Rally for Investment Transparency
On Saturday morning, the Brown Corporation convened for a closed general body meeting, where far from the prying eyes of the Brown community and without the input of any students, they managed to hike Brown tuition 4.5%, among other decisions. However, they did it to the raucous horns, speeches, and marching of a rally outside, capping off a weekend of education and protest organized by the Open the Books Coalition to fight for democratization of University governance and ethical, open investing.
“When you’re on a plane, you let the pilot fly and you sit in the back,” a Corporation member told Coalition member Will Lambek on Saturday, as way of explanation for the silencing of student voices on the Corporation. Earlier that morning, Lambek and several other Coalition had assembled to give letters and attempt to converse with the Corporation members as they entered the meetings.
In response, Lambek said to those assembled:
“We have to reject the notion that other people know better than we do what sort of values this University has and how those should be represented by our endowment and investment.
“The school belongs to those who live here, those who work here, those who study here — that means students, faculty and staff.”
Read more about the rally in the Brown Daily Herald.
Coalition members Julian Francis Park B2012 and Maryam Alkhawaja GS speak to a Corporation member after the meeting, and agree on the need for further open dialogue.
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