MEDIA ADVISORY
August 13, 2009
Contacts:
Jen Angel, Mobilization for Climate Justice-West, jen@aidandabet.org 510-910 -5627
Ellen Choy, Mobilization for Climate Justice-West, ellenvchoy@gmail.com 310-908-3498
CHEVRON UNDER FIRE:
BROAD COALITION TARGETS CHEVRON IN RICHMOND ON ROAD TO COPENHAGEN CLIMATE TALKS
- Colorful Visuals! -
WHAT: Press Conference in Advance of Mass Festival, March, and Protest at Chevron Richmond Refinery on August 15
WHEN: Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 11:00am
WHERE: Chevron Gas Station 1298 Howard St at 9th downtown San Francisco 94103
WHO: Gayle McLaughlin, Mayor, City of Richmond
Greg Karras, Senior Scientist, Communities for a Better Environment
Torm Nompraseurt, Senior Organizer, Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Dr. Henry Clark, Executive Director, West County Toxics Coalition
Ananda Lee Tan, Mobilization for Climate Justice, and U.S. Campaign Coordinator, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives
Antonia Juhasz, Director, The Chevron Program, Global Exchange
WHY: In advance of the mass festival, march, and protest in Richmond on Saturday, August 15 targeting Chevron, groups representing Richmond, the Bay Area, the state, and communities from around the world will discuss campaigns targeting Chevron.
Members of the Mobilization for Climate Justice-West—a diverse network of more than 30 organizations and concerned community members demanding clean air and green jobs for Richmond, and climate justice for all—will also present its demands and what to expect on Saturday, including:
11:30am Festival at the Richmond BART
1:00pm March from BART to Chevron Refinery
3:00pm Protest at the Refinery and a Press Conference.
With more events to come on the road to the critical UN climate talks in Copenhagen in December.
Mobilization for Climate Justice West is a collaboration of: Art in Action – Asian-Pacific Environmental Network – Bay Area Labor Committee for Peace and Justice – Bay Localize – Burmese American Democratic Association – Communities for a Better Environment – Contra Costa Greens – Direct Action to Stop the War – Earth First! – Environmental Justice & Climate Change Initiative – Filipino American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) – Forest Ethics – Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives – Global Exchange – Global Justice Ecology Project – Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice – Greenpeace – Headrush – International Forum on Globalization – International Rivers – Justice in Nigeria Now! – Movement Generation – Pacific Environment – Poor Magazine – Rainforest Action Network – Richmond Mayor’s Task Force on Environmental Justice and Health – Richmond Progressive A lliance – Ruckus Society – Rising Tide North America – Solidarity – West County Toxics Coalition – Youth In Focus – 350.org
west.actforclimatejustice.org/
