The Control Arms committee at Oxfam Canada's Toronto Office launched the 100 days of action in March to raise awareness on arms transfers, which fuel violent conflict, poverty and suffering, affecting people worldwide.

Please join us for a film screening of
In a Soldiers Footsteps
Directed by Mette Zuruneith (2005)
Thursday.June.15.2006
7:00 pm
Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor St W (Bloor and Bathurst)
TORONTO

The film follows the real-life story of Steven, a former child soldier from Uganda, who after a terrible sequence of events -including imprisonment, torture, escape, and the death of his wife and son -reached Denmark as a UNHCR refugee. The film is also a portrait of contemporary Uganda, Pearl of Africa and darling of the West, a country attempting to make the transition from military dictatorship to democracy.

Following the film there will be a panel discussion on child soldiers and we will also be collecting signatures and photographs for the Million Faces Petition which will send a powerful, global message of support to the world's governments for an International Arms Trade Treaty.

Please come out and show your support to help minimize the devastating effects of armed conflict!

For more information about the campaign please visit
www.controlarms.org

The unregulated supply of weapons makes it easy for criminals to murder, for soldiers to kill indiscriminately and for police to arbitrarily take lives. Today's weapons are quicker and more powerful than ever before. And in the wrong hands, mean more abuse and more wasted lives. JOIN US TODAY!!!

Control Arms Launch in T.O

Lord of War Film Screening to Launch the 100 Days of Action!

When: Thursday, March 16th, 2006 at 7:00pm
Where: Oxfam - Toronto Office 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 200

Refreshments and campaign materials will be available. Plus, help the campaign by adding your face to the Million Faces Petition!!

Come out and help Oxfam launch the 100 Days of Action for the Control Arms campaign! We will be showing the filem ‘Lord of War’
(see http://www.lordofwarthemovie.com/ for more information)!

If you plan on attending please RSVP to victoriah@oxfam.ca

for details about the Control Arms campaign please visit
www.controlarms.org

-Uncontrolled arms fuel poverty and suffering.
-More than 1/2 million people are killed by arms every year, that's one every minute
-16 billion units of ammunition are produced each year, that's two for every person on the planet

The time to act is now; face up to the arms crisis and come join us today!