April 1-5 was our first Endowment Week of Action. We're taking action every day, during our Week of Action campuses across the country decided to up the ante!
As youth we've created a mass movement of young people demanding control of capital - and our own future. Check out highlights below:
University of Washington | Move Our Money
University of Washington student Monica Mendoza Castrejon created this image for the Move Our Money campaign. Click here for more artwork from Monica.
UC Berkeley | Move Our Money
A multicultural group of 70 student organizers reenacted a prison chain gang, tying themselves together by the ankle and marching onto UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza to demand that the university divest from the Prison Industrial Complex. As a result of the pressure from the action, as well as a massive multicultural community presence at the student senate meeting, UC Berkeley's student senate voted to divest all of their funds from the Prison Industrial Complex, and to demand that the University do the same.
Check out video of the action below:
Oberlin | Move Our Money
Oberlin’s Responsible Investing Organization (RIO) tabled at the main library, as part of RIO’s base-building Break Up With Your Bank project. RIO is encouraging students to transfer their balances to local credit unions.
University of Oregon | Move our Money
Students from the University of Oregon's MEChA chapter supported the Move our Money campaign by approaching local credit unions and calling for Spanish-speaking staff in an effort to improve accessibility to the local Latino community.
University of Pennsylvania | Move our Money
Students did outreach at the Social Justice Mixer, in preparation for their April 30 meeting with Penn’s Executive Vice President.
McGill University | Fossil Free Divestment & Reinvestment
Students with Divest McGill made a presentation to the Board of Governors.
University of Massachusetts Amherst | Fossil Free Divestment & Reinvestment
Over 200 students came together for a teach in about divestment.
Smith and Mt. Holyoke | Fossil Free Divestment & Reinvestment
Smith students organized a recruitment event for their divestment team and petition drive against the Keyston XL pipeline.
HEI Hotel Workers Rising | Divest
REC participated in a panel discussion about the HEI Hotel Workers Rising campaign.
We also were part of a delegation to HEI headquarters in New Haven, CT! A representative from REC, along with a Yale student, a Unite Here organizer, and 2 HEI workers managed to get speak with Nigel Hurst, Senior VP of HEI.
Carleton College | Active Ownership
A member of Carleton’s Committee on Investor Responsibility (CRIC) penned an op-ed asking, “When you hear the word CRIC what usually comes to mind?”
Harvard | Active Ownership
Responsible Investment at Harvard sent a student delegation to Jane Mendillo, President & CEO of Harvard Management Company.

In other exciting news Harvard students and alumni have independently invested the Fair Harvard Fund. Click here for more info.
As youth we've created a mass movement of young people demanding control of capital - and our own future. Check out highlights below:
University of Washington | Move Our Money
University of Washington student Monica Mendoza Castrejon created this image for the Move Our Money campaign. Click here for more artwork from Monica.

A multicultural group of 70 student organizers reenacted a prison chain gang, tying themselves together by the ankle and marching onto UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza to demand that the university divest from the Prison Industrial Complex. As a result of the pressure from the action, as well as a massive multicultural community presence at the student senate meeting, UC Berkeley's student senate voted to divest all of their funds from the Prison Industrial Complex, and to demand that the University do the same.
Check out video of the action below:
Oberlin | Move Our Money
Oberlin’s Responsible Investing Organization (RIO) tabled at the main library, as part of RIO’s base-building Break Up With Your Bank project. RIO is encouraging students to transfer their balances to local credit unions.

Students from the University of Oregon's MEChA chapter supported the Move our Money campaign by approaching local credit unions and calling for Spanish-speaking staff in an effort to improve accessibility to the local Latino community.

Students did outreach at the Social Justice Mixer, in preparation for their April 30 meeting with Penn’s Executive Vice President.

Students with Divest McGill made a presentation to the Board of Governors.

Over 200 students came together for a teach in about divestment.

Smith students organized a recruitment event for their divestment team and petition drive against the Keyston XL pipeline.

REC participated in a panel discussion about the HEI Hotel Workers Rising campaign.
We also were part of a delegation to HEI headquarters in New Haven, CT! A representative from REC, along with a Yale student, a Unite Here organizer, and 2 HEI workers managed to get speak with Nigel Hurst, Senior VP of HEI.

A member of Carleton’s Committee on Investor Responsibility (CRIC) penned an op-ed asking, “When you hear the word CRIC what usually comes to mind?”

Responsible Investment at Harvard sent a student delegation to Jane Mendillo, President & CEO of Harvard Management Company.

In other exciting news Harvard students and alumni have independently invested the Fair Harvard Fund. Click here for more info.
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