The group, which includes Palestinian and Jewish students, said it “will refuse food until the full body of the Brown University Corporation hears and considers a divestment resolution.”
Providence Journal
Brown University student activists announced Friday they were undertaking a hunger strike ahead of a critical meeting where school could consider divesting from weapons manufacturers amid the Israel-Hamas war.
But so far, there are no signs it will.
A group of 19 students under the name Hunger Strike for Palestine said it wants Brown to fully divest “its endowment from companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza.”
Call for divestment has been ongoing for three years
The call for a shift in investment strategy has been ongoing for years. A 2020 report from the school’s Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies identified a list of companies for divestment, including Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and more. At the time of its report, the committee was made up of faculty, a staff member, students and alums.