TIAA-CREF: Divest from the occupation
Ask one of the largest financial services in the United States to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation.
Join over 19,500 people of conscience who have already signed the petition to ask TIAA-CREF to stop investing in companies that profit from the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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TIAA-CREF participants and supporters in 23 cities tell TIAA-CREF to divest from Caterpillar and other companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. See the Online Press Kit for more coverage of the We Divest July 19, 2011 Day of Action.
TIAA-CREF invests heavily in Caterpillar (over $250 million as of their last financial report). On December 10th, Human Rights Day, concerned individuals visited over 1/3 of all TIAA-CREF offices across the United States to raise awareness about the Israeli occupation and to tell the company to divest. More info here and here!
Aaron Levitt and others on TIAA-CREF success.
We've barely started and TIAA-CREF has already responded to our campaign.
Here's our response to their statement.
And here's how TIAA-CREF policies were directly challenged at the Jul 21, 2010 CREF shareholder meeting, and then again at U Mass Boston on Sep 13, 2010, where TIAA-CREF CEO Roger Ferguson was delivering the convocation address. Read the U Mass Boston faculty letter and watch the video here.
The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC) has endorsed the TIAA-CREF campaign and is urging all groups working on boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns in the US, especially on university campuses, to endorse the campaign and join it, whenever possible, to amplify its reach and impact across the US. Are you a student interested in working on a TIAA-CREF campaign in your campus? Join us for regional strategy sessions this October. Come meet us as well as other student activists at our student strategy sessions this October. Click here for more info and registration.
TIAA-CREF invests its money in these kinds of companies:
We can stop this!
UPDATE: Veolia forced to divest its Jerusalem Light Rail Project
See a list of initial petition signers here.
We are waiting for you!
Want to learn more about the campaign? Here are some frequently asked questions:
About the TIAA-CREF divestment campaign
About boycotts, divestments, and sanctions (BDS)
JVP supports divestment from and boycotts of companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem. This includes companies operating in or from occupied Palestinian territory, exploiting Palestinian labor and scarce environmental resources, providing materials or labor for settlements, or producing military or other equipment or materials used to violate human rights or to profit from the Occupation. Download our full statement on BDS.
About TIAA-CREF in Canada.
Here are some news articles that mention our campaign.
More questions? Email divest@jewishvoiceforpeace.org