscoe 5,512. Anna-Marie Soper-O'Rourke 5,513. Mathew Baucco 5,514. J. Capozzelli

From
RANDOLPH, VT Philadelphia, PA Atlanta, GA Bloomington, IN New York, NY

Comments

Despite chronic food insecurity and the fact that Ethiopians cannot legally own land themselves, the government is in the process of leasing the country's most valuable, fertile land to foreign agricultural investors. Studies show that such foreign investments do not deliver the jobs, development, and prosperity for local people that they promise.

5,515. Nimai Palomar 5,516. Barb McCarthy 5,517. Victoria Germain 5,518. Julie Molter 5,519. J. William Draper 5,520. Mary Orazem 5,521. judith hazelton 5,522. alberto capozzi 5,523. John Dierig 5,524. Julie Schampel 5,525. James Marshall 5,526. Sue Larkin 5,527. Patrick Mahoney 5,528. Paul Harrison

New York, NY Lancaster, NY Bundaberg, Australia Skokie, IL Philadelphia, PA Raleigh, NC bennington, VT Abano Terme Padova, Italy Loveland, OH MCKEESPORT, PA BROOKLINE, MA DELMAR, NY MARIETTA, GA columbus, OH It would appear this "action"Is motivated By Financial gain! It would seem(once again)the actual people that reside on this land will Not get a penny!Instead they will be bum rushed else where! These Individuals should be left right where They are,and the goverment should Actively work to end the hunger & suffering That is prevalant thee! Sounds eerily similar to one of the Omen movies when the evil corporation tries to take over the food supply.

5,529. Richard McBane 5,530. lesley graham 5,531. Elizabeth Zehren-Byers 5,532. Bettina Bowers Schwan 5,533. Valerie Campbell 5,534. Tesfaye Z.

RALEIGH, NC LAUREL, MD Oakland, CA Nashville, TN Bellmore, NY Fallschurch, VA Page 199 Signatures 5,510 - 5,534

Name
5,535. Marie-Louise Jackson-Miller 5,536. susan carey 5,537. Mary Ellen Sweeney 5,538. Brian Cady 5,539. Melanie Mahoney Stopyra 5,540. Alexandra Berezhnaya 5,541. Nancy Calsbeek 5,542. Byron L. Davis 5,543. Yousuff Malik 5,544. Lawrence Machtinget 5,545. Emily Thomasson 5,546. valorie Helander 5,547. Paul Murphey 5,548. Elizabeth Schultz 5,549. michael riley 5,550. Wendemagegn kassa 5,551. Rose Debrecht 5,553. Barbara Chichester 5,554. Carla Young 5,555. Jessica Stabler 5,556. Kimberly Petska 5,557. art anthony 5,558. kevin ward 5,559. Paul West 5,560. jamie harrison 5,561. Robert Clarke 5,562. charles reid 5,563. lisa rochelle

From
Quincy, MA Whitestone, NY Hull, MA Boston, MA Syracuse, NY Kiev, Ukraine Carlsbad, CA Salt Lake City, UT BALLWIN, MO Laguna Nguel, CA Blytheville, AR ALLOUEZ, WI Brentwood, MO Atlanta, GA Quincy, MA sandnessjeon, Norway MARYKNOLL, NY South Huntington, NY LAWRENCE, KS Herriman, UT Milwaukee, WI RALEIGH, NC Santa Fe, NM Fort Collins, CO Palm Beach Gardens, FL Woodbury, CT South Portland, ME MARTINS CREEK, PA Page 200 -

Comments

This is doubly wrong, as the agriculture slated as replacement is undoubtedly less efficient with water, fertilizer and energy resources.

5,552. Lawrence Arrigale Ambler, PA

Signatures 5,535 - 5,563

Name
5,564. John Terlazzo 5,565. Heather Cable 5,566. tom clark 5,567. Nick Chavez 5,568. Christina Tonitto

From
YORK, PA OLIVE BRANCH, MS Tacoma, WA Amherst, MA Ithaca, NY

Comments

Supporting food security requires developing crop rotations relevant to local climates, especially rotations which build soil organic matter through incorporation of legumes. Rotations must also conserve phosphorus, a highly limiting nutrient in weathered African soils.

5,569. Julie Radetski 5,570. Amy Manganelli 5,571. Diane Ziegner 5,572. melissa porter 5,573. Sarah Brierley 5,574. annie laurie 5,575. Wendy Hardenberg 5,577. Isaac Grimm 5,578. Kathe Garbrick 5,579. Jessica Flamholz 5,580. Pauline Stdenis 5,582. Lauren Verruni 5,583. Gina Norman 5,584. Jeff Lyles 5,585. Nate Sewell 5,586. Mary Gallup 5,587. Francisco Pena 5,588. Jenny Mertikas 5,589. ashley lutz 5,590. Miriam Angress 5,591. Heidi Neale 5,592. Kathy Chavez 5,593. Darren Tan

Holly Ridge, NC BROOKLINE, MA Marquette, MI Durham, NC London, United Kingdom DRACUT, MA LEBANON, NH

5,576. Nonna Settlemyer Washburn, TN Lafayette, NY Manhattan, KS Mohnton, PA Ny, NM MOUNT PLEASANT MILLS, PA Portland, OR Yacolt, WA Santa Rosa, CA Cloquet, MN El Paso, TX Piraeus, Greece Jeannette, PA DURHAM, AA CHICAGO, IL Holland, MI Singapore, Singapore

5,581. Nicodemus Lopez BROOKLYN, NY

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Signatures 5,564 - 5,593

Name
5,594. Cindy Cox

From
Washington, DC

Comments
I work for an international org and am truly dedicated to Ethiopia's food security issues. Land grabbers do not feed Ethiopians and put food security at risk by taking away valuable farmland from Ethiopians. Land grabbing increases political insecurity (just look at Madagascar).

5,595. Tanni Hall 5,596. Jeff Wiles 5,597. Brad Kraus 5,598. Tom Sullivan 5,599. William E. Hill III 5,600. Diane Becker 5,601. Laura Leifer 5,602. Christopher Reed 5,603. jeri fioramanti 5,604. Jimmie Hawkins 5,605. Francisco Elorza 5,606. Yvonne Williams 5,607. linda smith 5,608. cynthia lambert 5,609. Tina Mastilak 5,610. Sharon Schwarz 5,611. Sreenivas M D 5,612. Jeannette Regetz 5,613. Natasha Rott 5,614. stephanie s scott 5,615. Stephanie Aymami 5,616. Wendy Jewell 5,617. jc fredline 5,618. Megan Doherty 5,619. C Tuke 5,621. Ken O'Connell 5,622. Misty Drake 5,623. stephen fass 5,624. Allan Young 5,625. Eddie Cheek

TRUMANSBURG, NY HOPKINS, MN Santa Fe, NM Foley, AL SANTA FE, NM Jonesboro, AR SANTA YNEZ, CA PHILMONT, NY Green Bay, WI Durham, NC Chula Vista, CA JAMAICA, NY Aspen, CO Bethesda, MD Cincinnati, OH SLIDELL, LA Kannur, India ARLINGTON, VA Indianapolis, IN Virginia Bch, VA Denver, CO Cologne, MN Sinclairville, NY Philadelphia, PA Slc, UT HOLLYWOOD, MD Long Beach, CA New York, NY NOVATO, CA Bristol, TN Page 202 Signatures 5,594 - 5,625 I feel strongly that this is not supported by the US government. Thank you.

5,620. FRANK WAGNER Kirkville, NY

Name
5,626. Michael Condon 5,627. Anthony Ross 5,628. Ashley Hicks 5,629. Don Smith 5,630. Eugene Ulrich 5,631. Penelope Bakatsias 5,632. Bulmaro Martinez 5,633. Deborah Marchand 5,634. melvin helms 5,635. AJ Lenox-Krug 5,636. Richard Rew 5,637. jean-paul buthier 5,638. stephanie foster 5,639. Inge Lewis 5,640. Jennifer Oppenheim 5,641. Marie Haughey 5,642. Poorvi Perpetua de Sa 5,643. Jennifer Martin 5,644. Brenda Horn 5,645. Anthony Bednar 5,646. Patti Higgins 5,647. John Fernandez 5,648. John Reichel 5,649. Chenell Young 5,650. elisa molina 5,651. John Sousa 5,652. Martha Eberle 5,653. Daniel Eberle 5,654. Lia Wilson 5,655. Deborah Geary 5,656. Dru Ann Delgado 5,657. Melbourne Delaney 5,658. Monica Jackson

From
HILLSBORO, WV Long Beach, CA Cosby, TN Piermont, NH South Bend, IN CHARLOTTE, NC CHICAGO, IL Carmel, CA Concord, NC SAINT LOUIS, MO Denver, CO NEW YORK, NY Pequot Lakes, MN Conway, SC ALBA, AA HALETHORPE, MD Mumbai/ Bombay, India Millsap, TX Chickasha, OK San Francisco, CA PITTSBURGH, PA HAMPSTEAD, NH Minneapolis, MN Denver, CO Redwood city, CA South Beach, OR Dripping Springs, TX Dillon, CO Newton, MA New Cumberland, PA MUNHALL, PA Los Angeles, CA Laguna Beach, CA Page 203 -

Comments

Leave Ethiopia alone and help with food and water. Signatures 5,626 - 5,658

Name
5,659. Karen Vasily 5,660. steven rivetti 5,661. Devetra Jones 5,663. david beam 5,664. Virginia Downs 5,665. Rebecca Swan 5,666. Yvonne Segal 5,667. Jenni Audette 5,668. james keats 5,669. Eric Steffen 5,670. Les Lambert 5,671. Linda Waine 5,672. Allison Castle 5,673. Janelle Garipoli 5,674. Bettina Herter 5,675. Erin Starr Hollow 5,676. Neda Eftekhar 5,677. Donna Shafer 5,678. Ra'id Khalil 5,679. Margaret Murray 5,680. Margaret Murray 5,681. Michele Gannon 5,682. Mary Coleman 5,683. Alberto Batista 5,684. Donald Smith 5,685. Nancy Loewen 5,686. Brian Hochmuth 5,687. Katherine DonTigny 5,688. PREVOST Mlanie 5,689. Lillian Arboleda 5,690. Naomi Weinstein 5,691. Janabai Amsden 5,692. Kyaram Warutian

From
Norristown, PA South Jordan, UT Fort Worth, TX Baltimore, MD LUBBOCK, TX CARMEL, NY Fayetteville, AR Woodbury, MN Springfield, MA Richmond, CA worcester, MA Taunton, MA Muscatine, IA Brooklyn, NY WALNUT CREEK, CA Astoria, OR Chicago, IL Dallas, TX Seattle, WA Sebastopol,, CA PINOLE, CA MOORESVILLE, IN Tacoma, WA TEMPE, AA Fridley, MN San Francisco, CA Charlotte, NC Hillsboro, OR DUNKERQUE, France Houston, TX New York, NY SANTA MONICA, CA Rockford, IL Page 204 -

Comments

5,662. Michelle Burawski Hephzibah, GA

Disgraceful to rob people of the land they need to live on in order to sell to foreign corporations.

Signatures 5,659 - 5,692

Name
5,693. sam dillard 5,694. Destine Robertson 5,695. Barbara D'Emilio 5,696. lindsey walker 5,697. Eli Covarrubias 5,698. Radu Bogdan 5,699. John Delia 5,700. hagit sternfeld 5,701. Sandra Abele 5,702. erin garcia 5,703. Carol Lawson 5,704. genevieve brackett 5,705. maria spanoudaki 5,706. Claire Birnie 5,707. John Solether 5,708. Nicole Driscoll 5,709. S. Etherton 5,710. Melissa Gagliano 5,712. Stacie Baier 5,713. Dorota Wisniewska 5,714. Daniel Worku 5,715. Alice Robbins 5,717. jose abril 5,718. Javier Perez 5,719. Wendy Palmquist 5,720. Wendy Silver 5,721. zenebework retta 5,722. Jennifer Jen 5,723. Ed Gentzler 5,724. Lois Gullerud 5,725. Amina Juma

From
Charlotte, NC CONIFER, CO WASHINGTON, DC PETOSKEY, MI Atlanta, GA Los Angeles, CA SYRACUSE, NY tel aviv, Israel Willow Grove, PA sherman oaks, CA Jackson Heights, NY Irvine, CA Athens, Greece Edinburgh, United Kingdom Philadelphia, PA Burlington, VT New York, NY PORTLAND, OR Tucson, AZ Wroclaw, Poland St. Paul, MN Wayne, PA Buenosaires, Argentina San Jose, CA Plymouth, NH Darien, CT JAMAICA, NY Blacksburg, VA Chesterfield, MO Champaign, IL BOSTON, MA Page 205 -

Comments

5,711. Christian Rocklein PARADISE, CA

5,716. jacqueline matson San Diego, CA For more impact, add a personal comment here

Signatures 5,693 - 5,725

Name
5,726. Stephanie Betts 5,727. Laura Blumberg 5,728. Richard Valencia 5,729. robert hlavna 5,730. Marilyn Davis 5,731. Joy Wall 5,732. Soren Kisiel 5,733. Jill Fackenthal 5,734. Charlene Butler 5,735. Brandon Ballinger 5,736. Zelda Ziegfried 5,737. Jennifer Bruns 5,738. donna casciola 5,739. Sherri Whittenburg 5,740. mekonnen yohannes 5,741. Helen Golding 5,742. Erin Anderson 5,743. Susan Sally 5,744. Sharon Silva 5,745. Catherine Staniunas 5,746. Kathleen Markus-Walczak 5,747. Jeff Norton 5,748. Don Syverson 5,749. Nabeel Sattar 5,750. Starq Studonivic 5,751. Kathy Saunders 5,752. Karen Kieckhefer 5,753. Rebecca Gibson 5,754. Sue Brow 5,755. Bryony Rigby 5,756. Shannon Saldana 5,757. kathleen king

From
North Richland Hills, TX SANTA ANA, CA Pasadena, CA Elk Grove Village, IL EVANSTON, IL Ocean View, HI Bozeman, MT Souderton, PA Seattle, WA WILMINGTON, NC Sitka, AK Tampa, FL MALVERN, PA Antioch, CA ringsted, Denmark Cambridge, United Kingdom Northfield, MN Chatsworth, CA Rohnert Park, CA Northboro, MA Lorain, OH Jamestown, NY Seattle, WA Fountain Valley, CA PORTLAND, OR Severna Park, MD Mill Valley, CA Wheat Ridge, CO Colorado Springs, CO Bangor, United Kingdom CINCINNATI, OH madison, WI Page 206 -

Comments

Signatures 5,726 - 5,757

Name
5,758. MARK omot 5,759. Angela Langdon 5,760. Stephen Bohac 5,761. Dosia Paclawskyj 5,762. Terrie Durgin 5,763. Mark M Giese 5,764. Leslie Clubb 5,765. Deb French 5,766. Leslie Homan 5,767. Tadesse B 5,768. Camile Getter 5,769. Stephanie Wells 5,770. Dwight Meredith 5,771. mm mm 5,772. Charity Glover 5,773. Keith Fabing 5,774. Patricia Brooks 5,775. Jim Taylor 5,776. Sjon Welters 5,777. Willow Hill 5,778. Susy Salgado 5,779. Rick Wood 5,781. Joyce Johnson 5,782. Clarissa Estrada 5,783. denise dreyer 5,784. Colleen Stalnaker

From
Eagan, MN Rockvale, TN Twain Harte, CA Reisterstown, MD Denver, CO RACINE, WI RACINE, WI London, Canada Alta Loma, CA stockholm, Sweden Sacramento, CA TUCSON, AZ AKRON, OH Brooklyn, NY Atlanta, GA Seattle, WA Houston, TX PORTLAND, AA CABOT, VT Eugene, OR Chicago, IL Burdett, NY Burbank, CA Long Beach, CA lebanon, MO Saint Louis, MO

Comments

5,780. Patricia Welshofer BEAUMONT, KY This is unconscionable!

5,785. Richard Hendricks Webster, NY

You know, the vast majority of Ethiopians and Africans in general may find this land-grab offer as another form of institutional racism from abroad. You know it's bad enought that Nigeria have to allow many of it's people in the Nigerian Delta to live and in shockingly unspeakable living conditions because oil companies had display them into extreme poverty, but they way the Ethiopian Government would have the nerve to force 70,000 of it's people off their land makes it almost as bad. Those 70,000 Ethiopians happen to have rights too, you know. So the best thing to do right now is let the 70,000 Ethiopians keep their land, that way the United States and Ethiopia will avoid a major conflict from taking place somewhere in Africa. Signatures 5,758 - 5,785

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Name
5,786. Harmony Csuhany 5,787. robert smith 5,788. Judith Castiano

From
Edmonton, Canada VENICE, CA Peoria, AZ

Comments

I don't care how important Ethiopia is, if they have willingly taken that much money from us, we should be able to give them forceful advice as to how they should improve the standard of treating their OWN people. They are ACTUALLY willing to create and an even WORSE starvation situation by letting FOREIGNERS(!?!) to take over land their OWN citizens need in order to just LIVE???? Let them know in no uncertain terms that they are monsters if they remove those poor people off that precious land!!!!!!

5,789. Louisa DiGrazia 5,790. Laurie Hope 5,791. Fredde Hollman 5,792. Jon Spinac 5,793. Kira Schabram 5,794. Joseph S. Cox 5,795. Deirdre Morrison 5,796. jim damiano 5,798. Anne Cole 5,799. Bruce Schacht 5,800. Lori Rumpf 5,801. Deborah Harris 5,802. LENORE NIETERS 5,803. Melody Heald 5,804. Richard/Vivian Haas 5,805. Alisa Mazure 5,806. Jorinde Witte 5,807. Kaitlin Davis 5,808. amy tajdari 5,809. Sandra Price 5,810. Giselle Benites 5,811. Andrew Abate 5,812. Paul Henry

Kailua, HI `ojai, CA Cleveland, OH New York, NY Valley Springs, CA Lake Elsinore, CA Glendale, CA Waltham, MA SANTA BARBARA, CA Portland, OR Lansing, MI FLOYD, VA Santee, CA San Diego, CA Fresno, CA Riga, Latvia 49, Germany Logan, UT Jacksonville, FL DALLAS, TX RENTON, WA LINDENHURST, NY FARM HILL, MA Page 208 Signatures 5,786 - 5,812

5,797. Ashyia Henderson Southfield, MI

Name
5,813. Elena Kaye-Schiess 5,814. Amy Wolfberg 5,815. janet mcmillan

From
SHAPLEIGH, ME Los Angeles, CA Mesa, AZ

Comments

All those American billions go to a corrupt government and military in Ethiopia who intentionally block its suffering people from receiving even one Ethiopian "birr." Time for the U.S. to reassess its connection with Ethiopia. Eritrea does a great job on its own -- why can't Ethiopia? I just said it -- that government is beyond corrupt.

5,816. camilla white 5,817. Joann Koch 5,818. Gwen Ilaban 5,819. Joi Johnson 5,820. darragh oneill 5,821. Kelly Korenak 5,822. teresa glasco 5,823. Getatchew Haile 5,824. Eric Isenhower 5,825. J Froiland 5,826. Beverly Walker 5,827. Obuuy Omot 5,828. Gladis Little 5,829. Tania Piombetti 5,830. tammy Bransford 5,831. Michelle Albin 5,832. Angela Shadwick 5,833. Chris St. John 5,834. Sarah Cunningham 5,835. cara busch 5,836. Howard McCoy 5,837. Al Bradley 5,838. David Sickles 5,839. Arturo Luis Alvarado 5,841. Janice Fallon 5,842. clemens wester

manningtree, United Kingdom Lebanon, CT Kailua-kona, HI Libertyville, IL Cork, Ireland Burlingame, CA Vienna, WV Avon, MN Los Angeles, CA COTATI, CA Kingsland, TX St Cloud, MN Walsenburg, CO Tarzana, CA Port Charlotte, FL Clarksville, TN West Blocton, AL Arvada, CO WEST MINOT, AA Cherrylog, GA Centreville, MD Chicago, IL Willoughby, OH Atlatlahuacan, Mor., Mexico Glen Ellen, CA leverkusen, Germany Page 209 Signatures 5,813 - 5,842

5,840. Shannon Milhaupt Chicago, IL

Name
5,843. Celina Johnson 5,844. Margee Stone 5,845. Diane Faircloth 5,846. Ellen Rice 5,847. Jason Herring 5,848. fitzgerald graves 5,849. Sara Hess 5,850. Suzanne Selby 5,851. faye hinze 5,852. Judith Hoaglund 5,853. Carol Joan Patterson 5,854. mc wright 5,855. Lily Nass 5,856. Jesisca Oei 5,857. tom lacey 5,858. Susan Lucey 5,859. Christine Moscoso 5,860. jon shmagin 5,861. Belay Zeleke 5,862. john micklewright 5,863. Bethany Geiman 5,864. Caryn Cowin 5,865. Pam Vanderweyden 5,866. Josh Alfonso 5,867. Sylvia Brown 5,868. Cami Leonard 5,869. Craig Althage 5,870. Mona Shahgholi 5,871. Carla Roselli 5,872. Amanda Withrow 5,873. Aletta Kraan 5,874. traci koon 5,875. Rebecca Oberlin

From
Lake Elsinore, CA Newburgh, IN Hartly, DE Sunderland, MA San Pedro, CA bakersfield, CA Ithaca, NY LOS ANGELES, CA CORTE MADERA, CA Santa Rosa, CA EUREKA SPRINGS, AR 7 CORNERS, VA New York, NY La Mesa, CA EAST DETROIT, MI Olympia, WA BARSTOW, CA Long Beach, CA palermo, Italy san francisco, CA Hagerstown, MD South Pasadena, CA PALOS PARK, IL Deerfield Beach, FL Grass Lake, MI Goodyear, AZ Chicago, IL Pasadena, CA Hollywood, CA Los Angeles, CA Stayner, Canada Port Vue, PA OKMULGEE, OK

Comments

The greed has taken over the planet! We have to stop it!

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Signatures 5,843 - 5,875

Name
5,876. Joyce Capobianco 5,877. Helena Liber 5,878. sara herron 5,879. sara dorsey 5,880. AMMHA RETTA 5,881. Sharon Bailey 5,882. Candi Ausman 5,883. Julie Funke 5,884. Wally Thomason 5,885. martha leahy 5,886. mike swerdlow 5,887. Laurie May 5,888. jane edsall

From
Mount Kisco, NY Oakland, CA St Albans, United Kingdom Williamstown, MA QUEENS, NY Richardson, TX Fremont, CA Royal Oak, MI Berkeley, CA winchester, MA waikoloa, HI LITCHFIELD, IL Mt. Sinai, NY

Comments

5,889. Shawn Ames, IA Blaesing-Thompson 5,890. Raziel Kainne 5,891. Jill Soeten 5,892. Kathie Bishop 5,893. annette bryant 5,894. Kristin Hamada Guerneville, CA New Orleans, LA Eugene, OR Kansas City, MO London, United Kingdom Land grabs played a large negative role in paving the path for my home state of Hawaii. Today we are still feeling the effect of land grabs that happened with the overthrow of the Hawaiian government over a hundred years ago. We should prevent them from taking place.

