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It is vital to remember that students at the University of California have historically been at
the forefront of social justice movements: from the Civil Rights Movements to the BDS
movement against South African Apartheid, and from the modern LGBTQ liberation
movement to the contemporary anti-racist movements, such as Black Lives Matter. In all
these social justice movements and more, student power has been an integral part of
progress and change. As young people at a top tier research institution, it is our duty to
combat racism, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, imperialism, colonization, and global
inequality. A resolution to Divest From Companies that Profit From Human Rights
Violations in Palestine/Israel is in no way intended to alienate students on campus; rather, it
is intended to create a critical dialogue about state sanctioned violence that violates human
rights and international law, ultimately bringing together students across communities over a
connected struggle.
SJP at UCSB does not align itself with any particular faction of government in Palestine nor
do we take a stance on any particular solution. We advocate for the right of return, selfdetermination, freedom of movement, justice, voting enfranchisement, and equality for all
Palestinians. We stand in solidarity with all communities living under occupation inside and
outside the United States. Furthermore, as student activists who stand against all forms of
institutionalized oppressions, we denounce all forms of anti-semitism and islamophobia and
we insist that this call for divestment should not be conflated with these forms of hate.
Instead this call for divestment should be understood as a call for the University of
California and the UC regents to take financial holdings out of corporations that perpetuate
violations against humanity.
We urge our campus community and our AS to discuss, engage, understand this issue and
choose to finally be on the right side of history. It is time to resist, time to educate, and time
to divest!