Jagdeep Singh Bachher, UC chief investments officer and vice president of investments, presented the issue of divestment from Israel – one of the central pro-Palestine demands across UC campuses — in the context of the Investments Committee’s divestment from fossil fuels in 2020. The decision to replace fossil fuel holdings with investments in clean energy was made over the course of five years of discussion, Bachher noted — an undertaking that began on UC campuses. “Our students, our faculty, our staff and our regents and every member of the community are our early warning system of things happening in the world,” Bachher said during the meeting. “Therefore we need to listen, we need to engage, we need to have conversations and we need to learn from them about the issues of the day and the things that could become risks in the future.” Read more at the link in bio. ✍️: Ria Raniwala #dailycal #ucberkeley #ucregents #divestment