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The Amherst Student

Volume 152 • Issue 24

The Amherst Student

The Newspaper of Amherst College Since 1868

Monday, May 29, 2023

Virginia Lora

Staff Writer

Number of Articles: 1

First Article: October 5, 2005

Latest Article: October 5, 2005

Divestment efforts are making some progress

By Virginia Lora

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October 5, 2005

The movement calls for the divestment of College endowment funds from certain corporations in Sudan that do business with the Sudanese government and thus help support the genocide of black Africans. Students leading the efforts are passionate about their cause. “Divestment was the most effective way to combat the genocide,” said Irwin. “Raising money is a great thing, but it can be very indirect. We can use the fact that we go to Amherst to make some change come out of that.” The students lea

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