| Name | Campus | Department (or Major for students) | Position | Why I support the divestment memorial | |
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| Kishi, Donald | UC San Francisco | Clinical Pharmacy | Faculty | The clock is ticking on Global Warming | View |
| Kesner, Dave | UC San Diego | Library/DLDP | Staff | The correlation between the burning of fossil fuels and climate change is undeniable and considered settled science. UC must do its part to alleviate the burden being placed on our planet. | View |
| Appel, Hannah | UC Los Angeles | Anthropology and Global Studies | Faculty | The current limited paradigm of economic growth - also known as hydrocarbon capitalism - has put our planet into great and perhaps irreversible peril. Divestment is a small step in the right direction | View |
| Lake, William | UC Los Angeles | Physics & Astronomy | Student/Postdoc | The fossil fuel industry is poisoning this planet not just for us, but also (and especially) for future generations. It is our responsibility to end the world’s reliance on fossil fuels. | View |
| Kimberg, Leigh | UC San Francisco | Medicine | Faculty | The health of our planet and all life are completely interconnected; we have caused catastrophic destruction of life through the use of fossil fuels. Divestment works to create needed social change. | View |
| Smith, Rachel | UC San Diego | Environmental Chemistry | Student/Postdoc | The money I'm borrowing is being invested in destroying the planet and that is atrocious. If I'm going to be in debt forever I would like to at least feel like my money isn't hurting future generation | View |
| Kroskrity, Paul | UC Los Angeles | Anthropology, American Indian Studies | Faculty | The right thing to do for our planet and our relationship to it. | View |
| Rosen, Christine | UC Berkeley | Haas School of Business | Faculty | The University of CA needs to use its financial clout as well as its reputation as a world class research and teaching institution to speed the world's transition to clean energy. | View |
| Neelin, David | UC Los Angeles | Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Faculty | The University of California has lead the understanding the dangers of climate change for decades. As the need for a solution grows more urgent, it is natural for UC to step up through this action. | View |
| Moore, Jim | UC Santa Cruz | Division of Graduate Students | Staff | The University of California is a world leader in innovation and solving global problems, and Global Warming / Anthropogenic Climate Disruption is a problem that needs our innovation and leadership. | View |
| Dyer, Meredith | UC Santa Cruz | History of Art & Visual Culture | Staff | The University of California should not be contributing to global warming! | View |
| Zavaleta, Erika | UC Santa Cruz | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | Faculty | The University of California system has always been an innovative leader. As the largest university system in the world, its actions like this set an example for others. Time to stop climate change. | View |
| Saier, Milton | UC San Diego | MolecularBiology | Faculty | There are strong moral and economic reasons to divest. Morally, we should not be supporting companies that contribute to global warming, and we should invest in companies that will make a profit. | View |
| Toor, Navtej | UC San Diego | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Faculty | There is now extensive research (published in prestigious journals such Nature Climate Change) to indicate that fossil fuel investments will become stranded assets due to competing renewable energy. | View |
| Hernandez, Leslie | UC Santa Barbara | Global Studies | Student/Postdoc | These corporations don't care that the carbon emissions they produce will continue to harm the environment. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. | View |
| Williamson, Bennett | UC Santa Cruz | DANM / AGPM | Staff | This is a simple way for the UC to make a big social and financial statement about its' commitment to environmental justice and the future of our state. | View |
| Gangaram, Balram | UC San Francisco | Pediatrics/genetics | Other | This is something concrete that we can do to help protect our planet. It is awesome to be part of an organization that even thinks about doing something like this! | View |
| Corkran, Stephanie | UC San Diego | Psychiatry | Staff | This is the issue of our time, perhaps of all time. If we do not stop our fossil fuel addiction, now, in order to live, our research, technology, educational achievements mean nothing . | View |
| LONDON, JONATHAN | UC Davis | Human Ecology | Faculty | This is the moral and existential challenge of our time. UC can and should be a leader in this effort. | View |
| Teranes, Jane | UC San Diego | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Faculty | To avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need to keep the majority of the remaining fossil fuels in the ground. This is the time to divest from fossil fuel companies. | View |
| Jones, David Evan | UC Santa Cruz | Music | Faculty | To counteract global warming | View |
| Rice, Robert | UC Davis | Environmental Toxicology | Faculty | To help turn the tide of public opinion toward supporting action to lessen climate change | View |
