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Members of the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee and other students in favor of divestment have asked alumni to give money to the Endowment for Divestiture (E4D). The E4D, an alternative to the Senior Class Gift, is a fund started by the Class of 1983 for those students and alumni wishing to donate money to Harvard but objecting to its investment policies...
...people used to giving to E4D instead of to Harvard, they'll hopefully never give to Harvard," said Sarah L. Szanton '88, who coordinated the phone bank last November. She said the E4D is a step toward "eroding Harvard's fundraising base...
Some alumni who wouldn't have given to Harvard because of the investment policies will give to E4D, said Tina E. Smith '83, one of E4D's organizers...
Roughly 200 people have been contacted, donating a total of between $1200 to $1500 to E4D, Smith said...
Besides soliciting funds for E4D, the phone bank is a "good way for us to get people verbal for divestiture," Szanton said. The phone bank sends petitions to interested alumni which "basically say `I'm an alumnus, and I think you should divest,"' Szanton said. The petitions are sent...