• Georgetown University Admits Complete Lack of Oversight of Endowment Investments

    Yesterday morning, five members of the Georgetown, Divest! Coalition met with four Georgetown University administrators, Lawrence Kochard, the Chief Investment Officer, LaMarr Billups, Assistant Vice President of Business Policy Planning, Dan Porterfield, Senior Vice President for Strategic Development, and Jeanne Lord, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs. In a meeting that lasted for over an […]

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  • Coalition Seeks GU Stance on Israeli Human Rights Violations

    By Matt Joseloff | Apr 09 2010 Following a growing international movement to curb human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, students have formed a coalition demanding the university cut any assets traced to companies tied to such violations. Comprised of student groups such as the Georgetown Solidarity Committee and Students for Justice in Palestine, […]

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  • Georgetown, Divest! says ethics do not inform Georgetown’s investment decisions at all

    In a press release provocatively entitled, “Georgetown University Admits Complete Lack of Oversight of Endowment Investments,” members of Georgetown, Divest!, the student coalition seeking University divestment in companies that perpetuate human rights abuses in Israel and Palestine, said that their Friday meeting with administrators revealed to them “that ethical concerns play no role in the […]

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  • Student group speaks out against profiting from Israel-Palestine conflict

    By Crys Guerra and Anne Artley Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 With the hope of building a campus-wide movement, Brown Students for Justice in Palestine held their spring kick-off event, Education without Occupation, on Wednesday, presenting their campaign for divestment from companies profiting from what the group called the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The presentation, […]

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  • Georgetown University movement for divestment against Israeli Apartheid

    “Divestment: A Campaign to End Apartheid and Promote Peace” On the Web site of Georgetown University (Washington, DC), at: http://events.georgetown.edu/events/?Action=View&CalendarID=338&EventID=75970 Event Divestment: A Campaign to End Apartheid and Promote Peace When Tuesday, April 13, 2010 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm Where White-Gravenor Hall 201B Event details: Selective Divestment from Companies that Profit from Human Rights Violations […]

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  • Letter of support of UC Berkeley SJP

    April 5, 2010 Dear Friends at UC Berkeley SJP, Two weeks ago news of the vote to divest UC Berkeley from companies that provide military support for the Israeli occupation has reached us here in Israel. Like many who have been working hard to liberate Palestine and restore justice to Palestinians, we were very happy […]

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  • Singling out Israel is the right thing to do

    By Yaman Two weeks ago, UC Berkeley”s student senate made a historic 16-4 decision to divest from General Electric and United Technologies, two American companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. A week later, the student body president vetoed the bill, citing its “focus on a specific country,” Israel. His veto echoed identical claims by […]

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  • Radio Intifada interviews student divestment advocates

    Radio Intifada on KPFK interviewed Ibrahim Shikaki of Students for Justice in Palestine at the University of California at Berkeley on April 1, 2010. The program also spoke with Gabriel Schivone of the University of Arizona about the campaign at his university calling for divestment from Israel. Click here to download the program. The segment […]

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  • Open Letter to Berkeley Students on their Historic Israeli Divestment Bill

    Published on Wednesday, March 31, 2010 by CommonDreams.org by Naomi Klein On March 18, continuing a long tradition of pioneering human rights campaigns, the Senate of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley (ASUC) passed “A Bill In Support of UC DIVESTMENT FROM WAR CRIMES.” The historic bill resolves to divest ASUC’s assets […]

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  • Health workers and advocates support call for U of Arizona to divest

    Press release, UA Health for Human Rights, 30 March 2010 The following press release was issued on 30 March 2010 by UA Health for Human Rights, an ad hoc group formed by the broader University Community for Human Rights, a student-led board leading divestment initiatives at the University of Arizona: A joint group of more […]

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