John,

Billions of dollars from university endowments are invested in the stocks of weapons manufacturers and defense contractors. These corporations are directly responsible for untold human suffering around the globe with their bombs and missiles raining down on civilians from Gaza to Yemen.

Year after year weapons manufacturers successfully lobby Washington to greenlight more war and bloodshed. This is the industry that our universities are supporting with their investment dollars –- an industry that profits from unthinkable violence against human beings.

And for what? For returns on an endowment portfolio? To add a few more dollars to an already massive university fund? No matter how they try to rationalize it, universities that invest in weapons companies have blood on their hands.

Divestment is only a first step toward building a world beyond war, but it's a powerful one because institutions of learning must lead in the pursuit of justice and human flourishing.

Demand that university administrators divest from weapons contractors and help break the cycle of endless war and violence!

Students understand the moral imperative of divesting from companies that profit from conflict and bloodshed.

All across the country, from New York to California, they are rising up and calling out the hypocrisy of universities claiming to be for the advancement of human knowledge and the pursuit of peace while funding the destruction of human life.

These students are the conscience of their universities. They are reminding us of the principles that institutions of higher learning are supposed to stand for – the expansion of human understanding, the search for truth, the promotion of justice, and basic human rights.

Profiting from a world order based on violence, fear, and oppression is incompatible with this mission.

Stand with these courageous students. Join their campaign to demand university divestment from weapons manufacturers and defense contractors.

Thank you for fighting for the students and ensuring universities listen.

- DFA AF Team