Tag: divestment
The BDS Movement Impact
The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement has made itself known as the global campaign that advocates for ending international political and economic support for...
Senate meeting addresses statement from VCSA Brian Haynes to recall divestment...
In the eighth Associated Students of the University of California, Riverside (ASUCR) senate meeting of the year legislation was discussed regarding the removal of...
‘I believe that we will win’: the agreement that ended UCR’s...
After five days of camping out at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Bell Tower, members of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP)...
UC students urge for divestment from oil companies, Wells Fargo
Students from across the UC system spoke at the UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA on Friday, Feb. 23 to call for the...
Before you cheer on UC prison divestment, read this
In December, the University of California made history by being the first public university system to divest its shareholdings from for-profit prison companies, such...
UC prison divestment is a half-hearted, face-saving gesture
Recently, the University of California system divested from California's private prisons, selling approximately $25 million in shares from several of these corporations. This comes...
UC Divests $25M from prison stocks
The University of California has sold approximately $25 million worth of investment stocks from private prison corporations — the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA),...
Israeli hummus brand spreads tension at UCR
UCR officials have decided to continue selling Sabra brand hummus on campus after initially complying with a pro-Palestinian student organization’s request to recall the...
Elected [OUR]Voice candidates retroactively disqualified, pending appeals
A recent vote by the ASUCR senate will give them the jurisdiction to review appeal cases that were previously heard during a justices’ meeting...
UC Student Association approves Israeli divestment resolution
The University of California Student Association (UCSA) passed the “Resolution Calling for the Regents to Divest from Corporations Violating Palestinian Human Rights” on Feb....