Introduction: Who are the Regents?
Our first installment in our new series The Regents vs. the Revolution
September 8, 2024The Board of Regents is the University of Michigan’s highest governing body. The Regents, by controlling many major University decisions including the governance of UM’s $20 billion endowment, are the primary targets of the TAHRIR Coalition’s against U-M's material complicity. The TAHRIR Coalition combats systems of oppression, chief among which has been the investments into israel’s apartheid regime and campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza; the Regents decide whether our claims are legitimate and have refused to answer for their crimes. To put it simply, the Regents stand between activist demands and divestment. Why is this the...
The University Endowment and the Genocide in Gaza
February 15, 2024Members of our coalition have uncovered deep connections between U-M’s endowment and Israel and the military-industrial complex more broadly. Read our report detailing dozens of these connections, each of which trace hundreds of millions of dollars to weapons manufacturers and surveillance tech, below.