Sign the Petition
I call on Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan Chase, Fidelity Investments, Capital Group (American Funds), Vanguard, and other firms to divest from companies that help fund genocide in Darfur.
Learn About Divestment
What is Divestment?
Divestment is the sale of stock in companies most culpable of helping to fund genocide in Darfur. Divestment also includes a commitment not to buy stock in such companies until the companies change behavior or the genocide ends.
What is Contract Prohibition?
Contract prohibition is when a government (state, local or federal) refuses to sign contracts with the companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur until the companies change behavior or until the genocide ends.
- Divestment Basics
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Contracts- The Problem: How Your Tax Dollars Are Funding Genocide (graphic pdf)
- Contracts- The Solution: How Contract Prohibition Can Help End the Genocide in Darfur (graphic pdf)
Divest for Darfur
Divest for Darfur is a national campaign to encourage investment firms, especially JP Morgan, Franklin Templeton, Fidelity Investments, Capital Group (American Funds), and Vanguard, to withdraw investments from companies that help fund the genocide in Darfur.
- Target Investment Firms
- Why Target These Five Investment Firms?
- Firms that Have Divested
- The Problem (graphic pdf)
- The Solution (graphic pdf)
Divestment Legislation: Federal
On December 31, 2007 the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007 (SADA) became law. SADA is vital legislation that protects the states’ and investment firms’ rights to divest from companies with connections to the government of Sudan. SADA also prohibits federal contracts with such companies.
Click for a fact sheet on the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007.
Divestment Legislation: State
The state divestment movement is gathering steam across the country. The movement is led by our partner, the Sudan Divestment Task Force. A great place to start is by clicking on the interactive map, or using the drop down features of their special state-by-state organizing tool. You can also contact state officials about divestment at the web site of our partner, the American Jewish World Service.
Click here for a fact sheet on State Divestment.
The state contract prohibition movement has begun to gain momentum after the passage of the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007. The legislation prohibits high offending companies from receiving federal government contracts and authorizes states to do the same. States have begun to pass contract prohibition legislation in 2008.
Additional Campaigns
In addition to advocacy on the five target investment firms, the Save Darfur Coalition supports our partners’ work on other campaigns as well.