Take the Maine Challenge
Get YOUR congressional delegation to ban cluster bombs

In July Maine became the first state to hit a cluster-bomb-ban grand slam!

Peace activist and potter Mary Trotochaud

Following months of creative and persistent effort by individuals and groups across the state of Maine, Senator Susan Collins became the fourth and final member of the Maine congressional delegation to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594/H.R.1755). Representatives Michael Michaud and Tom Allen (who is currently running for the Senate against Sen. Collins) and Senator Olympia Snowe all signed on to the bill earlier this year.
 
The campaign, initiated by peace activist and potter Mary Trotochaud (pictured), in Belmont, ME, provides a blueprint for success at the state level. Mary galvanized organizations around the state to support the effort, including the Maine Council of Churches, Maine Peace Action, Pax Christi, Amnesty International and others.
 
Campaigners spoke at churches and community events, generated letters-to-the-editor of local papers, appeared on local radio, organized call-in days to congressional offices, sent letters and visited their representatives’ offices in Maine and Washington, DC.
 
You know the saying, “As goes Maine, so goes the nation”?  That’s where YOU come in.  Will you take the “Maine Challenge” to get as many members of your congressional delegation as possible to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act (S.594/H.R.1755) this year?   Increased co-sponsorship is vital to show the next President that the public and congress want him to bring the United States into the global efforts to ban cluster munitions.
 
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