In a voice as carefree as the breeze blowing by us in Kohlberg Courtyard, September Sky Porras ’20 mentions, “I come from a very leftist family.” Now this isn’t a shock, especially considering the sort of students that Swarthmore tends to attract, but it’s nonetheless necessary to place Porras politically, and to understand the circumstances that created the activist sitting in front of me.
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Sunrise lead a successful effort to elect opponents of the Mariner East II pipeline, currently under A child in Chester is diagnosed with asthma; a family is forced to leave their demolished As a young writer in my 20s, not long after publishing one of the first books
Originally posted in Gabriel Brossy de Dios, September Porras Payea, and Aru Shiney-Ajay
Sunrise is a movement of young people uniting to stop the climate crisis. This dark hour in America cannot last. Welcome to Sunrise.
On June 17, 1985, recent alum Perry Chang wrote a handwritten note to then-president of the College David Fraser. The note read: “Dear President Fraser: I would be interested to receive a response to the letter I handed to you at Commencement. I have enclosed a copy of that letter, which I helped draft.
CONGRATS to New York City for being the first major American city to divest from fossil fuels and for suing five major corporations that are recklessly threatening our lives.
Thank you to everyone who attended our Day of Dedication today and built our #ClimateLegacy! We had over 70 people come and many letters and objects sealed!
If you weren’t able to make it or if you want to know what’s coming next, sign up for our ‘Next Steps’ call on Monday at 8 —-> bit.ly/sunrisenov20
BREAKING: President Smith has again declined the opportunity to endorse divestment as part of a multi-faceted approach to stop climate change and ensure an equitable and just future for all of us. Join us today to show that, while President Smith and the Board of Managers have refused to stand with the will of a majority of faculty and students, we will forge on. We will build our movement beyond campus to fight against corrupt politicians that line the pockets of fossil fuel executives, and in doing so elect real leaders that will ensure a livable and prosperous future for all of us.
We know that in a future where we transition to renewable energy to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs, divesting from fossil fuels and reinvesting in renewable energy is the right decision, both financially and morally. This afternoon, we will memorialize President Smith’s disappointing decision to bet on the profitability of the fossil fuel industry over the wellbeing of the students of Swarthmore. We will be burying objects that represent what we love and have to lose to climate change. We will build our movement so that, when the time capsule is opened in 2067, we know we will have done everything in our power to preserve a livable planet for our communities.
Stand with us against corrupt politicians and dirty investments as we gather at 3pm outside of City Hall. Join us in showing President Smith the power and passion of true Swarthmore climate leaders: fight when she will not.
One might think this is a risky approach for an under-resourced college. But since verifying in 2011 that the college is divested from fossil fuels, our average five-year investment returns have performed better (6.4%) than the average return of the more than 800 colleges tracked by both NACUBO Commonfund Study (5.4%) and Bloomberg Endowment Index (4.5%).
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