Occupy Vanderbilt

Occupy Vanderbilt
Part of the Occupy movement
DateMarch 19th, 2012 – April 2012
Location
36.148567,-86.802478
Caused by
  • Fair pay for university employees
  • A responsible endowment
  • A more democratic student voice
Goals
  • A living wage for VU Dining employees
  • Ethical guidelines for university investments
  • Creation of an ethical review board for investments,
  • Non-reinvestment in HEI Hotels & Resorts
  • Non-reinvestment in EMVest
Methods

Occupy Vanderbilt was a collaboration that included demonstrations and an occupation located at Alumni Circle Lawn at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Occupy Vanderbilt engaged in organized meetings, events and actions through March 2012.[1] The occupation was in solidarity with the global occupy movement and Occupy Nashville,[2] and is notable as the first protest encampment at Vanderbilt, the spread of which in countries like Argentina, Greece and Spain originally inspired the Occupy movement.

  1. ^ "Occupy Vanderbilt". Occupyvanderbilt.org (Official website). Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  2. ^ "Declaration of the Occupation". Occupy Vanderbilt. Retrieved 24 March 2012.