5,895. Jamie Terrill 5,896. Domingo Hermosillo 5,897. Lynn Morris 5,898. Maria White 5,899. Michael Field 5,900. Miriam Olenick 5,901. Ashley baker 5,902. Noemi Pacheco 5,903. JAMES PEARCE 5,904. Jan Warren 5,905. Melissa Lillian

Cheyenne, WY Kent, WA Chicago, IL Beaverton, OR AUSTIN, TX Brooklyn, NY San Jacinto, CA LA PUENTE, CA COLUMBIA CITY, AA Camden, ME Mapleton, ME Reminds me of what happened to the Natives in America... Leave these people and their land alone. Signatures 5,876 - 5,905

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Name
5,906. enzo mulas 5,907. Joseph shiferaw 5,908. Koty Lapid 5,909. c a 5,910. Daria Hutchinson 5,911. kellin esquivel 5,912. Sharon E. Owens 5,913. Virgil Sarbu 5,914. Conie Raper 5,915. Janice Bernard 5,916. marlene Dinkins 5,917. Geoffrey Akhurst 5,918. Kristy Rotermund 5,919. Jim Dailey 5,921. Geoffrey Doman 5,922. Brenda Farley 5,923. Richard Tidd 5,924. sherryan mangru 5,925. Jan Terradotter 5,926. DAN CAPPELLO 5,927. Mary Smith 5,929. Colleen Briedrick 5,930. Kerri Shaughnessy 5,931. Hope Ogden 5,932. claudia tomaso 5,933. Tara Lulla 5,934. balageru ecadf 5,935. Matthew Schaut 5,936. steve caulfield 5,937. Catherine M. Jones

From
florence, IA philadelphia, PA Tel Aviv, Israel Vvd, CT Bloomfield, NM Santa Monica, CA Phila, PA Bucharest, Romania Durham, NC Scarborough, NY ftlauderdale, FL Swansea, United Kingdom Nevada City, CA WOBURN, MA Van Nuys, CA Glouster, OH East Greenbush, NY queens village, NY Berea, OH LAWRENCE, PA Little Falls, MN Chicago, IL Los Angeles, CA Murfreesboro, TN Fairfax, CA Houston, TX frankfurt, Germany Minneapolis, MN Stockton, CA Bronx, NY Page 212 -

Comments
it's a shame what is taking place around the world. Indigenous peoples right is being destroyed with the helping hand of our Democratic state.

You sad heartless thugs!

5,920. Honnoria Creedon Dublin, Ireland

5,928. Caroljean Thosath SPOKANE, WA

Always the GREED seems to win, doesn't it? It doesn't matter who's life it is destroying, only that someone else is making money!

Signatures 5,906 - 5,937

Name
5,938. Suzana Megles 5,939. Kathy Dabanian 5,940. Marianne Bell 5,941. Liz Gannon 5,942. Karen Stevenson 5,943. natalie pickrom 5,944. Laura LEIPZIG 5,945. Trudy Shively 5,946. janice carolina 5,947. Serge Lubomudrov 5,948. Danny Dwinell 5,949. Lilla Vietri 5,950. LADONNA HARRIS 5,951. Marjorie Steakley 5,952. G.E. Bryant 5,953. veronica nylander 5,954. Hayley Burtenshaw 5,955. John Dunn 5,956. Chad Leming 5,957. Catherine Wilson 5,958. allysa aaron 5,959. Georgena Askew 5,960. John Weinstein 5,961. Carla Gerstein 5,962. Colleen Llywelyn 5,963. Lynn Camhi 5,964. Michael Dutton 5,965. Donna Gibson 5,966. Marianne van Ophuijsen 5,967. Beth Norwood 5,968. JC Bower 5,969. Melanie Dorhout 5,970. Ruth Uppena

From
Lakewood, OH Sellersville, PA Lake Havasu City, AZ Northville, MI BRIONES, CA San Antonio, TX Berkeley, CA Montoursville, PA San Jose, CA Chicago, IL Shoreline, WA NYC, NY ALBUQUERQUE, NM Memphis, TN lenoir, NC nashville, TN Christchurch, New Zealand Vashon, WA New Orleans, LA OMAHA, NE Henderson, NV El Paso, TX SAN FRANCISCO, AA SAN DIEGO, CA Eugene, OR PETALUMA, CA Newport, RI De Leon, TX Amsterdam, Netherlands Huntsville, AL Sumner, WA Wheat Ridge, CO Montfort, WI Page 213 -

Comments

Signatures 5,938 - 5,970

Name
5,971. Craig Byrd 5,972. Susan Brown 5,973. JerriLynn Ruff 5,974. Jagmit Dhah 5,975. Barb Meyer 5,976. julia michell 5,977. Barbara Donovan 5,978. Laurel Brewer 5,979. Catherine Holzman 5,980. Danielle Masek 5,981. AbdulAziz Ahmad 5,982. Jennifer Pruden 5,983. Rohan Sabnis 5,984. Polly O'Malley 5,985. Annemarie Vidal 5,986. Trudy Killa 5,987. Emelly Jimenez 5,988. paul murphy 5,989. Susan Solomon 5,990. celia perigord 5,991. Tami Phelps 5,992. KAREN STRAYER 5,993. Michelle Buerger 5,994. Bolek Harbuz 5,995. arjan amin 5,996. Deborah Hardin 5,997. Danny Rogers 5,998. Mary Quain 5,999. Sue Holtz 6,000. Samuel Williams 6,001. Mariko Tinaya 6,002. ZUFAN AMARE 6,003. dogan ozkan

From
Los Angeles, CA BEVERLY, MA GLENDALE, AA Fresno, CA Littleton, CO delabole, United Kingdom Gansvoort, NY Moorpark, CA Baraboo, WI Lisle, IL Harrow, United Kingdom Linden, NJ Claremont, CA Los Angeles, CA Albuquerque, NM Plano, TX San Juan, PR Dublin, Ireland Forest Hills, NY sf, NM REDDING, CA SYKESVILLE, MD MADISON, WI Doncaster East, Australia Purmerend, Netherlands Santa Fe, NM Campbell, CA Minnetonka, MN Boulder, CO Pasadena, TX Chattanooga, TN OSLO, Norway istanbul turkey, AK Page 214 -

Comments

Stop these land grabs!!

Signatures 5,971 - 6,003

Name
6,004. Krystal Weilage 6,005. Tony Alberico 6,006. Caitlin Archambault 6,007. Stephanie Tunstall 6,008. Zelma Taylor 6,009. Sofia Rodrigues 6,010. Dixie Belcher 6,011. Ryan Sdano 6,012. Jamaka Petzak 6,013. Gary Peterson 6,014. Janice VrMeer 6,015. Joan Axtell 6,016. Peter Cohen

From
Butte, MT Romulus, NY Richmond, VA Drexel Hill, PA Petersburg, VA Amadora, Portugal Juneau, AK Whitewater, WI Glendale, CA Baton Rouge, LA Penryn, CA Melbourne, FL Santa Barbara, CA

Comments

Any sale of agricultural land to foreign interests is a formula for future famine. The U.S. should use all of its influence to stop this practice in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa.

6,017. robin kaiser 6,018. Marcus Lanskey 6,019. Anita Agbedor 6,020. Stacia Raymond 6,021. Lynne Cruz 6,022. Mary Anne Gaskins 6,023. Florence McMahon 6,024. Andrew Cave 6,025. James Mc Carten 6,026. SARA ZAPATA 6,027. Susan Mitcheson 6,028. Frances Redick 6,029. Jean Braun 6,030. Rich Ryan 6,031. sisay ashenafi 6,032. David Leech 6,033. Karen Guy 6,034. Ellen Frieder 6,035. Brenda Caruso

SAN BRUNO, CA EUGENE, OR Aachen, Germany Altadena, CA Vernon Hills, IL Centennial, CO FLUSHING, NY San Dimas, CA Brookings, OR SAN LEANDRO, CA Apex, NC Detroit, MI South Euclid, OH Albuquerque, NM SAINT PETER, MN Redwood City, CA Ballston Center, NY Baldwin, NY I.b., CA Page 215 Signatures 6,004 - 6,035

Name
6,036. dorinda kelley 6,037. wendy wamser 6,038. Lindsay T. 6,039. Audrey Selman 6,040. Bruce Burness 6,041. Christene Williamson 6,042. Rebecca Rens 6,043. Julie Unruh 6,044. linda brockett 6,045. Alexandra Rodriguez 6,046. Chalen Lathrop 6,047. Danielle Price 6,048. Shoshana Bianchi-McElwee 6,049. Arthur Baird 6,050. Robert Ellis 6,051. Kt Secrest 6,052. lee hancock 6,053. francisca Alvarez Rondon 6,054. Reynaldo Reyna 6,055. Rory Kinahan 6,056. Teri Sigler 6,057. claudia perez 6,058. Marlen Ortega Cruz 6,059. Catrina Therrien 6,060. Chris Washington 6,061. Alexander Dickey

From
portland, OR Rockford, MI La Habra, CA Hedrick, IA PASADENA, CA Newcastle, WY Ogden, UT Lawrence, KS Lanarkshire, United Kingdom PACIFICA, CA Cambridge, NY Nampa, ID Berkeley, CA Sedona, AZ Oakland, CA Granbury, TX Los Angeles, CA Gaithersburg, MD Roma, TX Christchurch, New Zealand Santa Cruz, CA EL PASO, TX Chicago, IL North Adams, MA n, NY West Lebanon, NH

Comments
Haven't these people suffered enough? This is their land. Leave them alone!

These are human beings: they are far more important than any financial gain you might make from removing them from this land. Imagine that you were in their shoesjust take a second and imagine itand think how you would want to be treated.

6,062. nick zityniuk 6,063. Leo Waters

ambler, PA Sharon, MA Page 216 Signatures 6,036 - 6,063

Name
6,064. brian t bayer 6,065. Michael Davin 6,066. Kimberly Feeney 6,067. JoAnne & Cathy Talarico 6,068. peter stark 6,069. Mandy Bratt 6,070. C McAfee 6,071. Mary Bost 6,072. Michael Copping 6,073. Rebecca Hollister 6,074. Juan Negrn 6,075. Tom Rossen 6,076. Susan Edelstein 6,077. Deborah Fexis 6,078. Lydia Bridwell

From
williston park, NY Irwin, PA Lexington, SC Des Moines, IA Camp Verde, AZ OAKLAND, AA SEATTLE, WA Hempstead, NY Clearwater, FL Avon, CO Oakland, CA CHICAGO, IL Cary, NC Nashua, NH Johnson City, TN

Comments

This is truly despicable action on the part of Ethiopian authorities and should be addressed in every possible way.

6,079. Emeka Akaezuwa New Brunswick, NJ

I support your efforts. The African people have put out a declaration against land grab in Africa at www.stopafricalandgrab.com. Thank you very much for this petition.

6,080. Stephen McClasky 6,081. Robert Robbins 6,082. Barbara Dunnn 6,083. Beatrice Michot 6,084. David Collins 6,085. Christine Gruber 6,086. Donna Meyers 6,087. Jim Reynolds 6,088. Jan Emerson 6,089. Arther Murphy 6,090. Kidane Misikir 6,091. Patricia Hernandez 6,092. Veronica Brummer 6,093. Ariel Pena 6,094. Henry Azama

Ft. Lauderdale, FL ELK RIVER, MN Biron, WI LAFAYETTE, LA Flemingsburg, KY Saint Paul, MN Long Beach, CA Montague, CA New York, NY LEXINGTON, KY Carrollton, TX Tampa, FL Knoxville, TN Lindenhurst, NY Pacific Grove, CA Page 217 Signatures 6,064 - 6,094

Name
6,095. Erica Maranowski 6,096. Jason Stumpner 6,097. Renee B. 6,098. Sarah Wilson 6,099. Judith Wilson 6,100. gail harris 6,101. Jane Velasquez 6,103. Phil Pursell 6,104. Robert Ortiz 6,105. Anastasia Jakubasz 6,106. Linnea Whitman 6,107. April Kinsella

From
Portland, OR Rome, OH Kentfield, CA Mill Valley, CA Wheatland, WY Damascus, MD SANTA CRUZ, CA South Lake Tahoe, CA Phoenix, AZ Toronto, Canada Texarkana, TX Windsor, Canada

Comments

6,102. Steven Velasquez SANTA CRUZ, CA

If this land is possible for agriculture, why are they not doing this for the people their. If every company doing this agrees to extend the project to the locals, eventually we could abolish famine.

6,108. Shane Nodurft 6,109. Samuel Abebe 6,110. Kifle Mulat 6,111. kumssa Galeta 6,112. Laura Ortiz 6,113. Ann Smith 6,114. Emma Visser 6,115. H Mekonnen 6,116. John Fitzgerald 6,117. Rohm Maria 6,118. Lauren Matthews 6,119. tahir badesso 6,120. Tina Ilvonen 6,121. taylore sinclaire 6,122. Jerry Molnar 6,123. Ljubica Horvat 6,124. Erica Chahal

Chicago, IL Seattle, WA Houston, TX MEMPHIS, TN San Francisco, CA Lakewood, NJ Melbourne, Australia Cypress, CA COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, MN Wien, Austria Windsor East, South Africa siouxfalls, SD Seattle, WA COSTA MESA, CA Toronto, Canada Monument, CO San Francisco, CA This type of "government" activity is going on all over Africa and South America and China, where indigenous people are having their land and lives sold out from under
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Please stop the forced relocation of people from Gambella.

Page 218

Signatures 6,095 - 6,124

Name
6,124. Erica Chahal 6,125. Kim Thomas 6,126. Anne Marie Shelley 6,127. Pamela Lennon 6,128. kenny hogg 6,129. Cicek Bricault 6,130. Falmata Hunde 6,131. sanjay lawand

From
San Francisco, CA Port Talbot, United Kingdom Clermont, FL Centennial, CO perth, United Kingdom MARINA DEL REY, CA St.Paul, MN Solapur, India

Comments
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them, to their devestation and the benefit of first world investment. This type of predatory activity must be halted. This is terrible, these people should be helped to stay in their homeland and aided in improving its fertility !!!

6,132. Ekaterina Ivanova Perm, Russian Federation 6,133. minilik Andarge 6,134. Lynn D Cooper 6,135. Dolores Diaz 6,136. Keri Lindquist 6,137. farzad qmehr 6,138. Pamala Thomas 6,139. Deborah Blau 6,140. mick micky 6,141. robert weinstock 6,142. Elisa Le Nae 6,143. Lara Williams 6,144. Eric SCHWARTZ 6,145. Gaby Mieth 6,146. Denise Dardarian 6,147. Cindy Torrey 6,148. Xil Lidom 6,149. Vicky Christopoulos 6,150. Samantha Opperman 6,151. Barb Holznagel 6,152. Susan Soleil 6,153. samson ac san leandero, CA West Milford, NJ Palatine, IL Boca Raton, FL Carmichael, CA Santa Monica, CA New York, NY milano, Italy San Francisco, CA Auckland, New Zealand Olympia, WA Santa BArbara, CA Berlin, Germany Los Angeles, CA Bethel, ME Stockholm, Sweden Montreal, Canada Mardi, Australia Bismarck, ND Adelaide, Australia Ocqueville, France Page 219 Signatures 6,124 - 6,153 Humans first !! business last

Name
6,154. Mura Tarabuku 6,155. Tammy Quiroz 6,156. Kayla Skalsky 6,157. Lucia Raekov 6,158. silvia rama 6,159. Jacqueline Parr 6,160. Judith Wecker 6,161. Angela Nussbaumer 6,162. Adelina Covaci 6,163. Lucy Bell 6,164. Courtney Drake 6,165. lydia valle 6,167. Chris McCabe 6,168. tariku jemal nuri 6,169. Jens Warntjen 6,170. Catherine Herzog 6,171. Anna Osayamen 6,172. Rossana Ciabattoni 6,173. Stefanie Illgen 6,174. Irina Stanculeanu 6,175. Cornelia Hanning 6,176. Bibi Eriksen 6,177. abebe hailu

From
Harare, Zimbabwe LOMBARD, IL Farmington, MN Nitra, Slovakia Mieres, Spain Cheshire, United Kingdom Janesville, WI Baar, Switzerland Bucharest, Romania Nantes, France HORNELL, NY Benidorm, Spain Cambridge, United Kingdom johannesburg, South Africa Lebus, Germany CHICAGO, IL Swansea, United Kingdom Rome, Italy 81476, Germany Iasi, Romania Nr. Edinburgh, United Kingdom Kbh. V., Denmark footscrey, Australia

Comments

For more impact, add a personal comment here

6,166. Cristian Prisacariu Oslo, Norway

The people of the earth are ALL ONE, Allow them to live in peace in a home of their choosing, in a land of their choosing.

6,178. JANE SURRIDGE Essex, United Kingdom 6,179. Plamen Krustev 6,180. YVONNE ROELOFS 6,181. ROBERT PARKER STELLATO Sofia, Bulgaria Sittard, Netherlands REDWOOD CITY, CA Stop the hunger first before selling of the land of the people!

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Signatures 6,154 - 6,181

Name
6,182. Lauren Tew 6,183. Doug Dederich 6,184. Theresa Potter 6,185. Alan Wasserman 6,186. Jessica Laughhunn 6,187. Christy Lacy 6,188. Angela Garlant 6,189. May Lockhart 6,190. Ronnie Bell 6,191. Roberta Jones 6,192. Elisabeth Sterzinger 6,193. Dean Francois 6,194. Nancy Juskowich 6,195. Dario Dongo 6,196. tara lav 6,197. Siobhan James 6,198. Kate Vandenberg 6,199. cristina bartoloni 6,200. lorraine petro 6,201. Melissa Switalski 6,202. Carol Granere 6,203. David Arms 6,204. JoDee LaCasse 6,205. Jerry toomey 6,206. Arnold de Vos 6,207. ron ballard 6,208. Shirley Van Putten 6,209. Steven Larry 6,210. Mike Barber 6,211. Anna Akintunde

From
Southampton, United Kingdom Poynette, WI ARLINGTON, MA NEW YORK, NY MACOMB TWP, MI Summerfield, FL Lincoln, United Kingdom Rijswijk, Netherlands Thurmont, MD Milwaukee, WI Vienna, Austria Acushnet, MA Waynesburg, PA Roma, Italy Brooklyn, NY Point Fortin, Trinidad And Tobago Woodville Nth, Australia amstelveen, Netherlands waterbury, CT Port Charlotte, FL Orkney, United Kingdom Chicago, IL Mount Bethel, PA LAKEWOOD, OH Trento, Italy Plympton, MA BROOKLYN, NY Dublin, Ireland Spartanburg, SC MONESSEN, PA Page 221 -

Comments

Help the people of Gambella ... don't make their lives harder!

Signatures 6,182 - 6,211

Name
6,212. Annette Zygmunt 6,213. Maria Pavlou 6,214. Mallika Henry 6,215. michael mitchell 6,216. Novuyuki Sakamoto 6,217. Berhanu Engidawork 6,218. sally austin 6,219. Diane Fitzgerald 6,220. Edgard Mourao 6,222. Elaine Wong 6,223. Sharon McMenamin 6,224. Marietta Corrales 6,225. Gene Poore 6,226. Chris Cronin 6,228. Christine Hunt

From
new york, NM Nea Makri, Greece Cambridge, NY READING, PA Kokuvunji, Japan Rosedale, MD, MD portland, NY Stillwater, NY Belo Horizonte, Brazil BROOKLINE, MA BROOKLYN, NY SEATTLE, WA Columbus, OH Abington, MA Spring Lake, MI

Comments

Don't allow corporate interests to destroy your environment and your people.

6,221. berhanu Mengistu Lake Ridge, VA

6,227. Juliana Rodrigues Rio De Janeiro, Brazil Ron Paul is right...using foreign aid to enable companies like Monsanto to control our food supply. Let these people grow their own food and qaddress distribution problems which are the root cause of food scarcity.

6,229. Marilyn Starr 6,230. Dominika Myjak 6,231. Koch Saskia 6,232. Amie Allensworth 6,233. Charlotte Edgington 6,234. Andrew Kozakow 6,235. Jason Humphrey 6,236. Cindy Dover 6,237. Debi Saylor Pierce 6,238. Jane Grasse 6,239. bradley savage 6,240. bill hughey 6,241. kenrick mahadeo

Haisla, Canada Cracow, Poland Konstanz, Germany Houston, TX Wichita, KS CHICAGO, IL New Braunfels, TX Blair, NE Albuquerque, NM Paignton, United Kingdom Carmel, IN mt.vernon, IL brooklyn, NY Page 222 Signatures 6,212 - 6,241

Name
6,242. Wendy Steiner 6,243. Jan-Michael Laughlin 6,244. Craig Smith 6,245. Jesse Wilks 6,246. John Nichols 6,247. P oomadath 6,248. Sinisa Martinovic 6,249. Roxanne Denise Flynn-Webb 6,250. Diana A. Varlay 6,251. michael rivard 6,252. Zuercher Roland 6,253. Grace Payne 6,254. angela fowler 6,255. Geneva Morgan 6,256. Kathryn Price 6,257. Pamela Seitz 6,258. James Koenig 6,259. Don Tryon 6,260. Rashid Patch 6,261. Jean Phillips-Calapai 6,262. hailu feleke 6,263. Rosemarie Sardinas Herrera 6,264. Elizabeth Stein 6,265. Balemlay Lakie 6,266. Elizabeth DeShong 6,267. BC Dollar 6,268. Ellen Woodruff 6,269. Woinshet Getachew 6,270. Tracy Goestenkors 6,271. gammadaa ukash

From
Newbury Park, CA Maryland Hgts, MO BALTIMORE, MD Austin, TX EAST ORLEANS, MA Amsterdam, Netherlands Hamilton, Canada Arlington, TX WASHINGTON, DC Jamaica Plain, MA Aarau, Switzerland Austin, TX Bradford, United Kingdom LA TIJERA, CA Sarasota, FL Minneapolis, MN white bear lake, MN Clare, LA Oakland, CA Milford, MA toronto, Canada Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles NASHVILLE, TN Umea, Sweden Akron, OH DENVER, CO Woodbury, MN Secaucus, NJ Los Angeles, CA victoria, Canada Page 223 -

Comments

Try to support the poor peoples not the dictator.

Signatures 6,242 - 6,271

Name
6,272. Joanne Peppiatt-Combes 6,274. Dan Haeffner 6,275. Dustin Lecander 6,276. BRIAN BLAND 6,277. Diane Baskette 6,278. Lisa Wilsher 6,279. Allison Moffett 6,280. Eusebio Manuel Vestias Pe Vestias 6,281. Lori Thompson 6,282. Benjamin Bowman 6,283. Yafet Tekle

From
SANTA FE, NM

Comments

6,273. Sensy Alemyehuy Secaucus, NJ Mcfarland, WI Minneapolis, MN Charleston, SC MORTON GROVE, IL Francestown, NH Brea, CA Borba, Portugal Tujunga, CA Worthington, OH Santa Margarita, CA Land belongs to the people not profit makers. With 80 mill population Ethiopia can feed itself plus export to others if it has a good governance and proper - meaningful foreign aid. Please don't help dictators,thieves and documented criminals in the interest of the West's geopolitics with disregard to the environment and the interests of the natives - Africa's precious assets - if not the world's!!!

