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Below are descriptions of two campaigns, the GRADUATION PLEDGE
ALLIANCE: A PLEDGE OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY,
and SOCIAL CHOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW
TIAA-CREF. We hope you take a personal interest in promoting
either or both campaigns, or can publicize them to others.
Feel free to utilize any information below. (Please follow the
guidelines of your institution or organization for forwarding/posting
electronic information.) Thank you.
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GRADUATION PLEDGE ALLIANCE
In 1987, Humboldt State University (California) initiated
the Pledge of Social and Environmental Responsibility. It states
"I pledge to investigate and take into account the social and
environmental consequences of any job opportunity I consider."
Since that time, dozens of colleges and universities have enacted
the voluntary pledge, which allows students to define what
"responsible" means to them.
In 1996, Manchester College began coordination of the
campaign effort, which has taken different forms at different
institutions. At Manchester, it is a community-wide event
coordinated by a diverse committee. Students sign and keep a
wallet-size card stating the pledge (50-60% typically do), while
students and supportive faculty wear green ribbons at
commencement, with the pledge being printed in the formal
commencement program. The pledge helps educate and motivate
students to contribute to a better world, and can be a focal
point for other types of consciousness raising both on and off
campus.
Contact Neil Wollman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for an
explanatory brochure or for questions/comments; or write GPA, MC
Box 152, Manchester College, North Manchester, IN 46962. The
Campaign also has a web site, at http:/www.manchester.edu (click
on "index," then "Graduation Pledge Alliance"). Please keep us
informed of your pledge efforts.
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SOCIAL CHOICE FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW TIAA-CREF
TELL TIAA-CREF YOU SUPPORT "POSITIVE INVESTING"! SEND A BRIEF
EMAIL MESSAGE TO [EMAIL PROTECTED], PHONE (800) 842-2733,
OR WRITE TO 730 THIRD AVE., NY, NY 10017-3206. (TO CIRCULATE
A PETITION, contact the campaign at address below.)
College faculty have launched a nationwide campaign to
persuade TIAA-CREF, the Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association-College Retirement Equities Fund, to begin "positive
investing" of their pension funds. They are calling for the
investment of $100-200 million from the Social Choice Account, a
socially responsible fund, in companies that are models of social
and environmental responsibility.
TIAA-CREF is the nation's largest private pension system. In
1989, faculty successfully lobbied the group for the creation of
the Social Choice Account, which screens for tobacco, alcohol,
nuclear, military, environmental, and Northern Ireland concerns.
The Campaign is now asking that 5-10% of assets in the Social
Choice Account be invested in companies that are models of
corporate responsibility with regard to employees, the
environment, consumers, and local communities.
For a brochure and other campaign materials, contact Social
Choice for Social Change: Campaign for a New TIAA-CREF, Box 152,
Manchester College, North Manchester, IN 46062, (219)982-
5346/5009, or e-mail Neil Wollman at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
Abigail Fuller at [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Campaign also has a web
site, at http:/www.manchester.edu (click on "index," then "Social
Choice for Social Change"). If you do contact TIAA-CREF or take
other actions, please let us know so we can monitor campaign
activities. Thank you.
