Difference between revisions of "Columbia Prison Divest"
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). Despite numerous campus demonstrations and unsuccessful petitions to the [[ASCRI]],<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/01/21/columbia-prison-divest-members-say-voices-left-out-acsri-panel Unsuccessful attempts at petitioning | + | Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). Despite numerous campus demonstrations and unsuccessful petitions to the [[ASCRI]],<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/01/21/columbia-prison-divest-members-say-voices-left-out-acsri-panel Unsuccessful attempts at petitioning ACSRI]</ref> they were granted a meeting with [[PrezBo]] after protesting his Freedom of Speech class.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/10/23/columbia-prison-divest-holds-silent-protest-outside-bollinger-class Freedom of Speech protest]</ref> |
| − | They were ultimately successful.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/04/01/advisory-committee-socially-responsible-investing-recommends-divestment-private | + | They were ultimately successful.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/04/01/advisory-committee-socially-responsible-investing-recommends-divestment-private ACSRI recommends divestment from private prisons]</ref> |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 17:46, 2 April 2015
Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). Despite numerous campus demonstrations and unsuccessful petitions to the ASCRI,[1] they were granted a meeting with PrezBo after protesting his Freedom of Speech class.[2]
They were ultimately successful.[3]