6,284. Ilona Norma 6,285. Amanda Craig 6,286. Donna Hoyer 6,287. Melanie Vanderstraeten 6,288. Laura Jackson 6,289. Gabriel Heiss 6,290. Hallie Whitcomb

Kishinau, Moldova, Republic Of Leesburg, VA Naperville, IL Bruxelles, Belgium MILAN, NM Ypsilanti, MI Springfield, VT Big Ag projects are simply BAD --- for human and environmental health, for local economies, and for feeding the hungry of the world. Small, local organic agriculture is far more efficient and productive in all ways, not to mention healthier for all life! Do not be fooled! Support the true road to progress for ALL, not big bucks for the few (big business)and negatives for everyone and everything else. You can have a huge influence on making this damaging trend toward big ag a thing of the past. Please help us molt out of this simplistic, exploitive paradigm. Thank-you.

6,291. Chelsea Ostafichuk

Whitby, Canada

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Signatures 6,272 - 6,291

Name
6,292. ROBERT JOHNSON 6,293. sancho Tellez 6,294. Sancho Salcido 6,295. William G. Gonzalez 6,296. Solomon Borga

From
WESTMINSTER, CO Austin, TX Austin, TX AIRMONT, NY Toronto, Canada

Comments

We Ethiopians strongly oppose this land grand in the name of development by the oppresive and cruel non elected government who destroys it's people and country. Please help us from today, we will remember and payback your favor tomorrow. Thank you. are we ever going to start helping instead hurting

6,297. ann bertolini 6,298. Patrice Gagne 6,299. Keiko Martinez 6,300. Wendy McCracken 6,301. Diane Gallagher 6,302. Alicia Johnson 6,303. Therese Cartwright 6,304. Tyler Hartel 6,305. Genet Wuhib 6,306. Magda Smoliska 6,307. Philip Johnson 6,308. Debi Mohan 6,309. Carole Ness-Lira 6,310. Rebecca Spatz 6,311. Annette Ranz 6,312. Jones LeFae 6,313. marta addis admase 6,314. Gillian Schultz 6,315. Vihra Ivanova 6,316. Ruth Byington 6,317. Holly Bachman 6,318. Jasmine Payette

Chester Springs, PA SPRINGFIELD, MA San Francisco, CA Osgood, IN Waterloo, IA Speing Valley, CA Klamath Falls, OR Cape Town, South Africa Washington, DC Gdansk, Poland GREAT BARRINGTON, MA Miami, FL Big Bear, CA Bethany, MO 9, Germany COLORADO SPRINGS, CO ume, Sweden Sunnyvale, CA Sofia, Bulgaria Flushing, NY Bechtelsville, PA Montreal, Canada

No one should suffer for the financial gaining of greedy humans, especially those who suffer so much already!

Let Ethiopians live peacefully and respect their rights of livelihoods. Signatures 6,292 - 6,318

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Name
6,319. Ella Reeves 6,320. Heather Coffey 6,321. Jenni Grigsby-Rogal 6,322. Grant Bennett

From
Vancouver, Canada Chicago, IL Springfield, IL Beatrice, NE

Comments

6,323. DEBORAH TEHACHAPI, CA., TAYLOR-JACKSONCA 6,324. Heather Taylor-Willockx 6,325. k Baxter 6,326. Arline Lawrie 6,327. Endale Woldesilassie Rochester Hills, MI Toronto, Canada Hartford, CT Stockholm, Sweden How can a government sell its own land for 99 years?What gave them the right to jeoperdize the coming generations resources at the same time claim sustainablity?Why would the west be silent when this happens and affect the whole world climatically an resource wise+Hope you say stop for this insanity before it is too late!

6,328. BARBRO LANDEN 6,329. yona friedman 6,330. Ezana Dawit 6,331. Carol Graffius 6,332. Cora How 6,333. RaeAnn Moldenhauer 6,335. CAROLYN ERSKINE 6,336. Sarah Munroe-Hunt 6,337. Sabrina Cordon 6,338. ilie mare paulina 6,339. Cheryl Brandt 6,340. Chris Drumright 6,341. Ted Webb 6,342. Robin Davis 6,344. maria rosaria bruscia

Soderfors, Sweden amsterdam, Netherlands Geneva, Switzerland Norman, OK Christchurch, New Zealand Ripon, CA

6,334. Natalia Plahtienko Kremenchug, Ukraine Bekeley, CA Burlington, Canada Indianapolis, IN craiova, Romania Lancaster, OH Murfreesboro, TN, TN FAYETTEVILLE, NY Crystal Beach, FL Ficulle, Italy Page 226 Signatures 6,319 - 6,344

6,343. Liliana Dulgheroiu Constanta, Romania

Name
6,345. Patrick Espinoza 6,346. David Pudelwitts 6,347. Gloria Cameron 6,348. john fosberry 6,349. Geraldine O'Dea 6,350. thelma kew 6,351. Robin McElfresh 6,352. Theodore Zook 6,353. John Moss 6,354. Patricia Bacon 6,355. helene claro 6,356. F S Getachew 6,357. Corey Johnson 6,358. Karrie Kendall 6,359. Michelle Eckman 6,360. Kirk Yake 6,361. Lynn Morrow 6,362. Rudolf Affolter 6,363. Mark Walsh 6,364. Amadeus Xephyros 6,365. Sharon Baker 6,366. Leigh Sands 6,367. Luanna Sheridan 6,368. Meldon Battin 6,369. Abigail Bates 6,371. Marc Hanning 6,372. emilia boccagna 6,373. Tom Burtnett 6,374. Ken Dow 6,375. Deidre Purcell 6,376. Paul Haider 6,377. Maria Ralha

From
Ann Arbor, MI Scottsdale, AZ New Castle, PA charleston, SC Dublin, Ireland westland, MI Houston, TX Arlington, VA Bethesda, MD MILAN, NH Toulouse, France Vlissingen, Netherlands CHICO, CA Cape Coral, FL Lowell, MI San Diego, CA Rancho Mirage,CA, CA Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom Minneapolis, MN Ellicott City, MD Cincinnati, OH Denton, MD Bartow, FL Paola, KS Los Angeles, CA Molalla, OR catanzaro, Italy Las Vegas, NV New York, NY Cambridge, MA Chicago, IL Braga, Portugal Page 227 -

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This will not do. Ethiopia and the USA are equally responsible for the misery they are causing.

6,370. Juanita DeShields Essex, MD

Signatures 6,345 - 6,377

Name
6,378. Nick Rodin 6,379. Sharon Brown 6,380. Jake Terpstra 6,381. Charlotte Geniez

From
Soquel, CA Livingston, MT G.Rapids, MI Stafford Springs, CT

Comments

6,382. Raymond Goyette dracut, MA 6,383. Kefale Alemayehu Flisa, Norway 6,384. siria arteaga 6,385. Claudia Ezinicki 6,386. Robert Belknap Modesto, CA Lancaster, MA Raleigh, NC

6,387. Jenna Federal Way, WA Carodiskey-Wiebe 6,388. Daisy Porter 6,389. Jay Sullivan 6,390. Mary Tuteur 6,391. Andrea Jenison 6,392. Mark Madden 6,393. Victor Delgado Jr 6,394. George Walberg 6,395. A Elaine Ruff-Wagner 6,396. harold meyer jr 6,397. susan ross 6,398. Regina Axenroth 6,399. sylvia cohen 6,400. Jerry Peavy 6,401. Bonita Colvin 6,402. David Lyle 6,403. mike johnson 6,404. THERESA LINDSEY 6,405. Catherine Leach 6,406. sharon frank 6,407. Nancy Gathing 6,408. Richard Coffey 6,409. Sarah Mathews 6,410. Heidi Alexander 6,411. MARK TELLEZ 6,412. Dave Mount Eldon, IA Gig Harbor, WA Rohnert Park, CA Milford, MA Palm Springs, CA El Paso, TX Fayetteville, WV Edgewood, NM washington depot, CT andover, ME Levittown, PA haverford,pa, PA Chico, CA Xenia, OH Tomball, TX Astoria, OR INKSTER, MI SPRINGFIELD, OR Lewisville, TX Madison, WI Concord, CA Astoria, NY Braidwood, IL Houston, TX Saint Louis, MO Page 228 Signatures 6,378 - 6,412

Name
6,413. Tadese Tiruneh 6,414. Alex Gallipeau 6,415. Lisa Hillesland 6,416. Connor Lowry 6,417. Beverly LoPorto 6,418. Clynton Ramsay 6,419. Barbara Bennigson 6,420. Andrew Harderson 6,421. Jill Hector 6,422. Rose Rimar 6,423. Serpil Celik-Ramsay 6,424. Alma Kratovac 6,425. Jennifer tashner 6,426. Rachel Soroka 6,427. antonia maestre 6,428. Martin Weiner 6,429. Kristen Lunde 6,430. Jonathan Rose 6,431. thomas clark 6,432. Lorien Shropshire

From
Gteborg, Sweden Redondo Beach, CA Longmont, CO Huntsville, AL Livingston, MT Titusville, FL Palo Alto, CA West Valley, UT Vancouver, WA Greencastle, IN Titusville, FL Novi, MI NC, NC aldan, PA San Juan, Puerto Rico Stgate College, PA Minnetonka, MN BELLEROSE, NY l a, CA Richardson, TX

Comments

6,433. Lynne Sonoma, CA Harrington-Bullock 6,434. Adrienne Acoba 6,435. thomas warner 6,436. Crystal Hughes 6,437. Jane Davidson 6,438. Diana Tisi 6,439. Joan Taves 6,440. James Klein 6,441. Elizabeth Kauffman 6,442. Bridgette Potter 6,444. Jacob Merkin Vail, AZ cincinnati, OH Dallas, TX Englewood, NJ Carmel, NY Yachats, OR Corpus Christi, TX Buffalo, NY San Francisco, CA Claremont, CA Page 229 Signatures 6,413 - 6,444

6,443. Stephen Regester Monroe, VA

Name
6,445. James R. Stewart Jr. 6,446. Eden Kennan 6,447. Felipe D. Valdez 6,448. Barbara Kaplan 6,449. Michael Carney 6,450. robert parker 6,451. Nathaniel Shrage 6,452. Donna K Buechler-Furey 6,453. Paul P. Soucek 6,454. Lisa Ryder 6,455. David Steinhoff 6,456. Nancy Lewandoski 6,457. John Woods 6,458. Eleonora Pavlovska 6,459. Dan Krauss 6,460. GARY JONES 6,461. nancy thomas 6,462. ivan sizemore 6,463. jan hosey 6,464. Kimberly Smith 6,465. Christiane Fitzgerald 6,466. muse abebe 6,467. Susanne Bader 6,468. Katlin Harwood 6,469. Dennis Fahey 6,470. Paul Ordway 6,471. Gregory Gumina 6,472. David Blake 6,473. Carey mayfield 6,474. Gabriela Amari 6,475. Ashley Head 6,476. Lois Brooks 6,477. Tamara Mahoney Kneisel

From
LONDONDERRY, NH Van Nuys, CA Kentwood, MI, MI Jamaica Plain, MA Runnemede, NJ, NJ boone, NC Claremont, CA Springfield, IL Venice, CA Kennett Square, PA Madison, WI INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN St Charles, IL Riga, Latvia Saratoga Springs, NY San Marino, CA martinsburg, WV bartlett, IL athens,ohio, OH BLOOMINGTON, IN Woodland Hills, CA geo, Germany Grass Valley, CA Grand Blanc, MI Rapid City, SD Eugene, OR Birmingham, MI St Petersburg, FL Tahlequah, OK Brooklyn, NY Fort Worth, TX Ferndale, MI Denver, CO Page 230 -

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Signatures 6,445 - 6,477

Name
6,478. Audrey Moore 6,479. Paul Omin 6,480. ingrid Erickson 6,481. 6,482. Kelly Barnett 6,483. Caley Smith 6,484. shiferaw siraye 6,485. Cindy Ballard 6,486. Randy Gilbert 6,487. Lydia Aletraris 6,488. Josh Bearden 6,489. anne-marie johansson 6,490. roy sparks 6,491. Kathleen Doyle 6,492. Jerry Pendergast 6,493. Sarah DeClue

From
Selma, OR Chappaqua, NY Bellingham, WA Los Angeles, CA METROPOLIS, IL Cambridge, MA toronto, Canada Marquette, MI Decatur, GA SAN FRANCISCO, CA Empire, CA ny, NY las vegas, NV Golden, CO Chicago, IL Sacramento, CA

Comments

6,494. mary ann satriano CA, CA 6,495. Michele Caporaso FLORENCE, SC 6,496. Rachel Cornish 6,497. zewde dunago 6,498. Karla Kavanaugh 6,499. Elodia Resendez 6,500. Elizzabeth Kiely 6,501. Gary Lampman 6,502. Noah Tenney 6,503. Anne Swasey 6,504. Sam Funk 6,505. debbie masse 6,506. mesfin debi 6,507. dejene merga 6,508. Dagne Tessema 6,509. Todd Loveless 6,510. Ann Werner 6,511. Hilawe Z Wesley Chapel, FL columbos, OH E. Chatham, NY Midland, MI Winnetka, CA Tennessee, TN Oakland CA, CA Rochester, NY Glendale, AZ santa fe, NM alexandria, VA oselo, Norway phoenix, AZ Middletown, MD Green Isle, MN washington, DC Page 231 Signatures 6,478 - 6,511 this is new conalizem, we ethiopian fight such thing. we fought Italian for our mother land. we don't give our land easily. nobody touch Ethiopian land. actnow.us aid to to ethiopia supports f...

Name
6,512. ERIC CLEMENSON 6,513. Ray Hardin 6,514. ken canty 6,515. kim anderson 6,516. Brenda Philipsen 6,517. Ella Vandekamp 6,518. Pat Hartsoe 6,519. Nancy Campbell 6,520. Kelsey Baker 6,521. tsehay nega 6,522. Eric Zakin 6,523. Kathy Ostram 6,524. Sally Peck 6,525. John Kirchner 6,526. Katalina Ligon 6,527. Gerdi Seidl

From
Clearwater, FL Boston, MA oxford, MA Saratoga Springs, NY Little Chute, WI Forest Grove, OR Grand Rapids, Mi., MI Mill Valley, CA Novato, CA Abingdon, MD San Mateo, CA Sonoma, CA Livonia, MI Fort Wayne, IN Miami, FL Egling, Germany

Comments

These 70,000 people are just like us; tell their government to treat them humanely.

It is everywhere the same story: companies that are making silent agreements with (corrupt) politicians and administrators and farmers that aren't even informed about what is happening with their land. You see this troughout all Latin America with the mining companies as well. It's a shame!

6,528. Eric Hoyer 6,529. Barbara Hardwick 6,530. Jamie Lee Brennan 6,531. Ruth Higgins 6,532. Jonathan Van Horn 6,534. Mary Ann Cramer 6,535. Brad Walrod 6,537. Mark Barkan 6,538. laurie adkins 6,539. Patricia Vazquez 6,540. Eric Serxner 6,541. teresa gingras

Lees Summit, MO REDONDO BEACH, CA Stoneham, MA Kansas City, MO Carrboro, NC

6,533. Carolyn Mogavero San Diego, CA Oakland, CA Kenoza Lake, NY BRIARWOOD, NY Thornton, CO Mexico City, Mexico Brooklyn, NY LANSING, AA Page 232 Signatures 6,512 - 6,541

6,536. Gae Zimmermann New York, NY

Name
6,542. T H 6,543. Alisa Polk 6,544. Claudia Alexand Paras 6,545. David Zox 6,546. Mary Thayer 6,547. Rebecca Kocis 6,548. Mary Kullman 6,549. Deborah Burckhardt 6,550. Jennifer Johns 6,551. Jessica Goodkind 6,552. Miaka Provost 6,553. Kathleen Wagner 6,554. Vince Miller 6,555. Raquel Medina 6,556. P K Doyle 6,557. Lisa Albright 6,558. Regina Maria Lancellotti 6,559. Anne Balderston 6,560. Leila Jackson 6,561. Emilana Untalan 6,562. SELAMAWIT SOLOON 6,563. Meku Tessema 6,564. dave amane 6,565. Lucy Mills 6,566. SEIFE-MICHAEL ZEWDE

From
Seattle, WA Baton Rouge, LA SEATTLE, WA Cambridge, MA Houston, TX Palmdale, CA Aurora, IL San Rafael, CA Nashville, TN Albuquerque, NM Manchester, NH COTTONWOOD, AZ San Francisco, CA San Rafael, CA Chicago, IL Chapel Hill, NC So Paulo, Brazil Corona Del Mar, CA Beverly Hills, CA Oakland, CA BERKELEY, CA seattle, WA athens, Greece Shelby Township, MI ARLINGTON, VA

Comments

WE WANT TO OWN & DEVELOP OUR LAND BY OUR SELVES, AS IS THE SOVEREIGN & BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF OUR ETHIOPIAN PEOPLE. WE DO NOT ACCEPT NEO-COLONIALISM OF AFRICA THROUGH THE CRIMINAL BACK DOOR OF WOYANE, THE BANDAS OF ETHIOPIA! NO ONE HAS THE REMOTEST RIGHT OF DECIDING ON THE ENALIENABLE RIGHT OF OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS. WE WILL FIGHT TOOTH & NAIL THE PLUNDERERS AND LAND GRABBERS OF OUR LAND BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY. OUR STRUGGLE IS ETERNAL & THE CHARGE AGAINST THE CRIMINAL ACT DOSE NOT EXPIRE UNTIL JUSTICE IS SERVED.
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Signatures 6,542 - 6,566

Name
6,566. SEIFE-MICHAEL ZEWDE 6,567. freedom notfree 6,568. mengistu wake 6,569. Jill Vickerman

From
ARLINGTON, VA aa, Ethiopia Las Vegas, NV Yzer, South Africa

Comments
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KMYHGTSG. SMZ

6,570. tesfaye endeshaw London, United Kingdom

where is all the aid money get from world?what kind of development is this govenment doing by selling people's land and relocate them in to difficult area and creating future famine? this is in human. please stop this evil action imedietly, otherwise you western are supporting a killer.

6,571. Chris King 6,572. Scott Sokol 6,573. Delene St. Clair 6,574. Kristin Hurley 6,575. Gertrude Braden 6,576. lydia montag 6,577. Tracey Aquino 6,578. Ben Earle 6,579. Monique Johnson 6,580. tina tine' 6,581. Judyta Nowakowska 6,582. Tolga Suslu 6,583. bernard elias 6,584. jeris turner 6,585. Annita Stephanou 6,586. Rex Duis 6,587. Kenneth Grimm 6,588. Jana Repova

Dixon, CA Towson, MD Valley Center, CA Poway, CA Prescott, AZ Casitas Springs, CA Virginia Beach, VA Portland, OR WACO, TX Knoxville, TN Torun, Poland Ankara, Turkey redondo beach, CA OXNARD, CA Nicosia, Cyprus London, United Kingdom Cleveland, OH Prague, Czech Republic

6,589. Jacqueline Davies West Yorkshire, United Kingdom 6,590. Susan Bristow 6,591. Cara Givens 6,592. Ellen McCabe 6,593. Scott Miller 6,594. greg curtis 6,595. Yonas Tesema Salem, OR Sf, CA Seattle, WA Allentown, PA manheim, PA Hawthorne, CA Page 234 Please stop this Greed and Madness of this regime. Signatures 6,566 - 6,595

Name
6,596. Teresa Cowley 6,597. Brian Murphy 6,598. Sue Flowers 6,599. Temple Weste 6,600. Edward Bouchard 6,601. Julie Ozias 6,602. John Barbour 6,603. Lee Hyett

From
Kingsville, TX Sherman Oaks, CA New Port Richey, FL Hilo, HI NAMPA, ID WATERFORD, AA Monroeville, PA Woodcroft, United Kingdom

Comments

I am certain, Mr.President, that the humanitarian compassion for which you are renowned worldwide will compel your conscience to actively condemn the forced relocation of 70,000 Ethiopians from Gambella, and to use all peaceful means at your disposal to act in order to prevent this.

6,604. Devon Grubb 6,605. David Saperia 6,606. Michelle Hess 6,607. Bharat Ratra 6,608. Anna Oleynik 6,609. salvatore cento 6,610. David Maceira 6,611. Marieta Naydenova 6,612. Tina Martin 6,614. Sandra Brady 6,615. Deborah Baker 6,616. Bruce Linton 6,617. Mark Rampetsreiter 6,618. Randall Hamlin 6,619. Joe Renneke 6,620. Ellen Sanders 6,621. Lynne Sangster 6,622. Branden Floyd 6,623. tedros kebede 6,624. john cuda 6,625. Alexis Carter

Philadelphia, PA Santa Monica, CA oak park, IL Manhattan, KS Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation brooklyn,new york, NY Salem, OR Sofia, Bulgaria Rochester, NY Pinellas Park, FL Brighton, MA Wilmington, DE Raleigh, NC Greenville, SC Eden Prairie, MN Oakland, CA Kennesaw, GA Cable, OH duffel, Belgium Pittsburgh, PA Friday Harbor, WA Page 235 Signatures 6,596 - 6,625 STOP LAND GRABS IN ETHIOPIA

6,613. Barbara Caplinger Salem, OH

Name
6,626. Netsanet Girma 6,627. Paul Jordan 6,628. Julia Ruff 6,629. Angeline Zalben 6,630. mauricio carvajal 6,631. Andrea Zinn 6,632. Alisa Schrder 6,633. Deborah Fox 6,634. Kelly and Ralph Hochendoner 6,635. Joanne Millay 6,636. Mekonen W/ selasse 6,637. Monika Huber 6,638. Sharon Wilson 6,639. Elias T 6,640. Hi there 6,641. Joey Hulsey 6,642. Timothy Lippert 6,643. Bruce Zielsdorf 6,644. brandao jacqueline 6,645. karen niles 6,646. Whitney Martin 6,647. William Mejia 6,648. Mary Lou Wendtland 6,649. Alice Artzt 6,650. Joseph Wincek 6,651. Bonnie Jean Brown 6,652. Heather McCall-Kelly 6,653. yinesa petros 6,654. Jan Davis 6,655. Jose Buno

From
Bod, Norway NEW HAVEN, CT Asheville, NC SEATTLE, WA Santiago, Chile Brooklyn, NY Bad Salzuflen, Germany Newark, DE White Salmon, WA Surry, ME Luxembourg, Luxembourg Vienna, Austria New York, NY New York, NY TROY, MI Castlewood, VA Evans, GA Killeen, TX pont de metz, CO Huntington Beach, CA CONCORD, NC BROOKLYN, NY Madison, WI Princeton, NJ Plains, PA Morgantown, WV Middletown, CT Aa, Ethiopia Denton, TX Denver, CO Page 236 -

Comments

3 of my adopted children are from Ethiopia, displaced from their homeland by extreme poverty. Please help save families like theirs!

