Duke Climate Coalition records, 2021-2022
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke Climate Coalition
- Abstract:
- The Duke Climate Coalition is a student-run organization founded in 2015. The group focuses on educating Duke's community on climate change and advocating for environmentally sensitive policies and business practices at Duke. The collection consists of research materials, project planning materials, photographs and records related to the organizations fossil fuel divestment campaign.
- Extent:
- 85.8 Megabytes
2.5 Linear Feet - Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- UA.31.15.0006
- University Archives Record Group:
- 31 -- Student/Campus Life
31 -- Student/Campus Life > 15 -- Student Organizations – Environmental
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of research materials, events and project planning materials, and photographs. This includes documents related to planning for the Circular Economy event, Energy Justice project, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign and protest. Materials span 2021-2022.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Duke Climate Coalition (DCC) is an environmental advocacy student group. With a focus on education and inclusion, the organization "strives to mobilize student power and leverage Duke University's institutional influence to create just, high-impact, and system-level progress on climate change." Since its founding in 2015, DCC has taken part in projects and campaigns like the Green New Deal for Durham, improved energy efficiency at the Duke University Health System, and a campaign against plans to build a natural gas plant on Duke's campus. The organization also began a divestment campaign advocating for Duke to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies. With this campaign, DCC led a protest on campus in 2022 and filed a legal complaint that same year in response to Duke's continued investment into fossil fuels.
Source: https://dukeclimate.weebly.com/about.html, accessed 2022 October 10.
- Acquisition information:
- The Duke Climate Coalition records were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift from Sarah Kelso in 2022.
- Processing information:
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Processed by April Blevins, October 2022
Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2022-0048 and UA2022-0049
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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