Horrific. 54 years after our troops massacred 504 innocent souls in My Lai, Quang Ngai Province, Vietnam, grand children of the survivors and thousands of other children daily risk mutilation and death from the hundreds of thousand of landmines and bombs we left behind.
We can make a difference. We can help fund the expansion of a successful effort co-founded by Vietnam veteran Chuck Searcy 21 years ago this month through the Friends of Project Renew. The organization currently needs to raise $100,000 to broaden their efforts in Quang Ngai Province, where the My Lai massacre unfolded in 1968.
Please consider donating today. Donations are tax deductible as Friends of Project RENEW is a 501c)(3) tax exempt charity.
You can check out a video of Doug Rawlings, a founder of Veterans For Peace and currently a professor of Peace Studies at University of Maine, in which he makes a powerful appeal for funds for RENEW and reads two poems.
And finally, consider attending a reception to celebrate 21 years of progress addressing this tragic situation. The reception will be held on September 21, 2022 in-person in Washington, DC and remotely. For more details, see the event flyer.
