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UMD SGA continues calls for divestment from companies tied to Israeli military

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The University of Maryland SGA is once again calling on the university’s charitable foundation to divest from companies tied to international human rights violations in Palestine. At its third meeting of the 2026-27 legislative session Wednesday, the Student Government Association unanimously passed an emergency bill calling on the University of Maryland College Park Foundation to disclose its investments and cut ties with companies “complicit in the oppression of Palestinians,” many of them involved in weapons manufacturing. The university foundation is a nonprofit corporation that manages the university’s endowment and investments. According to its website, the foundation also contracts with the larger University System of Maryland Foundation for investment services.

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