Class of ’67 50th Reunion Panel: Swarthmore and Climate Change
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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divestment
Professors fast to pressure Board to repeal 1991 ban
On April 20, two days after a referendum demanding that the Board of Managers repeal the 1991 Investment Committee ban
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Sunrise referendum on 1991 divestment ban passes
On April 19, a Student Government Organization referendum introduced by climate activism student group Swarthmore Sunrise passed with 87% approval.
Read moreBackground information on Swarthmore College’s investment policies
Swarthmore students involved in the Sunrise Movement are sponsoring a referendum next week to ask the Board of Managers to
Read moreDivest, with care
Sunrise has recently been advocating for a referendum on Swarthmore’s investment policy. The group has called for a vote on
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Sunrise pushes for new divestment referendum
Sunrise Swarthmore collected digital signatures last week in an effort to call a Student Government Organization referendum on the school’s
Read moreSome pessimism about divestment
Sunrise has had a good week. SGO recently announced that they will invest surplus funds from the student activity budget
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Sunrise, SGO, SBC to invest surplus money into a fossil-free fund
On Friday afternoon around 12:30 p.m., the Student Government Organization, Student Budget Committee, and Sunrise Swarthmore gathered in Parrish Parlors
Read moreStudents Lead on Divestment — When Will the Board?
Seven years ago, a group of Swarthmore students took a trip to West Virginia, where they witnessed the brutal injustice
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Into the Archives: Apartheid Divestment, part II
Last CJ issue, I wrote about an exchange between 1985 Swarthmore grad Perry Chang and then-president David Fraser about the
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