| Das, Sakti | UC Davis | Urology | Faculty | To prevent catastrophic climate change | View |
| Chandler, Bailee | UC San Diego | Literature | Student/Postdoc | To save our planet & switch to more ethical forms of energy. | View |
| Park, Jae Wan | UC Davis | Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering | Faculty | to save the earth! | View |
| Heifetz, Ruth | UC San Diego | Family Medicine and Public Health | Faculty | To save the planet! The only way we can attempt to diminish the most dangerous impacts of climate change. | View |
| Rajagopal, Deepak | UC Los Angeles | IoES | Faculty | Today we are not only at a critical juncture environmentally but at unique point in time where renewable energy plus battery storage has become cheaper than fossil fuels in large parts of the US. | View |
| Gruber, Valerie | UC San Francisco | Psychiatry | Faculty | UC and its faculty and staff are committed to health equity. Pollution disproportionately falls on vulnerable communities. Our actions and investments need to be aligned with our values and evidence. | View |
| Warren, James | UC Los Angeles | Biology | Alumnus | UC is a global leader and mus lead in the climate crisis | View |
| Young , Chelsea | UC San Francisco | Psychiatry | Student/Postdoc | UC must be on the right side of history | View |
| Goldman, Robert | UC Berkeley | DSSEAS | Faculty | UC needs to be a leader in efforts to combat carbon induced climate change. | View |
| orlofsky, susan | UC San Diego | Family Medicine and Public Health | Staff | UC should be a leader in solving our climate challenges; divesting is a step in the right direction. | View |
| Howard, Carin | N/A | none | Community member (no relationship with UC) | Ultimately:Survival of Human Species | View |
| Margot, Jean-Luc | UC Los Angeles | Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences | Faculty | Urgent action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions is needed. | View |
| Derosier, Kate | UC San Francisco | Neuroscience Graduate Program | Student/Postdoc | We are in a climate emergency and must decarbonize the economy as quickly as possible. If an educated and principled organization like UC doesn't divest, what hope do we have of averting this crisis? | View |
| Joshi, Ankita | UC Berkeley | Engineering and Public Policy | Student/Postdoc | We cannot wait longer to decarbonize our economy / society. The longer we wait, the more difficult it will get to combat the effects on our communities and our planet. | View |
| Medrano Soto, Luis Arturo | UC San Diego | MolecularBiology | Staff | We have the responsibility to take care of our planet, and fossil fuels are creating havoc. There's a lot more that should be done, but this is a huge step in the right direction. | View |
| Hanson, Kristin | UC Berkeley | English | Faculty | We know that extraction and use of fossil fuels is destroying life as we know it on our planet; financial support of either is therefore in conflict with the university's mission "to serve society.." | View |
| Hoenicke, Sarah | UC Irvine | Comparative Literature | Student/Postdoc | We must divorce ourselves and our institutions from fossil fuels! | View |
| Kokinis, Troy | UC San Diego | History | Student/Postdoc | We must fight the neo-liberalization of the university with all of our hearts! | View |
| Richbourg, Heather | UC San Francisco | Dept of Orthopedic Surgery | Student/Postdoc | We must invest in saving our planet, and there are no excuses for not fully investing our energy need and money in renewable resources. | View |
| Halifax, Elizabeth | UC San Francisco | Community Health Systems | Staff | We must support action to slow climate change and divestment is one of the most effective ways to show our support for a sustainable future for generations to come. | View |
| Sheehan Orchard, Katharine | UC Santa Cruz | Community Studies | Alumnus | We need a just transition away from a fossil fuel economy to community led solutions to climate change! | View |
| Weld, Sara Pankenier | UC Santa Barbara | Germanic and Slavic Studies | Faculty | We need climate action now and the UCs and California can and should help show the way. | View |
| Cook, Geoffrey | UC San Diego | SIO | Faculty | We need to be serious about enacting change quickly in our society to deal with immense challenges associated with climate, energy, natural resources and sustainability. I see this as a natural step. | View |
| Benner, Chris | UC Santa Cruz | Environmental Studies and Sociology | Faculty | We need to dramatically reduce our fossil fuel usage, and fast. Lots of international experience with divestment shows that this can be an effective way of contributing to the broader movement. | View |
| perlman, janet | UC San Francisco | pediatrics | Faculty | we need to everything we can to support climate change and this is one thing we can do...and there is a whole lot more! | View |
| Strings, Sabrina | UC San Diego | Sociology | Faculty | We need to make climate change a priority. | View |
| Robinson, Kim Stanley | UC San Diego | Literature | Alumnus | We need to make four-fifths of the identified fossil fuels on the planet "stranded assets" by never burning them. This is a good contribution to that crucial action. | View |
| Wladecki, Hannah | UC San Diego | Institute for Genomic Medicine | Staff | We need to stop global warming. This is a step in the right direction. | View |