This is Episode 3 of the “Divestment Generation” mini series, a five episode series exploring the 9 year campaign to win fossil fuel divestment at the University of Toronto! In Episode 3, creators and co-hosts Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva speak with “Third Gen” divestment organizers - those who were involved in the campaign from 2016 until 2019, ending around the start of the pandemic. Our “Third Gen” guests are Aniket, Evelyn, and Kristine.

In our song segment, CJTO member Rebecca and participants from CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation lead you in the fifth and sixth verses of a special adaptation of the movement song  “Which Side Are You On?”, originally by Pete Seeger. Stay tuned for further episodes in the “Divestment Generation” mini series to learn the rest of the song!

This mini series emerges from Amanda’s doctoral research with CJTO, a two-year ethnographic community-based participatory research project tentatively entitled “Actualizing Everything: Affective Activism, Effective Politics, and the Future of Climate Justice Organizing in Canada”.

Cite as: Harvey-Sánchez, A. & DaSilva, J. (2023). “Divestment Generation Mini Series, Third Generation (Ep.3)”. Climate Justice Toronto.

EPISODE RESOURCES
UofT Fossil Fuel Divestment Timeline
Divestment and Beyond, Briarpatch Magazine Article (by Amanda Harvey-Sánchez & Sydney Lang)
Discovering University Worlds
This Changes Everything (by Naomi Klein)
The Leap Manifesto

SONG
Adaptation of “Which Side Are You On?” by Pete Seeger

LYRICS
Does it weigh on you at all? [High]
Does it weigh on you at all? [Low]
(x 2)
Corporations raised you up
but we can make you fall
They picked a war with all of us
does it weigh on you at all?

SOCIAL MEDIA & CONTACT INFO
Amanda Harvey-Sánchez: Twitter, Instagram, email
Julia DaSilva: julia.dasilva713@gmail.com
Climate Justice Toronto (CJTO): Instagram, Twitter
CJUofT (formerly LeapUofT): Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
2185 Art Collective: Instagram

CREDITS
Editing: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Stefan Hegerat
Original Music: Stefan Hegerat
Hosts: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Julia DaSilva
Guests: Aniket, Evelyn, and Kristine
Singalong: Rebecca and participants at CJTO’s September 2022 Orientation
Producer: Climate Justice Toronto