Late last month, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents adopted a revised “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance.”
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Late last month, the University of California (UC) Board of Regents adopted a revised “Statement of Principles Against Intolerance.”
The OSU Divest resolution—backed by 23 other student organizations—was discussed and voted down by the Ohio State University Undergraduate Student Government (USG), on March 23.
For the second year in a row, Students for Justice (SJP) at Northeastern University in Boston has been blocked by the Student Government Association from placing its divestment referendum on the ballot for a vote.
A number of Boston University students released four demands last Friday protesting their removal from a BU Hillel event in January, which had been advertised as a public event for students.
The University Student Government at Ohio State University tabled OSU Divest’s resolution, despite student leaders speaking in favor of the resolution and a big showing of support from organizations on campus, according to a OSU Divest press release.
Solidarity has formed at Northwestern University between Unshackle NU and NU Divest as both are sponsoring resolutions calling for Northwestern University to remove its investments in the world’s largest private security company, Group 4 Securicor (G4S).
The UMN Divest resolution was scheduled to be voted on by the Minnesota Student Association earlier this week, but before the resolution even hit the senate floor, a senator motioned to strike both resolutions from the agenda.
The divestment resolution, which was presented to the University of Minnesota Student Association (MSA) last week, will be voted on tonight.
Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at University of Minnesota, along with 30 other student organizations have launched a divestment campaign in support of the international call made by Palestine civil society to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian human rights.
The Milbank Tweed Student Conference Fund was created by Milbank Tweed LLC for student organizations at Harvard Law School (HLS) to use for events.
Monday evening, the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Undergraduate Student Government (USG) passed a divestment resolution unanimously.
Student at Columbia University and Barnard College formed Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CAUD), which demands the university remove its investments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s ongoing occupation of Palestine.
A joint resolution passed on January 19 by the student government at the University of South Florida calls for the Board of Trustees of the USF Foundation to divest from six companies which are complicit in human rights violations against Palestinians.
National Students for Justice in Palestine has partnered with Birzeit University’s Right to Education (R2E) campaign to bring ten students to U.S. campuses this spring to speak about life and education under the Israeli occupation.
In a letter addressed to the President and administration of Loyola University-Chicago (LUC), Palestine Legal and the National Lawyers Guild of Chicago (NLG-Chicago) called for the repeal of the school’s demonstration policy, which they say unfairly targets Students for Justice in Palestine and students of color.
While the movement on U.S. campuses to divest from companies complicit in the Israeli occupation of Palestine grows, large American-Zionist organizations have taken a new messaging approach to attempt to stem the growing grassroots tide.
After Palestine Legal wrote to George Washington University (GWU) demanding that the warning letter that was issued to Palestine-American student Ramie Abounaja be withdrawn, the student finally received an apology on December 10 from university president Steven Knapp.
As the second half of the academic year approaches, student groups across the country that advocate for Palestine will begin to prepare for campaigns on their respective campuses.
Palestine Legal wrote to George Washington University (GW) to demand that the warning letter issued to Palestinian-American student Ramie Abounaja be withdrawn.
The Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter at Loyola released a statement Monday in solidarity with Loyola Black Voices demanding that the university abolish its demonstration policy.