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2008 Justice Tour
Vietnamese Women Agent Orange Victims Visiting 10 US Cities, Sept 28–Nov 1, 2008
Co-sponsors:
Veterans For Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
National Lawyers Guild & United For Peace & Justice
Press conference at the Supreme Court, Oct. 6 2008
The International Corporate Campaign begins!
Dow and Monsanto: Do the right thing -
Compensate Vietnam's Agent Orange Victims!
The first day in New York City...
 Our budget is $41,600 for the 2008 Justice Tour visiting 10 cities thoughout the U.S. So far we have raised $34,186.61 (as of 12/31/2008). Your donation is tax deductible, please donate today!
Brief tour schedules for the delegation:  9/28 - 10/5: New York City 10/6 - 10/8: Washington DC 10/9 - 10/12: Birmingham AL: 10/12 - 10/14: Pittsburgh PA, United Electrical workers (10/13, 8am), Reconciliation & Healing: Remembering Vietnam, La Roche College (2 events, 10/14), contact us 10/15 - 10/18: Detroit MI, National Lawyers Guild, Law for the People Convention: 2 AO workshops, meeting with Rep. Conyers, dinner with VFP/VVAW (10/17) 10/19 - 10/21: Chicago IL, Chicago Public Radio Worldview (10/20, 9am), Roosevelt University (10/20), Hull House, U of Illinois at Chicago 10/22 - 10/25: Portland & Eugene OR, 175 Knight Law School, 10/22 7pm (Eugene, contact: Multicultural Center, Survival Center, Womens
Center, Esq., Veterans For Peace Eugene Chapter 929, CALC Community Alliance for Lance County, UO Survival Center). Lane College, Asian American Studies (10/23 4pm), KBOO (Portland), 10/24, Multnomah Friends Meeting House, 4312 S.E. Stark St, 7pm (Portland), contact us 10/26 - 10/28: Los Angeles CA, lunch event at Balch Auditorium, Scripps College (Asian American Student Union, Asian American Resource Center, Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE), Pacific Basin Institute, the Intercollegiate Dept of Asian American Studies, and the Motley Coffeehouse), contact us 10/28 - 10/31: Bay Area CA
November 1, 2008
Parting at the San Francisco International Airport with friends in the VFP 69
October 30, 2008
 San Francisco Proclamation declares October 30, 2008 as the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange Day. Full view of the Proclamation .
Public event at the Veterans Bldg with Rep. Filner (7:00 pm, Rm 223, 401 Van Ness at Golden Gate, San Francisco), and dinner with Rep. Bob Filner.
SFSU Asian Studies, 4:00 pm
October 29, 2008
The House of Representatives of United Teachers Los Angeles, the union representing 48,000 teachers and health and human service professionals in the second largest school district in the country, passed an Agent Orange resolution at its meeting on October 29.
Glaser Center (7:00 pm 547 Mendocino Ave. at 10th St, Santa Rosa)
October 28, 2008
Steve Dzung Pham on The Pioneer, November 6 2008, with a circulation of 11,000: "Victims of Agent Orange in the East Bay" at CSU East Bay.
Laney College (4:00 pm, Oakland)
and students activity outdoors
October 27, 2008
Public event by UCLA Downtown Labor Center, Strategy Center (675 S Parkview St, LA, 10/27, 6-8pm),
Gabriel San Roman interviews the delegation on KPFK Uprising Radio (listen to mp3 link, 10/27 9:50 am)
October 26, 2008
Reception of the Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles (10/26, 7-9pm, contact Ana Mascareñas)
Cocktail reception by CHEER (10/26, 4-7pm, contact Amanda Steiman)
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Cocktail Reception for the "Agent Orange Delegation" from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
CHEER FOR VIETNAM invites you to join us to meet
the Agent Orange Delegation
sponsored by VAORRC, Veterans for Peace,
Vietnam Veterans Against the War,
and the National Lawyers Guild.
Light cocktails & hors d'oeuvres will be served.
Silent auction will close at 6:00pm.
A donation of $35 per person is suggested.
Invitation only. Contact Amanda at asteiman92@att.net
Sunday, October 26th, 2008, 4pm - 7pm
at the home of Chris and Dan Turner
Santa Monica
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Interviewed with Doris Rashid at the Arlington West, the Veterans For Peace Memorial Field, Santa Monica Pier. Mubarak Rashid just died on 10/21 from Agent Orange illnesses.
October 20, 2008
Interview by Chicago Public Radio
October 19, 2008
With Vietnam Veterans Against the War
October 18, 2008
Visiting Grace Lee Boggs at her home
At the Detroit Institute of Arts, Riviera Court, North Wall
October 17, 2008
Tran Thi Hoan meeting with Rep. Conyer, Detroit, MI.
Group picture with Rep. Conyer.
October 14, 2008
Reconciliation & Healing: Remembering Vietnam, La Roche College
and Dang Hong Nhut and her story
and more pictures by John Grant.
