[GPSCC-chat] Rally Monday to call on Stanford to Divest from Fossil Fuels

[Drew]

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Subject: Fw: [transitionpaloalto] Fwd: Join Us: Rally this Monday to call
on Stanford to Divest from Fossil Fuels
From:    "Derek Tennant"
Date:    Mon, November 11, 2013 7:35 am
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 Sorry for the late notice...

Derek


www.derekjoetennant.net

Each day the first day.
Each day a life.
Each morning we must hold out the chalice of our being
to receive, to carry, and give back.
It must be held out empty—
for the past must only be reflected
in its polish, its shape, its capacity.


Dag Hammarskjöld, 1956 

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From: Vanessa Warheit <vwarheit at me.com>
To: transitionpaloalto at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, November 8, 2013 2:42 PM
Subject: [transitionpaloalto] Fwd: Join Us: Rally this Monday to call on
Stanford to Divest from Fossil Fuels

 
Greetings,

Elliot and I will be at this event on Monday at 12:30 on Stanford campus.
Please join us in supporting these awesome Stanford students who are
fighting for their future! For anyone concerned about climate change, or
the economic carbon bubble, this is a big opportunity to make a difference
and get real traction for the divestment movement.

Best,

Vanessa

Forgive the brevity - sent from my iPhone

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From: Sophie Harrison via Fossil Free <divest at gofossilfree.org>
>Date: November 8, 2013 at 2:06:22 PM PST
>To: vanessaw at stanfordalumni.org
>Subject: Join Us: Rally this Monday to call on Stanford to Divest from
Fossil Fuels
>
>
Dear friends,
>Almost exactly one year ago, a movement was launched on the Stanford
campus calling for our school to divest from fossil fuels and lead the
fight against climate change. The devastating impacts of the climate
crisis on peoples’ lives around the world are increasingly clear, but our
university - a “leader is sustainability” - is continuing to invest in
the very fuels causing this destruction.
>Yet after months of growing pressure from the Stanford community, we have
reached a pivotal moment in our campaign. Next week, Fossil Free Stanford
is having our first meeting with Stanford’s full Advisory Panel on
Investment Responsibility and Licensing (APIR-L), the body tasked with
ensuring ethical management of Stanford’s endowment. It’s is an
incredible opportunity for us to make all the right arguments, but we
also know that arguments alone will never win this fight for us.
>That’s where you come in: we need your help to show just how much support
there is for fossil fuel divestment from the Stanford community. The
APIR-L has told us that Stanford only divests when there is truly
widespread support for the action - so we need to show them just how
powerful that support is. This Monday, we are having a rally to support
the APIR-L taking moral leadership on this issue, and we need as many
people out as possible.
>Come join us this Monday, November 11th, at 12:30 in White Plaza for our
rally. Please bring your friends. This is our biggest moment yet, and we
need your help to make it a success.
>We’ve got so much work left to do, but this is an incredibly important
step. Hope to see you on Monday, and looking forward to continuing to
fight for a more just and sustainable future together!
>Onwards,
>The Fossil Free Stanford team 
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>Not on campus, or can't attend? You can still help make next week a
success by inviting your friends to our rally, or sharing our story
on facebook or twitter. Please share our petition with all your networks
- the more new supporters before next week’s meeting, the better!
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