[Hamp-law] Fwd: Invitation to discussion on Agent Orange and US-Vietnam legal debate (MHC)

[Jennifer Hamilton]

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Subject: 	Invitation to discussion on Agent Orange and US-Vietnam legal 
debate
Date: 	Tue, 7 Dec 2010 01:11:43 -0500
From: 	An Vo <vo22a at mtholyoke.edu>
To: 	jahSS at hampshire.edu



Dear Prof. Hamilton,

I am writing on behalf of Mount Holyoke Vietnamese Students Assocation. 
I would like to extend an invitation to you and to all Hampshire Legal 
Studies majors/minors to an open discussion on Agent Orange and legal 
debate between the US and Vietnam which will take place on *Dec 9 
(Thursday) at 7pm in Cleveland L3, Mount Holyoke College*. The 
discussion is led by Susan Hammond - a social activist who has worked on 
the matter in Southeast Asia for the past 20 years (please see details 
below).

I would really appreciate it if you could help forward the event to your 
colleagues and students.

Thank you very much in advance.
An Vo
Program Director
Vietnamese Students Association
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MHC Vietnamese Students Association cordially invites you to an open 
discussion on Agent Orange - a toxic chemical used by the US army during 
the Vietnam War - its controversial environmental effects, and the 
unsettled legal debate between the United States and Vietnam 35 years 
after the war.
*
_Time, date & location_: 7:00pm, Thursday December 9th, Cleveland L3, 
Mount Holyoke College**

_Guest speaker_: Susan Hammond, Founder and Executive Director of War 
Legacies Organization
*
*Refreshments will be served.*

Agent Orange is believed to have affected nearly 2.8 million US veterans 
and have caused more than 1 million birth deformities in Vietnam since 
1975. The war left behind not only 20 million gallons of this deadly 
herbicides, but also prolonged suffer for Vietnamese younger 
generations. Was the use of Agent Orange justified? Why has the US 
denied compensation for Vietnamese victims? How Agent Orange is 
affecting the lives of innocent children in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos? 
And what are the solutions?

The discussion is led by our special guest: *Susan Hammond,**the Founder 
and Excecutive Director of War Legacies Organization*. Her organization 
focuses on the long-term impacts of war to develop a fuller 
understanding of the costs of war, increase public understanding of 
these costs, foster public dialogue about the impacts of war and conduct 
programs that help mitigate the impacts of war at home and abroad.

Prior to founding the War Legacies Project Susan worked as Deputy 
Director for the Fund for Reconciliation and Development for 9 years 
where she lived and worked in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and New York.  She 
received her MA in International Education from New York University and 
a BA from Smith College.















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