Blog
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Raising money for children’s health while also investing in a dangerous future for them?
By Ian Everbach, EQAT volunteer, and Eve Gutman, EQAT Communications and Research Manager On October 18th, we joined eight other activists at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s (CHOP) signature fundraiser, the semiannual Carousel Ball. Our mission? Attracting the attention of Greg Davis, President/CIO of The Vanguard Group. Based in Malvern PA, Vanguard is unfortunately the
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From Vanguard employee to “Never Vanguard” pledge signer
I took a job at Vanguard a few years ago. I was under the impression that Vanguard was a less “evil” option because of their model of customers being the owners of the funds. I came into it with an open mind, but soon I heard “Vanguard has a climate problem.” The more I learned,
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New progress and new demands
So far, hundreds of individuals, organizations, and other institutions have moved over $55 million out of Vanguard! Hundreds more have committed to not invest with (or work for) the asset manager. And we’re still going! Sign the Never Vanguard pledge, if you haven’t already. As more and more people leave Vanguard because of its inaction on climate change,
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How do you know that you’re exactly where you need to be?
Vanguard’s customers want to know what it’s doing about the risks of climate change, but it holds tightly controlled public meetings where company leaders avoid the topic. Its recent shareholder meeting, the first in eight years, was no exception. The day before the shareholder meeting, we showed up near Vanguard CEO Salim Ramji’s home in
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What cosplaying as a superhero at a climate action taught me about power
By Gabija, Earth Quaker Action Team volunteer November 6th, the day after the 2024 presidential election, was like any other day this fall – in the sense that I wondered where the rain went. October had come and gone, but the dry spell that started on September 30th persisted. I, like many Americans, spent that
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What I feel and what I believe
I was on the trolley, which, in the neighborhoods of Philadelphia in which it runs, serves as a kind of public square – a place to see neighbors and fellow citizens of the city and catch bits and pieces of what others are talking about that day. The person sitting behind me was on the