Last year's annual meeting also descended into questions about alleged abuses abroad. The Coca-Cola Co. vowed Tuesday to change the perception of people who still believe it permits abusive practices abroad, a tough sell to some shareholders who bombarded the world's biggest beverage company with questions about human rights and water depletion.

Isdell turned down a request from one angry shareholder representative to have a face-to-face debate with him, saying "I get many of those (requests) and I respectfully decline that at this point in time." Later, he said the company will engage "anybody who believes, even though they're wrong, the accusations."

Outside the hotel where the meeting was held, about 25 protesters gathered. Some carried signs and banners and chanted anti-Coke slogans such as "Workers don't get what they need, all because of corporate greed."

Coke Board meeting

2. April 19th, 2005: Union Theological Seminary Kicks Coca-Cola Off Campus

  NEW YORK, April 19, 2005 -- Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York has joined the growing number of educational institutions in the United
States and around the world who have banned the sale of Coca-Cola products
on their campuses.

"Upon the recommendation of the Seminary's Institutional and Community Affairs Committee, I have approved a boycott of Coca-Cola products on the Union Theological Seminary campus," said President Joseph C. Hough, Jr., in his announcement to the Seminary community. "This recommendation came with considerable evidence that firms associated with Coca-Cola have been engaged in actions that violate basic standards for human rights and environmental safety in countries outside the United States."

Thursday, Apr. 21, 2005
Christian Post

The New York-based Union Theological Seminary became the country's first
seminary to ban the sale of Coca-Cola products on its campus, joining a
growing number of educational institutions around the world that have
decried the beverage-giant's violation of "basic human rights and
environmental safety" measures.
Report from the Union Theological Seminary

3. Amit Srivatsava from the India Resource Center speaks at Rutgers University on issues around the Coca � Cola plant in India:

4. 1-800-GET-COKE (1-800- 438-2653) - Call Coke campaign. People can call in to the number with regard to the Plachimada situation or send a mail to the Coke CEO, Neville Isdell. Instructions to respond via the web are available .