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Film Screening and
Campaign Update On Friday, December 3rd, 2004, students with the Atlanta chapter of the Association for India's Development and the Georgia Institute of Technology organized a public screening of the film Bhopal Express, starring Kay Kay, Naseeruddin Shah, Nethra Raghuraman and Zeenat Aman followed by an update of events in Bhopal.
Those who attended stood in lines after the movie to sign petitions calling upon Dow Chemical and the Indian government to cleanup the contamination and provide clean water to thousands of Bhopalis who are forced to drink water with lead and mercury. They also signed a colorful cloth art by Nalini Persaud which will be sent to Bhopal as a symbol of Atlanta’s solidarity with their struggle. “Keep Fighting,” one attendee wrote. “We are with you. Your passion and dedication inspires us all. Unity in Justice for all people.” These were just few of the messages that the attendees signed, moved by devastation in Bhopal and inspired by the relentless efforts for justice and perseverance by the survivors of Bhopal, including Champa Devi Shukla, co-winner of the prestigious 2004 Goldman Environmental Prize, who visited Atlanta in May, 2003. This was the third of a three-day series of events entitled “Bhopal & Search for Global Justice: 20 Years in the Making” that was sponsored at three Atlanta-area universities by a diverse collection of student and community groups, including: Association for India's Development (A.I.D.) Atlanta & Greens of GSU with support from Atlanta Jobs with Justice, Amnesty International, Asian Studies at Emory U., Bengali Association of Greater Atlanta (BAGA), Emory Global Health Organization (EGHO), Indian Classical Music Society of Greater Atlanta (ICMS), Indian Student Association (GSU), International Association for Health & Human Rights (Emory), Khabar, Kaya Collective, Raksha, Rollins Environmental Health Action Committee (Emory), Power of Women (GSU), Student Labor Action Project (GSU), Students for Peace & Justice (GSU) and Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) in solidarity with the survivors of Bhopal and workers world-wide who keep inspiring us. Read the article in the Hindustan Times!
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The international student campaign to hold Dow
accountable for Bhopal, and its other toxic legacies around the world.
For more information about the campaign, or for problems regarding this
website, contact Ryan
Bodanyi, the Coordinator of Students for Bhopal.
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"The year 2003 was a special year in the history of the campaign for justice in Bhopal. It was the year when student and youth supporters from at least 30 campuses in the US and India took action against Dow Chemical or in support of the demands of the Bhopal survivors. As we enter the 20th year of the unfolding Bhopal disaster, we can, with your support, convey to Dow Chemical that the fight for justice in Bhopal is getting stronger and will continue till justice is done. We look forward to your continued support and good wishes, and hope that our joint struggle will pave the way for a just world free of the abuse of corporate power."
Signed/ Rasheeda Bi, Champa Devi Shukla
Bhopal Gas Affected Women Stationery Employees Union
International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal
This is what the www.studentsforbhopal.org site looked like in early 2008. For more recent information, please visit www.bhopal.net.