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Actor Don Cheadle joined hundreds of students at the University of California in support of targeted Sudan divestment. In March, 2006, the University restricted holdings in nine "offending" companies.


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Campaign Information:<< Return to Divestment Map
Name:KANSAS
Contact Name:Matthew Vines
Contact Email:kansas@sudandivestment.org
Website:http://www.divestkansas.org/
Campaign Status:Divested: Targeted Model
Campaign Description:On May 11, 2007, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed House Bill 2457, Kansas’ targeted Sudan divestment bill, into law. The law is based on the Sudan Divestment Task Force Model of targeted Sudan divestment, however it does not stand alone.

House Bill 2457 was based on legislation originally introduced by Kansas Senator Donald Betts Jr.
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Take Action Today:First, contact kansas@sudandivestment.org to take action today.

Call 1-800 genocide to be connected to your federal legislators and ask them to support federal divestment legislation!

News articles:
Source Title Date Link
Wichita Eagle Blog How could anyone not care about Darfur genocide? 4/26/2007 link
KSN.com East High students hear about Sudan conflict first hand 5/1/2007 link
Kansas Full Bill Text: H.B. 335 link
Kansas Full Bill Text: H.B. 2457 link
KWCH Governor Signs Sudan Divestment Measure 5/11/2007 link
Wichita Eagle Blog Still time to get KPERS out of Sudan 4/22/2007 link
AP / 49News Sudan Divestment Bill Still Alive in Legislature 4/24/2007 link
Topeka Capital-Journal Scroggins' Persistence Pays Off 3/20/2007 link
WIBW Kansas Divests from Darfur 5/21/2007 link
United States Congressional Leaders Letter to Governor Sebelius Urging Sudan Divestment 11/15/2006 link
United States Senatorial Leaders Letter to Governor Sebelius Urging Sudan Divestment 11/16/2006 link
Lawrence Journal-World State officials may sell Sudan pension holdings 11/11/2006 link
KSNW Topeka Bill targets Kansas investment in African genocide 3/20/2007 link
WIBW - Topeka Kansas Lawmakers Want Violence to End in Darfur 4/28/2007 link
Lawrence Journal-World Sebelius to consider Sudan divestment 4/28/2007 link
Lawrence Journal-World KPERS Must Divest Sudan Connections 5/12/2007 link
Wichita Eagle Blog Students prodded legislators to act 5/1/2007 link

  SudanDivestment.org was a gift by
  Josef Scarantino of Voice of Sudan

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