Divest Barnard, 2010-2017, bulk 2015-2017

Creator:
Barnard College. Divest Barnard
Abstract:
This collection consists of materials from Divest Barnard, an activist group currently active at Barnard College.
Extent:
0.43 Linear Feet 2 websites 1 full hollinger box
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

This collection consists of administrative and publicity materials related to the founding of Divest Barnard and organizing actions at Barnard from 2014-2017. The collection also contains materials from the Goldman Sachs Investment Management Division, New York City Civic Engagement Program - Extendend Barnard Reach Out, the Beloved Community Center, the Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment, and publications on climate change and fossil fuel divestment. The collection also contains archived versions of Divest Barnard's public website and Facebook page.

Biographical / historical:

Divest Barnard is an organization actively working to encourage the Barnard College administration to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies. Divest Barnard was founded in 2014 and held its first meeting on February 20, 2015. In December of 2015, the Barnard Board of Trustees voted to establish the Presidential Task Force to Examine Divestment on which Divest Barnard sits. In April 2016, students from both Barnard and Columbia occupied the office of Columbia University President Lee Bollinger calling for divestment of the Columbia University endowment from fossil fuel companies. Divest Barnard is placed within a long history of activism at Barnard including prior divestment movements such as the Apartheid divestment movement in the 1980s and the current prison divestment movement. Divest Barnard seeks to bring awareness to not only the investment in fossil fuel companies but also the injustices faced by marginalized women, which are exacerbated by climate change.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Barnard Archives and Special Collections. The Barnard Archives and Special Collections approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Reproductions can be made for research purposes.

Preferred citation:

Divest Barnard Collection, 2010-2017; Box and Folder or URL; Barnard Archives and Special Collections, Barnard Library, Barnard College.

Location of this collection:
Barnard Archives & Special Collections
Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning 423
Barnard College
3009 Broadway
New York, NY 10027, USA
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