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Join us the Launch of the Photo Exhibit
Crude Reflections
ChevronTexaco's Rainforest Legacy
Where: Fireside Room at Mudd's Restaurant • (925) 837-9387
10 Boardwalk (off Crow Canyon Road) San Ramon, CA
Exhibit is free and open to the public April 26-28, 11am to 9pm
HONORARY CHAIR: Bianca Jagger Photographers: Lou Dematteis & Kayana Szymczak
SPECIAL GUESTS: Humberto Piaguaje and Carmen Perez, Amazonian leaders from Ecuador
The exhibit chronicles the impact of ChevronTexaco' s oil pollution in Ecuador, and efforts by local
communities to seek justice. Using testimonies alongside portraits, Bay Area photographers
Lou Dematteis and Kayana Szymczak, assisted by journalist Joan Kruckewitt, have uncovered the
physical and emotional reality of those affected by toxic contamination 30 times larger than the
Exxon Valdez spill. The exhibit is opening in San Ramon, the global headquarters
of ChevronTexaco. It coincides with the company’s Annual Meeting.
HOST COMMITTEE: Julia Butterfly Hill, Paul Hawken, Medea Benjamin, Kevin Danaher, Randy Hayes, Rabbi
Dan Goldblatt, Rev. Steve & Bev Harms, Pastor Margaretta Dahlin-Johannson, Rev. Alan Kelchner, John
Dalrymple, Bill Pence, Jim Blickenstaff, Steve & Beverly McAdams, Bill & Marianne Gagen, Mona Cadena,
Larry Fahn, Gayle McLaughlin, Larry & Leonor Fugazi, Donald & Patricia Kagan, Joe Foos
INVITED GUESTS: Senator Barbara Boxer, Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, former San Ramon Mayor
Nancy Tatarka, former San Ramon Vice Mayor Jerry Cambra
View exhibit online at w w w. a m a z o n w a t c h . o r g • Information: Amazon Watch (415) 487-9600