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Board declines to divest

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/03/us/swarthmore-declines-to-drop-investments-in-fossil-fuels.html?_r=1

https://www.delcotimes.com/news/swarthmore-college-to-keep-fossil-fuel-funds/article_902231b4-d108-5377-a955-192b62a9a376.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2015/05/04/swarthmore-despite-protests-wont-sell-fossil-fuel-holdings

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/04052015/swarthmore-spurns-student-divestment-movement

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2015/05/04/board-decides-not-to-divest-mjs-campaign-to-continue/

https://www.swarthmore.edu/board-managers/sustainability-and-investment-policy

Sparks condemnation from leading climate activist Bill McKibben: https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2015/03/26/14214/

And the editorial board https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2015/05/02/board-of-managers-decide-not-to-divest/

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June-July 1985

Into the Archives: a correspondence on divestment

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/11/16/into-the-archives-a-correspondence-on-divestment/

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February 24, 2017

Students stage sit-in to demand the Board seriously consider the student referendum on divestment

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/breaking-students-stage-sit-in-to-demand-the-board-seriously-consider-the-student-referendum-on-dives/

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2017/02/24/exciting-update-progress-and-next-steps-on-the-sit-in/

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/02/23/13-years-of-student-pressure-forced-the-board-to-divest-from-apartheid-we-will-do-it-again/

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/02/23/mountain-justice-wins-referendum-in-landslide-board-rejects-partial-divestment/

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May 7, 2018

Grant Brown shares a story about how climate change is impacting his home, while Professors Lee Smithey, Betsey Bolton, and Liz Nichols launch the third week of the faculty fast

https://www.facebook.com/403018989723615/videos/2393048350720659

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March 30, 2017

MJ to fully automate divestment protest process

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/03/30/mj-to-fully-automate-divestment-protest-process/

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April 24, 2017

30 begin sit-in to demand Pres. Smith & Board stop hiding behind 1991 Ban on using endowment for social purpose

PHoto: post-it notes calling for divestment.
“Swarthmore students made the case for divestment with post-it notes in President Smith’s office in 2017. Photo credit: Lee Smithey”

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2017/04/24/breaking-30-begin-sit-in-to-demand-pres-smith-board-stop-hiding-behind-1991-ban-on-using-endowment-for-social-purpose/

https://whyy.org/articles/swarthmore-college-students-launch-new-sit-in-for-divestment-photos/

https://www.phillyvoice.com/swarthmore-college-students-begin-long-sit-in-at-presidents-office/

https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Swarthmore-students-protest.html

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/04/27/divestment-dialogue-leads-to-sit-in/

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/04/24/40733/#comments

https://www.facebook.com/divestnowcornell/posts/890503141090510

https://www.facebook.com/swarthmoreMJ/photos/a.489088214450025.123953.403018989723615/1839101432782023/?type=3

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April 30, 2018

Today, Professor Schuetze begins her weeklong fast for fossil fuel divestment and in support of the student referendum against the 1991 Ban. Listen to Aru Shiney-Ajay share her story about how climate impacts her family and Professor Schuetze on why she has chosen to fast!

https://www.facebook.com/403018989723615/videos/2382497291775765

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March 2, 2017

Mountain Justice stages sit-in and protest after Board’s divestment decision

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2017/03/02/mountain-justice-stages-sit-in-and-protest-after-boards-divestment-decision/

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April 11, 2018

Referendum on the 1991 Ban: All You Need to Know

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/referendum-on-the-1991-ban-all-you-need-to-know/

https://www.facebook.com/events/924154221092222/

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April 19, 2018

Sunrise referendum on 1991 divestment ban passes

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2018/04/19/sunrise-referendum-on-1991-divestment-ban-passes/