What a day for divestment!
First the Ford Fdn, then Vassar, now @mtholyoke College, where @MHCDivest and others have been pushing for a decade! Oldest of the 7 Sisters, it's been home to Helen Pitts Douglass, Lucy Stone, and so many others. Go Lyons!
https://t.co/tTiQptznGJ
BREAKING: After a decade of constant pressure by students, faculty, and alums, @HARVARD IS FINALLY DIVESTING FROM FOSSIL FUELS.
It’s a massive victory for our community, the climate movement, and the world — and a strike against the power of the fossil fuel industry. (THREAD)
MHC MUTUAL AID PROJECT: please share! take a look! if there is anything you can give or receive, do it! i know some of you have spare $. (only accessible through mhc emails) https://t.co/zrWHJ1xHZn
Op-ed by teen vogue discourages business with banks financing the climate crisis! Read their article on divestment from the climate crisis and the Youth movement's Not My Dirty Money pledge:
https://t.co/APcf18hze1
The fossil fuel industry is a bad boyfriend, he’s never going to pay you back. It’s time to break up and get a new partner called investing in communities.
New York State divests its pension funds from coal! Oil and gas are the obvious next steps--thanks to all who have applied unrelenting pressure
https://t.co/9NInajmCMF
This afternoon, #UVM's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to divest the university's endowment of fossil fuel investments.
A long tradition of environmental leadership, student advocacy, and the growing climate crisis were key factors. Details: https://t.co/YZMVfCtCXB
Cornell divested!! Proving that, in the midst of a global pandemic divestment is still a sound financial and moral choice - we hope @mtholyoke will follow https://t.co/50NdGRHqxM
@collins1129 Of course!! Alums are also highly encouraged to sign at any point - Mount Holyoke is targeting seniors on campus right now, so we’re making sure to specifically reach out to them. But we love our Divest Alums!!🧡
Don’t let Mount Holyoke hijack the language of activists fighting against institutional violence - sign our nondonation pledge and demand divestment !!
300 STUDENTS joined a walkout at Mount Holyoke College led by @MHCDivest and PACKED the room to rally for #FossilFuelDivestmentDay. An unmistakably strong message to the Board. Students are united and powerful and can't be ignored.
Another great opportunity to learn more about environmental justice TODAY! Hope to see you there!
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Make your voice heard! Join Senator Ed Markey for a town hall discussion on the Green New Deal this Sunday, March 24, from 6-7:30pm at Northampton High School. Check out the Facebook event for more details. https://t.co/hFPr6HUpMK
Join the Mount Holyoke College Democrats tomorrow night for their panel entitled Local Changemakers: Exploring Issues in Our Western Massachusetts Community
Thursday, March 21st at 5:30 pm in Cleveland L3 https://t.co/MtVFRWvO2I