{"id":556,"date":"2021-04-11T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-11T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/?page_id=556"},"modified":"2022-04-30T20:45:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T01:45:43","slug":"divestment-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/divestment-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Divestment Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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This timeline does not cover the South African apartheid divestment campaign. Those interested should check out the Global Nonviolent Action Database<\/a> entry on the campaign. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date Unknown: the Board of Managers adopts the ban on ethical divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 8: South African apartheid divestment activists return funds held in escrow to Swarthmore. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October 14: Swarthmore seeks reinvestment in South Africa following the end of apartheid. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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November 7, 1997: Consumers Condemn Swat Investments. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 1, 2001: College Should Divest From Arms Manufacturing. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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December 5, 2002: Don\u2019t Buy Into Divest-From-Israel Campaigns. Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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April 29, 2004: Swarthmore celebrates its strategy of shareholder activism and offers a revisionist history of the ban. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 20, 2005: Sudan divestment campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 22, 2009: alumni start Israel divestment campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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October, 2010: Swarthmore Mountain Justice forms. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Spring: MJ begins its campaign https:\/\/swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/07\/swarthmore-mountain-justice-invites-president-chopp-to-support-divestment\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 10, 2011: Mountain Justice releases “A Call to Action\/\/A Statement of Intent.” Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 6, 2011: Letters in student mailboxes address investment of Swat\u2019s endowment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 3, 2011: Mountain Justice Street Theater: A (Divestment) Christmas Carol. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 23, 2012: Mountain Justice Divestment Petition FAQs. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 25, 2012: SPJP Calls for Boycott of Sabra Hummus. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 19, 2012: Swarthmore Receives a ‘Black Gold’ Award from the U.S. Dirty Energy Council. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 26: MJ meets with President Chopp https:\/\/swatmountainjustice.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/07\/swarthmore-mountain-justice-invites-president-chopp-to-support-divestment\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1, 2012: Mountain Justice Becomes MJ To Celebrate King of Pop. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 6, 2012: Swarthmore Mountain Justice Invites President Chopp to Support Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 14, 2012: Mountain Justice convenes a Fossil Fuel Divestment Panel. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 19, 2012: President Rebecca Chopp dismisses fossil fuel divestment in an op-ed. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 26, 2012: Project shows corporate involvement in occupation. Read <\/a>more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 6, 2012: Mountain Justice mobilizes alumni to support fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 24, 2012: Swarthmore Mountain Justice visits a mountaintop removal site. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 29, 2012: Mountain Justice demonstrates during Hurricane Sandy. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 8, 2012: Alumni Join Mountain Justice. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 15, 2012: Mountain Justice creates an art installation showing fossil fuel divestment campaigns at other institutions. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 15, 2012: Students Press on Investments, Administration Unmoved. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 20, 2012: Swat Mountain Justice Protests Keystone Pipeline. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 22, 2012: Mountain Justice speaks at Do the Math Philadelphia. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 5, 2012: Mountain Justice Make NYTimes.com Front Page. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 7, 2012: Fossil Fuel Divestment Dominos. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 12, 2012: The Dominoes Are Falling: Managers Agree to Discuss Divestment as Response to Climate Change. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 14, 2013: Faculty Facilitate Teach-In on Climate Change. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 23-24, 2013: Mountain Justice hosts the national Power Up! Divest Fossil Fuels Student Convergence. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1, 2013: Board of Managers Divests. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 25, 2013: History department calls for divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 19, 2013: Mountain Justice calls for an escalation of the fossil fuel divestment campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 6, 2013: Student Protesters Take Over Open Board Meeting, State Wide Array of Concerns. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 9, 2013: Swarthmore Pegs Cost of Divestment at $200 Million Over 10 Years. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 19, 2013: Religion department calls for Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 12, 2013: Board says it will not divest. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2013: Mountain Justice, Shut Out of Board Meeting, Demonstrates Regardless. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 3, 2013: Mountain Justice protests outside board meeting. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 6, 2014: In tactical shift, MJ launches alternative investment campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 24, 2014: Mountain Justice member coordinates divestment conference in San Francisco. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 25, 2014: Phoenix editorial board announces its support for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 23, 2014: English department calls for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 23, 2014: The little orange square: fashion and divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 23, 2014: Board defends conflict of interest in investments. