The A² Tour
This is the tale of two Amazons. Steven Donziger and Chris Smalls speak to the challenges of taking on two of the most powerful corporations in the world. From Chevron in the Amazon to the Amazon Corporation, these two are putting everything on the line to speak truth to power.
Steven and Chris will be joined be local and national leaders, artists, musicians and activists on an inspiring tour that celebrates the roles we can all play in standing up for what we believe in.
In a world where civic engagement and social responsibility often take a backseat to individual success, we remember the significance of connecting our personal stories, uniting our voices and creating greater influence together.
Chris Smalls
As an Amazon warehouse supervisor, Chris helped open three major warehouses in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut during his five years with the company. He was fired in 2020 after organizing a protest against the company’s unsafe pandemic conditions.
Chris is the founder and president of the Amazon Labor Union, the first independent, democratic, worker-led labor union in American History for Amazon in Staten Island. He is also the founder of The Congress of Essential Workers (TCOEW), a nationwide collective of essential workers and allies fighting for better working conditions, better wages, and a better world.
He is included in Time’s 100 most influential people in the World 2022 and 2023.
Steven Donziger
Steven is and internationally recognized environmental and human rights attorney who led one of the largest class action lawsuits filed against an American oil company and won.
Chevron had not paid the $9.5 billion that it owes to the nearly 30,000 Ecuadorian Indigenous peoples and rural farmers for the environmental disasters the company caused in the Amazon.
Instead Chevron went after Steven, financing unprecedented and unfounded contempt of court charges that resulted in him spending almost 3 years in detention.
Steven is now out of detention but not free.