CALL TO ACTION
Students and community members called upon President Micheal Schill and the greater University to publicize its investments. They called an impromptu public meeting during the middle of the day during midterm week and gave less than 24 hours to submit comments. This is a direct attempt to subvert public accessibility and ignore the demands of the community.
Email trustees@uoregon.edu by 5 am Wednesday 10/27 (intentionally inconvenient, send comments tonight). Template to send a demand to divest from fossil fuels in bio!
Send to: trustees@uoregon.edu
Subject Line: Public Comment for 10/29 Meeting
“To the Board of Trustees,
As a (student or community member), I am concerned that the UO’s investments are not made public. Investments in fossil fuels are directly contributing to climate change which we are all beginning to experience as seen after the record breaking bad wildfire smoke this summer. A University that advertises being sustainable cannot also invest large sums of money in destructive industries. The investments of the UO foundation need to be made public in order to hold transparency and accountability. The UO foundation must divest from all fossil fuels as they are representing the students, faculty, and community members.
Sincerely,
(Your Name)”
*feel free to edit the subject line/content to be more personal and representative. The Board is also talking about COVID, this a good opportunity to voice concern over the lack of responsibility the university has taken for causing this recent COVID outbreak.