On Friday, April 15, the Endowment Task Force of the Social Justice Committee of the Union Senate presented its proposal for Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) to the Brandeis Board of Trustees Investment Committee Chair Dan Jick and Brandeis Treasurer Jeff Solomon.The task force was created two years ago to persuade the Board of Trustees to invest a portion of the Brandeis endowment Portfolio explicitly in Socially Responsible Funds and Stocks. It argued three main points.

First, SRI in the University endowment fundamentally follows Brandeis' moral pillar of social justice. Second, the investment is both sound and profitable for the endowment, is not high-risk and preformed better over time than several well-known market indexes. Finally, Brandeis would be setting a precedent by making being the first university in the country to take such a strong stance in its investments.

The Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on exactly how to incorporate SRI into the endowment in October.