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| − | Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). | + | Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). Despite numerous campus demonstrations and unsuccessful petitions to the [[ASCRI]],<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/01/21/columbia-prison-divest-members-say-voices-left-out-acsri-panel Unsuccessful attempts at petitioning ASCRI]</ref> they were granted a meeting with [[PrezBo]] after protesting his Freedom of Speech class.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/10/23/columbia-prison-divest-holds-silent-protest-outside-bollinger-class Freedom of Speech protest]</ref> |
They were ultimately successful.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/04/01/advisory-committee-socially-responsible-investing-recommends-divestment-private ASCRI recommends divestment from private prisons]</ref> | They were ultimately successful.<ref>[http://columbiaspectator.com/news/2015/04/01/advisory-committee-socially-responsible-investing-recommends-divestment-private ASCRI recommends divestment from private prisons]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:36, 2 April 2015
Columbia Prison Divest is a student activist group that wants Columbia to divest from private prisons. Current investments total $2 million, a drop in the bucket of Columbia's $9.2 billion endowment (as of 2015). Despite numerous campus demonstrations and unsuccessful petitions to the ASCRI,[1] they were granted a meeting with PrezBo after protesting his Freedom of Speech class.[2]
They were ultimately successful.[3]
