March 16th, 2008 - OurPledge.org (AADG)  Permalink  View & Add Comments

ACTION: Tell your mutual fund to become genocide-free!

[An important action alert from Investors Against Genocide:]

Investors Against Genocide is running a campaign to make sure mutual funds do not make investments that contribute to genocide. They have submitted resolutions to more than 50 mutual funds.

As early as March 19, large and small shareholders of the following Fidelity funds will have a chance to vote on our resolution: Blue Chip Growth, Blue Chip Value, Capital & Income, Contrafund, Dividend Growth, Equity Income, Growth & Income Fund, Low Priced Stock, Puritan, Real Estate Investment, Select Health Care Portfolio, and Utilities.

Votes at more Fidelity funds plus other major fund companies, including Vanguard, Franklin Templeton and Barclays, will follow. To see the list of mutual funds with a pending vote on genocide-free investing, please visit: www.investorsagainstgenocide.org/shareholderhelp.

If you are a mutual fund shareholder, you have a vote in the way your money is managed, just as you have a vote in the presidential race this year. This year, as part of this unprecedented campaign, hundreds of thousands of mutual fund shareholders will have the power to vote for genocide-free investing.

In the coming weeks and months, investors across the country will receive their proxy statements. This year, when you receive the proxy report from your investment firm, DON’T THROW IT AWAY! It is your unique opportunity to vote for genocide-free investing.

Tell your mutual fund company that you do not want your money invested in genocide.

Whether you own one share or thousands, you can have a voice in genocide-free investing. Please vote your shares by returning your proxy or attending the shareholder meeting.

For more information about genocide-free investing, please visit www.investorsagainstgenocide.org.