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Samantha Panchèvre
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Samantha Panchèvre is passionate about social justice and sustainability. As a climate change activist, she helped organize the student-led campaign that resulted in Georgetown University divesting its endowment from fossil fuels. She graduated in 2019 from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service where she studied international affairs with a focus on energy and the environment.
New Jersey priest: Climate change message must be preached at parish levels
… Mayer's Climate Crisis Coalition has launched a campaign asking religious communities to divest themselves of their investments in fossil fuels. Mayer's push to bring the climate change …
Environmentalist's death inspires look at green stories worldwide
… in Pennsylvania and Harvard University in Massachusetts are asking school administrators to divest themselves of their endowments and stocks in fossil fuels, according to a Dec. 4 New York … Harvard, which has the largest endowment in the country at $31 billion, does not plan to divest. However, the student body recently voted to ask the school to do so. About half the undergraduates participated in the vote, and 72 percent of them supported the demand. The divestment project got under way two years ago, when a dozen Swarthmore students saw for …
Students contest Notre Dame investment in hotel group
… and not public securities, Malpass said ending any investment could not be done by sale or divesting, but rather, by declining investment in the next fund. "At this time, we have no plans …
US policy on Gaza crisis rife with contradiction
… and their supporters -- such as U.N. recognition of Palestinian statehood; boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against the occupation; humanitarian aid flotillas; and …
Giving thanks for Planet Earth
… all odds, beats Goliath with a slingslot. But how? What is McKibben's slingshot? On answer: a divestment campaign. Using the divestment campaign against apartheid in South Africa as a model, 350.org plans a major push to … institutions as possible (colleges, universities, pension funds, religious orders, etc.) to divest from fossil fuel industries. There are also signs of hope, especially in Germany and the …
Where are the Catholics in the discussion on Palestine?
… of goods made in the settlements. Members of End the Occupation are committed to the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions strategy, BDS. They stand with the Palestinians who call for an end to the …
Israeli court verdict highlights dangerously sensible young woman
… to administer justice according to international standards and urged supporting the boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement as a means for holding Israel accountable. "The verdict is a …
Church of England divests from News Corp.
… Dennis Coday … Church of England divests from Murdoch's News Corp. after phone hacking … By TREVOR GRUNDY Religion News Service …
Presbyterians won't divest in Israel
… Dennis Coday … The Huffington Post is reporting that … Presbyterians Reject Divestment Related To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict … Members of the largest U.S. Presbyterian denomination rejected a controversial proposal Thursday night to divest millions of dollars of investments in companies that many members have said are profiting …
U.S. churches respond to the Kairos Palestine document
… peaceful means. We urge Christians to become educated about the Palestinian call for boycott, divestment and sanctions and to explore this and other forms of legitimate, nonviolent … ability of the churches to take positive action." In supporting the BDS campaign ("Boycott, divestment and sanctions"), they point out that BDS is directed at Israeli policy, not the state …