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Day 2 of the Guatemala900 Campaign to UNICEF–Phone Calls!
Posted by: | CommentsOn Wednesday, December 2nd:
Please call all Ann Veneman at 212-326-7000 with the following message:
“I am calling Ann Veneman today in support of the Guatemala 900 initiative. I respectfully request UNICEF’s direct intervention with the Guatemalan government on behalf of the hundreds of children whose grandfathered adoptions have been in process since 2007. Please end the victimization of these children and support their basic right to a family.”
Call all day long from 9am to 5pm
If you get a busy signal it means it is working! Call back as many times as you possibly can that day.
Please forward this to everyone who can help. Post it on your social networks (facebook, twitter, etc). Our goal is to shut the phone lines down and we will need everyone to join forces to work together to make a difference!
For more information please visit the Guatemala900 website.
The Guatemala900 Succeeds, 44 Signatures!!!
Posted by: | CommentsThe Guatemala900 group has work tirelessly to bring home the 800+ children still left in Guatemala and who the Guatemalan government had promised to grandfather in when the Hague Treaty, closing international adoption, came info effect. The children continue to be in limbo and families are missing valuable time with their children. The children have become political pawns between two governments, the United States and Guatemala. The US Department of State has taken next to no action on getting the children home. The grassroots group, The Guatemala900 (named after the number of children still stuck in limbo) have taken political action. Senator Barbara Boxer authored a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asking for an intervention and an explanation. Once Senator Boxer signed on it was up to the Guatemala900 to get their Senators and Congress Representatives to get on board. The Guatemala900 is an amazing group and I am so proud and in awe of their work. I truly am proud to be an American as I watch how the voices of the people are heard. Now, let’s get the children home!
The list of Senators and Congressional Representatives that have signed the letter authored by Senator Boxer are:
SENATE SIGNATURES
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CA Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein
IA Chuck Grassley, Tom Harkin
IL Dick Durbin, Roland Burris
IN Richard Lugar
KS Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback
LA Mary Landrieu
MA John Kerry
MD Barbara Mukulski, Ben Cardin
MI Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow
MO Kit Bond
NJ Frank Lautenberg, Robert Menendez
OH George Voinavich, Sherwood Brown
PA Robert Casey
SD John Thune, Tim Johnson
HOUSE SIGNATURES
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CA Dan Lungren, Doris Matsui, Jane Harmon, Jerry McNerney, Mike Thompson
GA Jack Kingston
IA Tom Lathum
IL Daniel Lipinski, Jerry Costello
IN Dan Burton
KS Jerry Moran
KY Ben Chandler, Geoff Davis, John Yarmuth
MD Dutch Ruppersberger
MI Pete Hoekstra
MN Michelle Bachman
NJ Chris Smith
NY Jerrold Nadler
VA Jim Moran
WI Tammy Baldwin
Guatemala 900 Marches on Washington DC
Posted by: | CommentsMany of you know that when Guatemala closed adoptions it left hundreds of children in limbo. The Guatemalan government, along with the United States promised to “grandfather” in the cases still in process. Now, after many broken promises by both governments, in process adoptive families, adoptive families with their children already home and supporters of both have had enough and marched on Washington DC to be heard! The story in the Washington Post says it all.
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