DIVEST UMW: Divestment sit-ins are on the forefront of a new social movement
By Caroline Bray , Jake Turner , Sarah Kinzer and Colleen Cosgriff | April 9, 2015The voices of these student bodies were stifled by their Boards through secrecy, literal barriers of locked and guarded doors and apathy. At this point the students, who are the most important stakeholders of our universities, have no real influence on major decisions made by their governing bodies. Divestment and affordable education are just two campaigns facing the same roadblocks of indifference and rejection that have been repeatedly experienced.