A CALL FOR DIVESTMENT

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Creator

Colorado College Community Against Apartheid

Place Created

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

Date

Undated, March 1987

Type of Item

Statement

Length/duration

6 pages

Description

Statement by the Colorado College Community Against Apartheid (CCCAA) giving its rationale for full divestment from all companies doing business in South Africa. In this document, the CCCAA (1) critiques the Sullivan Principles, (2) responds to arguments against divestment by corporations and investors, and (3) explains the imperative for divestment. It calls on the Board of Trustees to abandon its willingness to invest in companies that signed the Sullivan Principles, a policy it has held since 1978, and to agree to full divestment. The document concludes: “We believe that the risk of marginal losses is more than warranted by the moral repugnance of the College's benefiting from...

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Organization

Colorado College Community Against Apartheid

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of Colorado College Community Against Apartheid.

Collection

Private collection of Jeff Livesay