VIDEO: NBC News Features HPDC!
NBC News recently featured our campaign for their Justice for All series! Check out the video below! The fall semester is just starting and HPDC has big plans. We are excited, keep an eye on this website and our Twitter and Facebook for the next stage in the campaign.
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
The Harvard Law Record Op-ed: “Top Five Myths About Prison Divestment”
Ismail Buffins and Paul Clarke penned a new op-ed in the Harvard Law Record, busting the top 5 myths about HPDC and prison divestment! Check it out here! Myth #4: Divestment would significantly damage the endowment’s profitability. The Facts: In recent years, national media has covered how Harvard’s endowme
Harvard Crimson: “Prison Divestment Advocates Rally, Deliver Petition to Harvard President Bacow”
The Harvard Crimson covered our rally on Friday, keep up the pressure! The rally was organized by the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign, a pro-divestment organization founded in 2018, and the Harvard Organization for Prison Education and Advocacy, along with campus groups including Act on a Dream, the Black St
Harvard Crimson Op-Ed: “Harvard’s Endowment Is Political, We Know That Already”
On Thursday, The Harvard Crimson ran an op-ed authored our very own Amanda Chan. Bacow claims that the endowment cannot be used to enact social change. He argued Harvard is already a leader in responsible investment, and that he receives many too divestment requests to comply with all of them. And above all, Ba
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
Harvard Crimson: New Harvard Student Campaign Calls on University to Divest From Prisons
The Harvard Crimson wrote about the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign’s meeting at Harvard Law School. Students called on Harvard to divest from the prison industry during the first public event held by the newly formed Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign Thursday evening. The event, hosted at the Law Scho
Harvard Crimson: Unsettling Truths About Harvard’s Investments in Prisons
Paul T. Clarke, Jarrett M. Drake, and Anneke F. Dunbar-Gronke, members of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign, wrote for the Harvard Crimson about why the university must divest from prisons. A growing coalition of students across the University’s many schools have formed the Harvard Prison Divestment Camp
