Text of a Resolution in which the Associated Students of Michigan State University (MSU) calls upon the MSU Foundation to stop supporting the apartheid system of South Africa and to divest, in an expedient but prudent manner, any financial holdings from corporations operating in the Republic of South Africa. The resolution says, in 1978, the MSU Board of Trustees was the first major university to divest from corporations operating in South Africa. The resolution says the Associated Students of MSU unanimously supported that divestment in an April 27, 1978 vote. The resolution notes that the State of Michigan passed Public Act 512, in 1980, prohibiting public educational institutions from...
Text of a Resolution in which the Associated Students of Michigan State University (MSU) calls upon the MSU Foundation to stop supporting the apartheid system of South Africa and to divest, in an expedient but prudent manner, any financial holdings from corporations operating in the Republic of South Africa. The resolution says, in 1978, the MSU Board of Trustees was the first major university to divest from corporations operating in South Africa. The resolution says the Associated Students of MSU unanimously supported that divestment in an April 27, 1978 vote. The resolution notes that the State of Michigan passed Public Act 512, in 1980, prohibiting public educational institutions from investing in corporations in South Africa. The resolution discusses the Sullivan Principles and the struggle for freedom and justice in South Africa.
