Chester: Histories of Privilege and Opportunities of Wisdom
Chester is a place we have little wisdom of. We project. We perform. We claim to know. The majority just
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environment
Six Swatties Arrested in Capitol Climate Change Protest
Over 150 members of Sunrise — including 14 Swatties — descended on the Capitol on Tues, Nov. 13 to demand
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The Necessity for an Infusion of Environmental Justice
Earlier this month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published a report warning the world that if we don’t
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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.
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EVP’s Nathaniel Stinnett: The Environmental Movement Has a Turnout Problem, Not a Persuasion Problem
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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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Anti-pipeline candidates elected with help from Sunrise
Sunrise lead a successful effort to elect opponents of the Mariner East II pipeline, currently under construction, to township boards
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President’s sustainability research fellowship expanded, refined
Amos Frye ’18, a fellow of the President’s Sustainability Research Fellowship program, worked first as a landscaper and farmhand in
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From Hanoi to Crum Creek
Squatting on a little wooden stool on the sidewalk, I am captivated by the story of a small-framed 60-year-old woman
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Mountain Justice Joins National Group Sunrise, Broadens Goals
After a busy past year, Mountain Justice is rebranding. They’ve joined Sunrise, a national “movement to stop climate change and
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