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October, 2010: Swarthmore Mountain Justice forms

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.

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February 13, 2015

60 students launch the Divestment Escalation Pledge

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2015/02/14/60-swarthmore-college-students-pledge-to-take-bold-action-to-pressure-board-to-divest-colleges-1-8-billion-endowment-from-fossil-fuels/

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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

Photo by Ashlen Sepulveda.
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https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/category/press-feed/page/2/

https://swarthmorephoenix.com/2014/11/19/cambridge-associates-colleges-main-advisement-firm-will-help-schools-divest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k_PCMascrc

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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://swarthmorephoenix.com/2014/12/08/mountain-justice-delivers-petition-supporting-divestment-to-board/

https://swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/response-to-investment-committee-announcement/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCRcD9RIgmA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JNPw8HFTh0

http://www.swatmj.org/faculty/