In May most of the world agreed to ban cluster bombs. In July, the Pentagon announced that it would continue to use cluster bombs for the next ten years.

Michigan is key to the U.S. campaign to ban cluster bombs. Michigan Senator Carl Levin is the chair of the Senate Armed Service Committee, the specific Senate Committee that will have the most influence on whether or not the the Senate approves a cluster bomb ban.

Three Steps You Can Take

1. Urge your senator, Carl Levin, to cosponsor the Cluster Munitions
Civilian Protection Act (S. 594).

Send postcards urging Senator Levin to ban
cluster bombs.

2. Download, print, and distribute our Michigan flyer or a postcard urging Senator Levin to ban cluster bombs.

3. Sign up for updates from the U.S. Campaign to Ban Cluster Bombs.

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers) is the oldest registered religious lobby in Washington, DC. FCNL coordinates the U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines, which is working to ban the U.S. use and export of cluster bombs.