Publish to Newswire
Add an EventFrom the Open-Publishing Calendar
From the Open-Publishing Newswire
Indybay Feature
Brown Bag Lunch with Amazon Activist Emem Okon from Nigeria
Import event into your personal calendar
Date:
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Time:
12:00 PM
-
2:00 PM
Event Type:
Other
Organizer/Author:
xan joi
Location Details:
Global Exchange Conference Room
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
(@ 16th, BART 16th Street Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110
t: 415.255.7296
Global Exchange
2017 Mission Street, 2nd Floor
(@ 16th, BART 16th Street Mission)
San Francisco, CA 94110
t: 415.255.7296
Emem Okon is a women's rights activist and advocate from the Niger Delta's oil impacted region of Nigeria.
Ms. 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.
This event is free of charge.
Ms. 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.
This event is free of charge.
Added to the calendar on Tue, Mar 22, 2011 10:59PM
Add Your Comments
We are 100% volunteer and depend on your participation to sustain our efforts!
Donate
$75.00 donated
in the past month
Get Involved
If you'd like to help with maintaining or developing the website, contact us.
Publish
Publish your stories and upcoming events on Indybay.
Topics
More
Search Indybay's Archives
Advanced Search
►
▼
IMC Network