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Pomona Student Gov’t Passes Israel Boycott, Bans Future Investment
The Claremont Independent
  • Apr 23, 2021

Pomona Student Gov’t Passes Israel Boycott, Bans Future Investment

In an Instagram post released on Thursday, Claremont Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) announced that Pomona College’s student government, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) “unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, April 22, 2021 divesting all ASPC funds from companies complicit in the occupation of Palestine, and banning future use of funds towards such companies.” The companies from which ASPC will divest are drawn from a list compiled by the United
Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona, SJP Fund Talk By Anti-Semitic Conpiracist
The Claremont Independent
  • Nov 12, 2019

Pitzer, Scripps, Pomona, SJP Fund Talk By Anti-Semitic Conpiracist

On Thursday, Nov. 14, the pro-Palestinian Claremont Colleges student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will host a screening of the film Gaza Fights for Freedom. SJP will host the event at Pomona College’s Rose Hill Theatre; the event will consist of a screening of the film followed by a discussion with director Abby Martin and journalist Mike Prysner. Pomona, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges—three of the five colleges in the Claremont Colleges Consortium—are funding
Pitzer President Criticizes Faculty Support of Israel Study Abroad Suspension
The Claremont Independent
  • Nov 30, 2018

Pitzer President Criticizes Faculty Support of Israel Study Abroad Suspension

Amid the recent decision by Pitzer College’s faculty to vote in favor of suspending the college’s only study abroad program in Israel with the University of Haifa, the Pitzer College Council—a faculty and student governance board—held a discussion about the conflict during their November 29th meeting. During the meeting, Pitzer College President Melvin L. Oliver criticized the faculty vote, which he questioned as a “repudiation of Pitzer’s values.” At the beginning of the Cou
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