These opinions expressed are solely those of the authors. We wish they reflected those of the Civic Engagement Center but any further reading will clarify that they do not. Quiz: Who said it, KWOC or the Civic Engagement Center (CEC)? A. “Macalester College and University Bank [a local community bank] share institutional commitments to sustainability,…
The following memo, sent to students of KWOC on Monday, April 22, 2013, explains the administrative decision to maintain Macalester’s current banking relationship Wells Fargo.
In response to community concern about foreclosure and community reinvestment activity, the students of KWOC are currently requesting Macalester sever its ties with Wells Fargo.
Around twenty members of Kick Wells Fargo Off Campus (KWOC) linked arms with each other at different access points to Weyerhaeuser Hall starting at 7:00 am Thursday morning in order to prevent staff members from entering the premises. The action, which came on the third day of the student occupation of the administrative building, marked…
Update: President Rosenberg agreed to meet with students on Friday afternoon following their barricade of Weyerhaeuser Thursday morning. Kick Wells Fargo Off Campus (KWOC)’s yearlong campaign to end the college’s purchasing relationship with Wells Fargo continued this week after college administrators decided on Monday to maintain the existing contract. In response to the college’s decision,…
We are writing on behalf of Macalester’s Kick Wells Fargo Off Campus (KWOC), a coalition of students, alumni, and community members who have come together to demand that Macalester end its relationship with Wells Fargo. We target Wells Fargo because its reckless and greedy foreclosure practices are devastating Minnesota.
Dear President Brian Rosenberg, David Wheaton, Doug Rosenberg, and Kate Walker:
Thank you for facilitating last week’s meeting with representatives from Wells Fargo, Macalester business services administrators and students representing Macalester’s Kick Wells Fargo Off Campus coalition.
