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Justice
Tour of American and Vietnamese Victims of
Agent Orange
Nov. 13
- Dec 12, 2005
Appeal of the Vietnam Association
of Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin, November 25, 2005.
IN
THE PRESS...
Blood
debt, by Sergio Barreto
(December 23, 2005), in Chicago
FreeSpeechZone,
April 22, 2006.
And
Their Children: Four million Vietnamese still suffer after-effecs
of the U.S. military's defoliant Agent Orange,
by Cydney Gillis, Real Change News, Seattle, WA, December 15,
2005.
Agent Orange,
 Program
#37-05, Univ. of South Florida, produced by Miae Kim, January
3, 2006.
December
7th 2005 Agent Orange Tour to Portland, by Dan Shea, Veterans
For Peace, Local Chapter 72, and KBOO
interview, by Miae Kim, December 29, 2005.
U.S. vets join
Vietnamese Agent Orange victims, by Elisabeth Schreinemacher,
Inter Press Service News Agency, Human Rights, December 19, 2005.
Vietnam:
Lessons of forgiveness and hope, by Bette Lee, The Portland
Alliance, Volume 25, No. 12, December 2005, page 9.
The U.S.
people support the Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange. by
VN, Lao Ðộng Daily, Dec. 15, 2005 .
The Agent
Orange victim delegation concluded its successful tour of the
U.S. by VNA reporter in New York, Nhân Dân Daily,
Dec. 14, 2005.
Agent Orange
discoverer tries to make amends. by Linda Conner Lambeck,
Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, CT), Dec. 10, 2005 .
Agent
Orange victims: "The war continues in the bodies of Vietnamese".
by Pepe Lorenzo, People's Weekly World Newspaper, Dec. 8, 2005.
Vietnamese
reparations "tour": For me, a night of sadness, anger
and partial redemption. by Jack Dalton, Dec. 7, 2005 .
Agent Orange victims speak by Russell Max Simon, December
4, 2005...
An old
enemy comes to U.S. by Chau Lam, Newsday
November 17, 2005, reprrinted in Los Angeles Times,
Nov. 27, 2005 .
Vietnamese
victims of Agent Orange touring the U.S. by Paddy Colligan,
Nov. 26, 2005 .
March 2006
International Conferene on Agent Orange: in Hanoi, Vietnam—The
Call.
AFP English,
November 28, 2005 at the Wall: Vietnamese, Americans highlight
plight of Agent Orange victims...
Chicago
Tribune, November 25, 2005: Vietnamese aided on war poison
claim, by Oscar Avila... Read here.
Washington,
Nov. 26 (VNA) - C-Span,on Nov. 25 evening carried a segment
presenting two books written by Philip
Jones
Griffiths, about Viet Nam and the consequences of Agent Orange/Dioxin
in the war-torn country.
Soldiers and Scientists present Depleted
Uranium—the Agent Orange of the Iraq War 11/10/2005
at the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture (Bronx, NY).
Solidarity
message from Nodutdol for the Korean community development
to VAVA delegation on November 16, 2005 at the Community Church
of New York. See Programme.
Lao Dong
(Labor Daily) reported 11/12/2005 on the victims of Agent
Orange touring the United States... and how the U.S. Embassy denied
Nguyen Muoi's visa because he is poor and unemployed...
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Meet
Vietnamese Survivors of Agent Orange.
Help Welcome Them & Hear Their Stories!
Biographies of the 2005 Agent Orange delegation.
Click Petition
to sign online in support of the victims of Agent Orange.
 ars
do not end when the bombs stop falling and the fighting ceases.
The devastation continues long after, in the land and in the minds
and bodies of the affected population. As part of healing the
wounds of war, Vietnamese survivors of Agent Orange, who still
seek justice more than 30 years after the end of the war, will
be coming to the United States to meet us.
Today, three million Vietnamese suffer the effects of chemical
defoliants used by the United States during the Vietnam War. Tens
of thousands of U.S. soldiers are also affected. The use of Agent
Orange has caused birth defects in hundreds of thousands of children
in Vietnam and the U.S. — the second and third generations of
those who were exposed to Agent Orange decades ago.
While U.S. veterans have received some measure of compensation,
after years of struggle, Vietnamese victims have not received
a single cent of compensation or humanitarian aid from the U.S.
government or the chemical manufacturers. Vietnamese citizens
have filed a lawsuit to hold the chemical companies responsible
for the manufacture of Agent Orange and to achieve justice.
