Lawsuit Decision and Official Statement
The court dismissed HPDC’s lawsuit against Harvard. But the fight doesn’t end here. On September 29, 2020, five Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign members appeared in the Superior Court of Middlesex County in the State of Massachusetts. Earlier that year, in February of 2020, these members sued the Pre
HPDC’s Surreply
The Plaintiffs’ Surreply comes at a time when the historical connection between prisons, police, and slavery have been laid bare by the complete and total abandonment of incarcerated people during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coronavirus infections are five times higher in prisons than the infections of the general
Harvard’s Reply Brief
On May 30, President Bacow told some Harvard affiliates, “In the midst of this incomprehensible loss, our nation has once again been shocked by the senseless killing of yet another black person—George Floyd—at the hands of those charged with protecting us.” Yet, under President Bacow’s leadership, Har
HPDC’s Consolidated Memorandum in Opposition to Defendants’ Motions to Dismiss
Plaintiffs bring claims in their purely private and individual interest. Plaintiffs again urge Defendant Harvard to consider, in good faith, divestment from the prison-industrial complex. Defendant Harvard’s Motion to Dismiss comes at a moment when the need for prison abolition is more evident than ever. The
Complaint
“The Harvard University endowment presently amounts to $40.9 billion. Private and public prisons contract internal services out to private companies that make their money on cutting costs and maximizing profit. As a result, the humans trapped in these cages––who are disproportionately, poor, Black, and br
