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
Swarthmore College Faculty Resolution on Fossil Fuel Divestment and Reinvestment 3-24-17