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<b><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-size:large">On August 10th</span></span></b> -
International Agent Orange Day, the 51st anniversary of the first use
of Agent Orange in Vietnam, please join in 51 seconds of silence to
commemorate those harmed by Agent Orange and 51 seconds of action to
make sure the victims receive justice and assistance.
In the past 51 years, millions of Vietnamese people have died.
Millions continue to suffer from cancers and birth defects which affect
three generations, including babies born every day. In the United
States, veterans of the U.S. war in Vietnam also suffer from illnesses
and their children, from birth defects.<BR>
Those responsible – the United States government and the chemical
companies which made this deadly chemical weapon, including Dow Chemical
and Monsanto – have yet to compensate their victims or clean up the
land they poisoned.<BR>
In the 8th month, on the 10th day at 12 noon join people across the globe in:<BR><ul><li><span style="font-size:x-large"><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>51 seconds of silence</b></span></span> to
reflect upon 51 years of spraying Agent Orange and 51 years of
suffering of the victims in Vietnam, the U.S. and around the world from
Agent Orange, as well as all victims of war<BR>
</li><li><b><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><span style="font-size:x-large">51 seconds of action</span></span></b> to let your congressional representatives know you want them to take action to help the victims:<BR>
<ul><li>Ask five of your friends to sign and circulate the orange
postcard you already signed to their congress member, asking that they
support H.R. 2634 – the <i>Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011</i>, by going to<a href="http://www.vn-agentorange.org/5_addresses.php" target="_blank">http://www.vn-agentorange.org/5_addresses.php</a><BR>
</li><li>Donate to the V<i>ietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign</i> at<a href="http://www.vn-agentorange.org/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.vn-agentorange.org/donate.html</a><BR></li></ul>
</li></ul>The postcard asks our representatives to provide:<BR><ul><li>Health care and social services for affected <b><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)">Vietnamese</span></b>,<BR></li><li>Medical assistance to affected <b><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)">c</span></b><span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>hildren and grandchildren of American Vietnam veterans</b></span>,<BR>
</li><li>Extending the National Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Study to also assess<span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>Vietnam veterans</b></span>' health,<BR></li><li>Health care for affected <span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>Vietnamese Americans</b></span> and their offspring, and<BR>
</li><li>Clean up of the <span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>lands</b></span> and <span style="color:rgb(255,102,0)"><b>restore eco-systems</b></span> contaminated by Agent Orange/dioxin in Vietnam.<BR></li></ul>
Thank you for your support!<BR>
Sincerely,<BR>Merle Ratner, Susan Schnall, Paul Cox and Ngô Thanh Nhàn<br><font size="-2">On behalf of the <i>Vietnam Agent Orange Relief and Responsibility Campaign</i>, a project of Veterans for Peace and a partner of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and the National Lawyers Guild.</font><BR>
<hr>Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility Campaign<br>P.O. 303 Prince Station, New York, NY 10012 • <a href="http://www.vn-agentorange.org/" target="_blank">www.vn-agentorange.or</a> </div></body>
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