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 6, 2014: Mountain Justice delivers a divestment petition with hundreds of student, faculty, and alumni signatures to the Board. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 29, 2015: MJ to meet with Board of Managers next Monday. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 5, 2015: MJ presents proposal to Board members. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 12, 2015: Professors question endowment spending policy. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 13, 2015: 60 students launch the Divestment Escalation Pledge. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 20, 2015: faculty deliver a letter in support of divestment to the Board signed by 92 professors. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 7, 2015: an Investment Expert Hired By Swarthmore Calls for Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 19, 2015: 37 Swarthmore Students and 6 Alumni Begin Sit-in in Finance and Investments Office for Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 20, 2015: Intercultural Center calls for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 23, 2015: UN Climate Chief and Swarthmore alumna Christiana Figueres \u201979 Supports Sit-in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 27, 2015: 5,400 signatures in solidarity with Mountain Justice sit-in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1, 2015: BREAKING: Swarthmore College Divests From Everything. Read more. Read more<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2, 2015: McKibben leads rally for divestment, sits in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2, 2015: Swarthmore Democrats call for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 9, 2015: No divestment, no donations, some alums say. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 9, 2015: Re-imagining the campaign: what climate justice can teach MJ. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 10, 2015: 350 Swarthmore Alumni Pledge not to donate until the Board commits to fossil fuel divest. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 16, 2015: Dean Baker ’80, co founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, calls for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 16, 2015: Sociology\/Anthropology department issues letter of support for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 17, 2015: Alumni Deliver 360 pledges not to donate until the Board divests & 1083 petition signatures. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 22, 2015: seven Swarthmore professors send a proposal for a partial fossil fuel divestment option to the Board. Read more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 23, 2015: Faculty vote in favor of fresh divestment proposal. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 24, 2015: With commitment by Board to engage with proposal and faculty resolution of support, MJ ends 32-day sit-in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2, 2015: Board declines to divest. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 3, 2015: fossil fuel industry lobbying group praises Swarthmore for refusing to divest. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 10, 2015: Delco Times calls for fossil fuel divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 31, 2015: Molly Miller Jahn ’80, world-renowned plant geneticist, expresses support for the student fossil fuel divestment campaign during her commencement address. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 6, 2015: alumni show their support for fossil fuel divestment during Alumni Weekend. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 24, 2015: Mountain Justice Protests Board, Citing Republication of Board Data by IPAA. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2015: Refusal to divest may not have been entirely financial. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, 2015: Mountain Justice Rallies Against \u2018Political Statement\u2019 of Board. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 8, 2015: MJ: Fossil Fuel-Free Fund is Just the First Step. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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January 28, 2016: Mountain Justice: Three Board Members Must Leave Divestment Conversation. Read more<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 15, 2016: Noam Chomsky, Arlie Hochschild, John Braxton, Lotte Bailyn, Lorene Cary and Barbara Hall Partee Call on Swarthmore\u2019s Board of Managers to Divest. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 24, 2016: MJ Hand-Delivers Letter; Next Day, Board Says Nothing About Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 25, 2016: Board Members\u2019 Conflicts of Interest in Regards to the Fossil Fuel Industry Leave Us No Choice but to Escalate. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 13, 2016: Professor Smithey: Carbon charge no alternative to divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 16, 2016: Pledge to Escalate this April. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 24, 2016: Distractors from debate. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1, 2016: Board of Managers Begins Drilling Operations. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 7, 2016: Mountain Justice escalates action in Philadelphia. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 21, 2016: Mountain Justice Brings President a Pipeline and a Letter. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 22, 2016: following Yale’s partial divestment, Mountain Justice requests a meeting with Valerie Smith. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 3, 2016: McKibben and Krueger Braneky rally at Swarthmore College. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 21, 2017: students vote on a Mountain Justice referendum for partial divestment from fossil fuels. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 21, 2017: Read: Letters Between Alum and Board on Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 23, 2017: After SGO referendum, board still votes \u201cno\u201d. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 24, 2017: Students stage sit-in to demand the Board seriously consider the student referendum on divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 30, 2017: Students and Professors Walkout, Teach-In for Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2, 2017: Mountain Justice stages sit-in and protest after Board\u2019s divestment decision. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 21, 2017: Administration threatens students with probation and fines for Feb sit-in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 24, 2017: Swarthmore College Faculty Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment and Reinvestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 2017: administration response to divestment activism. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 2017: Divestment necessary as a model of sustainability. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 2017: MJ members receive sanctions. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 2017: MJ to fully automate divestment protest process. