The Palestinian BDS movement calls on supporters worldwide to participate in Anti-Chevron Day on Wednesday, May 21. Anti-Chevron Day has been organized by Amazon Watch since 2014. It is a global day of action protesting Chevron’s historical and ongoing climate destruction and violations of human rights globally, especially in the Amazon basin in Latin America. In solidarity with the BDS movement’s call to boycott Chevron for its complicity in Israel’s genocide and apartheid, Amazon Watch and allies integrated the Palestinian Boycott Chevron campaign into the Anti-Chevron Day tradition.
Anti-Chevron Day falls one week before Chevron’s annual shareholder meeting (AGM). At the upcoming 2025 AGM, shareholders will vote on a proposal calling on Chevron to audit its human rights abuses worldwide, requiring input from civil society and human rights organizations. This is a crucial time for our campaign to mobilize. We know that Chevron is feeling the heat! Chevron entered the Israeli market in 2020, and it can exit just as easily.
Be a part of Anti-Chevron Day on May 21 by peacefully disrupting business as usual.
Action ideas include:
- BOYCOTT & PICKET: organizing a gas station boycott picket
- DIVEST: starting a campaign calling on your city council, university, union, or other institution to divest from Chevron and/or exclude it from contracts;
- DROP SPONSORSHIPS: Organize an org sign on letter, email campaign, and/or pressure campaign calling on community events or universities to end existing Chevron sponsorships and partnerships;
- EDUCATE: hosting an educational event on Chevron as a shared demand of movements for environmental justice and justice for Palestine.
Put your action on the map by May 14!
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