Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice empowers people of faith and people of conscience in the Washtenaw County/Ann Arbor, Michigan area to act on their moral and religious values to build a better world.
More than half the world’s governments have banned the production, use, and export of cluster bombs. Meeting in May, 111 countries decided that the global community should not tolerate the use of weapons that kill or maim more civilians than combatants. The U.S. government did not attend the negotiations. Instead, the Bush administration worked from the sidelines to weaken the treaty and to discourage some governments from attending.
Following the negotiations, the U.S. military released a “new” cluster bomb policy that would allow the Pentagon to continue using these indiscriminate weapons for the next ten years.
You can help move U.S. policy in the right direction by urging your senator Carl Levin to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594). This bill states that, “Cluster munitions will not be used where civilians are known to be present or in areas normally inhabited by civilians.”
As chair of the Armed Services committee, Sen. Levin is the most influential senator on questions of military policy. His support for cluster bomb legislation would provide strong encouragement for other senators to do the same.
Posted by MarkB as Nuclear Disarmament on July 22, 2008 at 11:34 AM PDT
The Health Care for MI Campaign work is on hold, but do you still want to get involved in local action for health care justice? Join us on Thursday, July 10 at 6:30pm to view the first in a major PBS series, “Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?”
What connections exist between healthy bodies, healthy bank accounts and skin color? This month’s dinner and a movie will feature the first segment of Unnatural Causes: In Sickness and in Wealth. Follow four individuals from different walks of life to see how their position in society-shaped by social policies and public priorities-affects their health.
Join community members for an engaging film, insightful discussion, and opportunities for action on this important issue. FREE and open to the public. All are welcome to RSVP and bring a dish to pass, but this is not required. Dinner will begin at 6:30PM, and the movie will be at 7PM. Located at Memorial Christian Church, 730 Tappan, Ann Arbor. Questions? Want to RSVP? Contact Jaimie Philip at 734.663.1870 or jaimie@umich.edu
Posted by gracek as Health Care, Racial and Economic Justice on July 3, 2008 at 1:01 PM PDT
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