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 1, 2017: Citing Investment Policy, Swarthmore Reinvests in Apartheid. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 20, 2017: Swarthmore institutes an internal carbon charge in response to the divestment movement. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 21, 2017: faculty with Swat Divest perform Unless: a Dramatic Divestment Reading<\/em>. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 24, 2017: 30 begin sit-in to demand Pres. Smith & Board stop hiding behind 1991 Ban on using endowment for social purpose. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 7, 2017: Mountain Justice hands the torch to Sunrise Swarthmore. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 18, 2017: Swarthmore again rejects divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 14, 2017: Sunrise Swarthmore prepares time capsule. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 20, 2018: SBC to Move Surplus Funds into Fossil-Free Endowment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 1, 2018: Sunrise, SGO, SBC to invest surplus money into a fossil-free fund. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 26, 2018: More than hummus: renewing the call to boycott Sabra. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 30, 2018: Ban the Ban: Behind Swarthmore\u2019s Decision to Hide Away From Divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 3, 2018: President Smith rejects Sabra boycott, SJP responds. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 3, 2018: SQU Board Letter of Solidarity with SJP. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 5, 2018: Sunrise pushes for new divestment referendum. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 11, 2018: Referendum on the 1991 Ban: All You Need to Know. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 12, 2018: SJP Sabra Boycott Gains Traction. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 16, 2018: Sunrise Swarthmore vs Swarthmore Conservatives debate on the 1991 ban. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 19, 2018: Sunrise referendum on 1991 divestment ban passes. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 26, 2018: Professor Mark Wallace continues his fast of concern for fossil fuel divestment at Swarthmore College. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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!. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1, 2018: Students for Transformative Justice, Abolition, and Reform releases its statement. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 4, 2018: Class of \u201967 50th Reunion Panel: Swarthmore and Climate Change. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 11, 2018: Swarthmore rejects the student referendum demanding an end to the 1991 ban. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 25, 2018: SJP Announces New BDS Campaign. Letters of solidarity pour in. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[delete] November 20, 2018: Interfaith Center Interns Letter of Support for BDS Campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[delete] December 5, 2018: SISA Letter of Support for SJP. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 12, 2018: Students deliver over 1,000 petition signatures to President Smith, urging Swarthmore College to divest from Israeli apartheid. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 12, 2019: Introducing Jewish Voice for Peace. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 14, 2019: Surprise visit disrupts SGO vote on BDS resolution. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 18, 2019: JVP Statement of Support for BDS Campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 21, 2019: Phoenix editorial board writes “Swarthmore Should Commit More Fully to Climate Action.” Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 21, 2019: BDS Vote Leaves SJP Frustrated, SGO Divided. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 28, 2019: JVP Centers Jewish Identity on Israel-Palestine. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 28, 2019: SGO Hosts Discussion on BDS Resolution, Will Revote. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 1, 2019: SJP and JVP Members Show Solidarity at SGO Forum on BDS. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 3, 2019: Sunrise Swarthmore Open Letter to SGO. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 7, 2019: After Revote, SGO Announces Support for Board\u2019s Divestment from Israel. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 7, 2019: Unequivocally Rejecting Swarthmore Hate. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 12, 2019: Swarthmore rejects SGO resolution in favor of divestment from Israel. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 18, 2019: Letter in support of Swarthmore SJP students, their BDS campaign, and all students fighting for a just world. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 18, 2019: SJP Statement on SGO Vote. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 10, 2019: STAR Letter of Solidarity With Freedom Campus Action. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 9, 2019: Renewing the Call for BDS: One Year Into Our Campaign. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 11, 2019: Ban the Ban coalition releases its statement. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 9, 2019: Ban the Ban holds a community meeting. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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February 8, 2020: Ban the Ban holds a community meeting. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 27, 2020: Canary Mission Website Adds Profiles of [read, targets] Swarthmore Community Members for Pro-Palestine Activism. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 27, 2020: The Phoenix editorial board calls on Swarthmore to end its 1991 ban on ethical divestment. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 23, 2020: Know the Ban, Ban the Ban I. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 30, 2020: Swarthmore College: Divest from Israeli Apartheid Now. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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March 19, 2021: Know the Ban, Ban the Ban II. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Note This timeline does not cover the South African apartheid divestment campaign. Those interested should check out the Global Nonviolent Action Database entry on the campaign. Timeline by year 1991 Date Unknown: the Board of Managers adopts the ban on ethical divestment. Read more February 8: South African apartheid divestment activists return funds held in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-556","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":69,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1102,"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/556\/revisions\/1102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.sccs.swarthmore.edu\/divestmentdocuments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}