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By popular demand, below is a list of over 100 U.S. Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Victories, released to commemorate ten years since Palestinian civil society issued the call for BDS. Click on the Facebook and Twitter icons far above to share this important resource with followers on social media!
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Campus Victories
(See also Academic Boycott & Campus Labor Victories listed separately)June 22, 2015 – Columbia University divests from private prisons including G4S, following coalition-led campaign – Manhattan, New York
May, 2015 – University of California at Davis Associated Students pass divestment bill – Davis, California
April 30, 2015 – Oglethorpe University student goverment passes resolution to divest from Israeli occupation – Atlanta, Georgia
April 29, 2015 – Princeton graduate students pass divestment referendum – Princeton, New Jersey
April 22, 2015 – Earlham Student Senate passes resolution in support of divestment from Israeli occupation – Richmond, Indiana
April 16, 2015 – Wesleyan University president agrees to divest university from prisons as first step when Wesleyan students call for divestment from fossil fuels, prisons, and Israeli occupation – Middletown, Connecticut
March 25, 2015 – Student Government of Loyola Chicago passes resolution to divest – Chicago, Illinois
March 2, 2015 – Toledo student government calls for University divestment by margin of 21:4 – Toledo, Ohio
February 19, 2015 – Northwestern University Student Government calls for university divestment – Evanston, Illinois
February 17, 2015 – Stanford divestment passes in a landslide victory – Stanford, California
February 8, 2015 – University of California Student Association — representing hundreds of thousands of UC students statewide — endorses call for UC divestment in support of Palestinian rights – State of California
December 5, 2014 – Wesleyan University Dining Facilities Remove Sabra Following Successful Boycott Campaign – Middletown, Connecticut
November, 2014 – University of California at Los Angeles undergraduate student government passes divestment resolution – Los Angeles, California
August 9-10, 2014 – United Students Against Sweatshops Endorses BDS
July 31, 2014 – No Más Muertes endorses Palestinian call for BDS
May 28, 2014 – University of California at Santa Cruz student government passes divestment resolution – Santa Cruz, California
May 23, 2014 – DePaul student body votes for divestment despite Israeli government interference – Chicago, Illinois
May, 2014 – Wesleyan Students Association divests its student endowment from Israeli occupation, calls for full university divestment – Middletown, Connecticut
April, 2014 – More than 10,000 Univ. of South Florida students call for divestment — largest petition in state’s history – Tampa, Florida
April, 2014 – University of New Mexico Graduate & Professional Student Association vote for divestment from companies involved in human rights violations in Palestine and on U.S.-Mexico border – Albuquerque, New Mexico
April , 2013 – University of California at Riverside Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – Riverside, California
April, 2013 – University of California at Berkeley Student Senate passes divestment – Berkeley, California
March , 2013 – University of California at San Diego Associated Students Council pass resolution calling for divestment – San Diego, California
November 14, 2012 – Brown University Advisory Committee on Corporate Responsibility in Investment Policies calls on Brown Corporation to divest from the Israeli occupation – Providence, Rhode Island
November, 2012 – University of California at Irvine Associated Students unanimously pass resolution urging divestment from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of Palestine – Irvine, California
September 5, 2012 – Earlham College Dining Services Stops Selling Sabra in Response to Student and Faculty Concerns – Richmond, Indiana
June 5, 2012 – Arizona State University Student Government Votes to Divest from Israel – Tempe, Arizona
June 4, 2012 – The Evergreen State College Flaming Eggplant Cafe Announces Boycott of Israeli Products – Olympia, Washington
April 18, 2012 – UMass-Boston Student Government passes resolution to divest from Boeing – Boston, Massachusetts
March 30 , 2012 – National Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlán (MEChA) Endorses Palestinian Boycott of Israel
May/November, 2011 – Majority of DePaul students vote to boycott Sabra Hummus; force ethical alternatives offered – Chicago, Illinois
June 2, 2010 – Evergreen State College student body votes for boycott of Caterpillar equipment, becoming “CAT-free campus”; Student Senate votes unanimously to support BDS
Spring, 2010 – Evergreen State College Student Body votes for divestment from companies involved in Israeli occupation – Olympia, Washington
February 12, 2009 – Hampshire College becomes first campus to divest from the Israeli occupation – Amherst, Massachusetts
2005, 2006, 2010, 2014 – University of Michigan at Dearborn Student Government passes divestment resolution – Dearborn, Michigan
April/May, 2003 – Wayne State University student council votes for divestiture – Detroit, Michigan
Academic & Cultural Boycott
May 4, 2015 – Lauryn Hill cancels performance in Israel in response to calls for boycottMay, 2015 – Black Lives Matter Co-founder Patrisse Cullors endorses BDS
October, 2014 – Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and MacArthur “genius award” recipient Junot Diaz endorses BDS
May 26, 2014 – American Rapper Talib Kweli cancels Israel gig
Spring, 2014 – Public Enemy’s Chuck D endorses BDS
December 15, 2013 – Native American and Indigenous Studies Association endorses boycott of Israeli academic institutions
December, 2013 – American Studies Association endorses academic boycott of Israel by sweeping majority membership vote after national council passes unanimously
August 14, 2013 – Influential jazz drummer Chris Daddy Dave cancels participation in Red Sea Jazz Festival
July 11, 2013 – Rock band The Killers pulls out of of Tel Aviv concert
April, 2013 – General Membership of Association for Asian American Studies votes to support academic boycott of Israel
November 29, 2012 – Stevie Wonder cancels performance for Friends of Israeli Defense Forces in response to calls for boycott
October, 2012 – Hip Hop duo Rebel Diaz cancel performance at Creative Time Summit, 2012, due to sponsorship by Israeli government-funded institution
September, 2012 – Prominent academic Judith Butler reaffirms support for BDS
June 20, 2012 – Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker refuses permission to Israeli publisher, Yedhiot Books, to publish The Color Purple
May 4, 2012 – Columbia University Prof. Franke boycotts conference with “featured nation” Israel & Israeli Ambassador keynote speech
February, 2012 – Singer-songwriter Cat Power cancels Tel Aviv concert
February, 2012 – American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson cancels performance at Holon International Women’s Festival
February, 2012 – American Indie Pop Band “The Pains of Being Pure at Heart” cancels Tel Aviv show
January, 2012 – Tune-Yards band cancels gig in Israel; Merrill Garbus, lead singer, is a signatory of the Artists Against Israeli Apartheid pledge
Summer, 2011 – 11 Indigenous and Women of Color Feminists, including prominent intellectual & activist Angela Davis, unequivocally endorse BDS
June, 2011 – Basketball legend and actor Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cancels visit to Israel in response to “Nakba Day violence”
April, 2011 – Washington University Hip-Hop Program Revokes Invitation to Israeli Cultural Ambassador – St. Louis, Missouri
July 7, 2010 – Dustin Hoffman & Meg Ryan pull out of 2010 Film Festival after Mavi Marmara massacre
June, 2010 – Carlos Santana cancels concert in Tel Aviv following boycott calls
June, 2010 – The Pixies cancel concert in wake of Mavi Marmara massacre
May, 2010 – Renowned American poet and musician Gil Scott-Heron cancels concert in Israel
November, 2009 – Prominent intellectual Sarah Schulman boycotts Lesbian & Gay Studies conference at Tel Aviv
August 17, 2009 – Amnesty International Withdraws from Leonard Cohen’s Israel Concert Fund
July 23, 2008 – Snoop Dogg cancels performance in Israel
Source: www.endtheoccupation.org