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Petitioning and "RTS" Actions On December 3rd, 2003, students with the Johns Hopkins chapter of the Association for India's Development talked about the campaign and collected signatures for a petition to Dow. Many of the people there later attended the screening of "Hunting Warren Anderson" that AID-College Park hosted on the 4th of December. On Dec 3rd evening, several of us went to the Watergate, the residence of one of the Dow directors - Barbara Franklin. She had gone for a dinner at the White House and had instructed the security *NOT* to accept anything from us. When we showed that it was just a label saying *DO NOT DRINK THE WATER*, the security refused to accept it. The security also refused to accept a letter from us, they told us that we need to give it to her personally. Later in the evening, a few of us drove up to another director's house - Paul Stern. Half a mile driveway literally (quarter mile is better approximation I guess), every 50 feet with motion detector lamps and to scare Khushi - Dogs Beware sign. He was also out for dinner. Nevertheless we left a message that we would be back. Bhopal Photo Exhibit From November 15th through November 23rd, 2004, the South Asian Students at Hopkins (SASH) hosted a screening of “We Are Not Flowers, We Are Flames!” an exhibit of photos from Bhopal taken by Raghu Rai and Maude Dorr. Earth Day Awareness On April 22, 2006, AID JHU set up a table as part of the Baltimore Green Week eco-festival to talk about Bhopal and generate support. In the morning, the rainwaters did all the splashing :-( Morning: It was WET. It was WINDY. Our booth was DRIPPING ... we had a tough time keeping our poster-board pictures and flyers, etc dry… Afternoon: The rain stopped. Quite a few people showed up (I was surprised by the turnout on such a day). Our booth location was just great ... it was right in front of the bay and next to a Whole Foods booth, who were giving out FREE bananas <am not kidding!!> .. and there was this cookie booth - they later came with their guitars to sing "We made the cookies. But we didnt kill the enzymes" ;-) <well ... this particular song is fictional, the concept is Arjun's, the lyrics are mine, the tune is Eric Clapton's ... but anyway, that was their USP> Our booth banner said "No More Bhopals" ... well many had heard about Bhopal, but a few showed up and asked us, "So, what’s a Bhopal?" :-) ...infact many even heard about AID (which made me even more surprised!) Well .. thats how it went .. the weather sucked big time, but nevertheless we went home satisfied :-)
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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.