Word: cazden
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Professor of Education Courtney B. Cazden said she circulated the petition in reaction to a letter sent last month at President Derek C. Bok's request to all Harvard alumni. That letter, signed by Joan T. Bok '51, president of the Board of Overseers, urged alumni not to vote for three candidates for Overseer who are running on a pro-divestment platform...
...Cazden said she sent a mailing to all 260 faculty, administrators, and staff members of the Ed School and 89 of them agreed to affix their names to the petition calling for Harvard to divest of its $416 million in South Africa-related investments...
...similar petition for divestment was circulated at the Ed School last year, but it was restricted to faculty members, and about 35 people signed it, Cazden said...
Before Joan Bok's letter was sent, Cazden asked and seven other current and former Ed school faculty members mailed a letter to all Ed School alumni, endorsing the pro-divestment candidates...
...faculty members said they wanted to tell the alumni: "Watch for the ballots. Don't throw them away. It's important this year," Cazden said. "There's never been this kind of really powerful issue...