WesDivest
@wesdivest
Fossil fuels and the Israeli occupation are destroying communities and Wesleyan University is profiting.
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22-04-2013 22:23:43
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Congrats to Brown University SJP for their huge win this week! Divestment from the Israeli occupation is possible. Let’s make Wesleyan next.
#NobodyWins when Wesleyan University funds the climate crisis & Israeli apartheid. Michael S Roth we demand action, meaning real commitments to moving Wesleyan's money.
See Wesleyan University students at 0:32 calling for Wesleyan's divestment from the fossil fuel industry and Israeli apartheid. #NobodyWins youtube.com/watch?v=kthIpZ…
Reminder: Michael S Roth justifies Wesleyan University's fossil fuel investments (up to $59 million!) by making the "you hate capitalism, but you have iPhone" argument, but for fossil fuel investments🙄 (and his Q&A page doesn't address student demands for divestment from Israeli apartheid!)
How can you claim to care about things like this when Wesleyan University holds up to $59 million in fossil fuel investments and you have still made no actual commitments to divestment?
YES! Where is the actual plan Michael S Roth?
Is Wes profiting off warmongering? When you invest $59,325,000 in “natural resources,” war can make you a lot of money. Wesleyan University must say no to profits made off the deaths of Iranians and Iraqis by committing to plans for immediate divestment. No to fossil fuels, no to war!
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We are in Usdan tonight as the Wesleyan University Board of Trustees are here for the February Board Meeting. While the meeting is closed to the public, we are handing out flyers as trustees enter the building to remind them why #divestment is so crucial
This is an unclear commitment by Wesleyan. There has been no systems of accountability or transparency put in place to see this through. The 2030 date is far too late. Wesleyan University and Michael S Roth have also not responded to our demand to divest from the Israeli occupation.