Stanford Alumni: Taking Action for a Better Planet
The alumni community stands with current Stanford students in asking our alma mater to conduct itself with integrity and ethics, as befitting an institution of global stature. As graduates of Stanford, we remain engaged citizens in societies throughout the world. We are proud to hail from a long tradition of student activism that demands Stanford live up to its founding ideals.
Student peace movements and civil rights protests in the 1960s, anti-apartheid action during the 1980s, labor campaigns in the 1990s—all helped spark discussion and policy change at local and national levels. Today, we want to be able to point to our University as a leader in direct climate action.
Student peace movements and civil rights protests in the 1960s, anti-apartheid action during the 1980s, labor campaigns in the 1990s—all helped spark discussion and policy change at local and national levels. Today, we want to be able to point to our University as a leader in direct climate action.
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Ladder of Action
Step 1. Pledge not to donate
Join the alumni worldwide who are making their voices heard! You can sign your name, submit a statement of concern, and add a photo to the chorus of Stanford graduates from around the world. Click to sign the pledge now. (Note: Please use the Chrome or Safari web browser, not Firefox.) Step 2. Select an alternative donation Demonstrate that our alumni dollars are real—but won't be flowing to Stanford until they divest from fossil fuels! Join ethical-minded alumni from MIT, UPenn, Amherst, among others in a multi-school divestment fund. Each school's alumni donations will be tracked separately, so when the Stanford administration does the right thing, our dollars will be routed back to the Farm! Step 3. Write an Op-Ed Put your rhetorical skills—and Stanford chops—to use by writing an opinion piece about why you believe the University must divest! Help convince the administration that we, the alumni, care that our alma mater conducts itself in a socially responsible manner. |
Read about what happened when over 35 Stanford alumni spoke to the Development Office about divestment at the Alumni Rally on November 19.
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Get more involved The Fossil Free Stanford campus-based campaign includes over 40 students coordinating events, meeting with administrators and faculty, researching divestment, and managing the movement to keep it focused and powerful. We invite you to help us move the campaign forward on all fronts!
We have a fantastic team of Stanford alumni and parents working with us. If you're interested in joining them, please send us an email at [email protected] with your name and number, and we'll get you involved in the dialogue and planning process! You can also contact alumni liaison John Ribeiro-Broomhead at [email protected] |
