I'm writing to ask if you'd mind promoting an upcoming regional strategy session for the TIAA-CREF divestment campaign. We have four such meetings, and one of them is set for New York City in late October. I've included all the info about it below. I think it would be fabulous to turn out many of the Hudson Valley students within reach of your radio show.
Let me know if you'd be willing to plug the session as it gets closer and/or if Rebecca or I might be able to do a quick interview about it.
Thanks for everything,
Stefanie
TIAA-CREF Student Strategy Session
New York City: October 30th
Information and applications are online now: http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/301/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_page_KEY=5481 .
A bit of background:
TIAA-CREF is the one of the world's largest retirement funds, and we're demanding they stop investing in companies that profit from Israel's Occupation of Palestine. In many cases, campus divestment campaigns are targeting the very same companies as those within the TIAA-CREF portfolio. This fall, join other students in your region to strategize about the ways we can work together to make both campus campaigns and the national TIAA-CREF campaign stronger.
Since the June launch of the JVP campaign for TIAA-CREF to divest, over 17,000 people have signed the online petition and groups in 20 different cities have begun to mobilize. Local coalitions are leading community teach-ins, gathering signatures at events, hosting poetry slams, and organizing actions against the five main campaign targets--Motorola, Elbit, Northrop Grumman, Veolia, and Caterpillar.
At the same time, the student divestment movement is kicking it into high gear, with promising campaigns on campuses all over the country.
In these all-day strategy sessions we'll build relationships and work together to answer the following questions:
How can we build strategy against shared targets?
How can your campus group launch a TIAA-CREF campaign?
How can the materials, tactics, and organizing for the National TIAA-CREF Campaign support and enhance your campus group's existing divestment efforts?
How can your campus divestment campaign grow the national movement for TIAA-CREF to divest?
Please spread the word among your networks and let me know if you have any questions at all!