Investors Against Genocide
Draw the line at
investing in genocide
While it has been a difficult year financially, Thanksgiving offers an opportunity for reflection and perspective on the grim realities faced by much of the world’s population.It is also a time when many of us make decisions about our year-end charitable giving.
We ask that this year you consider including Investors Against Genocide in your annual giving plans and make a year-end tax-deductible gift today.
This past year, with your support, we made major strides in advancing the cause of genocide-free investing.We shook the mutual fund industry when our shareholder proposal demanding genocide-free investing earned as much as 31% of the shareholder votes in balloting at 21 Fidelity mutual funds, representing more than 18 million shareholders of record and $400 billion of assets under management.We also made inroads on Capitol Hill as the Congressional Human Rights Caucus hosted a briefing on genocide-free investing and agreed to advance the issue to the House Financial Services Committee in the coming year. Lastly, we led an action by 80 civil society groups to engage with the UN Global Compact to ensure that PetroChina, a Global Compact member, is held accountable for its human rights violations in Sudan. We accomplished all this on a shoe-string budget with an all-volunteer staff.
This year, with the change in leadership in Washington, the opportunities to advance our cause are much greater.We will continue to operate as volunteers but need additional funding to spread our message to the general public and recruit many more volunteers to submit shareholder proposals for their mutual funds. Only with widespread support will we be positioned to win against the powerful mutual fund industry.
Please help us take advantage of the enormous opportunity to make American mutual funds genocide free.We need your financial support. Please make a tax-deductible gift to Investors Against Genocide today.
Help us end investments in genocide and cut off the money supply to those who perpetrate crimes against humanity.
Thanks for your ongoing support.
The Investors Against Genocide Team
PS – If you haven't already joined us, please volunteer to submit a shareholder proposal for any mutual fund you have held for over a year and in which you have at least $2,000 invested.We’ve made the process very easy and completely confidential.Click here for details.Becoming a volunteer extends the reach of the campaign and helps to force a vote and increased public attention on the problem of financial firms investing in genocide.