Gil Kemp ’72 with Swarthmore President Valerie Smith. Photo by Laurence Kesterson Gil Kemp ’72 graduated with honors from Swarthmore with a B.A. in sociology and later earned an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Divestment At Swarthmore And ‘Hard Choice’ Foolishness The college and university student campaign to divest from fossil fuels as a protest against climate change began at Swarthmore College. It was therefore surprising when the board that overseas that institution’s investments recently voted against divestment. Or maybe it wasn’t very surprising after all.
Prof. Tim Burke writes in his popular blog :
“Since Swarthmore seems likely to be stuck debating or struggling over divestment for at least another year or more, I remain interested in trying to push at the central weakness of the pro-divestment argument. The major argument of many divestment advocates is that divestment by higher education and other large civic organizations will cumulatively stigmatize fossil fuel producers within public culture.” … read more …
Despite a large student protest and strong activist sentiment among its students and alumni, Swarthmore College opted to not divest its $1.9 billion endowment from fossil fuels after a vote by its board of managers on Saturday.
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Alumni Weekend 2015
Alumni came out strong for fossil fuel divestment during Alumni Weekend, and programming included a teach-in before the annual parade in front of Parrish on June 6, 2015.
Prof. Barbara Wien, the partner of a Swarthmore alum, provided these exciting videos showcasing the many alums carrying signs or wearing orange squares, who support divestment.
Today @swarthmore failed to step up to the plate, but this fight is far from over. http://bit.ly/1AuBas8 @SwarthMJ pic.twitter.com/sdcZQ5524r
The students @SwarthMJ have worked longer and harder than just about anyone in climate fight. The college board is a corporatist disgrace
Harvard students spent much of last week blockading the main administrative building because they want the college to discuss dumping its investments in energy stocks. A less aggressive effort for such divestment is happening in Worcester – including local colleges such as Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Worcester State University.
Read ‘To divest or not to divest: College students on fossil fuel debate’ on Yahoo Finance Canada . Students at Harvard University are on the final day of something called Heat Week. It’s a week long protest pushing for the University to divest of fossil fuel stocks.