Rally for BC Teachers' Federation pension divestment from fossil fuels and weapons

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Event by For Our Kids - Vancouver, Fridays For Future Vancouver and 2 others

Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Səl̓ilwətaɁɬ, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Unceded Territory

Duration: 1 hr 30 min

Public  · Anyone on or off Facebook

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Our teachers' pensions continue to support fossil fuel and weapons investment despite widespread calls from students to take action on climate and the horrors caused by weapons.

In 2022 and 2023, BC Teachers’ Federation union representatives voted to divest the teachers’ pension plan from investments in oil and gas. The pension is managed by the BC Investment Management Corporation (BCI). To date, BCI has taken no steps to divest.

Come out and support teachers calling for divestment from fossil fuels and weapons at their union offices: BC Teachers' Federation Offices, 550, West 6th Avenue, Vancouver.

Programming will include speakers and music.

For the love of children, support teachers calling for pension divestment from fossil fuels and weapons.

Rally is co-organized by BCTF Divest Now (https://bctfdivestnow.com/) and Van Climate Strike Coalition.

With gratitude, we acknowledge this rally will take place on the unceded ancestral and unceded territorial lands of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm Nations. We are grateful to take action on these unceded lands as guests and commit to learning about and acknowledging the harms of colonialism caused to both these lands and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm as the rightful owners and stewards of these lands. We commit to respecting these unceded lands and the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm nations in our action