Signatures 6,626 - 6,655

Name
6,656. Nabiyou Elias 6,657. netsanet yinuren 6,658. mengi absher 6,660. Sara Palermo 6,661. Myra Freedman 6,662. Michael Balogh 6,663. Kit Jones 6,664. Christina Poccia 6,665. sidney ramsden scott 6,666. Angela Zhou 6,667. bits geb 6,668. Charles Gilliland 6,669. Len Eleanor Spano 6,670. Diane Flatt 6,671. Christine Senchesen 6,672. Suellen Daniel 6,673. Gabriela Sosa 6,674. Gene Lattanzi 6,675. Jdefrancesco Johnson 6,676. Belinda Roman 6,677. Alicia Becerril 6,678. linda prince 6,679. Chris McMullen 6,680. Billie Menier 6,681. Marilyn Ruth 6,682. Roanne LeBrun 6,683. Jindra Cekan 6,684. tewodros bisrat 6,685. Demelash jegenaw

From
Frankfurt, Germany oslo, Norway Helsinki, Finland PORTLAND, OR Weaverville, NC Fort Worth TX, TX Livonia, MI Carmel, CA Stamford, CT addis abeba, Ethiopia Orlando, FL Phoenix, NY Fort Worth, TX Las Vegas, NV Melbourne, FL Los Angeles, CA Palm Springs, CA Silverton, OR Kew gardens, NY South Gate, CA santa fe, NM Arroyo Grande, CA Mamou, LA Ocala, FL Pahoa, HI Washington, DC, DC hunterhaching, Germany Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia

Comments
Plec donte saport tplf

Addis ababa, Ethiopia enough is enough !!!!

6,659. solomon mulugeta oslo, Norway

By continuing to provide huge amounts of aid to Ethiopia, the US is in partnership with a repressive regime that puts large-scale agricultural investment and for-profit access to Ethiopia's fertile lands over the well-being and land rights of indigenous and local people.
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Signatures 6,656 - 6,685

Name
6,685. Demelash jegenaw

From
Addis-Abeba, Ethiopia

Comments
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The forced relocation of residents of Gambella has caused great hardship to tens of thousands including rape, other violent acts, coercion, and intimidation. We do not believe that USAID should support such endeavors and ask for due diligence in respect to the human rights of the people of Gambella. The US government should not condone these horrific acts as the price Ethiopians must pay for development and food security in Ethiopia. We ask you to look at the facts regarding the kind of investments occurring in Ethiopia and to ensure US assistance actually benefits local communities and not just the interests of a minority.

6,686. nunu chewa 6,687. Rose Hall 6,688. asfaw roman lakew 6,689. moges berhanu 6,690. motbaynor berta 6,691. wubshet mulatu

amersfoort, Netherlands wittmann, AZ stokmarknes, Norway london, United Kingdom 3072, Zambia Rotterdam, Netherlands London, Ethiopia birmingham, United Kingdom Dallas, TX Tequesta, FM hofheim, Germany Boston, MA Huskvarna, Sweden Biel, Switzerland bergen, Norway Essex Jct, VT Wilmette, IL jerusalem, Israel London, United Kingdom Ameseterdam, Netherlands Page 238 Signatures 6,685 - 6,707 we stand for our motherland

6,692. alemayehu bekele Stockholm, Sweden 6,693. kelemwork belay 6,694. a legesse 6,695. Eliabe Girma 6,696. J Wenta 6,697. elias welde 6,698. Assefa Birhanu 6,699. Abel Zerihun 6,700. Merawi Sara 6,701. tesfaye zenebe 6,702. Dale Dalton 6,704. Brad Bornstein 6,705. desu ahagrie 6,706. Henok kasahun 6,707. Achame Chanie

6,703. Tigist Daniel Teka Montreal, Canada

Name
6,708. Yonas Demissie 6,709. Arafayine derbew 6,710. mercy beharu 6,711. samueal assefa 6,712. Halah Gordon 6,713. binyam tesfu 6,714. Menghes Tesfay 6,715. tedrosse abebe 6,716. Lina Negash 6,717. Kimberly White 6,718. mengesha dagne 6,719. Eric Chipman 6,720. Saefu Bishaw 6,721. Stacy Moranville 6,722. Yesuf Ibrahim

From
Luzern, Switzerland troms, Norway london, United Kingdom Toronto, Canada Arlington, VA plymouth, United Kingdom Toronto, Canada troms, Norway Auckland, New Zealand Venice, CA adlikon regensdorf, Switzerland Newton MASS, MA Duluth, GA OGDEN, UT silver spring, MD

Comments

It is a shame to deporet poor ppl which there is no any ecconomical situation and polticale condiation are not good.

It is a shame to deporet poor ppl which there is no any ecconomical situation and polticale condiation are not good.

6,723. Byron Lawrence, KS Caminero-Santangelo 6,724. Charlene Root 6,725. Mary Rausch 6,726. Bill Burton 6,727. Don White 6,728. erin yarrobino 6,729. Donna Charter 6,730. mulu asfaw 6,731. Catherine Gnader 6,732. Andinet Belay 6,733. Arlene Zimmer 6,734. Kimberly Hart 6,735. Al Giles 6,736. dejenie abebe 6,737. chris brazis Whittier, CA Lynnwood, WA STONE MTN, GA Houston, TX Ozone Park, NY Arlington, TX Clarkston, GA HOUSTON, TX Charlotte, NC Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Advance, NC Austin, TX charlotte, NC San Francisco, CA Page 239 Signatures 6,708 - 6,737 all i can say is usa stop helping all african dictaters.it goes around, comes around.

Name
6,738. Nubia Carvajal 6,739. Jennifer Jayroe 6,740. Eric Evinczik 6,741. Simone St Clare 6,742. Kenu derase 6,743. tesfa asressa 6,744. Joel Hildebrandt 6,745. Jelica Roland 6,747. Carol Mellom 6,748. amy haviland 6,749. Robin Clauson 6,750. Crystal Ebert 6,751. Irene Weidenbacher 6,752. Michelene Ortenzo 6,753. Mari Howland 6,754. Carole Chowen 6,755. William Tracy 6,756. Melissa Rothenberger 6,757. Alexander Chapman 6,758. whil omot 6,759. Cheryl Fergeson 6,760. Helene Quentrec 6,761. Kujenga Ashe 6,762. heidi paris 6,763. Martha Wood 6,764. Patricia campe-Aguilar 6,765. Joyce Harper 6,767. Ken Woolard 6,768. Hannah Freed

From
ROSHARON, TX EDMOND, OK Buffalo, NY Lafayette, CA charlotte, NC Charlotte, NC Berkeley, CA Buzet, Croatia St.Paul, MN Abington, PA San Francisco, CA BONDUEL, WI Hollidaysburg, PA Pittsburgh, PA Los Angeles, CA GRAND JUNCTION, CO Nasville, TN Brewster, NY Bridgeport, CT Austin, MN West Point, UT Vientiane, Lao People's Democratic Republic Columbus, OH Chula Vista, CA SEATTLE, WA San Francisco, CA Chicago, IL Tacoma, WA PASADENA, CA Page 240 -

Comments

Ethiopian land for ethiolian

6,746. Dustin Lamoureux Honolulu, HI

6,766. Dianne Robertson Menahga, MN

Signatures 6,738 - 6,768

Name
6,769. Jessica Canan 6,770. Holly Meschko 6,772. Micheal Moffat 6,773. Rosa Moro 6,774. Renee Brinker 6,775. hannah golda 6,776. FELEKE MIRGA

From
CLARKSVILLE, TN KINGSVILLE, AA lincoln, AL Madrid, Spain COTTLEVILLE, MO vienna, Austria Oakland, CA

Comments

6,771. Mari T. Echevarria Knoxville, TN

Stop systematical genocide of our people!! Ethiopians and other Africans and in diaspora African Americans and others, please contact your Senator and Congress person and tell them that the Obama administration has to stop massive killing of poor black people and steal their land. Let us wake and stand up!

6,777. ignacio munoz 6,778. Eyrusalem Asfan 6,779. K. Paskert 6,780. karen stickney 6,781. Tiza White 6,782. Renae Tomanek 6,783. Jean Sotela 6,784. Lynne Bursic 6,785. Wendy Ebersberger 6,786. Imani Dial 6,787. Jeanne Kelly 6,788. Jay and Rob Swenson-Butler 6,789. Berihun Belay 6,790. Michelle Morris 6,791. Constance Birch

San Juan, PR Houston, TX Olmsted Falls, OH lewiston, ME Minneapolid, MN Holly, MI Torrance, CA., CA TRUMANSBURG, NY FRONT ROYAL, VA New Haven, CT San Pedro, CA Seattle, WA Addis Abeba, Ethiopia Fort Worth, TX Staunton, VA How can the US support a government which does not allow its citizens to own land? How can the US support a government which chooses large-scale agriculture by foreign interests over the food needs of its own people? I say Not my tax dollars! I feel it is worst what happened in Ethiopia Help these people, give them the same rights that we have !! Give them the life the same as we have ...

6,792. Lindsay Mugglestone 6,793. Marie Jones 6,794. wedi sindayo

Berkeley, CA Newark, DE Oslo, Norway Page 241 Signatures 6,769 - 6,794

Name
6,795. G makonnen 6,796. Sienna Joy 6,797. Michele Hutchins 6,798. liliy addis 6,799. diana kliche 6,800. fiker afakrew 6,801. Frew Tafach 6,802. abbas alhachami 6,803. Tsehay Asfaw 6,804. eyuel tesfaye 6,805. mekonnen belete 6,806. Pat Cuviello 6,807. becky russell 6,808. Zerayakob Geta 6,809. pippa sweet 6,810. penny carr 6,811. Carol Hill 6,812. Kayode David 6,813. Jacob Appelman 6,814. Marian Boll 6,815. michael offord 6,816. abei besha 6,817. Alem Abebe 6,818. Michael Madias 6,819. Lauren Voyles 6,820. Scott John 6,821. hailu habte 6,822. James Taylor 6,823. Tiruselam kefyalew 6,824. Virginia Lawrence 6,825. Charles Crocker 6,826. Salvador Siu 6,827. Robin Kent

From
Amstelveen, Netherlands Winnipeg, Canada High Point, NC uppsala, Sweden Long Beach, CA amersfoort, Netherlands New Delhi, India kansas city, MO oslo, Norway bergen, Norway ston mountain, GA Redwood City, CA lafayette, LA Ffm, Germany ringwood, United Kingdom calgary, MI Hialeah, FL Ibadan, Nigeria Berea, KY longmont, CO Columbus, OH zurich, Switzerland los angeles, CA PORTLAND, OR Scottsburg, IN Manly, Australia mpls, MN Naples, FL NV Las vegas, NV Northridge, CA Colchester, VT San Salvador, El Salvador Davis, CA Page 242 -

Comments

Stop forced relocation.

Mr President, this is blatent neo-colonialism and the fascist incorporation of the environment. You know what is right.

free ethiopian from meles adminstration

Signatures 6,795 - 6,827

Name
6,828. Christopher Deane 6,829. Carole Moore 6,830. Sheryl Glausch 6,831. Omot Bawar 6,832. Maria Bustillos 6,833. nestor martin 6,834. Adolfo Anta Martinez 6,835. felice berenson 6,836. Martin Pons 6,837. Thomas Keenliside 6,838. K.F. Sang 6,839. Paul Kazmercyk 6,840. Vaughn Reese 6,841. chris weiland 6,842. Jennifer Crossfield 6,843. David Schmid 6,844. A. Craig

From
Burnaby, Canada Harrisville, NY Union City, CA owatonna, MN Los Angeles, CA Miami, FL Los Angeles, CA Boca Raton, FL Laredo, TX Vancouver, Canada Anytown, CA Branford, CT Slatington, PA lackawanna, NY Vancouver, Canada Buffalo, NY Flagstaff, AZ

Comments

First Mexico, then India, now Africa?! Please protect traditional social structures and stop the Green Revolution.

They are human just as we are. Lines in the sand are for the Devil. Help everyone all the time in everything.

Development that helps the people of Ethiopia develop sustainable strategies to combat climate change are necessary. Do not allow the lands that are the ancestral birthplace of humans as a species fall to corporations and be turned into mono-dominant high impact agriculture. I have spent time in Ethiopia and there are so many families desperate that need help. We have enough. We are fortunate we need to help. Please act now and help our brothers and sisters in Ethiopia!!!

6,845. Laura Duman 6,846. Amber Mamian

Kitty Hawk, NC Temecula, CA

6,847. richard Zake 6,848. Leah Martin 6,849. Judy Jolley 6,850. Candace Fox 6,851. Beverly Kaulais 6,852. Brenda Lopez 6,853. aimee walicki

Chicago, IL San Rafael, CA Lansing, MI Healdsburg, CA Cottonwood, AZ Dallas, TX pittsburgh, PA No to land grabs in Ethiopia!

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Signatures 6,828 - 6,853

Name

From

Comments
This is a bad night mare for these people. I am sure they have to work very hard just to survive.This not right, we can try to help the. Before this is to late

6,854. wayne fjerkenstad mesa, AZ 6,855. Sandra Duhart 6,856. David Keogh 6,857. Asta SEMETA 6,859. Troy Brown 6,860. Melissa Brewer 6,861. Willie Mack Palm Bay, FL Forestville, Australia Walnut Cove, NC NMBeach, SC Washington, DC Chicago, IL

6,858. Karen Cavanaugh Burbank, CA

Ethiopia has and is dealing with many issues as it is, do not allow another one to weigh on them, put yourself in their position. You your wife and kids forcible removed from your home, have compassion Mr. President, work out an alternative solution. I know you are Sir. I have seen you as a young Senator fighting for the elderly in the Chicago neighborhoods and as our president constantly fighting congress to move on the people's behave, you are a good man Mr. President continue the fight for Ethiopia.

6,862. megan sherwood 6,863. Holly Howell 6,864. Tizita Horning 6,865. Nancy Wood 6,866. David Holtan 6,867. Joan Hutton 6,868. Daniel Zimmerman 6,869. Courtney McDonald 6,870. Ron Baker 6,871. Ali Freedlund 6,872. Gregory Ross 6,873. Dechassa Duressa 6,874. Michael Carr 6,875. Ronald Greene 6,876. Lisa Lester 6,877. Molly Mardit 6,878. Connie Stomper 6,879. Toki Okunwale 6,880. Fenql Alemayewu

Addison, TX Valencia, CA Oakland, CA Simi Valley, CA Madison, WI Vero Beach, FL Hammond, IN Berkeley, CA Sacramento, CA Arcata, CA Kennesaw, GA Salinas, CA Damariscotta, ME Durham, NC Johnstown, PA Ann Arbor, MI Santa Monica, CA Greensboro, NC Atlanta, GA Page 244 Signatures 6,854 - 6,880 Stop the tyrant from destroying the environment and the life of vioceless people Let's not put money above humans. We cannot allow this to happen.

Name
6,881. Tiblet Yohannes 6,882. Nicky Troy 6,883. cindy hegland 6,884. Dawn Wright 6,885. R Wells 6,886. Sandra Cope 6,887. lorena montero 6,888. silvia spagnoli-berman 6,889. carthy henry 6,890. Brigitte Jaenkel 6,891. Nora Hussey

From
westampton, NJ Auckland, New Zealand round lake, IL Chimayo, NM Los Angeles, CA Waukesha, WI North Hollywood, CA New York, NY Katonah, NY Truth or Consequences, NM Summerton, SC

Comments

Forced removal of people from their land is never right when it uproots them from their current ability to care for themselves. Giving their land to conglomerates is not the answer help them to better farm their own property themselves. Why is it that we bulldoze over people in the name of progress. Help them to help themselves in their own culture instead.

6,892. Cathy heenan 6,893. lynn kao 6,894. Allan Kohn 6,895. Gary Varner 6,896. Bradford Conover 6,897. Ramon Ferreyros 6,898. Maxwell Miceli 6,899. Sarah Jost 6,900. Gloria Harrell 6,901. Felicia Munford 6,902. Amy Toole 6,903. Paul Torrence 6,904. Desiree Cook 6,905. Dorothy Brandt

Brisbane, Australia Tainan, Taiwan Toronto, Canada Sacramento, CA New York, NY Lima, Peru Santa Cruz, CA Chicago, IL East Point, GA Chesilhurst, NJ Tarpon Springs, FL Williams, OR Redondo beach, CA Niagara Falls, Canada If I read right...the govt members are Ethiopian but they don't allow their people to own land...DUH...what's wrong here...bet they all own a lot of it and that is why they want to sell it off. They will just bring in big machines, use pesticides because there is no law there and destroy more of the earth while letting their people starve...another dictatorship...it is SO WRONG please help those Ethiopians! Signatures 6,881 - 6,906 Please Mr. President help these people keep their homes. IT IS SO INHUMAN!!!!!!

6,906. Lydia Klein

Rockford, IL Page 245

Name
6,907. Maureen Walsh 6,908. J N Dauterive

From
Redondo Beach, CA Baton Rouge, LA

Comments
Please stand up for common decency and do something to stop the Ethiopian government from supporting corporate investment policy that steals land form its historical inhabitants.

6,909. Adrien Lamothe 6,910. Morgen Holderbach 6,911. John Coleman 6,912. Sanela Bihor 6,913. L Graham 6,914. Renee D'Argento 6,915. Lemma Beti 6,916. Malcolm Clark 6,917. REGINA SAN JUAN 6,918. Karen Schwark 6,919. Cassidy Boulan 6,920. Johanna Fehlmann 6,921. Bette Byers 6,922. Paula Chittenden 6,923. M Dossa 6,924. Einar Haver 6,925. miranda Onofrey 6,926. john Nyigwo 6,927. Zemed Yitref 6,928. veronica Cox 6,929. Harold Boone 6,930. Colette Martin 6,931. Gabriela Taylor 6,932. trudy dickinson

San Francisco, CA San Diego, CA Laguna, CA Lincolnwood, IL Orchard lake, MI Pepperell, MA Chaska, MN Occidental, CA Pasay, Philippines Roeland Park, KS Royal Oak, MI Ste.-ccile-de-milton, Canada Santa Maria, CA Apple Valley, CA Silver Spring, MD Huntington Beach, CA El paso, TX coquitlam, Canada Bothell, WA Canastota, NY BLUE SPRINGS, MO Pasadena, CA Kapaa, HI medford, OR Please support the citizens of Ethiopia, The President of Ethiopia is a horrible dictator. Signatures 6,907 - 6,932 The illigitmate Tigry rules are selling the Oromos and Southerns nations land. People are being forced from their land. These people are helpless powerless; I have worked with Ethiopian nationals during my tenure in Kuwait, they are nice people to work with, very respectful of other nationalities....please help them... Please help the people in Ethiopia Thank you from the bottom of my hearth! What is wrong with this world?? I'm so sick of the helpless getting trampled because someone spreads money around.

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Name
6,933. Kebebush Gebeyehu

From
seattle, WA

Comments

6,934. Wolfgang Shatriya Papenburg, Germany 6,935. deanna munson 6,936. Julie Batchelor 6,937. Akom Lero 6,939. Roberta Hill 6,940. Darren Ginn 6,941. Pam Scoville 6,942. eli montero 6,943. c persinger 6,944. Brigitte Kobel 6,945. Patricia Burke 6,946. Katherine Botelho 6,947. Alys Assimacopoulos 6,948. dawn delph 6,949. Douglas Tilton 6,950. Katherine Gonzalez 6,951. Michael Partsch 6,952. Russ AndersonRussA 6,953. Mark Mauritius 6,954. Alan Agliotti 6,955. Maria Paz Haro 6,956. Sally Batteson 6,957. Yacob Lemma 6,958. G A 6,959. SUSAN HERBERT beaverton, OR Ross Creek, Australia Oakdale, MN Virginia Beach, VA Atl, GA Hewitt, NJ Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines santa rosa, CA Kittsee, Austria Mountainside, NJ Pompano Beach, FL Jhb, South Africa La Plata, MD Melville, South Africa La Quinta, CA Dublin, CA Helena, MT Evanston, WY Sandton, South Africa Stanford, CA Waterfall, South Africa Malden, MA Washington, DC Pickering, Canada

I, Wolfgang Shatriya , am shocked to hear that the people of Ethopia have no right to own land of their own - it is a disgrace for any government!

6,938. Rebecca Cadman Santa Cruz, CA

Are we going to give our corporations one more perk?

Please support Ethiopia, Ethiopian people are under worest situation.Meles zenawi is a horrible dictator.

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Signatures 6,933 - 6,959

Name
6,960. Bernd Lichters

From
Neckarsteinach, Germany

Comments
This cannot be, greed over the wellbeing of innocent people. It is nothing wrong with agriculture but ONLY if there is honest oversight that the 70,000 residence are included and NOT relocated. They do not need large-scale agriculture plantations for the greedy but smaller agriculture planning to help the population to be able to feed their families. Otherwise it is a crime against humanity. us aid never gos for the people of Ethiopia who need it,us aid is going for these who worked in government to make them more reach,they do not care about these who do not have nothing, Ethiopia should not get. any aid from no where, This land grabs is affected my directly so I wish I have power to stop it in single night!

6,961. neil galland 6,962. owar Gally

Syosset, NY chicago, IL

6,963. Mara Bongo

Gambella, Ethiopia

6,964. Mamello Letsekha Krugersorp, South Africa 6,965. Thrse Goffin 6,966. Roland Stroeder 6,967. Mirela Weber 6,968. Lisa Hamilton 6,969. gary popkin 6,970. jan beekmans 6,971. Undine Le 6,972. Evelyn Coronel 6,973. Vjeran Gomzi 6,974. Ojulu Didumo 6,975. Sandrine Dos-Santos 6,976. Helga Hogasen 6,977. Catherine Fennemore 6,978. Tom Pitman 6,979. FRANK BERETA 6,980. Sandra Cumming La Longueville, France Essen, Germany Vienna, Austria SCHERTZ, AA Brooklyn, NY Best, Netherlands Mnchen, Germany Manila, Philippines Zagreb, Croatia Edmonton, Canada cartajima, Spain Oslo, Norway Molesey, United Kingdom Burbank, CA Blue Island, IL Longside, United Kingdom The corrupting influence of power and greed equals poverty and misery for the vast majority of humankind. Some balance must be found to make our World a special and wonderful place for everyone, not just the wealthy minority. Signatures 6,960 - 6,980 The relocation destroy the culturall and social life. We speek today about "gentle" tourism, protection, restoration. To care about people and their environement.

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Name
6,981. Antoinette McWilliams

From
Gary, IN

Comments
People need to spend more time loving one another and helping each other instead of trying to destroy and control everything .A goverment that does not take care of it's people and provide programs of spirtual uplift is approaching spiritual doom.Keep prayer alive pray 4 we all need it ! Stop theft by the Elite for the Elite.

6,982. Alex James 6,983. fritz lutin 6,984. Judy Lunny 6,985. Gerald Smith 6,986. ann prusinski 6,987. Wendy Paul 6,988. David Tomkins 6,989. Donald Martiniak 6,990. Irma Matic 6,991. Heather DeWolf 6,992. denise youngsteadt 6,993. Cindy Bobrek 6,994. charles bowman 6,995. Kaleb Kebede 6,996. Janet Spencer 6,997. DB Cooper 6,998. nina cooper 6,999. Mark Jacobs 7,001. Dena Lee 7,002. Petra van Essen 7,003. omot oman 7,004. Consuelo Clarke 7,005. Michael F Miller

San Angelo, TX wevelgem, Belgium Dublin, Ireland Wyomissing, PA mountaindale, NY HACKENSACK, MN Northcote, Australia Janesville, WI Reston, VA Jersey City, NJ Columbus, OH Philadelphia, PA Elmer, LA Olathe, KS Sevierville, TN Sapporo, Japan Worcestershire, United Kingdom Shapleigh, ME Dartmouth, Canada Beverly Hills, CA burnsville, MN Pflugerville, TX Okemos, MI

I grew up in Ethiopia because my father worked for USAID, we have been doing this for half a century it is time to stop taking what is not ours!