For 30 days from November 13 to December 12, 2005, Agent Orange
victims from Vietnam will visit the U.S. at the invitation of
veterans, Vietnamese American and peace activists. This delegation
includes:
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Đặng
Thị Hồng Nhựt (68) –
a woman from Hồ Chí Minh City with multiple miscarriages between
1973 and 1980 after exposure to Agent Orange around May 1965.
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Hồ
Sỹ Hải (61) – an army
truck driver from Thái Bình who suffers from chronic hepatitis,
gastro-duodenal ulcer, enterolitis and enlargement of prostate
as a result of his exposure in Atopo, and Quang Tri between
1965 and 1973. |
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Visa
was denied by the U.S. government: Nguyễn
Mười (22) – the son
of a veteran of the ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
from Huế who has spina bifida as a result of his 59 year old
father’s exposure to Agent Orange in 1970. His mother had
two miscarriages in 1974 and 1976. |
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Dr.
Nguyễn Trọng Nhân (72)
– Not a survivor. Head of the
Agent Orange delegation. An expert and former president of
Vietnam Red Cross, representing the Vietnam Association for
Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA).
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Vũ
Bình –
translator for the delegation, from Vietnam Union of Friendship
Association. |
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Merle
Ratner –
Co-coordinator of Vietnam Agent Orange Relief & Responsibility
Campaign, travelling with the delegation. |
Your presence is vital to obtain justice for our Vietnamese sisters
and brothers. Please have your organization endorse, volunteer
to help and attend the meeting in your city.
The American and Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange passed by:
November 12, 2005:
Arriving from Vietnam and being at the New York City Staten
Island Ferry...
November 13 – 17,
2005: New York City
 New
York City
November 15/2005:
WBAI 7:40 AM Wake
Up Call, 10:40 AM Global Justice, 11:00
AM Ecologic, 3:00 PM Newsday,
6:30 PM IAC HQ
November 16/2005: 10:00 AM United for Peace & Justice HQ,
6:30 PM Public event at Community
Church of New York... Nov
16, 2005 leaflet for New York City event
November 18 –
21, 2005: Boston MA
 Boston
MA events: see Pictures
and report by VietnamNet.
November 22 –
25, 2005: Philadelphia PA
7:00 PM November 22, 2005, American Friends Service
Committee.
Thanksgiving Dinner at Ellen, Eric and Tài's
and the parade of the pies.
November 25 – 29,
2005: Washington DC
Washington DC events:
See picture
report by Walter Teague.
November 29 – 30,
2005: Raleigh NC
Raleigh
NC event: November 29, 2005 7:30 PM Community United Church
of Christ, Intersection
of Wade Avenue & Dixie Trail
November 30 – December
2, 2005: Chicago IL
 Chicago
IL event: 6:00 PM November 30, 2005 at
Roosevelt University, Congress Lounge, 2nd Floor.
See Press Release.
December 2 – 5,
2005: Santa Fe NM
Santa Fe NM events: KSFR with
Diego Mulligan, Ralph Steele's healingblessing
ceremony,TEWA women center, Tour the Pueblo,
event at El Museo, desert potluck with
local community, Albuquerque
Journal North front page...
December 5 – 8,
2005: Seattle/Kirkland WA & Portland OR
 Seattle/Kirkland
WA events: 7:00 PM December 5, 2005 at
University Friends Meeting Hall,
6:00 PM December 6,
2005, No Host Dinner & Program at Kirkland Congregational
Church.
Portland
OR event: 7:00 PM December 7, 2005 at
the Multicultural Center, Portland State University, & Interview
at KBOO.
December 8 – 11,
2005: The Bay Area CA
The
Bay Area CA events: Thursday, Dec. 8, 7:00
PM, KPFA APEX Express Interview in
Berkeley — Friday, Dec. 9, 12:45 PM Balboa High
School, SF— 6:00 PM - CBS 5 San Francisco report
by Thuy Vu — 6:30-8:30 PM, Public Event at Stanford,
520 Lasuen Mall. Asian American Activities Ballroom, 2nd Flr
of the Clubhouse in South Wing of Old Union — Saturday,
Dec. 10, 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Public Event at War Memorial Veterans
Building, Rm 212. 401 Van Ness Ave at McAllister St
near Civic Center BART Station... See Press
Release! Pictures by Tony Nguyen.
December 12, 2005:
Leaving for Vietnam
Join us in welcoming Vietnamese Agent Orange victims to the U.S.
and in achieving justice! Read
more and download flyers.
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