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Anti-genocide group at Univ. of Delaware urges divestment
Issue date: 3/13/08
At the University of Delaware, STAND, the student-led anti-genocide coalition on campus, has been speaking out to pressure the University to divest from Sudan.
As Divestment from Sudan has already been implemented by 59 universities in 23 states and 16 cities, STAND members are questioning what is taking so long for their University to follow suit.
STAND has faced resistance from administration members in their mission to find out whether or not the University's endowment has been invested in any black-listed foreign companies cooperating with the Sudanese government. The University's Student Government Association passed a resolution on March 3 in support of the University's divestment from Sudan, but their efforts thus far have been unsuccessful.
The administration has told STAND that it is not in the University's best interest to disclose financial information to students. Scott Douglas, executive vice president and treasurer at the Univ. of Delaware, has questioned whether or not divestment is an effective way to tackle genocide in Sudan due to the enormity of the issue. The University's chapter of STAND formed one year ago.
As Divestment from Sudan has already been implemented by 59 universities in 23 states and 16 cities, STAND members are questioning what is taking so long for their University to follow suit.
STAND has faced resistance from administration members in their mission to find out whether or not the University's endowment has been invested in any black-listed foreign companies cooperating with the Sudanese government. The University's Student Government Association passed a resolution on March 3 in support of the University's divestment from Sudan, but their efforts thus far have been unsuccessful.
The administration has told STAND that it is not in the University's best interest to disclose financial information to students. Scott Douglas, executive vice president and treasurer at the Univ. of Delaware, has questioned whether or not divestment is an effective way to tackle genocide in Sudan due to the enormity of the issue. The University's chapter of STAND formed one year ago.
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