Walk on Washington

[Guest guest]

Hello everyone!

My name is Obradovic. I am the mother of Eve, a beautiful 4 year old girl

suffering the effects of mercury poisoning. She is currently being treated, and

things look promising. Like many of you know, every day is a baby step.

I am the founder of a new awareness group... The A.U.T.I.S.M. (Another Unlucky

Toddler Injected Stupidly with Mercury) Spectrum Association.

I don't know about you, but I've had about all I can take with this battle over

mercury.

The phone calls, the ads, all of it. It's phenomenal. It's incredible. And it's

slowly starting to work...the word is spreading. But as far as I'm concerned,

it's not fast enough. 50 more mothers got the news their child is " autistic "

today. 50 more will get it tomorrow. How many more lives have to be sacrificed?

I have always believed that man's greatest enemy is annonymity. It is in

annonymity that we behave at our worst and justify it. It is annonimity that

allows us to go to war or even just yell at the car in front of us. We would

never shoot at our friends, neighbors or loved ones, and even if they cut us off

in traffic, we'd be much less likely to do anything except laugh. Annonymity

permits us to exist in our own world without concern for others. What doesn't

touch you personally rarely impacts your life.

Our children are annonymous to the world. They are statistics. Although my heart

bleeds for each and every one of you in this terrible reality we call the Autism

Spectrum, it is only because I am a part of it with you that I can do that. We

need to show our children's faces to the world. We need to show their faces to

Washington. They may be able to hang up on us, disregard our phone calls, and

even blow off the advertisements....but let them look at a sea of poisoned

children and their families...the victims of this horrific crime...and try to

ignore that. A phone call, a letter, or even a billboard won't keep you up at

night. But maybe thousands upon thousands of children marching together in their

poisoned state might be able to...

I propose the following....the most agressive, meaningful, and moving walk on

Washington to ever take place. Perhaps the only one of its kind. Let the

children walk. Let Washington and the whole world look at our children and make

them tell THEM no. Make Washington tell THEM that they won't protect their

future, their playmates, their cousins, and their families.

The " Hg Poisoned Me " Walk on Washington.

In silence, to represent the silence of their minds and life, thousands of

children and their families (with children at the head of the parade) in white

t-shirts that say " Hg Poisoned Me " . The rest of us following in white t-shirts

that say " Mother of a Mercury Poisoned Child " or Father or whoever. Maybe the

recovered children could even wear a bright yellow or blue. At the back of the

parade groups of 50 children in black who represent those being diagnosed that

day, the day before, tomorrow, etc. A huge sign carried by the children in front

saying " Please don't give us any more mercury " . Other signs that say " Giving

mercury to children on purpose is stupid! " and all of the other stuff we know so

well.

I think we have the power here, and God knows we are a determined bunch, to do

the unthinkable...to get mercury out faster than we ever imagined. At a minimum,

we would put faces to the victims of this crime. I don't know about you, but

I've got to do something, and while I've dialed my little fingers off, written

more letters than I'd like to count, and told even more people about this, I

won't be satisfied until I know I've shown my face to the powers that be. I

can't afford to run all of the ads I would like, but I can walk. And I know a

lot of other people who can too. But that's just me.

Admittedly, I don't have a clue to go about this...then again, I hadn't a clue

how to go about dealing with a daughter with " PDD " . I would need an enormous

amount of help, but am happy to be the ring leader.

If you are interested in helping me organize this, please contact me offline at

julieobradovic@...

Please consider the following and share any ideas you have...

The date...preferably a signifcant one, like the anniversary of the testimony

before Congress by the mercury moms, or the Simpsonwood meeting, or really

anything. I wanted to do my daughter's birthday (March 27th) but that seems too

far off, and maybe too cold. I don't have my EOH book because I've given them

away, so check out what dates might work. Consider the timing, season, and

feasibility of getting something like this done.

How we do this...Do we have to follow a proper procedure? Get a permit? Hotels?

Press coverage? Anybody done this before?

Awareness campaign...any web site gurus? We should create a site. Links to other

groups? How do we get the word out? Celebs?

TShirts...any printers?!

Committee members...would you be interested in heading something?

I know it's just a start, but it's something.

We can DO THIS!

Please let anyone who wants to participate do so! Certainly we need a ton of

help! It would be nice to do this in conjunction with the other amazing groups

out there, like Unlocking Autism, Generation Rescue, etc.

Any input is appreciated.

Mother of a Mercury Poisoned Child