An American hero needs your help
Last Friday, my friend and political ally, Janie Sheppard, sent me a Daily Kos article, "An American hero needs your help," by diarist dengre.
We both think the American hero, Wendy Doromal, deserves our help. According to the article, “She is an extraordinary woman who has been fighting to extend basic human rights to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for more than 25 years. Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay and The Pirates of Saipan have spent thousands of hours and piles of cash to stop her. She’s been threatened, slandered, shot at, belittled and ignored.”
The article is well worth reading. If you already know about the organized abuse of guest workers on the CNMI, a US Territory in the Western Pacific some 40 miles North of Guam, but want to know what kind of help Wendy needs, “On August 15th, the House Resources Committee Subcommittee on Insular Affairs will hold a hearing on the CNMI.
"So far the voices of the Workers are not on the schedule. We need to change that. Congress needs to hear their stories.”
Contact the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs and urge that workers be added to the list of witnesses at the August 15th hearing.
Contact information:
1337 Longworth House Office Building
(202) 225-0691 Fax: (202) 225-0521
Staff Director – Tony Babauta
Counsel – Brian Modeste
(photo: guest workers on the CNMI - Global Exchange)