October 9-12, 2008
Birmingham AL: Beloved Community Church, Pastors for Peace (10/9, 6:00 pm), reception and talk at Green Cup Books (10/10, 6:30pm)
press conference, visiting Civil Rights Museum, and meetings with lawyers (10/11), United Fellowship Breakfast Forum (10/12, 7:30am)
October 8, 2008
Celebration and memorable moments
and Tran Thi Hoan missed Vietnamese bánh mì
Mike offered two of his many medals for his outstanding service in Vietnam to Mme Nhut and Ms. Hoan
 RVN Gallantry Cross 
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Meeting with Michael Martin and Mark Manyin, Congressional Research Service
Meeting with Jenny Wing, Aide to Senator Tom Harkin
 08:45 am: Interview by Democracy Now! at Liveshots DC. Aired on December 4, 2008. Hear and read the interviews at Democracy Now! Dec. 4.
October 7, 2008
Visiting the Office of Rep. Conyers with Dan Moore... and visiting the Office of Rep. Faleomavega.
Meeting with Sharon Schutze of Rep. Bob Filner
Meeting with Nisha Desai Biswal and Craig Higgins Covers, State, Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations
George Washington University lunch, hosted by Prof. Linda Yarr
Meeting with Frank Januzzi, staff Senate Foreign Relations Committee
October 6, 2008
Meeting with Ann Norris, Senior Foreign Policy & Defense Advisor, Senator Barbara Boxer
Interview with NBC at the DC National Mall...
Tran Thi Hoan spoke out at the press conference with Jonathan Moore, Merle Ratner (VAORRC), Mme. Dang Hong Nhut, Ellen Barfield (VFP National Board), Mike Marceau (VFP DC) and Dinh Thi Minh Huyen, ...
Announcement of the Dow and Monsanto International Corporate Campaign...
October 5, 2008
After Sunday's mass at St. Mary
Tran Thi Hoan with the pastor.
October 4, 2008
Tran Thi Hoan and the delegation at a film studio in Brooklyn,
Public event at the Musician's Union Local 802 (322 West 48th St. Manhattan).
CAAAV-YLP Fan Dance.
Credit Tran Thi Hoan.
Keynotes of the event.
October 3, 2008
Meeting with Chief of Staff of Rep. Jose Serrano & Marian Feinberg (For a Better Bronx),
Meeting with the Dominican Community (2005 Amsterdam Ave. Thanks, Radhames Morales) and Ambassador Bui The Giang. Read Abrazos Oct. 8.
October 2, 2008
Talk at Columbia University Law School, organized by National Lawyers Guild Chapter
 
October 1, 2008
Meeting with lawyers of the Agent Orange lawsuit, Jonathan Moore, Dean Kokkoris at the home of Frank and Jeanne Mirer
September 30, 2008
Meeting with New York organizers at Community Resource Exchange NYC (thanks, Dawn Reel)
September 29, 2008
Meeting with Fenton Communications
September 28, 2008
Bayoom and Victor of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance (thank you, Bhairavi) picked up the Women's delegation
 
Ambassador Bui The Giang and the Mission greeted the Women's Delegation, read VNA report on VietnamNet, Tuoi Tre, Government News, ...
Tran Thi Hoan on Tuoi tre 9/25
The Delegation: Both women are Agent Orange victims. See biographies.
 Ms. TRẦN THỊ HOAN (age 21), was born on December 16, 1986 in Đức Linh district of Bình Thuận province in Central Vietnam. She is a second generation victim of Agent Orange. Her mother was exposed to Agent Orange as a result of the war. She was born without two legs and one hand is seriously atrophied.
From the time she was12 years old, Hoan has lived in Peace Village II, the Agent Orange center at Từ Dũ Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City.
Hoan is now a college student in computer science in Ho Chi Minh City and is fluent in English. This is her first visit to the U.S. See video with Hoan.
 Mrs. ĐẶNG HỒNG NHỰT was born on December 12, 1936, married in 1959 and gave birth to a healthy son in 1960.
Between 1961 and 1966 she joined the resistance forces in the Southeastern region of Vietnam (included Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Củ Chi), which was heavily sprayed with Agent Orange. She was directly exposed to Agent Orange and suffered from skin rashes and diarrhea. Between 1966 and 1972 she was arrested and imprisoned by the US-supported government.
In 1973 and again in 1975 Ms. Nhut suffered miscarriages early in her pregnancy. In 1975, she again suffered a miscarriage. In 1977, she gave birth to a congenitally deformed still-born child. In 1980, she had another miscarriage. In 2002, she had surgery to remove an intestinal tumor. In 2003, she underwent another operation to remove a tumor from her thyroid. She now has cancer.
Ms. Nhut’s husband was a resistance fighter in the same region between 1960 and 1975 and was also exposed to Agent Orange. He was later diagnosed with intestinal cancer, metastasizing to the lung and the liver. He died in May, 1999. See PVN video about Mrs. Nhut.
 Lastly, Ms. ĐINH THỊ MINH HUYỀN is accompanying as an Interpreter. Ms. Huyen is from the Vietnam Peace & Development Foundation and Vietnam Association for Protection of Children’s Rights.
We are an all-volunteer group organizing to make this happen, but we need your support now! Please click here to donate and join organizing efforts in your area.
"Hold the date" flyer | MS Word | PDF
Delegation bio | PDF
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