MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Landmines and cluster munitions continue to kill civilians even after a conflict ends. The biggest victims of landmines are children, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF. The Global Health Program at West Virginia University hosted landmine activist Alison Bock of Landmines Blow! and PSALM/WVCBL students for its annual Global Health Day […]
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WVCBL/PSALM Awareness Events
“P.S.A.L.M.” (Proud Students Against Land Mines and Cluster Bombs) and the West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and the Cluster Munitions are celebrating the 100th signature to the Cluster Munitions Treaty. YAY! Our hope is that ALL countries will sign the treaties to ban landmines and cluster munitions. On September 21st, The International Day of […]
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MISSION POSSIBLE!
West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs and PSALM: Proud Students Against Landmines and Cluster Bombs want to MAKE IT HAPPEN! WVCBL and PSALM celebrated the 10th Anniversary of the MINE BAN TREATY in MARCH 2009 “Global Week of Action Against Cluster Bombs.” MAY 29th-June 4th, 2009 During the week of action, campaigners […]
President Obama recently signed a law that will make permanent a ban on nearly all cluster bomb EXPORTS from the United States. This provision will move the U.S. one step closer to the position of the nearly 100 nations–including our closest NATO allies–that signed a treaty banning cluster munitions in December. The legislation states that […]
WE MADE IT HAPPEN! The Cluster Munitions Coalition celebrate the signing of the Cluster Ban Treaty, December 3rd, 2008. Students are dedicated to offering humanitarian assistance to those who suffer. In December, 2009, over 100 countries formally signed the treaty in Oslo, Norway. The major focus and objectives of our campaigning work has been about this […]
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Starfish Project
The STARFISH STORY… Walking down a deserted beach after a storm, a man noticed someone in the distance. When he got closer, he saw a young child bend down, pick up an object from the sand and throw it into the ocean. The ritual was repeated over and over, time and again. As the […]
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Global Action to Ban Cluster Bombs
“P.S.A.L.M.” (Proud Students Against Land Mines)/ West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines, having expanded our mission to include advocacy toward a prohibition on the use, production, and transfer of cluster munitions are sponsoring events to mark the Global Action to Ban Cluster Bombs. Our projects include: poster making, letter writing, petition drives for the People’s […]
West Virginia Campaign to Ban Landmines began in 1999 as an art project to educate the public about a global social justice issue. Students designed a sculpture of 500 painted shoes with facts about landmines attached. The sculpture was placed in various community locations and eventually traveled, along with the students, to Washington, D.C. to […]