OFFICIAL STATEMENT: Boycott The Crimson
We, the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign, wish to publicly extend solidarity to Act On a Dream by answering their call to boycott the Crimson. Members of HPDC will not cooperate with the journalists at our student newspaper until they apologize for harm done to undocumented members of our community through th
PRESS RELEASE: Harvard Administration Refuses Good-Faith Meeting with Prison Divestment Students
Yesterday evening, members of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) walked out of their meeting with the Harvard Corporation. HPDC met with President Lawrence Bacow, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Corporation William Lee, and members of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), which
PRESS RELEASE: HPDC Stages Silent Protest at HLS Reunion Event
Harvard Prison Divestment Calls for Divestment at HLS Reunion Event On Saturday morning, student organizers from the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign staged a silent protest the Harvard Law School Annual 45th Fall Reunion at “A Conversation with Dean John F. Manning ’85” with HLS alumni. Dean Manning in
PRESS RELEASE: Harvard Leadership Agrees to Meet with Prison Divestment Campaign
The Harvard Corporation’s Committee on Corporation Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) has agreed to meet with the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign. The meeting will take place on Monday, October 28, 2019 from 5 to 6pm. The location of the meeting is to be determined. This marks the first meeting between the
FREE-THEM WEEK Schedule
The Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign has a week of scheduled programming for Oct. 21 to 25, 2019. Food/Lunch/Dinner provided at all events. Please see below for the updated schedule: REPORT RELEASE PARTY Monday, October 21, 2019, 12pm, Law School WCC 1010 Come join the writers of the report in celebrating the
The Harvard-to-Prison Pipeline Report
The Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign is a reparatory justice initiative that seeks to sever Harvard’s financial ties to the prison-industrial complex (PIC). We are a group of committed students and community leaders who, following the guidance of formerly incarcerated and presently incarcerated organizers,
