The Five Freedoms Forum (FFF) was founded in late 1986 in response to a call from the black community for whites to show a tangible response to the State of Emergency. This broad regional alliance was made up of some twenty five organisations, ranging from human rights groups to religious, political, professional and student organisations. The FFF had the dual objective of heightening awareness within the white community and drawing whites into anti-apartheid action. The aim was to remove apartheid and have one country and one people in South Africa. This was to be achieved by striving for the five freedoms: freedom from want, freedom of speech and association, freedom from fear, freedom of conscience and freedom from discrimination.