Tag: Students for Bhopal
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Press on Students for Bhopal in Boston/Cambridge, 2006-2009
Press Releases: Cambridge Council Dumps Dow Chemical, Cites Bhopal (09/26/06) Boston Coalition for Bhopal ‘Dies-in’ Copley Sq. (05/08/06) Articles: Group raises money for Bhopal survivors at MIT (Cambridge Chronicle, 09/23/09) Protesters target owner of Taj Boston (Boston Globe, 04/08/07) City to mull dumping Dow (Cambridge Chronicle, 10/05/06) Activists celebrate victory at City Hall (Cambridge Chronicle,…
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Bhopal re-enacted on US city streets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, MONDAY, MAY 8, 2006 PHOTOS at: http://bhopal.shutterfly.com CONTACT: Aquene Freechild, 617-378-2579, aquene@gmail.com Nirveek Bhattacharjee, 410-627-7679, Nirveek@bme.jhu.edu Saturday, May 6th – International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal members in 4 cities hosted events and re-enactments of the 1984 Union Carbide Chemical Disaster in Bhopal, India at noon this past Saturday. In Seattle, Boston…
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Students for Bhopal 2005 Conference Recap!
The first Students for Bhopal conference was a blast! More than 30 SfB members attended from as far away as India, and more than 12 schools were represented overall. From start to finish, the conference was one big PARTY! Well, not exactly, but we did have a lot of fun. Held at the University of…
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Declaration from Students for Bhopal: In the 20th Year of the Bhopal Disaster, A Joint Declaration To Fight For Justice
The following Student Declaration to Dow was issued on May 5th, 2005, and was presented to Dow at their annual Shareholder Meeting. See press release here. In the 20th Year of the Bhopal Disaster, A Joint Declaration To Fight For Justice To The Dow Chemical Company We are outraged. Twenty years ago, on Dec. 3rd,…
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Press Release: STUDENTS AT 60 SCHOOLS VOW TO FIGHT DOW
Click here for text of declaration. CONTACT: Ryan Bodanyi, Students for Bhopal, (401) 829-6192 STUDENTS AT 60 SCHOOLS VOW TO FIGHT DOW Threaten Divestment, Protests Over Bhopal Contamination Today students and organizations from more than 60 colleges, high schools and universities worldwide released a Student Declaration to Dow, vowing to press their schools to divest and…
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Students for Bhopal Targets Dow’s Decision-Makers
By Ryan Bodanyi Over the past three years, students have made it difficult for Dow’s decision-makers to ignore Bhopal, much as they might like to. In fact our efforts have shown how much power even a few students can have when they bring Bhopal ‘home’ to Dow. In Mr. Parker’s Neighborhood On Bhopal’s 18th anniversary,…
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36 years on, outraged students again unite against Dow
Reviving memories of the fierce Vietnam War protests at universities in the 1960’s, students at 20 colleges across the United States are once again organizing against Dow, this time united in their demand that Dow accept its moral and legal responsibilities in Bhopal. They’ve banded together to form Students for Bhopal, a national network that…