Association for India's Development, Bloomington Chapter

23rd Bhopal Anniversary  [Dec 2]

What?    Remembering the victims of one of the worst industrial disasters in
             the world. The gas tragedy of 1984 continues to affect thousands today.

Where?   102 Lindley Hall

When?    Dec. 2, 2007 from 5:45pm-7:45pm

Why?      To learn about the realities of the disaster by watching "One night in
             Bhopal" / BBC Education & Training ; written by Avie Luthra,
             Steven Condie; produced and directed by Steven Condie.

             Discuss the movie and talk about what is being done and what we can do
             to serve justice.
 

I invite you all to kindly attend and make the 23rd Bhopal Anniversary an occassion for all of us to vow to persevere to seek justice for the wronged.

Dance Performance by Restless Natives [Oct 6]

There will be an interactive performance of movement, music and word by
Malavika Mohanan @ 7PM, 006 BALLANTINE HALL on OCT. 6, 2007

RESTLESS NATIVES

Tonight we will speak of, sing of, dance of,
        The smile, the bomb and the silence between,
                The tanks, the guns and the child between
                        Birth, earth and the dream between

Malavika Tara Mohanan, trained in Bharatanatyam (a South Indian classical dance form) and theater, also uses elements of flamenco and other traditions to create a language of movement such that the written word can be embodied while spoken.  Texts include several original pieces, as well as writings by Emmanuel Ortiz, Howard Zinn, and Roberto Juarroz.  Denali DeGraf plays Native American Flutes and Drums (which he also builds), and the charango, a traditional Andean instrument.  The music includes an Aztec song for the dead, a Sanskrit chant for
wellbeing, and several original instrumental compositions.  The project has a 50-min. scripted performance and opens into a circle for all present to share stories and questions.

Documentary: La Segunnda Conquista in Patagonia [Oct 5]

An independent documentary La Segunnda Conquista (The Second Conquest) by Denali DeGraf and João Dujon Pereira will be screened @ 7PM, 006 BALLANTINE HALL on OCT. 5, 2007. Denali DeGraf will be there to share his experiences.

Plunder and Resistance in Patagonia

At the end of the 19th century, the Argentine government sent the army to clear Patagonia of its indigenous population for white settlement.  This brutal campaign was carried out mostly through mass killings and forced relocations. 120 years later, a similar situation unfolds.  A real-estate boom and a growing thirst for extractable resources are forcing the land out of the hands of those who inhabit it and work it, and into the hands of large corporations and wealthy individuals, through fraud, corruption, abuses of power and violence. Through testimony of the original inhabitants, this documentary explores the mechanisms and motives of this new conquest. In the face of massive tourism development, gated communities and country clubs for the wealthy, and multibillion dollar mining
explorations, small communities in Patagonia renew their continuing struggle to defend and reclaim their land. This resistance to the forces of capitalism is sustained by nothing more and nothing less than a fundamental relationship to land, compelling us to examine the concepts of power, ownership, and relationship in our own lives, land and society.

IU Career Fair Protest [Sep 20]

Student groups from IU protest Dow Chemical’s recruitment at the Life Sciences
Career Fair, citing company's continued negligence in cleaning up Bhopal gas disaster site affecting over 150,000 victims. Dow’s ‘Grim Reaper’ appears & claims more ‘victims’ next to Showalter fountain, like the dead and dying at Bhopal. Students take online pledges on Facebook, by joining ‘Don’t Work for Dirty Dow – IU’ group, asking justice be rendered.

WHEN:    Thursday, September 20th 2007, from 10AM – 2PM
WHERE:  Life Sciences Career Fair at IU Auditorium (inside) & Showalter fountain

             (outside)
WHO:    Students, Staff, and Faculty from IU & concerned members from

            Bloomington community

AID Fall Movie Social with Samosa and Chai [Sep 15]

When? September 15th, 3:30 PM

Where? Lindley Hall 012

Who? YOU!

Why? Free food and fun!

Confronting Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris at IU Conference [Feb 28]

The 61st annual Indiana University Business Conference on Energy and Environmental challenges held at the Indianapolis Convention center on February 28th was witness to protests by members of Association for India's Development (AID) and Amnesty International that was aimed at Andrew Liveris, CEO of Dow Chemical, who was invited to speak at the conference. RCA dome formed the backdrop for the activists on the sidewalks who held placards and chanted
slogans against Dow’s dubious environmental record and called on the Kelley school to set a better example for students.