UC Regents to Vote on Proposal Regarding Divestment from Sudan
UC Regents will hear a proposal about divestment in Sudan and will vote on whether to bring the issue of divestment to a full board vote in the future.
Monday, November 14, 2005
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
James West Alumni Center
UCLA campus
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Just an informational note to our subscribers about this historic event taking place today at UCLA. Although primarily a campus event, we want people to know about it.
Don Cheadle spoke at the press conference at 10:30 this morning and will also be addressing the Board of Regents meeting at 1:30 PM.
Please check the website for updates on the divestment movement and for the results of today's vote.
FYI - forwarded from the Darfur Action Committee. UCLA Professors Allen Roberts and Ned Alpers will be addressing the UC Regents along with members of the DAC.
**EMERGENCY ALERT**
UC SUDAN DIVESTMENT TASKFORCE
The Campaign for UC Divestment from Sudan Urgently Needs your Help
This Monday, November 14th the UC Regents will be voting on a key resolution (attached) that controls the future of UC divestment from Sudan. For the last two years, the Sudanese government has perpetrated a genocide in Darfur, leaving 400,000 dead and 2.5 million displaced. Divesting will remove the University's money from companies that directly or indirectly help the Sudanese government commit genocide.
If the resolution passes: The Regents will be presented with, and potentially vote on a full proposal for divestment by UC President Dynes. If the resolution fails: Divestment will be defeated.
STUDENT ACTION NEEDED
FACULTY, STAFF, ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT APPRECIATED!!
It is critical to show the Regents that the UC community supports divestment. Other universities, such as Stanford and Harvard, have already divested. The UC must follow their precedent.
The Regents will notice your support. Come join your fellow faculty, staff, and students:
The James West Alumni Center, UCLA
Monday, November 14th
1:30 P.M.
Also attend:
Divestment Press Conference
Kerchoff Grand Salon, UCLA
Monday, November 14th
10:30 A.M.
Divestment Rally
Meyeroff Park (In Front of Kerchoff on Bruin Walk)
Monday, November 14th
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
Key Information about divestment:
Divestment and Petition Website: http://www.ucdivestsudan.com
- The University of California has over $4 billion dollars of its retirement funds, endowment, and other funds invested across the world. Some of this money is invested in companies that do business in Sudan, where genocide is currently being waged by the government.
- The University of California (UC) Sudan Divestment Taskforce petitions the UC Regents to divest from, and not to invest additional funds in, any company that does business in Sudan or with the Government of Sudan. The petition is in response to the genocide that the government continues to perpetrate against the people of Darfur, Sudan.
- Divestment will not adversely affect the Sudanese people. The divestment criteria developed by the UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce include detailed exemptions for sectors of the economy on which the average Sudanese relies for work and sustenance These include areas of agriculture, medicine, and humanitarian aide among others.
Sincerely,
UC Sudan Divestment Taskforce
ucsudandt@gmail.com
UC DIVESTMENT: www.UCDivestSudan.com
Advocate: http://www.genocideinterventionfund.org/action/
Be A Witness: http://www.BeAWitness.org
Cost: Free
Special Instructions
Parking is $8.
For more information please contact
Darfur Action Committee Tel: 310-500-7776
ucsudandt@gmail.com
www.UCDivestSudan.com
