Housing “Kick Wells Fargo Off Campus” Protesters: “We’ve Just Begun to Fight” By Jacob Wheeler | April 26, 2013 Macalester College president Brian Rosenberg once again refused to heed KWOC student demands and divest the Saint Paul-based liberal arts college’s finances from Wells Fargo bank.
Canada Bill McKibben’s “Do the Math” Campaign Takes Aim at Fossil Fuels Industry By Jacob Wheeler | December 8, 2012 Bill McKibben and 350.org are encouraging colleges to divest from fossil fuel companies — much as academic institutions divested from supporting the South African government under apartheid in the 1980s.
Energy McKibben Sees Opening to Press Obama on Climate Change By Jacob Wheeler | November 8, 2012 Bill McKibben, author and co-founder of the global grassroots climate activist movement 350.org, kicked off the “Do The Math” tour Wednesday before over 2,000 people at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.
Campaign Finance NOC Calls on Minneapolis Public Schools to Divest from Wells Fargo By Jacob Wheeler | October 12, 2011 MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and North Minneapolis activists yesterday called on Minneapolis Public Schools to divest from Wells Fargo Bank — which they say has exacerbated the mortgage foreclosure crisis — especially in hard-luck North Minneapolis.
Minnesota Jews Part Of Group Pushing MN To Divest Israeli Bonds By Bill Sorem | December 16, 2010 Minnesota Break the Bonds is an organization dedicated to disinvesting in Israel Bonds until Israel obeys international law and stops the apartheid against the Palestinians.
