For immediate release: April 21, 2021 Contact: Ryan Warsing, Co-Coordinator, Divest Princeton: (412) 523-7221; [email protected] RALLY CALLING ON PRINCETON UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS FROM 1:00-2:30 ON SATURDAY, APRIL 24 AT FITZRANDOLPH GATE A Rally calling on the Trustees of Princeton University to divest its Endowment from fossil fuels is scheduled for 1:00-2:30 PM on Saturday, April 24 at the Fitzrandolph Gate of the University at the intersection of Nassau and Witherspoon Streets, in front of historic Nassau Hall. Divest Princeton, made up of students, alumni, and faculty, is the Rally Sponsor and primary organizer. It has been advocating for the past year for Princeton University to cancel all current and future investment in the fossil fuel industry. The group has demanded that the University make that decision by April 22, Earth Day. If it is met, the Rally will become a celebration. Co-sponsors to date of the Rally include the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA), Princeton Environmental Advocacy Coalition (PEAC) and Princeton Against Gun Violence (PAGV). Princeton University’s Resources Committee is expected to recommend in support of divestment at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on May 3. From there it would go to the Board of Trustee’s Committee on Finance, and then to the full Board for approval. It is expected to be on the Board’s May agenda. Confirmed speakers to date include: - The Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director, Coalition for Peace Action - Ryan Warsing -- Co-Coordinator, Divest Princeton - Isabel Rodrigues -- organizer, Divest Princeton - Hannah Reynolds -- organizer, Divest Princeton - Katie Massie -- organizer, Divest Princeton - Mayu Takeuchi -- Sustainability Chair, Princeton Undergraduate Student Government - Daniel Ponton -- organizer, Princeton Mutual Aid - Malini Nambiar -- PhD candidate, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Members of the public are encouraged to attend. All attendees must wear face masks. and practice social distancing as far as can be done practically. “Princeton University has shown itself to be responsive to calls for moral progress, as when it divested from South Africa in 1985; and, recently, removed Woodrow Wilson’s name from its School of Public and International Affairs. Each of these took sustained struggle and pressure to be actualized. Now we invite the public to join in pressing for the urgent Divestment from fossil fuels to help slow a rapidly worsening climate crisis--before it’s too late.” said the Rev. Robert Moore, Executive Director of the Princeton based CFPA. .