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Last year, the CCSR voted not to require companies to divest from South Africa if they adhered to the Sullivan principles and did not provide "strategic supplies" such as oil and weapons to the South African government, said Professor Lance Liebman. who is currently serving as chairman of the Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (ACSR...
...only stressed the importance of unity between Black Americans, he also grappled with the ties between Black Americans and their brothers across the sea. Dap, a militant student, struggled to bring together the brothers and sisters in protest to force the school to divest from South Africa...
...film focuses on the clash between different factions on campus. Antiapartheid activist Vaughn "Dap" Dunlap (Larry Fishburne) is trying to incite Mission to divest. His fight brings him into conflict with Julian "Big Brother Almighty" Eaves (Giancarlo Esposito) leader of the Gamma Phi Gamma fraternity, who condemns Dap and his "fellas" for their "African mumbo-jumbo...
...proceeds from HarvAid will go to HRAAA, an organization of alumni activists pressuring Harvard to divest its holdings in South Africa. HRAAA over the past three years has sponsored alternative slates of prodivestment candidates for the Board of Overseers. Three candidiates have been elected from these slates in the past two elections...
This was an attempt to sway overseers from voting to recommend that Harvard divest of its holdings in companies that do business in South Africa. The Board is elected by alumni to represent them, and advises the Corporation mainly through its visiting committees which evaluate the University. The Corporation's sudden interest in governance shows its concern over the Board's movement toward an activist role in the University...