Give Ethiopians the opportunity to farm their own land This is one more example of land and food policy gone awry "for the sake of free market forces but which actually is destroying the free market and reappropriating land resources from the poor who are already on the land to passing it to outsider "investors" who in turn make "appropriate" payoffs to "appropriate" political and bureaucratic actors.

7,006. fekadu bezuayhu 7,007. Carolynn Kendall

oslo, Norway Baltimore, MD Page 249 Signatures 6,981 - 7,007

Name
7,008. Zvonimir Rakigjija

From
Dubrovnik, Croatia

Comments
In end of sixties emperor Haileselasie the first destroyed and killed over 3000 canibals after they had killed and eaten some diplomats.At that time the whole world was screaming about it.are we to keep quiet now when you are trying to destroy complete areas for someone's pocket?It would be much better that you teach those people to make similar production and make their living in better quality.

7,009. Kerry Horner 7,010. James Caldwell 7,011. Eliaa Kefela 7,012. susan peters 7,013. Toula Michalakis 7,014. gamechu tulu 7,015. Yalonda Fossen 7,016. Walter Kryshak 7,017. EJa johnson

Portsmouth, OH N ew york, NY Charlotte, NC kansas city, MO Boucherville, Canada Athens, Greece Minneapolis, MN West Caldwell, NJ Jam., NY Please do not allow this land to be taken from the Ethiopians, let's teach them how to produce farmland that would benefit them as well as other. Thank you Mr. President.

7,018. Claudia Greco 7,019. Karolina Koziec 7,020. Jenny Vaughan 7,021. Antonio Tyes 7,022. Lisa Silverman 7,023. Ian Mindell 7,024. Patricia Krasnausky 7,026. Ernie Jamier 7,027. daniel orozco 7,028. Debra Levesque 7,029. Tracy Brown 7,030. Alemante Tedla 7,031. Eugenia Economos 7,032. Georgia Braithwaite 7,033. Kari Reilly

Brooklyn, NY chicago, IL London, United Kingdom Tulsa, OK Westwood, KS La Quinta, CA Bronxville, NY I am in support of this petition

7,025. Barbara Spenadel Shrewsbury, MA St. Augustine, FL walnut park, CA Raynham, MA Grapevine, TX Flushing, NY Orlando, FL Cottonwood, AZ Charlotte, NC Page 250 Signatures 7,008 - 7,033 President Obama, please do not support foreing investmente in Ethiopia, let those pople live in their own land.

Name
7,034. Jay Paul 7,035. Janet Parker 7,036. ayo popoola 7,037. Doug Coffin 7,038. Amie King 7,039. Denise Ellerman 7,040. delphyne woods 7,041. Andre Marty 7,042. theresa stone 7,043. keri merriman 7,044. Linda Bermas 7,046. bedane benti 7,047. Melissa Vest 7,048. Hope Grable 7,049. Ronald Lockwood 7,051. Noreen Bentfield 7,052. Lyle Funderburk 7,053. Thomas Terreault

From
Newport News, VA Miami, FL balboa, Panama Rome, NY Denver, CO Stoke On Trent, United Kingdom Chicago, IL SAN FRANCISCO, CA Palm Springs, CA Morrison, CO Great Neck, NY frankfurt, Germany Charleston, WV Bourbonnais, IL White Plains, MD Richfield, MN PORTLAND, OR Westland, MI

Comments

we oppose the woyanes land grabs

7,050. Deborah Barchard Tampa, FL

Dont you think you have spent enough of the taxpayers money, and sent us into the worst debt America has ever seen, stay out of other peoples business, and concentrate on our problems first, not everyone else's, that's your problem!

7,054. tsehay shumye

drammen, Norway

7,055. Heather Macintyre St Margaret's Bay, Canada 7,056. Alan Feltman 7,057. jerry Hoffman 7,058. Margaret Crawford 7,059. Vicki Trudeau 7,060. Amanuel Alene 7,061. Lynne Katherine Henson NYC, NY Houston, TX Millstadt, IL Dana Point, CA Drammen, Norway San Bernardino, CA Shame on USA and western countries for supporting such a nonsense Government

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Signatures 7,034 - 7,061

Name
7,062. C Jackson

From
Hollywood, CA

Comments
You have to understand that they don't care and have never had to. So they will keep doing things like this until someone (a lot of someones) stops them. Thanks Care2 for making people aware!

7,063. Daniel Lutzker 7,064. Tommy Smith 7,065. Terrie Ward 7,066. Connie Tolchard 7,067. sue carole poajak 7,068. felix omai 7,069. yonathan tefera 7,070. Nienke de Graaf 7,071. Victoria Hatfield 7,072. Lili Munoz 7,073. Gail Worth 7,074. Cibele Cruz 7,075. melissa loss 7,076. BRIAN KELLY 7,077. Benjamin Fitzgerald

Garrison, NY Kitty Hawk, NC Mountlake Terrace, WA London, United Kingdom Lockport, IL GARBERVILLE, CA SILVER SPRING, MD cordoba, Argentina Garden Grove, CA Los Angeles, CA Palos Verdes, CA Jundia/SP, Brazil Lake Elsinore, CA Phila, PA Mesa, AZ Ethiopia is among the poorest countries in the world. The people who live there need the land to cultivate and provide for their families. If America is to remain a great country, it needs to look after and protect the needs of the poor across the world. Actions such as this are unbecoming of the American people. Please be a voice for Ethiopian families being removed from their land.

7,078. Traffy DeSalvo 7,079. David Grant 7,080. Lorree Gardener Milne 7,081. kidest geset 7,082. karen reynolds 7,083. Melissa Whitely 7,084. Jamin Grigg 7,085. Gabrielle Kayser 7,086. Roderick Williams

Upland, CA Medford, OR OLYMPIA, WA osnabrck, Germany Ardmore, PA Ewing Twp., NJ Durango, CO Hicksville, NY Pittsburgh, PA I am a masters degree student in international affairs, and I want to see Africa free of exploitation from China, the US, the EU, Russia and every other entity NOW.

7,087. Elizabeth Wagga Wagga, Khouri@hotmail.com Australia 7,088. Pamela Wells BOSWORTH, MO Page 252 Signatures 7,062 - 7,088

Name
7,089. Sharon Byrd-Mackbee 7,090. T H 7,091. David Cupples 7,092. Magdalena Hoersch 7,093. Joy Miller

From
Snellville, Venezuela Seattle, WA Corona, CA Arlington, MA London, United Kingdom

Comments

This situation is immoral and not in the interest of development and judtic for the Ethiopian people. When will government such as the Ethiopian start acknowledging that it is more profitable to serve its people than their own interest.

7,094. Joan Cassens 7,095. Paul Voytas 7,096. Ruben Levario 7,097. Kebede Bogale 7,098. John Bigelow 7,099. Damian Monzillo 7,100. Josephine Downey 7,101. Gaye Johnson-Cowell 7,102. Peter Cham 7,103. Teresa Carey 7,104. Michael Wagner 7,105. chapari Didumu kuwot 7,106. Opamo Ogera 7,107. Ashley Vanderlip 7,108. rietgi chapari 7,109. Berhanu kibre-ab 7,110. Talaat Messawa 7,111. Peter von Christierson 7,112. samuel kellett 7,113. mary monell 7,114. Carol McMahon 7,115. Sheeba Oliver 7,116. Angela Cumo

Oak Ridge, TN Springfield, OH Dallas, TX Portland, OR San Francisco, CA Metuchen, NJ cockatoo, Australia Downingtown, PA Austin, MN San Antonio, TX Colmar, PA Gold Coast, Australia Pendle Hill, Australia Charlotte, NC brisbane, Australia los angeles, CA Jeddah, Saudi Arabia ADELMA BEACH, WA El Dorado, AR phoenix, CO Placerville, CA Elmhurst, NY Deridder, LA Page 253 Signatures 7,089 - 7,116 You know, if Kinky Friedman were president we wouldn't have this problem. Mr. President, please do what is right. With respect............

Name
7,117. yvonne walter 7,118. Nadir Ahmad 7,119. Ed Perry 7,120. Jacqueline Heyden 7,121. gashaw anley 7,122. Blaine Blackthorne 7,123. Samuel Agolory 7,124. hermela beyene 7,125. Omot Ojwado 7,126. Shelley B 7,127. Dwayne Munar 7,128. Fiorella Testa

From
pully, Switzerland Detroit, MI New Braunfels, TX Chicago, IL Melbourne, Australia Galax, VA Carseldine, Australia athens, Greece Chermside, Australia Quartz Hill, CA Waianae, HI Rome, Italy

Comments

The poorest of Ethiopia have already paid an extremely heavy and unhuman tribute of tears, suffering, sorrow and hunger. Please do not allow additional deportation and death and at least let them die on their own land.

7,129. mulu wakenye 7,131. Emily Mattheisen 7,132. roland marchand 7,133. Tadess Haile 7,134. Melaku Yimam 7,135. Lisa Newkirk 7,136. maria sousa 7,137. ANA RODRIGUEZ 7,138. Abebe Gelaw 7,139. angueria Jones 7,140. Lema Tadesse 7,141. Elke Nldeke 7,142. Bekele Alemu 7,143. Gudy Terenzio 7,144. girma tiruneh 7,145. Chris Klopp

las vegas, NV Bloomington, MN toulon, France Kampala, Uganda Calgary, Canada Arvada, CO lisboa, Portugal Irvington, NJ Karlsruhe, Germany DECATUR, GA San Diego, CA Frakfurt am Main, Germany prague, Czech Republic Elda, Spain Lausanne, Switzerland Cross Plains, WI Page 254 Signatures 7,117 - 7,145 President obama and Dr. Rajiv shah helpe us to stop from taken our land and coutry people forcibly displced from there land. Please Mr President do the right thing on time for poor African (Ethiopian) farmers, so that You will be remembered for the generation to come.

Name
7,146. Deborah Schechter 7,147. Hager Wegene 7,148. Anne Salzer 7,149. Akalu Tadesse 7,150. Selamawit Tesgaye 7,151. Wendy Jensen 7,152. lynn lozier 7,153. Zenebe Getaneh 7,154. Surafel Tessema 7,155. Mesfin Mulatu 7,156. kibru yilma 7,157. fabiola cavaliere 7,158. r sherwood 7,159. Assea Hailu 7,160. Hailu Kebede

From
Chicago, IL Denver, CO greenland, NH Nashville, TN Gutenberg, Sweden Bloomington, IN carmel, CA zurich, Switzerland mnich, Germany Toronto, Canada lodingen, Norway Torino, Italy northallerton, United Kingdom Darmstadt, Germany Stockholm, Sweden

Comments

The government of Meles is applying a destructive Policy. Please stop it from getting to late. No land grag Help support People Power in Ethiopia. Please say NO to disenfranchising the people of Ethiopia by selling their land outside country interests. Please empower the people. protect the people and their livelihood. do not create more dependence and despair. thank you.

As you know, at the moment my country is under the worst dictatorship we have ever faced in our history. This dictatorship is ethnic based and commits atrocities such as massacres, genocide, starvation and incitement of interethnic conflicts and preaching and spreading of hatred among the different communities. It employs the old colonial method of divide and rule. Farmers that are accused of supporting and voting for the opposition parties are systematically abused and punished through the denial of access to fertilizers, improved seeds, humanitarian help and other social services. They are evicted from their fertile farming lands which are leased to foreign investors from China, India and Saudi Arabia and forced to settle elsewhere without adequate provisions and support. The newly graduating students will be denied jobs and further education opportunities if they do not become the members and supporters of the ruling party or front. Membership and loyalty to the authorities are the keys to job and higher education opportunities. Civil servants lose their jobs for the same reasons. The government has enacted different draconian laws including the anti-terrorism law mainly aimed at penalizing dissent, curbing freedom of expression, free media and cracking down on its opponents and pro-democracy activists. Signatures 7,146 - 7,160

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Name
7,161. Getachew Jimma 7,162. Nadia kebede 7,163. meskerem abebe 7,164. gossa kebede 7,165. Dereje Zenebe 7,166. Zelalem Makonnen 7,167. Elisse Antczak 7,168. wondewosen Bekele 7,169. yared esubalwe 7,170. Hailemariam Lulu 7,171. Diane Low

From
Osnabrck, Germany Sortland, Norway amsterdam, Netherlands albano, Italy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Jrflla, Sweden Depew, NY Gbg, Sweden geneva, Switzerland mnchen, Germany Kensington, CA

Comments
please suport to stop land saling in Ethiopia

I am against the illegal forced relocations of Ethiopians for land grabs. The land grabs and the relocations are illegal. supports forced relocation for land grabs in Etiopia stop land grab ! PERSONAL: I think this relocation of native people for the investment of others, profiteers it seems, is contrary to the American purpose of assisting people throughout the world. Namely, to protect lives, income, and food source of local peoples. Diane H. Low

7,172. tad tesfay 7,173. Elias Tiruneh 7,174. William Pohley 7,175. Kerri Griffis 7,176. solomon belay 7,177. Nunu Feyesa 7,178. dawn terrell 7,179. Carol Milton 7,180. Evy Ellingvag 7,181. Karl Eldar Evang 7,182. Hawi Tark 7,183. Ray Kenyon 7,184. Gunn Vigdis Vrnes 7,185. Turid Danielsen 7,186. Baatii Biyyaa 7,187. Unni Evang

san antonio, TX London, United Kingdom Franklin, IN Auburn, WA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ansbach, Germany Southern Pines, NC Centennial, CO Skatoy, Norway Oslo, Norway DC, DC Cottingham, United Kingdom Oslo, Norway rnes, Norway Edmonton, Canada Stavanger, Norway Page 256 Signatures 7,161 - 7,187 Stop landgrab in Ethiopien,down with Meles

Name
7,188. Baila Berkovits 7,189. tigist eshete 7,190. Ambachew Yenieneh 7,191. Brook Ayalew 7,192. Kazzanchess Kazza 7,193. Gobna Gebre 7,194. sarha gebeyehu 7,195. godana buri 7,196. Gerri Hirst 7,197. Julie Serocki 7,198. NEGUSSIE amesla 7,199. Linda Gi 7,200. stephen luis 7,201. Nina Kirkhus 7,202. angela fazzari 7,203. Zew Asrat 7,204. Donna Cook 7,205. kiya dirbaba 7,206. Therese Power 7,207. Ronen Schatsky 7,208. okello deng 7,209. Kurt Ohm 7,210. teodros shibeshi 7,211. Michelle McCunney 7,212. Cynthia Adams 7,213. Yeabsira H 7,214. Abebe Kabtimer 7,215. Valentine Doyle 7,216. Robert Zai III 7,217. rosemary dunne 7,218. kerry o'brien 7,219. solomon maru 7,220. rock mamo

From
Brooklyn, NY calgary, Canada las vegas, NV stockholm, Sweden Auckland, New Zealand Tashkent, Uzbekistan oslo, Norway rognan, Norway St. Charles, MO NORTHBROOK, IL roma, Italy Talent, OR Marina, CA Oslo, Norway portland, OR Camppbell, CA Greenville, SC oslo, Norway Melbourne, Australia New York City, NY brisbane, Australia Prescott, AZ stonemountian, GA La Jolla, CA SANTA CRUZ, CA Bloomington, MN Decatur, GA Hartford, CT Fort Thomas, KY seattle, WA Amarillo, TX dallas, TX Seattle, WA Page 257 -

Comments

Strongly I oppose this forced relocation for these venomous reason. We never give up fighting home-born colonizers, Weyane, never and ever.

aginst meles government.

stop land grab in ethiopia. Why are people termed less significant simply because of their poverty?

Signatures 7,188 - 7,220

Name
7,221. Enndelbu Worku 7,222. Ann Stickel 7,223. Muluken Muchie 7,224. erica ashley 7,225. Mady Marantz 7,226. Zetyopic Ababiya 7,227. Imru Assefa

From
Burnaby, Canada Whitesboro, NY Brampton, Canada loma linda, CA New York, NY Addis Ababa, Ethiopia East Lansing, MI

Comments
Please sign this petition!

Please do not be party to and use tax money for illegally dislocating natives from their homeland. Is this financing by the US to allow vacated land to be available to the Chines, Indians, Saudis, etc?? It does not make sense at all. Why make the indeginouses to fevour the riches? That is not fair. I oppose land grab in Ethiopia.

7,228. Yihema Yasazinal Helsinki, Finland 7,229. Lima Foxtrot 7,230. rita butler 7,231. Abebe Lela Moscow, Russian Federation Louisville, KY Wellington, New Zealand Hayward, CA OAKLAND, CA SALINA, KS Franklin, WI Essex, United Kingdom stcokholm, Sweden

7,232. Ferehiwet Beshah Minneapolis, MN 7,233. Chaitanya Diwadkar 7,234. Maxine Daniel 7,235. Cassandra Deming 7,236. Tim Eberhardy 7,237. Sophia Bailey 7,238. selam ethio 7,239. molly lim 7,240. aballa ojulu olock 7,241. dany abra 7,242. Abiyu Getachew 7,243. AsHenafi Ethiopia 7,244. emusha arsema 7,245. Abayneh Getachew 7,246. solo el pueblo salva al pueblo

Singapore, Singapore Please do not make the poor suffer so much, allow them their land to cultivate and live simply, do not displaced them! waterford, Australia newcastle, United Kingdom Stavnger, Norway Alexandria, VA stpaul, MN Ansbach, Germany ., Belgium Page 258 THE WORLD IS WATCHING. ONE STRUGGLE. Signatures 7,221 - 7,246 One Love Ethiopia

Name
7,247. Tefera Addisu

From
Tnder, Denmark

Comments
Forced relocation is shockingly brutal to tens of thousands of the Gambella people.This land is the identity of the indigenous people. STOP THIS BRUTAL HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This land is their land!

7,248. E. Issa 7,249. HAILU DEBRE 7,250. Guy lBenson 7,251. Admasu Tachble 7,252. MEKONEE BEKELE 7,253. Alyssa Whitworth 7,254. Mara Sabinson 7,255. hameru Selam 7,256. Zooma Beto 7,257. Tam Hagan 7,258. Demeke Wolle 7,259. Duane Baker 7,260. jebessa chala 7,261. luna abra 7,262. shikur habte 7,263. David L. Ward 7,264. Deniz Cagliyan 7,265. Tesfa Dani

Las Vegas, NV ws, NY Phila, PA Calgary, Canada NYC, NY highland Park, IL CORNISH, NH Bagnolet, France Amesfoort, Netherlands Pomona, CA Stutgart, Germany Powell, OH bangalore, India wiesbaden, Germany munick, Germany Olympia, WA ARCATA, CA Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

to Ethiopia Supports Forced Relocations for Land Grabs Stop land grabs and systemic way of making slavery the new system of hidden colonialism

and also plis stop the help tothe ethiopian government

Forced relocation of indigenous people, to make way for large-scale agricultural plantations for foreigners is an abuse of fundamental rights of human beings. Hence, I support any intiative to stop coerced relocation of indigenous people. If this kind of action is not acceptable in Europe, North America and the rest of the world, why would it be in Ethiopia. It is a shame the world body to witness this kind of action and do nothing.

7,266. Abeje Yeshineh

toronto, Canada

7,267. Hunde Tore 7,268. Letemo Hawassa 7,269. dereje biru

walldorf, Germany A.A, Ethiopia bergen, Norway Land grab leads to nothing but a bloody revolution like it happened in Madagascar. Land grab, because the produce is only to be shipped out of the country, it does not bring a technology transfer or wealth to the country in general but to some sellected elite. Land grab because of its greedy tendency it b prohibits genuin invastors from participating in the countries economy. Signatures 7,247 - 7,269

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Name
7,270. beruk alex 7,271. Hannah McEwan 7,272. Michael Allen 7,273. ojuoti john 7,274. Albert Colman 7,275. million mekonnen 7,276. Tesfaye hiye 7,277. akalu sertse 7,278. Ashebir Shiferaw 7,279. Angeles Ayala Segura 7,280. Whitney Husz 7,281. kidist Teshome 7,282. Kerri Vandiver 7,283. Jonathan Trautman 7,284. samuei moltotal;

From
alexanderia, VA Summerfield, NC South San Francisco, CA austin, MN Chicago, IL mannhaim, Germany vic, Australia toronto, Canada Bonn, Germany San jos, Ibiza, Spain Asheville, NC Gaithersburg, MD Tulsa, OK Alameda, CA

Comments

oman john, akuoti john,adut,kuot,michael john..

Do something before we all regret the consequence!!! Its a horrible crime to be leasing out lands that Ethiopians need for their own famine starved nation. There is no good reason to be taking away these lands, and every reason to let the nation's people keep them! as concerned ethiopian i am strongly condemn the illegal occupation of our land by the so called land lease for international agricalturalist,the occupation of our land by foreigner is illegal bcs the so called government in ethiopia havinit got mandate and authority to make any deal with any foreingn investor or intity bcs the meles regim[tplf banda gang]invade ethiopia by blood and iron bcs of tplf regime illegal invation of ethiopia any land lease with this regime will be vallied untill tplf is existed once tplf is removed from power all illegal land lease agreement will be cancelled Let America stop supporting various courses causing sufferage of the powerless and the poor around the world. America brought unpopular groups into power and causes chaos and public outrage. Please reverse your inhuman courses in the poor nations. Don't undermine public anger. After all humilated people has nothing to fear. It is time to STOP committing masked crimes.

takoma park, MD

7,285. Biniam Hailu 7,286. Asmare Yalew

Vrby, Sweden wageningen, Netherlands

7,287. Capri Starnes 7,288. Valerie Nordin 7,289. TIFFANY CLARK 7,290. Robert Sevilla

KEMPNER, TX Mpls, MN Penn Valley, CA San Jose, CA Page 260 Signatures 7,270 - 7,290

Name
7,291. Veronica Gonzalez 7,292. amy sampson 7,293. Ayalew Teshome 7,294. Dereje Woldetsadik 7,295. Dave Steffen 7,296. Katherine Shelly 7,297. mesfin gizaw

From
Bronx, NY ROLLING MEADOWS, IL Leiden, Netherlands Toronto, Canada Plymouth, WI THOMPSON, PA garland, TX

Comments

please us stop to support dictatore gavernment sale large -scale farm land with out shelter and lose every thing moved to areas by force to kill the yange futur generation in Ethiopia. I object vehemently to the forced relocation of our population and the colonization of our land. Given a just government Ethiopians have both the human and the technical skills to develope their land.

7,298. solomon workneh

Ottawa, Canada

7,299. Susan Lipson 7,300. Donna Fine 7,301. fasil atle 7,302. Roberta Wallitt 7,303. judith ruanova 7,304. Ashenafi Mulugeta 7,305. Beruke Misgana 7,306. Brenda Parris 7,307. DEBORAH BRANDT 7,308. Keith Woelbing 7,309. lynn thompson 7,310. Dula Abdu

MOUNT HOLLY SPRINGS, PA Tucson, AZ silver spring, MD Ithaca, NY Puebla, Puebla, Mexico Windsor, Canada Secaucus, NJ Toronto, Canada BARABOO, WI Eugene, OR rocky river, OH Houston, TX As an African-American, I thought President Obama will have empathy for Africans, who have been oppressed for so long by their own dictators, who make White colonialists like angels. Unfortunately, President Obama has been acting like any previous U.S. President, showing benign neglect for Africa and engaging in strategic alliance with dictators like the one in Ethiopia without factoring the cost to human rights and freedom of the African people.

