Beat the Drum to Ban Cluster Bombs!

TRAVIS DRUMS!

12-2 p.m. August
1, 2010

Peace Memorial (East end of the Steel
Bridge, N.E. Interstate and Oregon)

Hello. 
I am Lynn Bradach.

My
oldest son, Marine Corporal Travis Bradach-Nall, was killed by the
explosion of
a U.S. cluster bomb, during unexploded munitions clearing operations in
Karbala, Iraq, on July 2, 2003.  Since then, I have been working to end
war, clear the refuse of munitions left from war and, most recently, for
adoption of national legislation and the international Convention to
limit and
ultimately ban use of cluster munitions. 

I
was a speaker at the November 2008 Geneva meetings on the international
Convention on Cluster Munitions and was in Oslo, Norway in December 2008
for
the signing of the Convention. 

Now,
more than ever, I am pushing for U.S. adoption and ratification of the
Convention.

The
Convention comes into effect, for the 106 countries that have signed it
and 37
countries that have ratified it, on Sunday, August 1, 2010.  On that
day,
there will be a drum demonstration to bring attention to the coming into
effect
of the Convention, around the World.  Details are at:  http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/countdown/

I
am seeking drummers of every type and talent to assemble with me at
noon,
Sunday, August 1,
2010 at the Overlook section of the Eastside Portland Esplanade,
just
north of the Morrison Bridge, to drum in observance of the occasion and
to show
support for the Convention.

.

PLEASE JOIN
ME!!!! For more information, or to confirm, email me at:
lbradach@handicap-international.us