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Joyce E. Chaplin
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Harvard Faculty Divest: It’s Time the University Addresses the Climate Crisis
As Hurricanes Helene and Milton have just reminded us, climate change is getting worse, and yet Harvard is still not doing its utmost to address this urgent crisis.
To President Bacow, From Harvard Faculty for Divestment
Your new position is an important step and a testament to the power of sustained social justice activism. It is also a reminder of how much we owe to the student activists of Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard, and to student activists on campuses around this country and around the world. They have helped us understand the urgency of the crisis and the responsibility we have, in our positions of privilege and power, to act commensurately.
We Are Educators, Not Prosecutors
Universities should set an example to follow. Instead of bowing to pressure, they should have the courage to take principled stances, especially when it is politically impractical to do so.
