Coalition for Social Responsibility
Coalition for Social Responsibility
Location: Poughkeepsie, New York, United States
Duration: Unknown, existed in 1978 - Unknown, existed in October 1979
The Coalition for Social Responsibility was a student group at Vassar College that campaigned to get Vassar to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. The Coalition for Social Responsibility held a vigil for Steve Biko in September 1978, a series of daily pickets in April 1979 and a discussion on apartheid in October 1979. Members of...
The Coalition for Social Responsibility was a student group at Vassar College that campaigned to get Vassar to divest from companies doing business in South Africa. The Coalition for Social Responsibility held a vigil for Steve Biko in September 1978, a series of daily pickets in April 1979 and a discussion on apartheid in October 1979. Members of the Coalition for Social Responsibility held a sit-in at a Trustees meeting on October 21, 1978. (Source: Photograph on this website including information on the back; the newsletter A Luta Continua, January or February 1979, South Africa Catalyst Project available on this website; "Vigil for Biko", The Miscellany News, September 15, 1978; "Coalition Picket: Against S.A. Apartheid", The Miscellany News, April 27, 1979; and "Discussion of Apartheid" and "CSR Sponsers Film", The Miscellany News, October 12, 1979)
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