Anti-genocide group hosts national conference
Knapp could not comment on the position Hopkins has taken on divestment.
A national anti-genocide group held its regional conference at Homewood over the weekend. Members hoped that holding it at Hopkins would make the University consider divesting from Sudan.
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) sponsor six regional conferences every year in order to gather high school and college students who actively pursue anti-genocide activism, awareness education and divestment policies.
After arriving at GW in August, Knapp was approached by several students passionate about the idea of divesting from Sudan.
"I share their deep concern about the tragic situation in Darfur and am glad that they are seeking ways to address it," he said, adding that he hoped to have the investment analysis completed by the spring.
Martel emphasized the need for Hopkins to hire an independent analyst to review its holdings and show that there are no investments in Sudan and said that if the University refused to do so, "they are being dismissive and not taking such an urgent matter seriously."
"I have asked senior administrators at GW to look into the question of socially responsible global investment and to explore the development of a policy that would follow best practices in working with the investment managers of global funds regarding environmental, social and governance issues," Knapp said.
After four years, the genocide in Sudan is still ongoing. Over 400,000 have been killed and millions displaced.
Redding said it is "easy to get burned out" when trying to make a change in the face of something so overwhelming.
"I think that we were all sort of suffering from Darfur fatigue, and we were all getting burned out, and when we came to this conference there was so much heart and so much passion," said Cherokee High School senior Lauren Romm, who drove down from New Jersey on Friday for the conference.
"I think it was just really inspiring to see how many people are in this and how we're making advances. It was nice to see how hard everyone was working on this," fellow Cherokee senior Kim Magaraci said.
A national anti-genocide group held its regional conference at Homewood over the weekend. Members hoped that holding it at Hopkins would make the University consider divesting from Sudan.
Students Taking Action Now: Darfur (STAND) sponsor six regional conferences every year in order to gather high school and college students who actively pursue anti-genocide activism, awareness education and divestment policies.
After arriving at GW in August, Knapp was approached by several students passionate about the idea of divesting from Sudan.
"I share their deep concern about the tragic situation in Darfur and am glad that they are seeking ways to address it," he said, adding that he hoped to have the investment analysis completed by the spring.
Martel emphasized the need for Hopkins to hire an independent analyst to review its holdings and show that there are no investments in Sudan and said that if the University refused to do so, "they are being dismissive and not taking such an urgent matter seriously."
"I have asked senior administrators at GW to look into the question of socially responsible global investment and to explore the development of a policy that would follow best practices in working with the investment managers of global funds regarding environmental, social and governance issues," Knapp said.
After four years, the genocide in Sudan is still ongoing. Over 400,000 have been killed and millions displaced.
Redding said it is "easy to get burned out" when trying to make a change in the face of something so overwhelming.
"I think that we were all sort of suffering from Darfur fatigue, and we were all getting burned out, and when we came to this conference there was so much heart and so much passion," said Cherokee High School senior Lauren Romm, who drove down from New Jersey on Friday for the conference.
"I think it was just really inspiring to see how many people are in this and how we're making advances. It was nice to see how hard everyone was working on this," fellow Cherokee senior Kim Magaraci said.
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