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
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
February 28: Rally at Massachusetts Hall to Demand Harvard Divest from Prisons
Local and national media are invited to attend a rally hosted by the Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign on March 1, 2019 at 11:30am. Harvard students, workers, and affiliates will gather on Friday outside of Massachusetts Hall in Harvard Yard to deliver a petition demanding that Harvard disclose and divest thei
Press Release: Harvard University President Refuses to Divest from Prisons
Harvard Prison Divestment Campaign (HPDC) students visited Harvard President Larry Bacow’s Office Hours on Thursday, Feb. 14 at 3:00pm to ask him his plans, if any, to disclose Harvard’s 39 billion dollar endowment investments in companies that significantly profit from the prison-industrial complex. Presid
