Links to:

-BioJustice 2007 Press Conference May, 4, 2007

-BioJustice 2007 Panel: International Famers Speak Out May, 4, 2007

-BioJustice 2007 Panel: Biotechnology, Medicine, and Human Rights, May, 5, 2007

 

 

What:
A environmental justice parade with colorful puppets to call attention to environmental contamination in Roxbury, the threat of the BU bioweapons lab, and the bioweaponry agenda of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

When and Where:
Sunday, May 6
-11:00 AM - 1:00 PM: Parade starts at Dudley Commons (Across from 339 Dudley St.)
-1:00- 4:00 PM: Gather in Blackstone Park (Washington and W. Newton Sts.)

BOSTON – Independent scientists and representatives of farmers’ movements from as far away as Bangladesh are coming to Boston this weekend to challenge the biotechnology industry on the eve of their annual convention. They will be participating in a series of public events under the umbrella of Biojustice 2007.

Friday evening, May 4th: Anna Lappé, Ignacio Chapela, Farjana Akter, Mercedes Alvarez, Louie Hena.

Saturday Morning, May 5th: Judy Norsigian, George Annas, John Abramson, Sandy Eaton, Sonia Shah.

This year’s Biojustice events in Boston continue a series of international grassroots gatherings on issues of genetic engineering and corporate dominance over our food and health that began seven years ago in St. Louis. Since May of 1999, most of these gatherings have coincided with the annual convention of BIO, the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is the world’s largest biotechnology lobbying organization, representing over 1100 corporations, university departments, and state biotechnology centers from their headquarters in Washington, DC. In 2004, former Pennsylvania congressperson James C. Greenwood was appointed as the organization’s second president.

by Marcy Darnovsky and Jesse Reynolds (Center for Genetics and Society, and Brian Tokar (Institute for Social Ecology)

What: Organizers and invited guests will speak about events planned to protest the upcoming biotechnology convention in Boston.
When: Friday, May 4, 10:30 AM
Where: Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., at the Copley ‘T’ station

BOSTON -- A major public gathering on biotechnology is coming to Boston in early May, but this one won't be attended by representatives of biotechnology firms. BioJustice is a week-long series of teach-ins, workshops, protests, marches, and celebrations being organized as a counterpart to the Biotechnology Industry Organization's International (BIO) international convention. Organizers of BioJustice criticize the biotechnology industry's activities in agriculture, medicine, and bioweaponry, and say that better alternatives are available.

BOSTON -- A premiere reading of the screenplay “THE DONORS”, a science fiction thriller, Sunday, May 6th beginning at 5:00 PM at the Community Church of Boston at 565 Boylston Street near Copley Square, in the Guatemala Room, with free admission,  is presented as a part of BioJustice 2007 events.