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Letter to the Editor: Regarding post-divestment

The Students of Divest Carleton February 16, 2023

Dear Editor,  We are excited to celebrate the divestment of Carleton’s endowment from direct fossil fuel investments and fossil fuel-oriented mutual funds. This decision is thanks to the hard...

Students demand full divestment, transparency and community involvement: An open letter to the Board of Trustees

The Students of Divest Carleton January 19, 2023

Divest Carleton has been demanding that Carleton College divest its endowment from fossil fuels for the past eight years and from the military-industrial complex and private prisons since 2020. After...

Letter to the Chairs of the Board of Trustees and its Investment Committee, from Divest Carleton: continue to divest from fossil fuel holdings

The Students of Divest Carleton January 17, 2020

Dear Mr. Weitz and Mr. Wender: We were recently heartened to learn that, as of September 30, 2019, Carleton no longer holds any direct public equity stocks in fossil fuel companies. This marks...

Divest Carleton responds to the trustees’ recent decision

The Students of Divest Carleton January 16, 2016

Dear Carleton Board of Trustees, We, the students of Divest Carleton, are writing to you to express our dissatisfaction with your response to the recommendation to divest from fossil fuels made in September...

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