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...Unlike a traditional senior gift, in which graduating seniors donate to the University to support programs at the College such as financial aid, this new fund would remain in escrow until either Harvard complied with the students’ demands or the United Nations lifted its call for divestiture...
...debate about how best to address the system of racial apartheid in South Africa, Harvard’s graduating classes in the mid-1980s sought to bring the issue closer to home. Beginning with the class of 1983, graduating seniors created an alternative fund to the traditional senior gift called the Endowment for Divestiture in an effort to pressure the University to divest its endowment funds from companies doing business in South Africa—a call that echoed the United Nation’s similar recommendation...
...We’re not talking about a lot of money, but the hope was that it would call attention to the issue,” said Raine M. Figueroa ’84, Class Marshall...
...With these goals in mind, and recognizing the challenges, we issue the following call to action to President Faust, who despite these tough economic times admirably remains steadfastly committed to financial aid outreach to students from low-income families...
...Call to Action...