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Emerging women theologians apply academic expertise to issues of justice
… face-to-face encounter must "include gestures of justice, generosity and sacrifice" and be divested of "prestige and power," Imperatori-Lee said. These postures have not always been …
Out of the hole, the land of ‘tend and befriend’ awaits
… fuel companies’ stocks fell like a high diver jumping off an Olympic board. Universities divested from anybody who was going to do harm to the planet and reinvested their stocks in the …
Defeating the 'climate pharaohs'
… is urging municipalities, universities, pension funds, religious groups and individuals to divest themselves from stock in companies that mine fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas). The … there. Bill McKibben, head of 350.org, says he was once challenged about this campaign for divestment by someone who said, "Look, you can't win; this is like David taking on Goliath." … "I know how that story ends! I used to teach Sunday school." And many of us remember that a divestment campaign helped to bring down the apartheid of South Africa. Catholic groups, …
Interfaith group stresses faith's role in climate politics
… Recent campaigns have included urging universities, municipalities and organizations to divest from fossil fuels, and organizing rallies against the construction of the Keystone XL …
New Jersey priest: Climate change message must be preached at parish levels
… Mayer's Climate Crisis Coalition has launched a campaign asking religious communities to divest themselves of their investments in fossil fuels. Mayer's push to bring the climate change …
Environmentalist's death inspires look at green stories worldwide
… in Pennsylvania and Harvard University in Massachusetts are asking school administrators to divest themselves of their endowments and stocks in fossil fuels, according to a Dec. 4 New York … Harvard, which has the largest endowment in the country at $31 billion, does not plan to divest. However, the student body recently voted to ask the school to do so. About half the undergraduates participated in the vote, and 72 percent of them supported the demand. The divestment project got under way two years ago, when a dozen Swarthmore students saw for …
Students contest Notre Dame investment in hotel group
… and not public securities, Malpass said ending any investment could not be done by sale or divesting, but rather, by declining investment in the next fund. "At this time, we have no plans …
US policy on Gaza crisis rife with contradiction
… and their supporters -- such as U.N. recognition of Palestinian statehood; boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against the occupation; humanitarian aid flotillas; and …
Giving thanks for Planet Earth
… all odds, beats Goliath with a slingslot. But how? What is McKibben's slingshot? On answer: a divestment campaign. Using the divestment campaign against apartheid in South Africa as a model, 350.org plans a major push to … institutions as possible (colleges, universities, pension funds, religious orders, etc.) to divest from fossil fuel industries. There are also signs of hope, especially in Germany and the …
Where are the Catholics in the discussion on Palestine?
… of goods made in the settlements. Members of End the Occupation are committed to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions strategy, BDS. They stand with the Palestinians who call for an end to the …