7,311. muoch gatluak 7,312. Viviane Clement

austin, MN Northfiled, MN Page 261 Signatures 7,291 - 7,312

Name
7,313. nicole macgregor 7,314. Tamara van der Sar 7,315. Kiesha Crisler

From
Canton, MI Utrecht, Netherlands San Diego, CA

Comments

If Ethiopia leases arable land to other states the government of Ethiopia should make sure the people are compensated. It is a great opportunity to strengthen employment or gain better access in the international market.

7,316. Skye Healy 7,317. Rogier van Dijk 7,318. Pete Keal 7,319. RON WILSON 7,320. Sara Bermudez 7,321. Esther Wijkstra 7,322. Harsha Vardhana R 7,323. eniola adeleke 7,324. Esther Glotzbach 7,325. Jo Ann Norton 7,326. Musse Ali 7,327. kassaye mersha 7,328. Karen Cowen 7,329. wim droogers 7,330. Elaina Bradshaw 7,331. Shimeles fanta 7,332. Vanessa Gantt 7,333. G/Mariam welde 7,334. Kacen Clapper 7,335. Richard Grooms 7,336. Thomas Walker 7,337. sarah jimenez licea 7,338. Julie Corby

SAINT PAUL, MN Dev, Netherlands Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom HOLLAND, MI Leeuwarden, Netherlands Bangalore, India wageningen, Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands Portland, OR Jigjiga, Ethiopia weiterstadt, Germany San Marcos, TX ridderkerk, Netherlands Salt Lake City, UT tucker, GA Clinton, MD Nairobi, Kenya Santa Ana, CA Birmingham, AL San Dimas, CA Guernsey CI, United Kingdom Venice, CA Page 262 Signatures 7,313 - 7,338 This is just another case of corporation coming before humanity. It's an outrage and it needs to be stopped. i hope that you will choose for justice in stead of economy.

Name
7,339. Tina Koranda 7,340. Thooraach Anywaa

From
Parker, CO Dadab, Kenya

Comments
Our adopted son is from this region. Please protect these families living in Gambella. As an Anywaa man from Gambella for what Melese Zenawi did selling my lad, if he does not stop, I am telling you the truth of God that we better be cleared like our land if US government is ignoring our case. I better to commit suicide if there will be no alternative.

7,341. john negash 7,342. Kaley Frank 7,343. jone keffyallw 7,344. Esther pollk 7,345. Jennifer Rodriguez 7,346. kelly stone 7,347. Nadine Wacka 7,348. marcia meurs 7,349. Mark Daims 7,350. Deborah McGrouther 7,351. Tyrrel Chisenga 7,352. Melissa Snider 7,353. Liesha Hanekroot 7,354. Amy Gallagher 7,355. Kim Atkinson 7,356. Gay Chung 7,357. Jeff Koranda 7,358. Moni Jazara 7,359. Melissa Ferns 7,360. susan iberri 7,361. Cyndi Fritzler 7,362. Grima Hailu 7,363. Kelly Brhae 7,364. Tesfaye. W 7,365. victor jorge 7,366. anne meunier

calgary, Ethiopia Rhododendron, OR gislinge, Denmark Turvey, United Kingdom Granbury, TX Ashland, OR Wageningen, Netherlands RAMONA, CA Chatham, NY Christchurch, New Zealand Wageningen, Netherlands Parker, CO Newtown, Australia Hoboken, NJ Sebastopol, CA San Francisco, CA Parker, CO Aaa, Poland Warren, MI Temple City, CA Lakewood, CO Ottawa, Canada Aurora, CO stockholm, Sweden homestead, FL roselle, Australia Page 263 we are the 99% and we are not going to allowed the 1% bully any indigenous people around as they please anymore, WE ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN YOU We should not let things like this happen Signatures 7,339 - 7,366 Make a difference, take the 2 minutes and sign this. Enabling people to live is more vital than forcing them elsewhere where famine is even greater.

Name
7,367. DeJuan Mims 7,368. Mandy Osipchuk

From
Fairfield, AL Port St Lucie, FL

Comments
This is sick, profits before the people of this earth. I bet they will even enslave these poor people and there children to work the fields like dogs with no pay and no life. All for money? What is this world coming to. This land is theres and they should be growing there own food there to feed there country. Not the rest of the world that can afford food and can grow there own. I bet they will grow corn to power the oil rush. Sick and sad I will share with all my neighbors and friends this story until it goes viral.

7,369. Donna Averion 7,370. Chioni McAlister 7,371. yesuf mohammed 7,372. Mary Kay Philp 7,373. Annemarie josserand 7,374. Gemechu Tulu 7,375. shiferaw gudeta 7,376. Albert Chong 7,377. Belaynesh Solomon 7,378. LindaSue Hope 7,379. renato figueroa 7,380. Gary Jones 7,381. mary tulloch 7,382. Solomon Tekle 7,383. Thomas Beyene 7,384. Eleonora Bruno 7,385. Julie Halloff 7,386. Llewellyn Ludlow 7,387. Ojulu Nygow 7,388. Ogiti Mezan 7,389. Richard Hollister 7,390. Nicole Gooden 7,391. Donna Benjamin 7,392. Susana Barnett 7,393. Pach Mezan

Hackensack, NJ Toronto, Canada Alexandria, VA Webster, NY chenex, France Reichenbach, Germany cambridge, MA Boulder, CO Farrakaway, NY Reno, NV Ashland, WI Logroo, Spain il, IL stuttgart, Germany holbaek, Denmark Napoli, Italy Chaska, MN Bolinas, CA westminster, CO Westminster, CO Tucson, AZ Las Vegas, NV Ashland, OR SAN JUAN, PR Littleton, CO Page 264 Signatures 7,367 - 7,393 we have to fight together to save our beloved cantry and we have too free inocent Ethiopian people from disgressful tplf.we shall win!! I AM AGAIN LAND GRABING IN ETHIOPIA

Name
7,394. Amanda Lyons 7,395. 7,396. Marco Bergo 7,397. G Battle 7,398. gina wiese 7,399. equbai gebiru 7,400. haile gadissa 7,401. dagne beqagna 7,402. Tenzin Yangdon 7,403. s tesema 7,404. Ethiopis2002 ETHIOPIA

From
Wellington, New Zealand

Comments

- Russian Federation Galliera Veneta, Italy Doraville, GA Minneapolis, MN trondheim, Norway trondheim, Norway trondheim, Germany middletown, CT Amsterdam, Netherlands Geneva, Switzerland We understand why we become a beggar nation like Ethiopia which cannot feed many of its people, which is suffering from famine, perennial food shortages, endemic hunger, and chronic dependency on foreign aid, is selling off its fertile lands and natural resources to foreign agro-businesses to grow food that will be exported to their own countries. Ethiopia is currently experiencing its worst drought and famine in sixty years due to Land Grab, and the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Ethiopian citizens, under the 20-year old authoritarian and brutal regime of dictator Meles Zenawi, which is leasing Ethiopian land for up to 99 years to foreign businesses and governments without any significant consultation with the people most affected. The regime 'woyane' is running out time, dying very soon. Let's work together! under divided and conquered police there is not democracy, it is not investment it is just land grap should stop now. stop land grabbing in ethiopia tilebisew yelat tikenanebew amarat...ayi ye ethiopia mengist

7,405. Katherine Karas 7,406. Daniel G. HAILU 7,407. Geta Abeje 7,408. akello alay 7,409. caroline Lato 7,410. Martin Roth 7,411. janice palma-glennie 7,412. Whitney Richardson

Kiev, Ukraine Addis Abeba, Ethiopia London, United Kingdom Littleton, CO Milton, MA Corte Madera, CA KAILUA KONA, AA Brooklyn, NY We need to be strengthening local communities and economies, not destroying them. These practices destroy people's livelihoods and the environment. They contribute to the disparity of wealth. Signatures 7,394 - 7,412 Some of us remember Haile Sellassi. Pity the poor Ethiopians!

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7,413. Mikael Moges 7,414. Meron Ayele 7,415. Nancy Duncan 7,416. tegaw shemales 7,417. lucy fletcher 7,418. chantal cloutier 7,419. Andrea Springmeier 7,420. Gabriella Bertelmann 7,421. Shawn Gensch 7,422. saarttu imana 7,423. Ann Garth 7,424. Raven Dorantes 7,425. tewodros kassa 7,426. habtamu moges 7,427. girmay tesfay 7,428. hanna garedew 7,429. Sintayehu Retta 7,430. MATTEO LANATI 7,431. SAMUEL GENANAW 7,432. Mezmure Dawit 7,433. Diana Luzio 7,434. aarno aaron 7,435. Diane Maldonado 7,436. Ruggero Mucchiati 7,437. Pame;a Kittelson 7,438. Alessio Tamburello 7,439. Abiy Tolossa 7,440. Amelia Fioruzzi 7,441. Darla Malecki 7,442. David Okali 7,443. Karen Ornelas 7,444. Rebecca Bullen

From
bremmanger, Norway Bremanger, Norway Edina, MN london, United Kingdom wash, DC Los Olivos, CA Mabel, MN Denver, CO Wauwatosa, WI st.paul, MN Long Beach, CA San Francisco, CA steinkjer, Norway memphis, TN kramfors, Sweden Melbourne, Australia Bagsvrd, Denmark PIACENZA, Italy Toronto, Canada london, United Kingdom Porto, Portugal frakfert, Germany Brooklyn, NY Verona, Italy Msla, MT Bregnano, Italy Chatillon, France Piacenza, Italy Ogden, UT Westminster, CO San Pedro, CA Exeter, NH Page 266 -

Comments

stopp relocating!!! and enhun

I AM POLITELY ASKING US GOVERNMENT TO FORCE ETHIOPIAN DICTATOR TO STOP LAND GRABS

Stop the Land Grab !!!

Signatures 7,413 - 7,444

Name
7,445. Kevin Darcy 7,446. kebede alex 7,447. rahel mekonen 7,448. lemlem kebede 7,449. Samantha Nasca 7,450. Gobbi Manuel 7,451. webalem taddese 7,452. lemelem kebede 7,453. tige zelelew 7,454. Brandelyn W 7,455. OJULU AKWAY 7,456. Abiy Ethiopiawe

From
Bellingham, WA Rastatt, Germany oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway Iowa City, IA Trieste, Italy oslo, Norway oslo, Norway oslo, Norway Port Lavaca, TX SAN JOSE, CA Surrey, United Kingdom Oslo, Norway harsted, Norway Pisa, Italy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Lake Geneva, WI North Bergen, NJ Lexington, MI Stockton, CA

Comments

In Ethiopia people are losing their livelihoods and being moved to areas where they cannot readily feed themselves. Please,stop this brutal action!!! Ethiopia has dictatorship leader stop !!!

7,457. Nebiyu Eshete 7,458. tomase togo 7,459. Ivan Losacco 7,460. waka waka 7,461. Colleen Krohn 7,462. Brian Bourne 7,463. Thirl Wootten 7,464. Tamrat Admassu

It is time to solve the problem now. While millions are starving now, the cost of silence is more starvation in the future. Forming an accountable, transparent, self-reliant democratic institutions are the highest priorities the country needs.

7,465. susan dickerson 7,466. Mesfin Tesfaye 7,467. Rachel Rao

CLINTON, MD Houston, TX Opa Locka, FL We hurt ourselves when we do not take care of the earth and each other. Raping the land without consideration for the people that depend on it or for the environment will only cause more problems for our world as a whole. If we let greed take over, each one of use will have to pay the price.

7,468. w mekuria 7,469. fatuma seid 7,470. David Handy 7,471. negash haile

las vegas, NV Seattle, WA Fargo, ND sydney, Australia Page 267 Signatures 7,445 - 7,471

Name
7,472. Nina Treu 7,473. Sandra Olson 7,474. Asteway Tazabi 7,475. michele zousmer

From
04177, Germany Gretna, LA Bahir Dar, Ethiopia rancho santa fe, CA

Comments

please view my Ethiopian photos - under travel and omo child and PCI, and see how beautiful and spiritual these people are! www.michelezphotography.com photography for social change. i just returned from the omo river valley and was so taken by this country and the people i met . michele zousmer

7,476. Julia Hernandez 7,477. Kelley Mandl 7,478. steven reilly 7,479. nath stone 7,480. Anne Greend 7,481. Susan Howe 7,482. Ojoye Akane 7,484. Roni Love 7,485. Kishore Amma 7,486. Judith Bruce

Detroit, MI Binghamton, NY San Antonio, TX davao, Philippines Sandy Spring, MD Oceano, CA Austin, MN Redondo Beach, CA Srikakulam, India La Grange, IL This is just another telltale sign of corporate greed. Please do not allow this. People have a right to self determination not being controlled by government forces who pretend to act in their best interest. Please have a conscience and act ethically. Humanity is the only way.

7,483. Donna Smallwood St. Augustine, FL

7,487. Francisco Costa 7,488. Megan Hockwalt 7,489. Ray Cunningham 7,490. david lowe 7,491. Tim Irwin 7,492. kebraraw kebraraw 7,493. barok Enu 7,494. Tiffany Von Higgins 7,495. Terry Blackman 7,496. Amber Beasley 7,497. Barbara Wallace 7,498. Dessalegne Assefa 7,499. tomas dagem

Cathedral City, CA Walnut, CA Denver, CO Malaga, Spain Phoenix, AZ oslo, Norway TAKOMA PARK, MD Brooklyn, NY Santa Fe, NM Texarkana, TX Putnam, CT Richmond, VA jerusalem, Israel Page 268 Signatures 7,472 - 7,499 save ethiopia please ethiopian dictator distroy our motherland,we dont want dictators anymore

Name
7,500. pat schumacher 7,501. naty erdhen 7,502. FrehiwoT addis 7,503. Rabecca Gainey 7,504. Hailu Hanna 7,506. mekonnen demissie 7,507. Biki Negasi 7,508. Ephram Argaw 7,509. Azeb Dawit 7,510. Jim Jaston 7,511. Ingrid Hartmann 7,513. abebe kebede 7,514. Judy Wood 7,515. Esubalew Chane 7,516. Paula Sjunneson 7,517. paul slapinski 7,518. Teresa clement 7,519. Abdulahi Hebo

From
brownsville, TX stockholm, Sweden Mnchen, Germany LOUISVILLE, KY London, United Kingdom calgary, Canada Karlsruhe, Germany london, United Kingdom london, United Kingdom Phoenix, AZ berlin, Germany toronto, Canada Raleigh, NC Leeds, United Kingdom Seattle, WA Stockton, MO chicago, IL Dallas, TX

Comments

Stop Land Grab President Barack Obama, Please make history by take action on this noble and unique cause!!

7,512. yonas wondafrash Minneapolis, MN

In the name of industrial revolution the TPLF/EPRDF forcing to relocate Ethiopians from their land is great disaster or great misfortune for Ethiopian people in general. It only benefit the ruling party and the bourgeoisie(TPLF).

7,520. james schroeder 7,521. kifle molla 7,522. kokeb ababa 7,523. Adane Tekeste

CHICAGO, IL Rostov, Russian Federation frankfurt, Germany Nashville, TN For more impact, add a personal comment here Please stop forced relocation, specially when it is done by a dictatorial government like the government of Meles Zenawi. He has looted a lot of money with the expense of the Ethiopian people and their land.

7,524. a guremu 7,525. Dianne Wilson 7,526. hizbayesh amare

amsterdam, Netherlands Hamilton, Canada oslo, Norway Page 269 Signatures 7,500 - 7,526

Name
7,527. Nadiah Abdullah 7,528. Get Isra 7,529. carl gardner 7,530. Mohamud Ali

From
Batu Caves, Malaysia stone mountain, GA zanesville, OH Hermitage, TN

Comments

The innocent Ethiopian poor are loosing thier land and their country because the dictator Meles Zenawi is leasing the land and depositing the money to his and his equally criminal wife Azeb Gola's foregin accounts. Please bring him to justice.

7,531. tom gee 7,532. Ermias Tsegaye 7,533. Julie M Glenn 7,534. Yitayeh Beyene Gobezie 7,535. mulugeta abebe 7,536. Alemayehu Mulatu Alala 7,537. Hara Z. 7,538. Ellen High 7,539. Audrey David 7,540. kebede Yalew 7,541. Tewodros Getachew 7,542. Sarah Aman 7,543. abesha gezahegn 7,544. yaregal melsew 7,545. debebe debele 7,546. Jennifer Danner 7,547. Tolla Ber 7,548. daniel kassa 7,549. Feven Amenu 7,550. beruk hailu 7,551. esreal abera 7,552. shiferaw Assefa 7,553. belay woldu

aberdeen, MD prague, Czech Republic SAINT LOUIS, MO sneek, Netherlands stochkolm, Sweden mnchen, Germany AA Grass Lake, MI White Plains, NY sacramento, CA Orebro, Sweden london, United Kingdom 4414 fullinsdorf, Switzerland budapest, Hungary chelsea, MA NAZARETH, PA Seattle, WA inglewood, CA Alexandria, VA minneapolis, MN hyattsville, MD Lawrence, KS austin, TX Page 270 Signatures 7,527 - 7,553 It is unfortunate that our leaders don't feel and understand the sufferings that the Gambella people go through. stop land graving we have took quik reply to save milion poeple.the worst leader in the world more than sadamusein ethiopia .

Name
7,554. Moges B 7,555. Fanuel Endalew 7,556. Tatyana Stevens 7,557. gada booona 7,558. wende wende 7,559. Sandy Maytham 7,560. Matthew Embry 7,561. mamedu cilla 7,562. Alejo Kraus-Polk 7,563. Theresa Cohen 7,564. Natalya Petrova 7,565. Paolo Patruno 7,566. maxwell progress 7,567. Darren Johnston 7,568. Howard Young 7,569. Yosef Assefa 7,570. Ann Kowaleski 7,571. Million Beyene 7,573. Dakota Hennessey 7,574. Rebecca Parsons 7,575. S T 7,576. Arden Stanton 7,577. redat takele 7,578. Mona Plate 7,579. Karen Rubino 7,580. Wessen Debela 7,581. Dianne Miller 7,582. YACOB BEYENE 7,583. Scott Lommel 7,584. Abiy Asfaw 7,585. Maria Prokopowycz 7,586. Tuesday Hoffman

From
harrisburg, PA Bronx, NY Basalt, CO melbourn, Australia recanati, Italy Simonstown, South Africa Los Angeles, CA addis abeba, Ethiopia ithaca, NY Concord, MA Yalta, AL Cassola, Italy moscow, Russian Federation San Francisco, CA Moreno Valley, MS Sortland, Norway La, CA Garland, TX

Comments
Stand with the Ethiopian people, stop the government !!! the meles land grab policy has to stop.

too many US policies toward Africa under Obama have been disasters...let's stop yet another one.

Please support to sele the land of Ethiopia

7,572. Leslie Tawnamaia Cabot, VT Los Angeles, CA Waterford, CT A2, MI Ann Arbor, MI charlotte, NC Aachen, Germany S. Huntington, NY Silver Spring, MD San Diego, CA Biel, Switzerland

Thank you.

I find this is a very wicked action of the Ethiopian ruling party;to repress and block the right of the poor Ethiopians. stop land grabs and unwilling relocation.

philadelphia, PA WARREN, MI Carlisle, PA Page 271 -

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7,587. Ashira adwoa 7,588. Lutgart Nuyts 7,589. RUGOLO CRISTINA 7,590. Mette Steen 7,591. Francis Moroto 7,592. Lidia Merola 7,593. Karlene Gunter 7,594. piero marianelli 7,595. Debbie Crowe 7,596. Gabriele Romanacci 7,597. Paolo Pietro Pagnon 7,598. fekadu yilma 7,599. surafeal hagos

From
houston, TX Edegem, Belgium PEDEROBBA, Italy London, United Kingdom Pisa, Italy Naples, Italy Rochester, NY roma, Italy Evansville, IN Livorno, Italy Bassano d. Grappa, Italy geneva, Switzerland addiss ababa, Ethiopia

Comments

STOP STOP I'm a MDand nutritionist;in 2008 I adopted an ethiopian child, and I' d like to do something more for that country. thanks.

7,600. ENRICO GRANDI vada, Italy 7,601. Tsehaynesh Tewodros Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

7,602. Brittany bronx, NY Dhansew-Rampersaud 7,603. Giovina Ruberti 7,604. Alan Haggard 7,605. Barbara Aires 7,606. Fha Chalermporn 7,607. Son Chunsuparerk 7,608. Etsubteru Assefa 7,609. Cathy Rowan 7,610. David Schilling 7,611. joetta Venneman 7,612. Gwen Farry 7,613. Barry Nobel 7,614. Bettega Stella 7,615. Bernardo Vimpi 7,616. Kathleen Coll Rome, Italy San Diego, CA Jersey City, NJ Fulton, MO Washington, DC Toledo, OH Bronx, NY New York, NY Louisville, KY Chicago, IL Oyster Bay, NY lomazzo, Italy Macomb, IL Newtown Square, PA Page 272 Signatures 7,587 - 7,616

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7,617. Jane McVeigh 7,618. Mary James Clines 7,619. Cheryl Simpson 7,620. Kathleen Gingras 7,621. Lori Gilio 7,622. Regina Scudellari 7,623. Gail and Rick Konopacki 7,624. simia calella 7,625. Toni Palamar 7,626. Linda Hincken 7,627. Y Hiwote 7,628. antonio zinno 7,629. Brittany Flittner 7,631. Sharyn White 7,632. Barbara King 7,633. Penelope Wright 7,634. emmanuel derozeris 7,635. FABIO BALDI 7,636. Emese Kovacs 7,637. Mike Leone 7,638. Susann Balk 7,639. Anne Olivier 7,640. Tracy Kenger 7,641. Nestor Kun 7,642. Lee Stough 7,643. henok tadesse 7,644. Marjo Luoma 7,645. eden dawit 7,646. Giorgio Savini 7,647. bekele manaye

From
Wellesley, MA Marlborough, MA Charlottesville, VA Marlborough,, MA WHITESTONE, AA Forest Hills, NY Madison, WI firenze, Italy Astoria, NY Amityville, NY london, United Kingdom Salerno, Italy Darien, CT RICHMOND, CA Crestwood, NY Gardnerville, NV athens, Greece FOLLONICA, Italy Brnshj, Denmark Houston, TX Monroe, MI Brooklyn, NY REDFORD, MI Las Pinas, Philippines CHICAGO, IL london, United Kingdom Lapua, Finland frankfurt, Germany Torino, Italy moscow, Russian Federation Page 273 -

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Please re-evaluate US aid to Ethiopia to keep the people from Gambella from being relocated from their land! They need you to stand up for them now!

7,630. Agnes Richardson Wickatunk, NJ

Stop neocolonialism!

Signatures 7,617 - 7,647

Name
7,648. Hailu Seyum 7,649. Alazar Chanko 7,650. Victoria Tomashoff 7,651. ruth jacobs 7,652. Theresa Stanek 7,653. Ann Huntting 7,654. Teka Berehanu 7,655. Assalahun Wondwossen 7,656. Patty Langford 7,657. ephrem shaul 7,658. Amitav Dash 7,659. Kay Hoff 7,660. Hailu Moges 7,661. Michele Wilkie 7,662. solomon yonas 7,663. Margot Fletcher 7,664. Christopher Grover

From
Ansbach, Germany Brussels, Belgium New york, NY YOUBOU, Canada Wickatunk, NJ Centralia, WA toronto, Canada ottawa, Canada Tatum, TX niel, Belgium Guelph, Canada Minocqua, WI Darmstadt, Germany Houston, TX decater, ID LAS VEGAS, NV Charlottesville, VA

Comments

Please do not tqke the land from people to whom it rightly belongs.They need to feed their families. the government has to obey the law .and repect the people's rights.

