Students
Join students across the US as they pressure their university campus to divest from prisons and pass resolutions to not invest in the prison industry.
For information about how to launch the campaign at your campus and about the national campaign please contact Daniel at amanda@enlaceintl.org or 213-880-5448.
Sign up and Join the national Divestment Campaign here.
The following campuses and student groups are involved in the campaign:
- Duke Students for Humane Borders
- Metropolitan State College of Denver
- Politically Active Ztudents (PAZ)
- Saint Thomas University
- San Antonio Immigrant Youth Movement (SAIYM)
- Stanford Students for Queer Liberation
- Students Working for Equal Rights
- Swarthmore College
- University of Houston
- University of Texas at Austin
- William and Mary Living Wage Campaign
Top 5 things to kick start campaign
- Get educated on the campaign
- Create materials for recruitment and outreach
- Research your university (is it invested in prisons, who has Wells Fargo accounts, worker unions pensions/bank)
- Participate in Student Working Group
- Endorse the campaign
Top 5 actions you can do
- Collect pledges for students to divest from Wells Fargo
- Pass resolution to not invest in prison industry (Student Union, Teacher Union, Campus Worker Union)
- Street theatre in main plazas to educate university community
- Recruit other student groups to participate in campaign
- Press conferences
Resources for campaign
- Campaign resources (fact sheets, power points, street theatre, posters, art, videos, sample letters, sample pledges)
- Research assistance (how to find university investments, etc)
- National Student Working Group (plus other working groups- Prison Site Fights and Wells Fargo)
- Enlace Trainings
Contact Amanda at amanda@enlaceintl.org or 213-880-5448 to get started on your campus.
