Fwd: Bhopal and Building Green & Just Economies - Mon 5/11 6pm
Zach Alexander
From: Elizabeth Saunders <elizabeth...@fastmail.fm>
Date: Sun, May 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Subject: FW: Bhopal and Building Green & Just Economies - Mon 5/11 6pm
To: Elizabeth Saunders <esau...@cleanwater.org>
I’m speaking on a panel Monday evening at the Boston Public Library with some survivors of the Bhopal disaster (the world’s worst chemical disaster 25 years ago). Come by if you’re interested!
-Elizabeth
Greening the Economy 25 Years After Bhopal
part of the
The 25th Anniversary Bhopal Survivors’ Tour in Boston
What: Bhopal and Building Green & Just Economies Panel
Bhopal is the site of the world’s w Alisia Waller <andso...@gmail.com>orst chemical disaster. It is also the site of a vibrant international movement for justice and a life of dignity for marginalized people affected by toxic pollution and corporate crime. Safreen Khan and Sathyu Sarangi have traveled from Bhopal, India to share their experiences in Bhopal where more than 23,000 people have died due to toxic disaster; and relate them to our own struggles in Boston and beyond for safe, healthy communities. The green jobs movement in the US brings an opportunity for forward thinking that seen also in Bhopal with green income generation and health care organizing to help sustain the half million disaster survivors.
When: Monday, May 11th
Time: 6-8pm
Where: Boston Room, Boston Public Library, Copley Sq.
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA
Who: Safreen Khan, Children Against Dow Carbide, Bhopal
Satinath Sarangi, Sambhavna Clinic, Bhopal
Gladys Vega, Chelsea Collaborative
Elizabeth Saunders, Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
Kristin Urquiza, Corporate Accountability International
Co-Sponsored by: Boston4Bhopal Coalition <http://www.boston4bhopal.org/> , Chelsea Collaborative <http://www.chelseacollab.org/> & Chelsea Green Space <http://www.chelseacollab.org/programs/cgsrc.html> , Corporate Accountability International <http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/> , International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal <http://www.bhopal.net/> & Jobs with Justice <http://www.massjwj.net/>
Directions: Copley Stop on the Green Line, Back Bay on the Orange Line
http://www.bpl.org/general/directions.htm
Inside the Library – Take a left immediately after the main entrance, where it says circulation desk, the Boston room will be the 2nd door on your left.
Map: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=700+Boylston+St.,+Boston+MA&oe=utf-8&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US314&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=DQgDSpPLEYaGtgeMqo2JBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1 <http://maps.google.com/maps?q=700+Boylston+St.,+Boston+MA&oe=utf-8&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___US314&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&split=0&gl=us&ei=DQgDSpPLEYaGtgeMqo2JBw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1>
Parking: There are parking garages at Exeter and Stuart St. and at Berkeley and Boylston Sts.
The event is free. All are welcome!
Facebook event:
http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=86213852014&view=user#/event.php?eid=86213852014 <http://www.facebook.com/photo_search.php?oid=86213852014&view=user#/event.php?eid=86213852014>
2nd-generation Bhopal survivor Safreen Khan and Bhopal campaigner Sathyu Sarangi, are touring the US and Canada this April and May as part of a Bhopal Campaign 25th Anniversary Tour. The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal is a coalition of survivor groups and allies around the world working for justice and a life of dignity for the survivors of the Bhopal Disaster, and for a toxic free future for us all.
Satinath Sarangi
Satinath, known as Sathyu, is a metallurgical engineer turned activist who arrived in Bhopal a day after the disaster and stayed on to become a key figure in the struggle for justice in Bhopal. He is a founding trustee of the Sambhavna Clinic <http://www.bhopal.org/> , a non-profit clinic dedicated to the holistic treatment of gas-affected persons in Bhopal. As the founder of the Bhopal Group for Information and Action, Sathyu has been involved with relief, research and publication of studies on the health impacts of the ongoing disaster on the residents of Bhopal.
Elizabeth Saunders
Environmental Health Legislative Director, Clean Water Action
Elizabeth joined the Clean Water Action <http://www.cleanwater.org/> team in January of 2001 as a Campaign Organizer working with the New England Zero Mercury Campaign and (shortly thereafter) the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow <http://www.healthytomorrow.org/> -- a statewide coalition to prevent harm to our health from toxics. She led Clean Water Action’s efforts to pass the Massachusetts Mercury Products Bill which culminated in a victory in 2006. Currently Elizabeth coordinates the legislative campaign of the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow, acting as a lobbyist, media liaison, coalition coordinator, and grassroots organizer. Elizabeth has a B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Yale University. She has called Massachusetts home for her entire life and currently lives in a co-operative house in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.
Kristin Urquiza
Campaign Director, Think Outside the Bottle, Corporate Accountability International
Kristin Urquiza is Corporate Accountability International's <http://www.stopcorporateabuse.org/> Think Outside the Bottle Campaign Director. Think Outside the Bottle is a campaign working to promote, protect and ensure public funding for our public water systems. With Think Outside the Botttle, Kristin is leading outreach to governors, mayors, faith groups, key allies and members to support public systems by opting for tap over bottled water. Prior to coming onto staff earlier this year she spent 6 years organizing with The Fund, a national non-profit group focused on building up grassroots support for environmental campaigns. In that role she oversaw hundreds of staff in several states working to insure a new energy future for America. She graduated from Yale University with a degree in Art History.
More information on Bhopal and the 25th Anniversary Survivors’ Tour at: www.bhopal.net
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Zach Alexander
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