SHARE POWER Campaign –
Index of Resources and Information
Everything you need to plan and carry out your SHARE POWER campaign – and much more – is available online! The best way to get started is to follow the easy 4-step guides, which will lead you to the particular materials you'll need. Or use this index to find exactly what you're looking for! If you have suggestions about additional resources that we should add, get email us at .
» Getting Started with SHARE POWER
» Helpful Articles about SHARE POWER from CAN Magazine
» Sample Letters
» Additional resources and information on shareholder activism
» Companies/industries that Amnesty International is concerned about
» Additional resources to support SHARE POWER activities and events
Getting Started with SHARE POWER
- Introduction to SHARE POWER
- How to find your connection
- 4 Steps to Build a University/College Campaign
-What your college or university should do to influence corporate behavior
-Simple answers to questions from your trustees
-How to gather info about your school's investments
-Handbook for Colleges and Universities - Integrating Environmental, Social
and Governance Issues Into Institutional Investment - 4 Steps to Build a Public/Private Institution Campaign
- 4 Steps to Build an Investment Company Campaign
- SHARE POWER Pledge Form/Sign Up
- SHARE POWER Sample Training Presentation
Helpful articles about SHARE POWER from CAN Magazine
MARCH 2007 Issue:
- Every Vote Counts: A Testimony of Amnesty Activism at a Small College
- A SHARE POWER Success: Student Activism at Columbia University
- SHARE POWER 2007 Target Companies: Dow Chemical and Chevron Corporation
- SHARE POWER: Your Power Over Corporations
- Raising Awareness of Bhopal: Amnesty International Local Group 461 and the Association for India's Development San Diego Join Forces
- Partnering Up on Campus - Meet the Responsible Endowment Coalition
- Investing, But at Whose Expense? Sudan and Corporate Accountability: The DePauw Connection
OCTOBER 2006 Issue:
- Never back down – CAN faces off with company management at shareholder meetings
- Are Corporate Human Rights Offenders Recruiting on Your College Campus? Using recruitment fairs to raise awareness and take action
MARCH 2006 Issue:
- Beyond Letter Writing – Taking Activism to the Next Level
- Help Companies Change – Build Support for New Human Rights Resolutions at Chevron and Dow
- Overcoming Challenges – Support and Resources for your Campaign
- Use it or Lose It – SHARE POWER and Divestment
- Q&A on Boycotts and Divestment
- Expand Your Reach and Increase Your Power – Build a Coalition
Sample Letters
- Sample Letter (PDF | MS Word) to College/University Board of Trustees to Support the DOW Chemical and Chevron Shareholder Resolutions.
- Sample Inquiry Letter for Public Institutions and Universities - Open records law inquiry letter
- Sample Inquiry Letter for Private Universities
- Sample Inquiry Letter to Private Institutions
- Sample Inquiry Letter for Investment Company
- Sample Follow Up Letter (All Types of Shareholders)
- Sample Press Releases (University and Local Newspaper)
- Sample Thank You Letter (All Types of Shareholders)
Additional resources on shareholder activism
- Integrating Environmental, Social and Governance Issues Into Institutional Investment - A Handbook for Colleges and Universities
- Important information about filing shareholder resolutions
- Taking 'stock' of corporate behavior – A Q&A about using shareholder activism to defend and promote human rights
- Link to the Securities & Exchange EDGAR database for researching mutual fund voting on resolutions
- 2007 ICCR Proxy Resolutions Book
- Spring 2007 Proxy Season Preview: Helping Foundations Align Mission and Investment, As You Sow
- Amnesty International USA Guidelines for Socially Responsible Investing, July 2005
- Report from the Social Investment Forum - Mutual Funds, Proxy Voting, and Fiduciary Responsibility: How Do Funds Rate on Voting Their Proxies and Disclosure Practices?, 2005
- Exercising Authority, Restoring Accountability – AFL-CIO Proxy Voting Guidelines
- Online Chat on shareholder activism, January 31, 2005
- Film: The Corporation by Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott and Joel Bakan
- Glossary of Financial Terms
Companies/Industries that Amnesty International is concerned about
- Dow Chemical:
Learn More | Action Resources | Past shareholder activism - Chevron Corporation in Ecuador:
Learn More | Action Resources | Past shareholder activism - Chevron Corporation in Nigeria:
Learn More | Action Resources | Past shareholder activism - Internet companies:
Learn More | Action Resources | Past shareholder activism - Private Military Contractors:
Learn More | Action Resources - Foreign oil companies in Sudan:
Learn More | Action Resources
Additional resources for activities and events
- Activist Toolkit: Plan Events and Activities
- Your rights to demonstrate and protest
- Amnesty Online Calendar
- CAN MySpace
- SHARE POWER College Student Activist Brochure
- SHARE POWER High School Student Activist Brochure
- Corporate Action Network Brochure: Wherever business goes, human rights were there first
- CAN sign up sheet
- Speakers: Contact .
