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Wednesday 12 September 2018

These nuns buy stock in gun companies to fight for gun safety

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These nuns are fighting guns with guns. Sort of. 

The Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment, a collective of about a dozen nun associations, invests in companies so they can then use their shareholder status to sway the companies into supporting human rights issues. 

Issues have ranged from climate change to indigenous rights, but in the last few years, the nuns have shifted their focus to gun control, specifically investing in gun manufacturers because they are the "only group that isn't involved in the issue."  Read more...

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from Mashable https://mashable.com/article/nuns-buy-stock-gun-control/
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