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In front of University Hall, students announced the creation of the Brown Divest Coalition, an organization calling on President Christina Paxson to publicly back the ACCRIP report’s divestment recommendations at the next Corporation meeting and support a ceasefire.

Anisha Kumar

Anisha Kumar is a section editor covering University Hall. She is a sophomore from Menlo Park, California concentrating in English and Political Science who loves speed-crosswording and rewatching sitcoms.

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Forty-one students stage second sit-in at University Hall, demand divestment, call for ceasefire

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Organizers demand that RISD divest from weapons manufacturer Textron and the vacation rental company AirBnB.

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The students voluntarily cleared the Main Green after reaching an agreement with the University's administration to bring a vote on divestment to the Corporation’s meeting in October.

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