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Students with Mountain Justice begin a fossil fuel divestment campaign following trips they had taken to West Virginia, where they had witnessed the effects of mountaintop removal coal mining.
Further reading:
- “Our Campaign,” Mountain Justice
- Hannah Jones, “From Mountaintop Removal to Divestment: The Story of Swarthmore Students’ Fight Against Fossil Fuels,” Zinn Education Project
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April 21, 2017
Swat Divest Stages Unless: a Dramatic Divestment Reading
Professors Christy Schuetze and Lee Smithey perform a dramatic reading of The Lorax for divestment as part of Swat Divest, the faculty and staff fossil fuel divestment group.
Further reading:
- Watch the dramatic reading here!
- Check out Swat Divest
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November 19, 2014
Mountain Justice holds a press conference to announce that Swarthmore’s highest-paid investment manager will offer fossil-free portfolios to institutions that want to divest
Further reading:
https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/category/press-feed/page/2/
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December 6, 2014
Mountain Justice delivers a divestment petition with hundreds of student, faculty, and alumni signatures to the Board
Further reading:
https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/dec_2014_board_mtg/
https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/response-to-investment-committee-announcement/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCRcD9RIgmA