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Climate change is accelerating. Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria caused immense damage and loss of life throughout the Caribbean and parts of the US.

We are a student activism group at the University of Pennsylvania demanding Penn to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry and reinvest in the Philadelphia community and clean energy companies/projects. We are witnessing the increasing impacts of a warming planet more and more consistently; in this last years our country has experienced record-breaking heat, droughts, and hurricanes, w

hich impacted hundreds of thousands of people and cost our country hundreds of billions of dollars. Experts agree that global warming caused by humans burning fossil fuels will continue to accelerate and intensify these tragic climate disasters. The scientific consensus is clear and overwhelming; we cannot safely burn even half of global fossil-fuel reserves without dangerously warming the planet for several thousand years. As public pressure to confront climate change builds, we call on The University of Pennsylvania to immediately freeze any new investment in fossil-fuel companies, and to divest within five years from direct ownership and from any commingled funds that include fossil-fuel public equities and corporate bonds. We believe such action on behalf of The University of Pennsylvania will not only be a sound decision for our institution’s financial portfolio, but also for the well being of its current and future graduating classes, who deserve the opportunity to graduate with a future not defined by climate chaos.

01/27/2023

had a field day on Twitter yesterday

01/16/2023

Our first GBM of the new year is happening TOMORROW!! If you like what we did last semester and wanna meet cool people + play fun games, come hangout with us at the LGBT Center from 8-9 PM!

12/07/2022

Do not let them fool you. Penn has not divested. They have not changed.

These numbers are based on Princeton University’s* endowment and Penn’s statement** saying they have most of their money in indirect investments in similar manners to other institutions.

*-https://paw.princeton.edu/article/trustees-vote-divest-and-dissociate-fossil-fuel-companies
**-https://penntoday.upenn.edu/announcements/message-about-penns-endowment-and-sustainability

12/01/2022

Yesterday, we launched our anti-admin-retaliation campaign after student arrests and disciplinary hearings— read more!

11/28/2022

Protest is as much a part of Penn’s history as anything else. Join us this Wednesday, November 30 at 3pm at the Ben Franklin statue to protect students’ rights to peacefully protest!

11/24/2022

We will not be silenced ❌ !! The Penn administration is attempting to intimidate protesters and halt student activism. Sign our petition to get Penn to drop disciplinary hearings and make changes to the way the university treats peaceful protesters ❤️‍🔥

11/19/2022

our star organizers speaking at ‘s rally against the building of the 76ers arena in Chinatown. Penn is an active business partner with David Adelman, who has made his profit displacing the Black Bottom for campus housing. He now aims to make his profits in Chinatown.

11/15/2022

ACTION ALERT! With on Friday, November 18 we will be having a rally to save Chinatown from the development of the 76ers arena. David Adelman, who is leading the development, has been a business partner with Penn in University City, pushing out the Black Bottom and profiting off student debt. He now is working to profit off building in Chinatown.

11/11/2022

A powerful message to Penn’s injustices on the community!

11/10/2022

A message to Penn’s retaliation against students and Penn’s damage to the local and worldwide community.

11/08/2022

Our special coordinator with a piece on the 💖💖💖

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