Sudan Divestment Meeting

Please attend an informational discussion about statewide and local Sudan divestment campaigns and learn how local organizations and individuals can get involved.

Tuesday, March 13th at 6:00 PM
At Lurie Conference Room on the 1st floor of the University Center
at Clark University in Worcester

Speakers will include:

• State Senator’s Harriette Chandler and Ed Augustus who are sponsoring the statewide divestment bill.

• Irit Tamir from the Massachusetts Association of Jewish Federations.
• Maggie Tiernan of the Massachussets Darfur Divestment Coalition
• Students from Clark University and Holy Cross who are leading divestment efforts on area campuses.
• Local Darfur activists

National experts have advised that divestment is one of the most effective tools for directly influencing the government of Sudan. On March 29th the Massachusetts Legislature will be considering a carefully crafted bill to require that the State pension fund divest from targeted companies doing business with Sudan. Now is the time to rally support for this bill -Senate Docket number SD01591 - and ensure that legislators throughout the state know that this is a good bill to support!before time ran out in the session.

Note that US government sanctions already prohibit US companies from doing business with Sudan, but large international companies still do. Local government pension funds are some of the largest investors that can influence those international companies. SD01591 ensures that your taxpayer dollars are not financing the genocide in Darfur, Sudan, in which over 400,000 people have been killed and more than two million displaced since 2003.

For more information about the meeting please call Joe O’Brien at 508-335-8768 or Naomi Sully of Clark University STAND at 240-672-2954.

More information about the Mass. Coalition to Save Darfur