I've been to Gambella twice. There are very small subsistence farming communities throughout the countryside. It's fine to give them aid but let them be. We only have to look as far as our own Indian reservations to see how proud people can be ruined by forced relocation to be made more civilized.

7,665. Liz Bacon 7,666. Natinael Wedaji 7,667. Adrienne Weisman 7,668. Elizabeth Dostal 7,669. Oman Agwa 7,670. Abdu Mohammed 7,671. Elika Zomorodi 7,672. Ann Stephens 7,673. Jesse Rusoff 7,674. Eileen O'Carroll 7,675. Valerie Heinonen 7,676. Jayme Donez 7,677. Tim Robbins

Durango, CO Cologne, Germany Hermitage, TN Bloomington, MN Littleton, CO Falls Church, VA Santa Maria, CA Bethune, SC Ardmore, PA Maspeth, NY Ny, NY Lahaina, HI Glendale, CA Page 274 Signatures 7,648 - 7,677

Name
7,678. Sister Ethel Howley 7,679. tutu hailu 7,680. Mary Flattery 7,681. bezabeh weldma 7,682. Bianca Carrasco 7,683. Ben Gordon 7,684. wendy henry 7,685. heather gowans 7,686. Michele Barrett-Betsos 7,687. Omot Abella 7,688. paula onoff 7,689. Joshua Sloan 7,690. Franz Dorn 7,691. Adrienne Gardner 7,692. Fanaye Belayneh 7,693. erica Bennett 7,694. sisay ayana 7,695. Glen Anderson 7,696. gary leigh 7,697. Amanda Petty

From
Wilton, CT osnabrck, Germany Wilton, CT calgary, Canada Fort Worth, TX New orleans, LA Manchester, NH masterton, New Zealand Toronto, Canada Ottawa, Canada Castle Hayne, NC Silver Spring, MD Furth, Austria Mount Airy, NC Silver Sprimg, MD Santa Barbara, CA bern, Switzerland Lacey, WA GRANADA HILLS, CA ALEXANDER CITY, AL stockholm, Sweden summerville, SC Pretoria, South Africa Flushing, NY PERRYVILLE, MD Brooklyn, NY london, United Kingdom Reading, United Kingdom

Comments

7,698. Elizabeth Hoffman Putney, VT 7,699. milliyon biru 7,700. vickie roberson 7,701. Marcelle Barrett 7,702. Sandy Kerrigan 7,703. JILL Iracki 7,704. Donna Bradley 7,705. medhanye hagos 7,706. Nyikaw Ochalla

Human rights violations and land grabbing in Gambela deprives indigenous people decent livelihoods. In line with ever growing concern for insecurity and regional instability as a result of government inconsiderate so called development policy, major donors such as the US, EU and
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Name
7,706. Nyikaw Ochalla

From
Reading, United Kingdom Carlsbad, CA santa rosa, CA Twin Falls, ID Modena, Italy

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the UK should make the Ethiopian regime accountable for tax payers money. Act now to make a difference to indigenous people in the region and across the country.

7,707. Lorna Buratto 7,708. nicholas lenchner 7,709. Paul Ellison 7,710. Lonardi Andree

un giorno potremmo essere noi coloro che sono privati dei loro dirittti, coloro a cui viene tolta la possibilit di ribellarsi,difendersi e dichiarare l'ingiustizia subita. Facciamolo noi... Al posto loro,non vorremmo forse che qualcuno ci aiutasse?

7,711. Mary Jane Rhodes 7,712. Mary Miller 7,713. Susan Makos 7,714. Carolina Pandolfi 7,715. Andrea Carletti 7,716. Ann Pace 7,717. Jamilah Abu-Bakare 7,718. Patience Trickett 7,719. Richard Levasseur 7,720. andenhun beyen e 7,721. Anna Marie Rhodes 7,722. Kathy Gonzales 7,723. goitom bereket gebre michael 7,724. Patricia Catania 7,725. Kellen Soares 7,726. Janet Mulder 7,727. Linda Severdija 7,728. Kristina O'Brien

Louisville, KY Nazareth, KY Boynton Beach, FL Monte San Vito, Italy Osimo, Italy Atlanta, IN Toronto, Canada Shelburne, VT Chicago, IL york, Canada Louisville, KY Port of Spain, Trinidad And Tobago Alvsbyn, Sweden WEST HARTFORD, CT San Jose, CA Lelystad, Netherlands Mississauga, Canada Staten Island, NY I want the US to BE SURE and do whatever possible to see that these foreign countries are going to do what they promise! First sign of trouble and I want the US to take over again! support villages!!!

7,729. Katherine Stillman Wellfleet, MA Page 276 Signatures 7,706 - 7,729

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7,730. Anita Alfonso 7,731. Denise Roux 7,732. Elena Carter 7,733. Jane Baldwin 7,734. L B 7,735. Julia Tawyea' 7,736. Anne Deepak 7,737. Daniel weldab 7,738. Beth Saule 7,739. Bruktawit Asfaw 7,740. Mercedes Hollis 7,742. Edy Abdi Amin 7,743. Doriano Bigliardi 7,744. nini tefera 7,745. Richard Burns 7,746. waltraud kleinau 7,747. Mary Anne Hopgood 7,748. aboye asemerew 7,749. Mimisha Mamo 7,750. jamarr cogle 7,751. Ashanthi De Silva 7,752. ljiljana bahtjak 7,754. Solomon Gugsa 7,755. Alemayehu Jemberie 7,756. Omot Ojulu 7,757. eshete tentaw 7,758. Gretchen Hanger 7,759. muluneh woldeyes 7,760. david blanc 7,761. Sr. Mary Sonia Reyes 7,762. Getachew Teklu 7,763. Bruke Waktole

From
Portland, OR Puyallup, WA Savannah, GA Glen Ellen, CA Salem, MA Lake Ariel, PA Austin, TX Ringsted, Denmark Indianapolis, IN Norcross, GA Wyoming, MI Saupstad, Norway Bologna, Italy snellville, GA medford, OR nidda, Germany Aguas Buenas, PR tel aviv yafo, Israel Norcross, GA hollis, NY Chicago, IL Portland, OR Charlotte, NC Naperville, IL Gambela, Ethiopia seattle, WA NEW HOPE, MN bandhagen, sweden, Sweden brooklyn, NY Wolcott, CT St Paul, MN Washington, DC Page 277 -

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Dr. Rajiv Shah, I think you have a conflict of interest here! You should resign from your position as a USAID chief. I'm deeply affected by the relocation in my homeland. Not that only many people are physically and mentally abused by the government forces.

Signatures 7,730 - 7,763

Name
7,764. charles dsouza 7,765. Janet Yamin 7,766. David Zolan 7,768. Getachew Lemu 7,769. Christina Robertson 7,770. Keder Omer 7,771. Eenyummaa Beekaa 7,772. Juan Camacho 7,773. Martin Gem 7,774. Herbert Kaenzig 7,775. Abrehet Abdu 7,776. Janet Robinson 7,777. Stephen Mead 7,778. Sarah Mumford

From
bangalore, India New York, NY N Hollywood, CA Kitchener, Canada Toronto, Canada East Point, GA Stockholm, Sweden Madrid, Spain Wallington, United Kingdom Marly, Switzerland Montgomery Village, MD Boca Raton, FL Albany, NY Balloch, United Kingdom Columbus, OH

Comments

7,767. Keebek Guddinaa Uppsala, Sweden

What is going on in Ethiopia be it forced relocation, deception, killing, arresting people and human right violations are heart braking.

Please not relocate people against their wishes.

How dare you force these people to move? You just want the land, stop being greedy and live and let live. This type of agriculture does not solve anything, it creates worse - the relocated becomes a refugee in their own country. ...... and the agric corporation/foreign investment becomes rich but does not share - IMMORAL! The impact of relocation will certainly create an irreversible calamity, which will add to a regional problem in Somalia, with the potential to spread to Sudan & Kenya. If these Ethiopian lands show farming potential at large scales, why can't the government undertake this endeavor locally to benefit its people than selling land internationally; except that it is for the benefit of a few? I fail to understand how the world body can allow such a devious program to be undertaken by a corrupt government, in concert with a few greedy international investors, at the demise of a people. Moving is not a readily welcome process, and we all know even with convenient urban amenities how much of a hassle it is, let alone moving entire villages en-mass, for what, financial benefit of a few. We cannot, and should not allow these draconian behavior to continue to punctuate our legacies. It is very convenient and equally appalling for the U.S. to support and be in cahoots with Meles Zenawi and his repressive regime in
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7,779. Shakha Ramalohlanye

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Name
7,779. Shakha Ramalohlanye

From
Columbus, OH

Comments
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Ethiopia, while on the other hand the U.S. purports all democratic nothings at the demise of a helplessly defenseless people. We are all aware of the land-grab rush that is taking place in Africa, and it is ethically and morally irresponsible, and should not be allowed at all, because ultimately the end results to all these corruption will come back to haunt the rest of us.

7,780. Frederic Iterbeke 7,781. Sheila Stevens 7,782. Paul Mackenzie 7,783. Jodi gibson 7,784. Shannon Davies 7,785. Teal Church 7,786. Nancy Bowman 7,787. Sarah Reese 7,788. Jenna Thomas 7,789. Callie Poole 7,790. Manuel Covarrubias 7,791. bob e burnham 7,792. jude arsenault 7,793. Elena Schak 7,794. Max Schfer 7,795. Walter Breymann 7,796. Abebe Sahlesilassie

Gent, Belgium Phila, PA Kingston, Canada Mechanicsburg, PA Deland, FL Montpelier, VT Union City, NJ Arlington, VA La Fayette, IN Tucson, AZ Chula Vista, CA Boulder, CO Montreal, Canada Oxford, United Kingdom Berlin, Germany Hat Yai, Thailand Tokyo, Japan It is an irony for a country on foreign aid life support to lease its land. A responsible government should empower its own people than displacing them from their dissent life. How shameful it is when EPRD still implementing a failed Marxist policy! Forced displacement encorages instability and lawlessness that will have an impact not only to Ethiopia but also in the region. Such madness has to be stopped as soon as possible. Every Ethiopians right to live must be respected!

7,797. Axel Huizinga 7,798. Pascal Molineaux 7,799. Robert Rogers 7,800. Debbie Gallo 7,801. Ben adi 7,802. Henry Berkowitz

Briedel, Germany Cali, Colombia Angleton, TX Mississauga, Canada Zurich, Switzerland Sabinsville, PA Page 279 Signatures 7,779 - 7,802

Name
7,803. penny panos 7,804. Cristina Ro Lpez 7,805. Mary Rowell 7,806. David Gittins 7,807. Gil Sansn 7,808. T Houtman 7,809. Heather Erickson 7,810. Lisandro Francucci 7,811. Alison Hogan 7,812. Grant Lupher 7,813. Sri Varadachary 7,814. Mary Wellington 7,815. tessier bull 7,816. Barb Collier 7,817. Agnes Khoo Schwenk 7,818. Sibylle Schwarz 7,819. kate mazurek 7,820. Joyce Marie Cockerham 7,821. Abiye Gebrehiwot 7,822. Meredith Kearns 7,823. nicole livar 7,824. Natalie Diebolt 7,825. Corinne musy 7,826. Fikirt L 7,827. Paul Beach 7,828. Matthieu Brillet 7,829. Tiffany Gagnon-Wielart 7,830. Neil Armstrong 7,831. Steve Thompson

From
Burbank, CA Ferrol, Spain Lake Mary, FL Cleckheaton, United Kingdom Caracas, Venezuela Utrecht, Netherlands Burlington, Canada Santa Fe, Argentina Ajax, Canada Los Angeles, CA Bengaluru, India Tucson, AZ San Jose, CA Sturgeon County, Canada Monongahela, PA Bonnyville, Canada Franklin Park, IL Troy, NY Jessup, MD Lanexa, VA East Lansing, MI Gore Bay, Canada St-Lgier, Switzerland Alexandria, VA Philadelphia, PA Armaill, France New Rochelle, NY Orgiva ,Andalucia, Spain, Spain Camberley, United Kingdom Page 280 -

Comments

Is their poverty not enough? does the Government have to punish them further

Small-scale local farming is always better than factory farms, which should be banned internationally!

7,832. Theodosia Kaouni Nafplio, Greece Signatures 7,803 - 7,832

Name
7,833. Silvia Licciulli 7,834. mariana weinberger 7,835. Angela D'Elia 7,837. Vera Riley 7,839. Kristina Snyder 7,840. Teresa Edmonds 7,841. Smita Mahaajn 7,842. Nicole Jessup 7,843. Sergey Galushko

From
Philadelphia, PA Beer Sheva, Israel Petaluma, CA Elizabethtown, NY Lakewood, CO Carmel Valley, CA Chicago, IL North Charleston, SC edmonds, WA

Comments

7,838. LaTrenda Hayden Los Angeles, CA

A thorough investigation should be performed on that and on the similar programs financed by taxpayers' money. I don't believe in them being well planned and properly executed. There is always a high probability of corruption on both sides. Instead of letting local population using that money for progressive economic and social development those funds just disappear in deep pockets of corrupt officials leading to various social and military conflicts and growing number of refugees. It's more than stupidity to clear forests (!) in Africa. It's a crime. Especially when it's done by foreign corporations. Africa is being practically raped socially and economically by the so-called developed world for centuries and all evil regimes there are first gladly fostered by foreign governments and then brutally attacked when they believe the time for a new puppet has come.

7,844. Paula Morgan 7,845. Shane Boyson 7,846. Julie Caldwell 7,847. samrawit michael 7,848. Ian Kiddle

Hollywood, FL GP, Canada Erie, PA alexandria, VA Havelock North, New Zealand San Rafael, CA Mnsing, Germany North Vancouver, Canada Budapest, Hungary Beccles, United Kingdom Cork, Ireland Page 281 Your environment IS your Life! Treasure it! Signatures 7,833 - 7,855

7,849. Stephanie Perdew Osprey, FL 7,850. carmen mateo 7,851. Eve Saglietto 7,852. william bradford 7,853. Julieta Nagy-Navarro 7,854. Sandra Knights 7,855. Rob Fry

Name
7,856. Monique Mancilla 7,857. Ben Krohling 7,858. Janet Darlington 7,859. Yemane Sium

From
Ventura, CA Minneapolis, MN Ottawa, Canada Stavanger, Norway

Comments

I strongly disagree with the Ethiopian Goverment which is harasing the land of the innocrent ethiopian inhabitant of the region just for the interest of small groups of its own circle.

7,860. Jassmin Poyaoan 7,861. N. Josef Sindermann 7,862. Gumaa Guddaa 7,863. Joel Belanger 7,864. Sakilah Melchishua 7,865. Robert Griffin 7,866. Shirley Stoneburg 7,867. George Leddy 7,868. Ahmed Siradje 7,869. michelle walters 7,870. Alebel Meshesha

Berkeley, CA Niddatal, Germany London, United Kingdom Apache Junction, AZ Doha, Qatar North Hollywood, CA London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, CA nrnberg, Germany South Bend, IN Bellaire, TN In country where 90% of the population is undernourished , 14 million people in dire need for emergency food aid, ruled by "tribal" gangsters, fertile land is leased 50-99 years or sold for a penny to the dollar and whatever produced is shipped clean back to wherever the newr feudal lords native country. It seems that the world is in a reverse gear back to the time where might makes it right. After all, Land Grab is a synonym to a robbery in a broad day light, by proxy of course, and in a grand scale. The difference is this one is conveniently named "Investment" therefore not only misleading but also a cruel joke. It must stop! to kepp on his power teak awey the land from the poor farmers and seal not onley as anethiopian as a heumanbing desagree this Please STOP supporting a regime that is evicting indiginous peoples from their homelands! The current Ethiopian regime's land sale practice amounts to ethnic cleansing and crime against humanity as far as the indigenous population is concerned.

7,871. Bryan Wilson 7,872. Linda Moscarella 7,873. James Byrne 7,874. Jack Claff 7,875. greg meyer 7,876. gwen hawtof

Seattle, WA El Prado, NM Town Center, NJ Lismore, Australia Bellingham, WA Key West, FL Page 282 Signatures 7,856 - 7,876 Shenanigans and shame on you

Name
7,877. fred haskins

From
Kellyville, Australia

Comments
The take over of agricultural land by corporate bodies is world wide, the result will result in starvation civil unrest, The diversity of crops is paramount for the survival of all of us. Corporate farms mono crop, often over whole regions or countries . we have no genetic diversity. recipe for disaster No displacement of Ethiopian villagers. Once again it's all about money, not the best for the local population. No to corporate farms. Act for the People of Ethiopia not the corporate farming interests.

7,878. Anton Kiendl 7,879. Rita Childers

Kirchheim, Germany Cottonwood, AZ

7,880. Chris Lee 7,881. Andrew Kitching 7,882. ida alhabshi 7,883. dino ayalew 7,884. Odangi Okal 7,885. Lidia Baltazar 7,886. Dawn Gifford 7,887. carlos yantorno 7,888. david h 7,889. Brunilda Rosario 7,890. Leah Sitkin 7,891. Gavin Bornholtz 7,892. Donna Khoury 7,893. Stu Farnsworth 7,894. edgar coxeter 7,895. obuuy omot 7,896. dean wilson 7,897. Julie Wreford 7,898. K Dorn 7,899. omot onegum 7,900. Laura Northcraft 7,901. Mari Matsuo 7,902. afroditi katsikis 7,903. tom roberts 7,904. Barbara McIntosh

Mosman, Australia Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom Houston, TX los angeles, CA calgary, Canada Sabugal, Portugal San Diego, CA Corodba, Argentina 1, United Kingdom Aguadilla, Puerto Rico Athens, GA Grand Blanc, MI Fillmore, CA Eagan, MN Etobicoke, Canada Saint Cloud, MN plaquemine, LA Newport, United Kingdom Grand Jct, CO ANDYVILLE, MN Streator, IL Albany, NY Rio Vista, CA Fresno, CA Rockford, IL Page 283 Signatures 7,877 - 7,904 Stop US Aid to Ethiopia.

Name
7,905. John Bootle 7,906. chris wolf 7,907. Heather Mattoon 7,909. Suzan Morris 7,910. KAY CAREY 7,911. Diana Stewart 7,912. anne barusta 7,913. Olayi Oman 7,914. wendy thory 7,915. george drassas 7,916. Charalene McLaughlin 7,917. Freddie Williams 7,918. Peter Foreman 7,919. Tim Dymond 7,920. magali lachot 7,921. gloria lawson 7,922. Carolien Prinsloo 7,923. joseph zmuda 7,924. Stefan Kuntner 7,925. Yvette Slusarski 7,926. Pia Valota 7,927. theresa hebron 7,928. PJ McLoughlin 7,929. donald dicken 7,930. Benjamin Butler 7,931. Madeleine Painchaud 7,932. Clay McDowall 7,933. Shirley Marsh 7,934. ziegler Romina

From
Jacksontown, Canada Boston, MA Santa Barbara, CA Middletown, OH Beaverton, OR Springdale, WA Toronto, Canada ANDYVILLE, MN Tadworth, United Kingdom athens, Greece Bellingham, WA Benoni, South Africa Chelmsford, United Kingdom Perth, Australia Surprise, AZ Durham, United Kingdom Oldeberkoop, Netherlands North Riverside, IL Dornach, Switzerland CLEVELAND, OH Milan, Italy King George, VA

Comments
This is about bribed Ethiopian Gov. giving up the rural land to Big Agra. It is no less than criminal and it is being carried out under the U.N. Agenda 21. thank you for your efforts

7,908. Brandi Whitecloud Penn Hills, PA

this is sick in this day and age!

This action is disgraceful and will ultimately cause terrorism behaviour, which we will deserve!

Don't let destroy the home and farmland of a large group of people.

Co. Tipperary, Ireland This is a disgraceful act, on what is an already ravaged country, an utter disgrace. cumberland, MD York, United Kingdom Outremont, Canada Anchorage, AK Fremantle, Australia Mnchen, Germany Page 284 Signatures 7,905 - 7,934

Name
7,936. Alexis Albu 7,937. Hannah Blakeman 7,938. Annie Rose 7,939. Susan Loose 7,940. Tyler Thompson 7,941. Lucretia Marriott 7,942. Jake Figura 7,943. Dijana Dugalija 7,944. matthew ebright 7,945. Liz Harris 7,946. Meg Graham 7,947. Elizabeth Butler 7,948. roro mekonen 7,949. Amir Niknam 7,950. Victoria Pohrebna 7,951. Shoshana Katz 7,952. Diane Adams 7,953. Mandy Cook 7,954. Stefania Laguardia 7,955. james bailey 7,956. Sabrina Keley 7,957. David Follows

From
Boyertown, PA Myrtle Beach, SC Adelaide, Australia Wrexham, United Kingdom Kansas City, MO Chicago, IL London, Canada Harrison Township, MI Cupertino, CA London, United Kingdom Sunshine Coast, Australia Henderson, KY fort Mcmurray, Canada Northridge, CA Kiev, Ukraine Rishon Le Zion, Israel Alpine, TN Shawsville, VA Bologna, Italy Newcastle - upon Tyne, United Kingdom Helsinki, Finland Fletchetown, United Kingdom Mankato, MN Sacramento, CA Modesto, CA Antwerpen, Belgium

Comments

7,935. Crossley Pinkstaff New York, NY

U.S stop supporting such inhumane practice and put in place better controls on the aid you give.

when will the world wake up to the TRUE consequences of its actions! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

7,958. Demelash Mersha Toronto, Canada 7,959. Ojulu Alwal 7,960. Kathryn Pierce 7,961. Mary Miller 7,962. Tomas Alexsander

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Signatures 7,935 - 7,962

Name
7,963. Abiy awoke 7,964. Steve Branch 7,965. steve kay 7,966. Esther Simon 7,967. Kayla Wolfaardt 7,968. Esmeralda Hassan 7,969. Abonesh Taddesse 7,970. Barbara Mahati Schfer 7,971. Kubi Lemma 7,972. solomon yedeto 7,974. Karen Morales 7,975. Steven John Willett 7,976. Jay Omot 7,977. Hezekaya T 7,978. Joseph Gonzales 7,979. Sharron Cordaro

From
stockholm, Sweden Providence, RI Hamilton, OH Bogis-bossey, Switzerland Plett, South Africa Dubai, United Arab Emirates Oslo, Norway Mllheim, Germany bodo, Norway dallas, TX PHOENIX, AZ Manchester, United Kingdom Cottage Grove, MN Loveland, OH Los Angeles, CA San Bernardino, CA

Comments
I strongly condemn the forced relocation of the people for the land grab.

we need justice

7,973. Maximillian Regan Minneapolis, MN

Dear Pres. Obama. Please remove aide to Ethiopia when it's dislocating thousands of people and selling land to foreigners. We have our own budget that needs dealing with, and these millions could help.

