Co-sponsors: Amnesty International, Sierra Club, the Amazon Defense Coalition, Rainforest Action Network, Global Exchange, the Pachamama Alliance and Corporate Accountability International
Monday, April 25, 2005 5-9 pm, Program 7 pm
Where: Fireside Room at Mudd’s Restaurant (925) 837-9387
10 Boardwalk (off Crow Canyon Road) San Ramon, CA
Exhibit is free and open to the public April 26-28, 11 am to 9 pm
Honorary Chair: Bianca Jagger
Special Guests: Humberto Piaguaje and Carmen Perez, Amazonian leaders from Ecuador
The exhibit chronicles the impact of ChevronTexaco’s oil pollution in Ecuador, and efforts by local communities to seek justice. Using testimonies alongside portraits, two acclaimed Bay Area photographers, Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak, assisted by journalist Joan Kruckewitt, have uncovered the physical and emotional reality of those affected by toxic contamination roughly 30 times larger than the Exxon Valdez spill. The exhibit is opening in San Ramon, the global headquarters of ChevronTexaco. It coincides with the company’s annual meeting
Host Committee: Julia Butterfly Hill, Paul Hawken, Medea Benjamin, Kevin Danaher, Randy Hayes, Rabbi Dan Goldblatt, Rev. Steve & Bev Harms, Pastor Margaretta Dahlin-Johannson, Rev. Alan Kelchner, John Dalrymple, Bill Pence, Jim Blickenstaff, Steve & Beverly McAdams, Bill & Marianne Gagen, Mona Cadena, Larry Fahn, Gayle McLaughlin, Larry & Leonor Fugazi, Donald & Patricia Kagan, Joe Foos, Dr. Henry Clark
Invited Guests: Senator Barbara Boxer, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, former San Ramon Mayor Nancy Tatarka, former San Ramon Vice Mayor Jerry Cambra
Sneak preveiw of exhibit online at www.amazonwatch.org after April 21st
Information: Amazon Watch (415) 487-9600
One Haight St. Suite B San Francisco, CA 94102
Download this invitation in pdf below.
