A die in a form of protest where participants lie on the ground to simulate being dead, creating a visual representation of a conflict in order to raise awareness. Die-in participants will be supporting targeted divestment legislation in states across the country as well as legislation currently in Congress. This would require the states to engage companies with problematic operations in Sudan and divest state funds from unresponsive companies. State pension funds have millions invested in companies that support the genocidal Khartoum regime, which simultaneously impart minimal benefit to the disaffected population of Sudan. As part of an international Sudan divestment movement, each state has the power to influence the outcome in Darfur by withdrawing its financial support from the Khartoum government and those companies that keep it afloat.
The Die In and Rally on the Commons will be followed by a 0.5 mile march to the Fidelity word headquarters in downtown Boston (82 Devonshire St). Marchers will carry a number of wooden structures representing coffins/grandfather clocks, to draw attention to those already dead and pushing for acting now to prevent further lives lost. At the end of the rally, these structures will be placed on the steps of Fidelity, and serve as receptacles for the individual petitions and draw attention to Fidelity on the issue of time running out. Despite the atrocities in Darfur, Fidelity, through its mutual funds, not only has been a major investor in oil companies operating in Sudan, but it has been significantly increasing its holdings and is the largest holder of PetroChina.
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