Take Action Now to Help Defend Communities in the Amazon and Hold Chevron (formerly ChevronTexaco) Accountable!

For over four decades, Indigenous communities have witnessed multinational oil companies cut through their ancestral lands in search of the country's vast petroleum resources. According to the report "Amazon Crude", Texaco was responsible for dumping 19 billion gallons of toxic wastewater into the region, contaminating the drinking water of Ecuador's Amazon communities who are suffering the consequences up to this day. Texaco merged with Chevron in 2001.

Secoya elders march against Chevron in Lago Agrio, Ecuador
© Lou Dematteis

PLAN AN EVENT TO RAISE AWARENESS AND TAKE ACTION

Have you received a response from Chevron? Read the standard response they are sending to activists and download a sample letter you can use to follow up and keep the pressure on Chevron!

Check out our list of ideas and resources.
Are you a high school student? Download our High School Action Pack for ideas on raising awareness about Chevron in the Amazon at your school.
Are you a college student? Are corporate human rights offenders recruiting on your campus? Learn how you can use recruitment fairs to raise awareness and take action.
Participate in our Spring Clean Up, Not Cover Up! Action.
Plan a film screening to show "The Curse of Oil"(BBC). Contact or 212-633-4288 to request a copy.
Host the photo exhibit Crude Reflections.
Participate in Indigenous Peoples Day, Oct 8-12.
Download the one-page fact sheet on Ecuador. Use a sample letter or petition to gather signatures at your event.
Link up with other likeminded organizations and groups:
- Amazon Watch
- Rainforest Action Network
- Environmental and human rights groups, Latino, Hispanic, Indigenous peoples organizations, religious groups, etc.

Don't forget to publicize your event! Contact your local media and invite them to attend. Take plenty of your own photos so we can share them here on the Amnesty website and in the CAN Magazine. Send your stories to .

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Send an email to Chevron Board of Directors, demanding that Chevron restore the health and environment of the communities in the Amazon.

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