06.05.2024 03:16

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30.04.2024 21:09

We added citations to the statements made for our petition.


New deadline: 28.07.2024
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30.04.2024 21:08

We added citations to the statements made for our petition.


New petition description:

No More Tuition Dollars to Fund Genocide!

We demand Warren Wilson College (WWC) divest from companies supporting Israeli apartheid and human rights violations in Palestine. For over 7050 years, Palestinians have experiencedbeen ethnicoccupied cleansing at the hands ofby Israel and(Amnesty theInternational, IDF.2017; O'Dell, 2024). The current campaign has murderedkilled over 35,00030,000 people, 13,00014,000 of them children.children (AJLabs, 2024; Martínez & Batrawy, 2024; The Associated Press, 2024, Dujarric, 2024). The ongoing illegal occupationoccupation, as stated by the European Union and many other states (European Union, 2021; Amnesty International, 2019), and the genocide of the Palestinian people by Israel isare funded by ourthe taxUnited andStates. tuition(Masters dollars.& Merrow, 2024; Schwarz, 2023). There is a pertinent need for institutions like WWC to align their investments with ethical values. Divestment campaigns have successfully happened at WWC such as the student-led fossil fuel divestment in 2015 (Intentional Endowments Network, 2020; Warren Wilson College, 2024). That movement made Warren Wilson a leading college in the initiative to disentangle from fossil fuel corporations through which they have received several sustainability awards.

Citations:

AJLabs. (2024, April 28). Israel-gaza war in maps and charts: Live Tracker. Al Jazeera. www.aljazeera.com/news/longform/2023/10/9/israel-hamas-war-in-maps-and-charts-live-tracker

Chapter 3: Israeli settlements and international law. Amnesty International. (2019, January 30). www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2019/01/chapter-3-israeli-settlements-and-international-law/

Hope O'Dell. (2024, Aril 4). Israel has occupied the Palestinian Territories since 1967; ICJ to consider whether that’s legal. How long has Israel occupied the Palestinian territories? Is it legal? The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. globalaffairs.org/bluemarble/israel-has-occupied-palestinian-territories-1967-un-court-considers-whether-thats-legal 

Dujarric, S. (2024, February 2). Statement attributable to the spokesperson for the secretary-general - on Gaza secretary-general. United Nations. www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2024-02-29/statement-attributable-the-spokesperson-for-the-secretary-general-gaza?_gl=1%2Aoam0jh%2A_ga%2AMjAzODE3MjMwMy4xNzE0NTEzNzcz%2A_ga_TK9BQL5X7Z%2AMTcxNDUxMzc3My4xLjAuMTcxNDUxMzc3My4wLjAuMA..%2A_ga_S5EKZKSB78%2AMTcxNDUxMzc3My4xLjEuMTcxNDUxMzc5Mi40MS4wLjA

Intentional Endowment Network. (2020, October). Active Ownership in the Endowment: Warren Wilson College Case Study. d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/intentionalendowments/pages/5746/attachments/original/1602601306/IEN_WWC_Case_Study.pdf?1602601306

European Union. (2021, March 8). Middle east peace process. EEAS. www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/middle-east-peace-process_en

Israel’s occupation: 50 years of dispossession. Amnesty International. (2017, June 7). www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/israel-occupation-50-years-of-dispossession/ 

Martínez, A., & Batrawy, A. (2024, February 29). The death toll in Gaza hits a grim new milestone. NPR. www.npr.org/2024/02/29/1234762056/the-death-toll-in-gaza-hits-a-grim-new-milestone#:~:text=The%20death%20toll%20in%20Gaza%20hits%20a%20grim%20new%20milestone%20%3A%20NPR&text=Press-,The%20death%20toll%20in%20Gaza%20hits%20a%20grim%20new%20milestone,of%20them%20women%20and%20children. 

Masters, J., & Merrow, W. (2024, April 11). U.S. aid to Israel in four charts. Council on Foreign Relations. www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts

Schwarz, J. (2023, December 28). I calculated how much of my money the U.S. sent to kill Palestinians. you can too. The Intercept. theintercept.com/2023/12/28/israel-us-taxes-gaza-war/#:~:text=The%20total%20aid%20the%20U.S.,passed%20soon%20by%20the%20Senate.)

Sustainability - environmental, Economic & Social. Warren Wilson College. (2024, February 16). www.warren-wilson.edu/student-life/sustainability/ 

The Associated Press. (2024, April 29). The latest: Israeli airstrikes on rafah kill at least 22 people. AP News. apnews.com/article/israel-iran-hamas-latest-04-29-2024-28196afeb6e34c3a287770f71187cc4e#:~:text=Israel’s%20war%20in%20Gaza%20has,of%20them%20children%20and%20women. 

29.04.2024 10:19

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Please substantiate your statements with sources (link/URL) or mark them as your own opinion:
''(...) Israeli apartheid and human rights violations in Palestine. For over 70 years, Palestinians have experienced ethnic cleansing at the hands of Israel and the IDF. The current campaign has murdered over 35,000 people, 13,000 of them children. The ongoing illegal occupation and genocide of Palestinian people by Israel is funded by our tax and tuition dollars. There is a pertinent need for institutions like WWC to align their investments with ethical values. Divestment campaigns have successfully happened at WWC such as the student-led fossil fuel divestment in 2015. ''

26.04.2024 14:15

Misspelling of the word ethnic. The previous word used was ethic.


New petition description:

No More Tuition Dollars to Fund Genocide!

We demand Warren Wilson College (WWC) divest from companies supporting Israeli apartheid and human rights violations in Palestine. For over 70 years, Palestinians have experienced ethicethnic cleansing at the hands of Israel and the IDF. The current campaign has murdered over 35,000 people, 13,000 of them children. The ongoing illegal occupation and genocide of Palestinian people by Israel is funded by our tax and tuition dollars. There is a pertinent need for institutions like WWC to align their investments with ethical values. Divestment campaigns have successfully happened at WWC such as the student-led fossil fuel divestment in 2015. That movement made Warren Wilson a leading college in the initiative to disentangle from fossil fuel corporations through which they have received several sustainability awards.

26.04.2024 13:46

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Read through our full statement and learn more about the past divestment movements, the WWC mission statements, and the companies we hope to encourage divestment from.