We first met last spring when we were invited, as accepted students, to a Philadelphia area alumni event at the Barnes Foundation. At the event, we listened to President Smith discuss her excitement about her first year as Swarthmore’s president and how Swarthmore’s values aligned with her work in Black Studies and African American Literature and their themes of social justice and civil progress.
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We are writing in response to the article that appeared in the Phoenix on December 1st, In response to the recent citations of four Mountain Justice student protesters, MJ has decided to Swarthmore brands itself as an institution where student-staff-administration collaboration is crucial not only to student culture
” Reflections on the Right to Peacefully Assemble to Protest Fossil Fuels Endowment Investment at Swarthmore On August 31, President Obama began a historic trip to the Alaskan Arctic in order to When I was at Swarthmore at the end of the 1970s and the start of the
On Friday, March 17th, Associate Dean of Students Nathan Miller informed five students by email that they could face sanctions for a violation of the student code of conduct incurred during their participation in a peaceful protest last month.
This past Friday, all 5 MJ students targeted by the administration were found guilty for their participation in the sit-in to protest the Board’s refusal to engage with the student divestment referendum simply because it would use the endowment for a social purpose.
Swarthmore College has long been noted for their commitment to social justice and peaceful protest. Now some students feel that core campus value is under attack after five students at the Delaware County-based school were cited following a February sit-in at the office of Chief Investment Officer Mark C.
I can feel my heart pounding in my chest as I approach the starting point of my first march. Will it look like protests I see on the news? Will there be militarized police watching for the first sign of unrest so they can unleash their repressive and brutal force?
As alumni of the College, we were disappointed to learn that last week, nearly a month after a February 24 sit-in during the Board of Managers’ meeting on campus, you sent an email to five members of Swarthmore Mountain Justice (MJ), threatening to fine them and/or place them on probation for their participation in the sit-in.
We are writing in response to the article that appeared in the Phoenix on December 1st, ” Reflections on the Right to Peacefully Assemble to Protest Fossil Fuels Endowment Investment at Swarthmore In response to the recent citations of four Mountain Justice student protesters, MJ has decided to
Last night, the Board of Managers re-adopted their policy of not letting social considerations drive their investments. In a dramatic gesture to affirm these guidelines, the Board voted unanimously to re-invest in Apartheid. “Our highest priority is the ability of Swarthmore students to get a world-class education,” Board of Managers Chair Tom Cock ’78 said.