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DESCRIPTION:From Ecuador to Nigeria to Brazil to Australia to right here in Chevron's 
 own backyard, communities the world over have suffered the impacts of 
 Chevron's reckless pursuit of profits.\n\nOn May 30th, people will travel 
 from around the world to descend on San Ramon, CA and confront Chevron at 
 its annual shareholder meeting.\n\nJoin us for a colorful and fun rally 
 outside Chevron’s headquarters in support of human rights, environmental, 
 economic and climate justice, and more! \n\nDIRECTIONS\nFrom Berkeley or 
 SF, take 80 to 24 (Caldicott Tunnel). Then 680 South. Off at Bollinger 
 Canyon. Make a left onto Bollinger over bridge. Chevron HQ on right. 
 \nDrivers will have to park in Whole Foods parking lot across the street or 
 at San Ramon Central Park (on left after Bishop Ranch One E). \n\nFrom 580, 
 take 680 N. Make a right at Bollinger Canyon Exit. \n\nHQ is between Walnut 
 Creek and Dublin Pleasanton BART stations. There are buses from these 
 stations that go to Bishop Ranch (the corporate business park that Chevron 
 HQ is located in). \n\nRSVP here to let us know if you will join us on May 
 30th. Questions? Contact Mike G. (mikeg@ran.org).\n\nFor more information 
 on Chevron's toxic legacy around the world: 
 http://truecostofchevron.com/\n\nSome of the incredible international 
 guests:\n\nAngola\nSizaltina Cutaia: Program Director at Fundação Open 
 Society, Angola.\n\nCristóvão Luemba: journalist in Cabinda with the 
 Catholic-run Radio Ecclesia. Radio Ecclesia is one of the few alternative 
 news stations in Angola not controlled by the government. They regularly 
 report on government corruption, human rights abuses, and on the oil spills 
 and harm done to Cabinda by Chevron.\n\nFather Raul Tati: Renowned human 
 rights leader and Catholic priest based in Cabinda, the oil-producing 
 enclave in Angola where Chevron operates. Father Tati was wrongfully 
 imprisoned for his political work.\n\nBrazil\nJoao Antonio de Moraes, 
 Coordinator of Federacao Unica dos Petroleiros, the leading union 
 challenging Chevron in Brazil in wake of it’s offshore oil spill. Partner 
 of United Steel Workers.\n\nEcuador\nLuz Trinidad Andrea Cusangua, an 
 ecological farmer of the northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon, an area ravaged by 
 widespread oil contamination. Her home is located within the Sacha oil 
 field, which was developed by Texaco (now Chevron) in the 1970s and 
 1980’s. The nearest well, Sacha 89, is a scant 100 meters from her home. 
 The nearest source of fresh water, the river Wilya, was contaminated by 
 Texaco’s oil operations during the height of the company’s operations 
 in the Amazon. To this day, the river Wilya remains contaminated.\n\nLuz 
 moved to the Ecuadorian Amazon from the highlands region of Ibarra in 1975. 
 Over the course of the next decade, Luz witnessed firsthand the destruction 
 of the tropical paradise around her. The river Wilya, which her family used 
 for bathing, washing clothes, fishing and drinking, became a source of 
 poisons. Her children suffered from various illnesses including skin 
 diseases. Her mother was diagnosed with skin cancer, which was attributed 
 by health professionals in the area to oil contamination.\n\nLuz is the 
 mother of five children and seven grandchildren. Her husband is deceased . 
 Despite the contamination, she has managed to create a sustainable 
 ecological farm, including coconuts, cacao, coffee, heliconia, orchids, 
 medicinal plants and Amazonian fruit trees.\n\nRobinson Yumbo, president of 
 the National Indigenous Federation of the Cofan Tribe (FEINCE). Born in 
 Lago Agrio, the oil town founded by Texaco, Robinson has lived his entire 
 life in the community of Cofan Dureno along the shores of the AguaRico 
 river. As a child, he witnessed firsthand the environmental devastation 
 caused by Texaco’s (now Chevron’s) operations in the ancestral 
 territory of the Cofan people. What was once the Cofan people’s ancestral 
 territory was transformed by Texaco (Chevron) into a massive oil field, 
 characterized by continuous spills, the deliberate dumping of toxic 
 wastewater into rivers and streams, and 24-hour flaring of natural 
 gas.\nRobinson witnessed the onset of a public health crisis within the 
 Cofan community, including spontaneous miscarriages, birth defects and 
 cancer. Texaco’s oil operations also opened up the Cofan territory to 
 uncontrolled migration, in the form of homesteading colonists, a phenomenon 
 which led to large scale deforestation (illegal mining and logging 
 operations), the reduction of ancestral territory, the loss of game, and 
 severe cultural threats.\nAs the president of FEINCE, Robinson works to 
 advance the Cofan people’s rights in the face of an array of pressing 
 threats, including deforestation, oil contamination, and economic 
 impoverishment. He lives in the community of Cofan Dureno with his wife, 
 Olga, and his four children.\n\nNigeria\nEmem Okon, Founder and Executive 
 Director of Kebetkache Women Development & Resource Centre. Emem Okon is a 
 women's rights activist and advocate from the Niger Delta’s oil impacted 
 region of Nigeria. She is a campaigner against all forms of violence 
 including that directed at women and the environment. Women’s rights are 
 inextricable with environmental health, because environmental damage harms 
 the survival and livelihood of women farmers and fisher folks. The 
 destruction of self sufficient lifestyles can lead women to seek wages 
 through sex work, which has resulted in increasing rates of HIV & 
 AIDS.\n\nMs. Okon is the founder and the Executive Director of Kebetkache 
 Women Development & Resource Centre. Ms. Okon was a leader of the powerful 
 women’s protests of Chevron Corporation for its environmental and human 
 rights abuses in Nigeria which garnered international media attention when 
 a group of women took over an oil installation and threatened to take off 
 their clothes if the company did not negotiate with them. She has 
 coordinated several women’s networks and coalitions in the Niger Delta 
 region, including Civil Society on HIV & AIDS, Gender and Constitution 
 Reform Network, International Network on Women and Environment, and 
 National Coalition on Affirmative Action, to mention a few.\n\nAnd More!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/21/18713865.php
SUMMARY:99% Spring Protest Outside Chevron Shareholder Meeting
LOCATION:Chevron World Headquarters\n6001 Bollinger Canyon, San Ramon, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/21/18713865.php
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