PRESS RELEASE: Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Drops Banners at Visitas Event in Annenberg Hall
At 12:15pm on Sunday, April 28, 2019, six Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign activists dropped two banners in the Annenberg Dining Hall during Harvard College’s “Visitas” weekend, where accepted students visit Harvard’s campus. One banner read, “Incarceration Funds Your Harvard Education” and the ot
PRESS RELEASE: Bacow Repeats “$18,000” Lie at Big Donor Lunch
On Saturday, April 27, 2019, at Harvard Law School, President Lawrence Bacow hosted a lunch for members of the Harvard Committee on University Resources (COUR), a group of the university’s biggest donors. During the question-and-answer period, one student, who was a “table-host” for the donors, questioned
Of the 1% Disclosed, $3 Million of Harvard’s Endowment is Invested in the Prison-Industrial Complex
On Thursday April 18th, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow stated to two organizers with the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign that the University’s endowment holds roughly $18,000 worth of investments in companies connected to the prison-industrial complex. Bacow’s statement is significant for a number of r
PRESS RELEASE: Harvard President claims without evidence that investments in prisons total only $18,000, still refuses to divest
Student organizers from the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) met with Harvard President Lawrence Bacow on Thursday, April 18, 2019. They sought to learn why he has not disclosed Harvard’s $39 billion endowment portfolio that includes investments in private prisons and companies that significantly pro
Press Release: Harvard President Bacow “Would Be Happy” to Engage in Conversation with Prison Divestment Organizers
On the evening of April 11, the Harvard Fossil Free Divest Campaign held a Public Forum on divestment featuring several Harvard affiliates, including Cornel West, Jim Engell, Jim Anderson, and Karen Shapiro. There was also one unexpected speaker at the panel: Harvard University President Larry Bacow. The Harvar
Press Release: Students Across the Nation Call for Universities to Divest from the Prison-Industrial Complex
On April 10th, 2019, student activists at schools across the nation staged various demonstrations against the militarization of the police and the prison-industrial complex. These universities included Harvard University, University of Chicago, Florida State University, Swarthmore, University of Florida, MIT, Y
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: “Civil Discourse” is a Cop-Out Answer
On April 4th, student organizers from the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) joined in coalition with students from Divest Harvard, a group dedicated to pushing Harvard to divest its endowment from fossil fuels, to disrupt an event at the Institute of Politics JFK Jr. Forum. At the forum, Harvard Preside
Press Release: Student Organizers Shut Down Harvard President’s Leadership Event
The students of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) and Harvard Divest upstaged Harvard President Larry Bacow at the “Conversation with Lawrence S. Bacow” event. The protestors occupied the stage and held up signs to protest the Harvard’s investments in the prison-industrial complex and in the f
Op-Ed: From JP Morgan to Harvard, Prison Divestment Now
By Amanda Chan and Zoë Hopkins News of JP Morgan’s decision to stop financing private prisons broke last month and the private prison corporations of America, namely CoreCivic and GEO Group, are shaking in their boots. JP Morgan’s move, and the decade of activism leading up to it, proved to the world that
