{"id":21225,"date":"2019-11-24T11:39:07","date_gmt":"2019-11-24T19:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/activists-disrupt-harvard-yale-rivalry-game-to-protest-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2019-11-24T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-24T19:39:07","slug":"activists-disrupt-harvard-yale-rivalry-game-to-protest-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/activists-disrupt-harvard-yale-rivalry-game-to-protest-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Demonstrators stage a protest on the field at the Yale Bowl disrupting the start of the second half of an NCAA college football game between Harvard and Yale, Saturday in in New Haven, Conn.<\/p>\n

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The annual Harvard-Yale football game was delayed for almost an hour on Saturday as climate change activists rushed the field at the end of halftime.<\/p>\n

Unfurling banners with slogans like “Nobody wins. Yale and Harvard are complicit in climate injustice,” protesters from both schools called on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies, as well as companies that hold Puerto Rican debt.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: Over 150 Yale + Harvard students, alumni, faculty stormed the field at #HarvardYale<\/a> to demand DIVESTMENT from fossil fuels & cancel holdings in Puerto Rican debt. When it comes to the status quo, #NobodyWins<\/a>. @YaleEJC<\/a> @FossilFreeYale<\/a> @DivestHarvard<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lZAcAxxmYw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Divest Harvard ? (@DivestHarvard) November 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Clad in winter coats and hats, about 150 students sprawled around the 50-yard line at Yale Bowl as loudspeaker announcements and police demanded protesters leave the field. As protesters clapped and chanted “disclose, divest and reinvest,” organizers say several hundred more fans left their seats in the stands to join in. By the time play resumed, several dozen people were issued misdemeanor summonses for disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n

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Proud mama. That is my kid in the red jacket, protesting #HarvardYale<\/a> endowment $$$$ invested in fossil fuels and holdings in Puerto Rican debt. #ClimateChange<\/a> #ClimateJustice<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/bC7ZUYniEk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Marjorie Ingall (@MarjorieIngall) November 23, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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Harvard senior Caleb Schwartz, one of the protest organizers who was arrested on Saturday, told NPR the mood on the field was joyful, despite the possibility of arrest.<\/p>\n

“That moment, when we saw people running onto the field was just really incredible,” he said. “I saw organizers around me crying because it was such a beautiful moment.”<\/p>\n