7,980. Chris Emberson 7,981. Ronnie Abbott 7,982. c. a. Larson 7,983. kifle azmach gebremeskel 7,984. Luc Hurt 7,985. Tamrat Tefeea 7,986. niall sandford 7,987. NO FW NEWS AM Rumbak 7,988. yana dimitrova 7,989. Sally Moore

Orillia, Canada Cyton Le Moors, United Kingdom Eden Prairie, MN brum, Norway Echternach, Luxembourg SILVER SPRING, MD Bedford, United Kingdom Zagreb, Croatia Haskovo, Bulgaria St Kilda, Australia Page 286 Signatures 7,963 - 7,989

Name
7,990. Justin Chrtien 7,991. Stacey Cannon 7,992. Audrey Hackett 7,993. April Terry 7,994. Ryan Hendra 7,995. Max Bustos 7,996. Lorie Vorraro 7,997. Eveline Mutsaerts 7,998. zeleke belaye 7,999. Heather Mansker 8,000. I. Quast 8,001. Friday Omot 8,002. Elizabeth Ogalla 8,003. tak omot 8,004. C Cunningham 8,005. Laura Tufo 8,006. Sofie Tufo 8,007. Lusine Uzunyan 8,008. Negash Gebretsadik 8,009. Dejenu Zerga Dibaba 8,010. melissa coggiola 8,011. Jan-Paul Alon 8,012. Julija Merljak

From
Rennes, France Salisbury, NC Charlotte, NC Hobart, IN Umhlanga Rocks, South Africa CONCORD, VA Alpena, MI Bredene, Belgium bahir dar, Ethiopia Fountain Valley, CA Duisburg, Germany mankato, MN Cottage Grove, MN cottage grove, MN Chattanooga, TN Adelaide, Australia Adelaide, Australia Van Nuys, CA Lund, Sweden Ostersund, Sweden Hudson, FL Cherry Hill, NJ Neptune, NJ

Comments

meles is exceptional dictatores

Stop the Greed...SOW a SEED of PROSPERITY for ETHIOPIANS and Their Land....

8,013. meretework feleke frankfrt, Germany

I have to say one thing for this illegal woyane how much he hate our people in ethiopia ,stop innucent people genocide,eth. Milltary stop supporters woyoane.he is our enemies seve our notion,we are noe love one ethiopia!woyane, looting Betrayed eth. woyane is receving billion dollares in the name of poor.this dictatorship must go!!!! God bless our people our land!!!! If not now...when?

8,014. Reggie Edu 8,015. deborah dauda 8,016. Jeremy Brabender 8,017. Addis Swaby

fontana, CA palmdale, CA EVANSVILLE, IN Neptune, NJ

Stop the Forceful Relocation of people its the same program the channel never changes Signatures 7,990 - 8,017

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Name
8,018. Michael Arballo 8,019. Heidi Carlos 8,020. ricky rijsdijk 8,021. Mairone Kassa 8,022. Wadzanai Chiuriri 8,023. Hanaa Garad 8,024. Nicholas Charrette

From
Marina, CA Marina, CA Breskens, Netherlands Toronto, Canada Zimbabwe Alexandria, VA Vancouver, Canada

Comments

It seems the most despicable of crimes, to coerce those that can take care of themselves into a situation where they are dependent on others, and in the power of those they have no reason to trust. If they do not want what is being offered to them, they should be free to stay where they are and continue their lives in peace, and it is our responsibility to preserve their right to do so. Stop the US aid to Ethiopian government. I don't the land grabs and killing of the Anuak in their own land. Give back the land to Anuak. I am concerned that the poor are being deprived of a livelihood by these actions.

8,025. Obang Ojulu 8,026. okok Cham 8,027. Hannibal Abera 8,028. Joan Serda 8,029. Mardaasa Maaxo 8,030. Fuulaa Tokko

White Bear Lake, MN Worthington, MN New York, NY Macon, GA Los ANGELES, CA Los Angeles, CA

Ethiopia's government human rights violations are an ever growing list. Consider the following report and personal account of torture by refugees in Somaliland http://oromocentre.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/report-47-hargeisa

8,031. Martha Agostini 8,032. sebastian langos 8,033. John Barbee 8,034. melka Tuffa 8,035. Alexandra Esser 8,036. Alemeseged Girma 8,037. Addiss Tadesse 8,038. Yamrot Negussie 8,040. Walelgne Mekonnen 8,041. Reisa Tomlinson 8,042. Mezgebu Feleke 8,043. Eden Ejigineh

milan, Italy Zittau, Germany Seattle, WA Antwerp, Belgium Skrholmen, Sweden Ozone Park, NY GERMANTOWN, MD SILVER SPRING, MD Addis Ababa, Ethiopia GREENBELT, MD Lier, Belgium Olney, MD Page 288 Signatures 8,018 - 8,043

8,039. Mehetabel Seyfou Antioch, TN

Name
8,044. Blaine Menelik 8,045. Sara Nickell 8,046. susan copeland 8,047. Tiffany Gooden 8,048. fedte segnaw 8,049. Dana Stickney 8,050. Debra Metcalf 8,051. Daniel Tefera 8,052. Roy Thatcher 8,053. Leslie Hadfield 8,054. G DE LOCHT 8,055. Birgitta Windt 8,056. Tedla Hailu 8,057. Cindy Andersen 8,058. Ngomanywaa Marwa

From
Bowie, MD DENTON, TX Orangeville, Canada Chicago, IL oslo, Norway MATTAPOISETT, MA Carlisle, MA Denver, CO TUCSON, AZ Provo, UT Brussels, Belgium Gothenburg, Sweden Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Springfield, IL KC, MO

Comments

This is not "bottom to top" development, which is what works best. This will not have the "buy in".

We are going to stop the land grabbers, Anyuak people will restore their land. Those who are relocated to the places they do not want to be will go back and reclaim their land and enjoy their life's. These are our ancestors lands, NOBODY can take it away from us. This needs to stop ASAP. The land my family has lived on for generations has been taken from them & they've been forcibly located some place else. But we will not stand around and let this happen. We will put a stop too this. STOP LAND GRABS!

8,059. Beta Ochala

KC, MO

8,060. zack Hailu 8,061. Anastasia Kruspe 8,062. hayat abrar 8,063. Shamuuna-Algazi Latifu 8,064. Meseret Bekele 8,065. Kristol Booth 8,066. Hana Copinga 8,068. Suzanne Burg 8,069. Karin Rantala 8,070. juanita mcneil 8,071. sinegeoirges ayalew

winnipeg, Canada Yelets, Russian Federation srinagar, India Bronx, NY Troms, Norway Perth, Australia Otautau, New Zealand Carlsbad, CA Helsinki, Finland NYC, NY bern, Switzerland Page 289 -

Stop the psychopat in Ethiopia (who is Meles Zenawi)!!!

Signatures 8,044 - 8,071

Name
8,072. TADESSE Etagegnehu 8,073. Samantha Quinn 8,074. Lucas McMahon 8,075. gebre mariam welde 8,076. Judith Stefancic 8,077. philippe dawance 8,078. Frida Simms 8,079. Lisa Damberger 8,080. Debebe Woldegiorgies 8,081. Eana Chung 8,082. David Turton

From
Zrich, Switzerland Guelph, Canada Guelph, Canada Nairobi, Kenya Burnaby, Canada Seraing, Belgium Alexandria, VA Grignan, France Munich, Germany Washington, DC Oxford, United Kingdom

Comments

What is happening in Gambella today is merely an 'overture' to what will be happening in the Lower Omo Valley over the next year. The Ethiopian government has shown no willingness to engage with constructive criticism and advice from those who have a detailed knowledge of the land and people of the Lower Omo and who are long-standing friends of Ethiopia. A huge moral responsibility therefore rests on Western donors (not least my own government which gives more foreign aid to Ethiopia than to any other country) to stand up for the rights and welfare of thousands of vulnerable and politically marginalised people in Gambella and the Lower Omo. Raphael Lemkin on the original meaning of the word 'genocide': "Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups." Why is the US government assisting a government bent on "villagization"? Is that just an Orwellian term for genocide? I wonder what Custer and Sitting Bull would have to say about all this...

8,083. David Way

Lakeview, OR

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Signatures 8,072 - 8,083

Name
8,084. Moreah Vestan 8,085. Jamie Bales 8,086. Ramachandran Palpandi Raja 8,087. samray yirgu 8,088. Fikru Zegeye 8,089. Arthur Weasley 8,090. Greta Hjarre 8,091. Raffaella Di Meglio 8,092. Tsehai Berhane-Selassie 8,093. Saher Ahmad 8,094. Dave Neumyer 8,095. Omot Abella 8,097. Sarah Hoesly 8,098. yalew zenebe 8,099. Samsson Abathewo

From
Seattle, WA Huntington Beach, CA Chennai, India

Comments
Take the morally right steps now--taking that land will result in more poverty and hopelessness. Come on--do the right thing!

Please stop the land grabbing. Stop treating Ethiopian tribals as animals. With the connivance of the Ethiopian Government you are all indulging in sinful deeds against humanity.

bern, Switzerland Jacksonville, FL Nashville, TN Wilen bei Wollerau, Switzerland Ischia (NA), Italy Buttevant, Ireland Antelope, CA Baltimore, MD Washington, DC HON, HI lynnwood, WA Columbia Heights, MN please obama and other who support this dictator government not help

8,100. tesfaye stockholm, Sweden gebretsadik kassa 8,101. Bruk Getaneh 8,102. samson desis 8,103. demeke degen 8,104. kedir jemal 8,105. dawit meg 8,106. Wondimu Dawit oslo, Norway oslo, Norway Vestby, Norway tromso, Norway oslo, Norway Boden, Sweden

8,107. meskerme tesfaya larvike, Norway yitna 8,108. gemeda tosi 8,109. kalkedan bruck 8,110. Bizualem Beza 8,111. Eadom Estifanos saint paul, MN stavenger, Norway Oslo, Norway hattfjeldall mottak, Norway Page 291 Signatures 8,084 - 8,111

Name
8,112. Bacha Tulu 8,113. MENGISTU AE 8,114. dejene sorii 8,115. Desta Heruy 8,116. Yohannes Zewge 8,117. Sirgut Yelma 8,118. ataklti grmai 8,120. Samson Tekle 8,121. Dereje Tamru 8,122. ephrem megersa 8,124. dawit demelash 8,126. bona sabona 8,127. FASIKA TESFAYE 8,128. Ester Tollossa 8,129. zinabu derbew 8,130. addis dadiy 8,131. hanan sadat 8,132. emshaw chana 8,133. martha fiseha 8,134. Dawit gessese 8,135. shibeshi Getachew 8,136. Ruth Kubierschky 8,137. yosef zewdu 8,138. miles teitge 8,139. Nicole Tozier 8,140. Melanie McComb 8,141. Dinda Evans 8,142. Emily Davis 8,143. Janelle Smith 8,144. Helene Fernandez 8,145. Arleen Akbari 8,146. Austin Chehrazi

From
bergen, Norway malmo, Sweden bergane, Norway Flor, Norway Sodertalje, Sweden oslo, Norway oslo, Ethiopia oslo, Norway Sola, Norway flor, Norway sandessjone, Norway bergen, Norway oslo, Norway oslo, Norway Trms, Norway oslo, Norway kristiansand, Norway sandnes, Norway calgary, Canada Otta, Norway Bergen, Norway

Comments

8,119. kalkidan moknnen drammen, Norway

very sad

stop harming innocent and poor Ethiopians!!

do your bast

nrb, Norway hailey, ID Queen Creek, AZ MANLIUS, NY San Diego, CA n. grafton, MA Berkeley, CA Aubagne, France Peachtree City, GA DANVILLE, CA Page 292 Signatures 8,112 - 8,146 The United States should stop supporting the degradation of environmental and human rights, it's outrageous that something like this is allowed to take place at all

Name
8,147. Sheree Silverman 8,148. Saleh A. Mamme 8,149. Jayson Garman 8,150. Heather Dahlke 8,151. MariaLuisa Oliva Marzo 8,152. GETACHEW AYELE GUDA 8,153. theodros markos 8,154. dawit temesgen 8,155. Okogn Akedi 8,156. Elzbieta Gotkowska 8,157. Elisa Minakis 8,158. Cheryl Lemaire 8,159. Jan Sanderson 8,160. Meredith Lind 8,161. paggiarin milena 8,162. Caroline Rozwadowska 8,163. Catherine Chalmers 8,165. Laura Russell 8,166. Hallie Brotherton 8,167. Miriam Garedew 8,168. Janusz Ostrycharz 8,169. Mekdelawit Bayu

From
Silver Spring, MD Sliema, Malta Phoenix, AZ New London, WI Bulbuente, Spain bergen, Norway Oslo, Norway Oslo, Norway Riverside, MO Lodz, Poland Toronto, Canada Jersey City, NJ Martinez, CA Knoxville, TN torino, Italy Brzesko, Poland Eastbourne, United Kingdom OCEAN PARK, WA Dunbar, WV oslo, Norway Seattle, WA Minneapolis, MN

Comments
The international community must help us in preventing land grab in Ethiopia For God's sake ! Let these people have some kind of help!

pleas every bady sign this petition.

8,164. Angeline Bussche Veldegem, Belgium

It is such a shame for the world to stand back and watch, even worse fund the Ethiopian Governments commune project. The people being forcefully allocated are terrorized by fear, by their peers and family members being tortured and in some instances being beaten to death, as reported by the Human Rights Watch. It is about time that the US and all other donor agencies and international institutions such as the World Bank, start doing the right thing for a change. Lets do the Rights Walk not only the Talk!

8,170. Mark Egan 8,171. Melka Tuffa

Baltimore, MD Antwerp, Belgium

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Signatures 8,147 - 8,171

Name
8,172. Kimberly Rowlett

From
Cleveland, TN

Comments
Eminent domain abuse, land grabs, or quiet threats for people to "sell thier land or we'll take it" is wrong whether done in a foreign country, or in the USA itself, by state /local/Fed authorities or even the TVA itself! Also, rural areas should have have to live "under threat" of thier rural farming areas, being urbanized, developed, which is a form of "land grab"!

8,173. Patrick Sennello 8,174. Natalie Pepper 8,175. Nancy Okita 8,176. Jamie Sparnon 8,177. Giovanna Hutchison

Zephyr Cove, NV San Lorenzo, CA Crystal Lake, IL Walbundrie, Australia Campbell, CA

8,178. Hamdela Lalamda Edmonton, Canada 8,179. Samuel Getachew stockholm, Sweden 8,180. Ayele Tachbel 8,181. Yimeku Tamirat 8,182. Abiy Mulugeta 8,183. Ahadu Ethiopia 8,185. asemahagne abebe 8,188. Wondye Melaku 8,189. Bekele Belay 8,191. Abera Mengistu Sterling, VA Twickenham, United Kingdom Vancouver, Canada Hamburg, Germany jackson ville, FL Alexandria, DC Toronto, Canada Silver Spring, MD People are being evicted from their ancestral land so that their land is sold for foreign governments, the product is for export and this is a clear violation of basic human and property rights. Ethiopia under Meles is threatned with genocide, if you have conscious, do not invite our criminal prime minister: Meles Zenawi American policy towards this dictator must take new turn. It is not logical to claim guardianship of democracy while at the same time winning 7 dinning with brutal dictators. Hope America listens to the victims , the Ethiopian people. stand by Ethiopian people not with tyrant and Murderer. LET EVERY ONE KNOWS ,ONE DAY ETHIOPIAN'S WILL BE FREE FROM EVIL LEADERS AND THEIR SUPORTERS.WHY THE WHITE HOUSE IS IMMORALS,IT IS RADICULES. Mr. President please stand by Ethiopian people not with tyrant like Meles Zenawi.

8,192. eskinder shimelis 8,193. sosna zeleke

BITTER LAKE, WA ottawa, Canada

8,194. Daniel Kebede 8,195. mitiku abate

Dufries, VA indianapolis, IN

8,196. Tadesse Bruck

HKI, Finland Page 294 Signatures 8,172 - 8,196

Name
8,197. G.Yohannes Adera 8,198. Genet Asefa

From
Berlin, Germany Atlanta, GA

Comments
Please don't support criminal , tyrant , Maoist , diktatures an elected Government . It's absolutly madness and shameful for the tyrant regime while the people of Ethiopia are starving instead of stealing money and depositing on western countries including Asia, If he was concerned about the country. The great farmers are hard working he could have bought for the money tractors and furtlizers and bring people from Ethiopia to train them further in agricltural proficiencies. What he does is testing his boundries how much he can get away with. Trust me we all will fight until the last person of us. We have never seen in Ethiopian history all the millitary is controlled by one etnicity, the countries wealth concentrated on the government and his cronies. If he has not learn in the past and blind and deaf his day will come. 5million Tigray can not control over 70million Ethiopian. Including his cronie who is blind and deaf who underestimate ethiopian power we are quiet people but we will rise his sheik alhamoudie should go back where he came from. Who knows what his agenda is trying to buy few poor ethiopians by giving them some money. Well it's known he he give in a spoon and take in a shovel you might regrate. Our forfathers faught italy, turky, british invaders to save a land where we can have pride and belong to you have to kill all of us before you can take it away. One good thing you did for us is we are unifyed today more than ever because we start questioning everybodies motive. All this poor Anuak, and Amhara, Oromo and muslims that has been killed you'll pay the price soon very soon. God is on our side....and we are determined.. It is very unacceptable and frustrating to see a country like the USA, an iconic nation for human rights and democracy, supporting despotic regimes like Mr Zenawi's government and their wicked agenda to stay in power and continue their abuse on their own poor citizens. Dear President Obama, please stop this insanity. Mr. Meles Zenawi is a tribalist and brutal dictator who is responsible for the death of millions of people by creating war, imprisonment, genocide, ethnic based murder and eviction of people from their properties. He is against freedom, equality, democracy and humanity in general. Inviting this inhuman dictator for G8 summit means endorsing genocide and all forms of inhumanity he is exercising on Ethiopian people. We like to remind for G8 summit that without freedom and democracy it is absolutely impossible to solve the problems of hunger or
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8,199. MESFIN TAYE

Stockholm, Sweden

8,200. missle hankerson 8,201. Emnet Bekalu

seatt.e, WA Calumet Park, IL

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Name
8,201. Emnet Bekalu

From
Calumet Park, IL

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food security in Ethiopia or anywhere else. It is also important to take into consideration that be partnering with this absolute dictator for temporary interest is losing people of Ethiopia as strategic partner and great friend.

8,202. efaliso philipos 8,203. Nigist Solomon

roermond, Netherlands Costa Mesa, CA Ethiopians have been subjected to hunger, human right abuse for the last 20 years under meles zenawi and it is time for the world recognize the brutality his party. We are outraged countries who claim to stand for freedom and democracy invite this dictator to discus a fundamental issue. Meles has sold million of hectares of fertile lands to foreigners when his own farmers remain hungry. If you truly stand for freedom and democracy, then it is for you to stop supporting this dictator.

8,204. kebede kidane 8,205. Mulugeta Tadele 8,206. cornelia maierl 8,207. Eshete Hailu

houston, TX buratu, Tokelau Elixhausen Salzburg, Austria Orilia, Canada To invite Meles to a discussion on food security is worse than the usual hypocritical stand the US adminsitration is known for taking on democracy and human right issuse. It is public knowledge that Meles' regime is making Ethiopia food insecure by denying Ethiopians' access to land while giving it away to foreigners. ENOUGH WITH MELES DICTATORSHIP!

8,211. mekides Mulugeta COSTA MESA, CA 8,212. haben solomon 8,213. Mezgebu Feleke 8,214. Obang Agwa 8,215. Biruk Hailu 8,216. Takele Habibu 8,217. Yedilaklil Hunde london, United Kingdom Lier, Belgium Edmonton, Canada Doha, Qatar waqshington, DC canyon, TX

Oboma, It is enough you are doing it to Palestinians The US should not subsidize dictatorships. The hypocrisy of vilifying the likes of Bashir, Asaad and Ahmedinajad while pampering the likes of Meles is not lost on any keen observer. This uneven treatment of dictators is eroding the prestige and frankly moral authority of the US on the international scene.

8,218. Samuel Zikargachew 8,219. sam molla

Ottawa, Canada phoenix, AZ I would say every Ethiopian people deserve freedom to live where ever they choose. Unjust relocation is a way to destroy the history of all Ethiopian people. Signatures 8,201 - 8,219

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Name
8,220. Frederic Luc 8,221. Raswork Mengesha

From
Courdimanche, France Hgersten, Sweden

Comments

Killing and displacing local communities,will not bring any change and solution, rather than complicating the situation. Our people deserve freedom to live where ever they choose. We must Act NOW!!!! I wish this is not the case, unfortunately Africa is full of looters, corrupt and barbaric leaders, once cling to power and no more unless death. Catch the thief!

8,222. Berhane Meskel Reda 8,224. Kurtegna Lejoch 8,225. Getatchew Haile 8,226. Monica Devens 8,227. Kelemua Demeke 8,228. Sherry Hull 8,229. zena h.mariam 8,230. K. Wessene 8,231. Miressa Garoma 8,232. Mabel Yang 8,233. Haile Tefera 8,234. Dorothy Osborn 8,235. Fasica Woldeyes 8,236. abebaw yilma

Winnipeg, Canada Washingont, DC Avon, MN Oakland, CA Montville, NJ Harrisburg, PA fort mc murray, Canada Morrisville, NC Raleigh, NC San Diego, CA Sugar Land, TX Durham, NC Durham, NC columbia heights, MN

Get loans to get tractors to Ethioipians to farm their own land. Stop unlawful Land Grabs which encourage dependencyand bondage.

please end the suffering of people once for all. stop working with dictators around the globe and send clear poicy change to them. thank you

8,237. Hirut Benalfew 8,238. Dikran Kabbendjian 8,239. Tezy Biru 8,240. Hirut Yirga 8,241. Portia Wilson-Whitaker 8,242. mulunesh Metaferia 8,243. Michael Hadland 8,244. Kristine Kaye

Durham, NC Raleigh, NC Silver Spring, MD Bowie, MD Durham, NC north york, Canada Nassau, Bahamas Cane Ridge, TN

8,246. Jessica Jakubanis Albuquerque, NM Page 297 Signatures 8,220 - 8,246

Name
8,247. jeff hopkins 8,248. melesse assefa 8,250. Annie McShiras 8,251. Ghennet Girma

From
Lindenhurst, IL SAN JOSE, CA Brooklyn, NY Paris, France

Comments

Land grabbing victims in Ethiopia are not just minorities or ethnic groups. This dictatorial regime is at logger heads with all sectors of society and has been using ethnicity and even religion to divide and rule. Human rights advocates are expected to stand against all abuses and for all affected sectors. Let us not be instrumental by following the same divisive approaches. Under such dictatorships it is the human rights of all citizens that are denied, including that of the girl child.

8,252. Ellen Park 8,253. Roberto Vian 8,254. Sergio Padilla 8,255. T Eng 8,257. Concerned Citizen 8,259. tasew mlk 8,260. Tewodros G 8,261. Yirgalem haile-mariam 8,263. simon willder 8,264. Krystal Strong 8,265. Bereket Kiros 8,266. Solomol Kassa

ENGLEWD CLFS, NJ Venezia, Italy Somoto, Nicaragua Miss, Canada New City, NY springfield, VA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia North york, Toronto, Canada Stoke-on-trent, United Kingdom Sitka, AK Seattle, WA BRONX, NY Mr. President, will you allow such atrocities to happen to your country? Probably not. Please do not support dictators, like Zenawi, to ruin the lives of 80 Million people

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