The following are two messages from students on the Investment and Grant Policy Disappearing Task Forces following their first meetings. To view the task force charges look here. INVESTMENT POLICY DISAPPEARING TASK FORCE: The Investment Policy Disappearing Task Force, as outlined in the MOU signed on April 30, is charged […]
ARCHIVE SPOTLIGHT: TESC DIVEST 2010
The Story of Evergreen’s First Israeli Divestment Campaign by Sako Chapman Divestment is a legal process that withdraws financial investment in corporations and entities that “engage in or profit from human rights abuses, unethical labor practices, and environmental destruction” (tescdivest.com via wayback machine). It is wholly institutional in nature. Divestment […]
TESC AGREES TO DIVESTMENT PROCESS: Greeners say “The Struggle Continues!”
by Sako Chapman of the CPJ Auxilary Team Editors Note 5/4/24: the previous headline for this article may have left the incorrect impression that The Evergreen State College has fully divested. The CPJ emphasizes, along with the students interviewed in this article, that this is the first significant step in […]
Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment Rally cries supported by Community as Bargaining Closes
by the CPJ Auxilary Team Danbert Nobacon performing at the Solidarity Rally, photo by Sako Chapman (Evergreen, WA ) – A second call was put out last night by the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment for another rally today, April 30th, at 11am, to continue the momentum of campus support for […]
Divestment on the Horizon? Optimism and Good Faith Expressed by TESC Gaza Solidarity Encampment, Admin
By the CPJ Auxilary Team At 3:30 PM today, a bargaining team made up of Evergreen students reentered negotiations with administration to continue working towards that goal. The community gathered around the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment had continued the rally in Red Square to call for The Evergreen State College’s […]
NEW SUPPORT FOR DIVESTMENT EMERGES: Rally for the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment Reignites Negotiations
By the CPJ Auxiliary Team Speeches begin at the Rally, photo by Mj Richards (Evergreen, WA )- At 11:30am today – Monday, April 29, 2024 – students from Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment extended an outward call to community to participate in a solidarity rally to protest the ongoing genocide in […]
EVERGREEN ENCAMPMENT: Bargaining Steps Back From Role
EVERGREEN ENCAMPMENT: Bargaining Steps Back From Role By the CPJ auxiliary team News Brief Gathered as a part of ongoing developments around the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment. For the previous article on the early stages of the camp, click here. After the last negotiation meeting yesterday afternoon, April 26th, in […]
Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment
by the CPJ auxillary team View of the Evergreen Gaza Solidarity Encampment, photo by Sarah Swissa Within the past two weeks, many colleges and universities across the U.S. have erupted in protest responding to the ongoing genocide and scholasticide occuring within the Gaza strip. Columbia University became the first highly […]
Archive Spotlight: DAY OF ABSENCE
by Sako Chapman A Historical Perspective on the Evergreen State College 2017 Protests ORIGINS: In 1972, Dr. Maxine Mimms, one of the first Black women hired at the Evergreen State College, began the grassroots outreach that would become Evergreen’s Tacoma Campus. Mimm’s program was designed to meet the needs of […]
Archive Spotlight: UJAMAA SOCIETY, Evergreen’s First BSU
By Sako Chapman, February 14th 2024 THE ORIGIN: Contemporary American Minority (Fall 1971 – Spring 1972) In the first year of Evergreen, 1971, a year-long ethnic studies-type program titled Contemporary American Minorities (CAM) was hosted by Rudy Martin, Medardo Delgado, and Darrell Phare. The faculty brought an emphasis on Black […]