Status Ongoing | ||
Date March 19th, 2012 – present
(1829 days) Location Nashville, Tennessee
36.148567,-86.802478 Causes 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 Non violent protest
Civil disobedience
Occupation
Picketing
Demonstrations |
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. The occupation was in solidarity with the global occupy movement and Occupy Nashville, 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.
Timeline
The following is a timeline of Occupy Vanderbilt events and activity.
References
Occupy Vanderbilt Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA