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Harvard University

Survivors Speak to Students

On Thursday, May 6th, 2004, the Health and Human Rights Committee at Harvard hosted a discussion with Rashida Bee, a 2004 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, and Satinath Sarangi, the Managing Director of the Sambhavna Trust, which provides free medical care to thousands of Bhopal's gas-affected people.

The event went fairly well given the short notice and the fact that we're at a very busy time in the semester. We had about 15-20 people attend, the majority of which were students from Harvard School of Public Health as well as a few from the community and other parts of Harvard (such as the law school). One-third to one half of the attendees were of South Asian descent. I think people enjoyed the presentation because it was from such a direct, personal perspective. Rashida Bee spoke for about 15 minutes and Sathyu spoke for about 10-15 minutes and then we opened it up to questions.

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Halloween: Dow is Death

On Nov. 7, 2005, Sherry, Aquene, Suvrat, Kaveri and Neeraj reached several hundred people with fliers taped with chocolate gold coins telling the Bhopal story and that ‘Dow profits from Death’. Signatures for the “Don’t Work for Dirty Dow Pledge” were also collected. Students responded well to the Dow Grim Reaper Costume.

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Trade Unionist Panel Discussion

On Thursday, Dec. 2nd, Jobs With Justice and the Labor & Worklife Program at Harvard Law School organized a panel discussion with Indian trade unionists from the New Trade Union Initiative, and Bhopal was a topic. Speakers included:

- Ashim Roy, President of the General Electric workers' union in Gujarat state.
- V. Chandra, Organizing Secretary of a union representing 50,000 mineworkers, who has worked in the coal industry for 25 years.
- Anannya Bhattacharjee, coordinator of an international collaboration between Jobs with Justice and India's New Trade Union Initiative.

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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.

WE ALL LIVE IN BHOPAL

"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.