Green Bay Packers’ quarterback Aaron Rodgers will join various campus groups Monday to speak and raise awareness about the exploitation of mineral mining workers in the Congo on the Memorial Union Terrace.
The rally is sponsored by the Conflict-Free Campus Initiative, which is a national group dedicated to pressuring universities to purchase electronics from companies that use conflict-free minerals to make products.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison Amnesty International chapter sponsored a resolution through the Associated Students of Madison in Spring 2012 to support CFCI initiatives on campus and to convince UW-Madison to only purchase electronics from companies that “responsibly mine minerals.”
The event is co-sponsored by the Wisconsin-Union Directorate, the Enough! Project, UNICEF, Campus Women’s Center, Volunteers for Intercultural & Definitive Adventures and Globe Med.
The event is free and open to the public, and will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Memorial Union Terrace.
