February 28: Rally at Massachusetts Hall to Demand Harvard Divest from Prisons
Local and national media are invited to attend a rally hosted by the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign on March 1, 2019 at 11:30am. Harvard students, workers, and affiliates will gather on Friday outside of Massachusetts Hall in Harvard Yard to deliver a petition demanding that Harvard disclose and divest thei
Harvard Crimson: Harvard Activists Rally, Petition for Divestment From Farmland, Prison Industry
The Harvard Crimson covered HPDC’s petition launch, which was released on Monday. The Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign released a petition last Monday calling on the University to withdraw its investments from companies tied to the prison industry. As of Monday afternoon, the petition had garnered 1,081 sig
Press Release: Harvard University President Refuses to Divest from Prisons
Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) students visited Harvard President Larry Bacow’s Office Hours on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 3:00pm to ask him his plans, if any, to disclose Harvard’s 39 billion dollar endowment investments in companies that significantly profit from the prison-industrial complex. Presid
