PRESS RELEASE: Harvard Defends Prison Investments Despite Statements on George Floyd Protests
Harvard University currently faces a lawsuit demanding that Harvard divest its endowment from companies that profit from prisons and policing. In a typo-ridden brief filed today, Harvard denies that the prison-industrial complex is an institution of slavery. In the midst of uprisings for Black Lives across the
PRESS RELEASE: HPDC sues Harvard to Divest from the Prison Industry
On February 19 at 10 am the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign filed a lawsuit against Harvard University at the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts alleging that the University continues to benefit from its historical ties to slavery through its investments in the prison-industrial complex. Harvard is comp
PRESS RELEASE: Students Protest Senior Fellow Bill Lee’s Keynote Speech
On Saturday, February 1, student organizers, mostly Asian, from the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign silently protested Wilmerhale partner and Senior Fellow William F. Lee’s Keynote Speech at the National Asian Pacific American Conference on Law and Policy. Students held up signs that demanded that Bill Lee
PRESS RELEASE: Harvard Senior Fellow Bill Lee Confronted on Prison Divestment Stance
On Thursday, November 21, 2019, student supporters of the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign silently protested Wilmerhale partner and Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow William Lee’s lunch lecture at Harvard Law School. Lee visited the Law School to speak about his experience as a trial lawyer, representing H
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
PRESS RELEASE: Bacow Commits to Reading Prison Divestment Report, Flip-Flops on Free Speech Position
On Sunday, May 5, 2019, an officer of the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) approached three Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) organizers after they had engaged peacefully with Harvard President Larry Bacow at his “Run with the President” event, co-sponsored by Harvard on the Move. Bacow h
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
