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...born. Then, as a mother of three, she served on the boards of several charitable organizations in Seattle. She was the first woman to chair the board of United Way International. After she was appointed to the University of Washington board of regents, she led a successful movement to divest the school's investments in South Africa. Bill Gates Sr., a prosperous lawyer, was also active in United Way and the University of Washington...
...report was “pretty normal.” She noted that the CCSR did address companies’ involvement with “repressive governments,” particularly the Sudan. The CCSR deviated from its normal practice when it directed the Harvard Management Company to divest from PetroChina Company Limited, even though no shareholder proxies were raised and the ASCR did not advise the committee to act accordingly. Despite the University’s preference to sell its holdings only for financial and not political reasons, the CCSR advised divestment because of PetroChina’s strong...
Before launching her campaign, Nolan worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Co. At Harvard, she was active in the Radcliffe Union of Students and the South Africa Solidarity Committee—which urged Harvard to divest from the apartheid state...
...managed both internally and externally—allows Harvard to reap returns from areas that endowments piecemealed out to hedge funds can’t touch. Harvard can also make moral decisions with its internal money, like it did last year when the Harvard Corporation directed HMC to divest from PetroChina. By speaking out against “high” salaries at HMC, members of the Class of 1969 are effectively calling for external management of Harvard’s endowment. This, in turn, would strip Harvard of all control, moral and otherwise, over its money...
...black men arent violent criminals, the primary activity of black women—this piece excluded—isnt to angrily rant about things that bother us, and all black people on this campus do not know and associate exclusively with each other. People here, and everywhere, need to divest themselves of these stereotypes they're holding onto about young black people. Everyone can start by first turning down the radio, shutting off the TV, and coming out to a BMF meeting, ABHW meeting, or wherever youll feel most comfortable. There won't be a set of black men aggressively...