Brochure produced as part of a campaign to support House Bills 4553 and 4315. The brochure says HB 4553 prohibits state educational institutions from investing in corporations operating in South Africa and HB 4315 requires state employee retirement systems managed by the State Department of Treasury to divest from such corporations. The brochure includes a photograph of Representative Perry Bullard addressing the Conference on Public Investment and South Africa at the United Nations in June 1981. The brochure includes quotes by Steve Biko and Dr. Robert Schwartz, Vice President of Shearson, Leob Rhodes. The brochure asks people to contact their state legislators to urge them you support the...
Brochure produced as part of a campaign to support House Bills 4553 and 4315. The brochure says HB 4553 prohibits state educational institutions from investing in corporations operating in South Africa and HB 4315 requires state employee retirement systems managed by the State Department of Treasury to divest from such corporations. The brochure includes a photograph of Representative Perry Bullard addressing the Conference on Public Investment and South Africa at the United Nations in June 1981. The brochure includes quotes by Steve Biko and Dr. Robert Schwartz, Vice President of Shearson, Leob Rhodes. The brochure asks people to contact their state legislators to urge them you support the two bills. The brochure thanks the American Committee on Africa in New York and the Coalition of Oregonians for Responsible State Investment for much of the material in this brochure. The brochure discusses U.S. multinational corporations and banks, General Motors (GM), Rev. Leon Sullivan, foreign investment, the University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, the American Lutheran Church, the National Council of Churches, the Union Seminary, the United Methodist Church, Citibank, the United Auto Workers (UAW), the AFL-CIO, Eastern Michigan University, Harvard University, Virgil Smith, Southern Africa Liberation Committee (SALC), Public Interest Research Group in Michigan (PIRGIM-MSU), and Heritage Investment Advisors. • Why Michigan? • Why South Africa? • Is the U.S. involved? • But doesn't U.S business help the blacks by creating jobs and setting a good example? • What do black South Africans want? • What can we In Michigan do about apartheid? • Will divestment cost the state money or endanger public pension funds? • What experiences have others had with divestment? • Would Michigan divestment have any effect? • What are churches doing? • What is labor doing? • What are educational institutions doing? • What are other states doing? • HB 4553 • HB 4315
