Community Campaigns

The City of Berkeley today passed a resolution supporting justice for survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster on its 25th anniversary. In it, the city resolved to write a public letter to the Dow Chemical Company asking it to accept liability for the disaster and divest from Dow Chemical Company shares till such a time. In addition, proclaimed December 3, 2009 as Berkeley Day of Remembrance for Victims of Industrial Pollution in Bhopal.

On June 3rd, the non-profit organization "Blue Planet Run" held an event in Boston Common as the participating long-distance runners were arriving in Boston. The blue planet run goes across 16 countries and covers 15200 miles in 95 days. At each stop, the organization holds a media event to promote their message. However, some might wonder what exactly this message is. According to the organization, the event promotes safe drinking water across the globe.

Every year, hundreds of human rights activist travel to New York City as part of "Get on the Bus", organized by Amnesty International group 133 in Somerville, MA, to protest against different human rights violations across the world. This year, one of the protests focused on Bhopal. Members of the Boston Coaltion for Justice in Bhopal organized a protest outside of JP Morgan Chase's World Headquarters, a major holder of shares in Dow Chemical. The protest's aim was to pressure JP Morgan to vote in favor of the Bhopal resolution at the Dow Shareholder meeting in May, 2007.