TEENS
TAKE ON BIG TOBACCO IN EAST HANOVER, NJ!
For as long as everyone can remember, Philip Morris, aka Altria,
has held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders at its facility in
Richmond, VA, a decidedly "tobacco-friendly" place.
This year, however, the company chose to switch the location of
the meeting to its Kraft facility in East Hanover, NJ. Perhaps
Altria thought the move would prevent us from showing up to demonstrate.
If so, they were WRONG.
On
April 29, 2004, over 150 youth and adults from CA, DC, HI, NH,
NJ, NM, NY, WI, Colombia, Senegal, Thailand, and Ukraine* were
outside the location of the Altria Annual Meeting of Stockholders
bright and early in the morning to hold the company accountable
for promoting death and disease around the world!
Click
on the links below or to the left for more information about events
around Altria's 2004 Meeting of Stockholders:
For
more information about any of the above events, contact
Essential Action. Also contact Essential Action if you:
- Know
of any youth programs that might be interested in participating
next year
- Would
like to buy a share of Altria stock, to enable more youth advocates
to attend the Altria meeting next year
- Would
like permission to use any photos of the events
*
Participating groups (in alphabetical order by state): Youth
Leadership Institute (CA), Essential
Action (DC), REAL
(HI), Dover Youth to Youth (NH), Expose (NM), Reality
Check (NY), FACT (WI)
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