NEA endorses divestment (in case you missed it in July)

European Parliament and US National Education Association endorse Sudan divestment!
7/13/07

http://www.sudandivestment.org/home.asp

Earlier this month a resolution was approved by European Parliament regarding the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Noting that "power and wealth, now expanded thanks to oil revenues, is very much concentrated in the centre, to the disadvantage of those in the periphery" the resolution calls on "EU Member States to encourage divestment of European companies and funds from Sudan." This resolution confirms the internationalization of the divestment movement and adds momentum to burgeoning divestment campaigns underway in over half a dozen European countries.

Also this month at their annual national meeting, the National Education Association, the largest professional organization in the country representing over 3.2 million educators, voted to "utilize its influence to have retirement systems consider policies of targeted divestment from companies on the Sudan Divestment Task Force's Highest Offenders list." The NEA pledged to support legislative efforts on behalf of Sudan divestment in addition to divesting their own funds.