JP Morgan-Chase Mic-Checked at Princeton University

Occupy Princeton (www.occupyprinceton.net) students mic-check a JP Morgan-Chase Treasury Services info session on December 7, 2011. This is the first direct action taken up by Occupy Princeton - more to come. Full Script below:

"Princeton's motto is:
In the nation's service and service of all nations
JP Morgan-Chase, your actions violate our motto
Your predatory lending practices helped crash our economy
We've bailed out your executives' bonuses
You've evicted struggling homeowners while taking their tax money
You support mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia
which destroys our ecological future
In light of these actions,
we protest the campus culture
that whitewashes the crooked dealings of Wall Street
as a prestigious career path.
We are here today
as a voice for the 99%
shut out by a system that punishes them
just for being born without privilege.
What we need is not a university for the 1%,
but a university "In the Nation's Service,
and in the Service of All Nations."

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• occupy
• Wall Street
• occupy wall st
• info session
• mic check
• Princeton University
• recruiting
• Ivy League

[MrCritic12]

Can someone tell me if the students participating in the "mic check" were in fact business students, or were they simply dressed in formal attire and made their way in discretely? I think it's fantastic when those from privilege take a conscious social and political stance. It really drives home the point. If the guy leading the mic check is indeed a business student, he has balls, and I respect him immensely for it. Who knows how such an action will affect his recruiting perspective.

[BullColapse]

It is up to the people lucky enough to be highly educated to protect people form and expose the corruption that is rife globally especially in the financial and political systems. First educate yourself on these issues don't take someone else's word for it and the highlight the grievances and asymmetry of the system to others. good work.

[66mustangfb]

Princeton. You it is probably their dads money he made on Wall Street paying for them to be there. I am certainly NOT amoung the 1% but I do have JP Morgan in my 401K and so do Half of the working population and it has been a very good performer. For smart people these students are pretty stupid.

[777whatsUP777]

Really? wait... really? Their classrooms are ugly... and that was rude 

[retownsend]

i can't believe everyone just sat there and let the child spiel for 2 minutes - if i was paying $60k to go to an ivy league business school and some moron tried to interrupt my chances of joining a prestigious banking firm, he'd be on the ground in 5 seconds. just like liberals to claim that only their interests deserve attention

[camnto]

WAY TO GO!

[lamp2k06]

almost only chinese stayed in the room...lol

[justice79170]

Impressive, great job Princeton

[bstotts01]

@mikebutler222 - Such a brilliant comment. Did you stay up all night thinking of that one?

[mikebutler222]

@bstotts01 Enjoy your life as a member of a creepy, chanting crowd of know-nothings.

[reader642]

I attended an elite university, and believe me, it was a complete waste of money. $35,000/yr for recruitment advertisements from the fine folks at JP Morgan. Attend the cheapest state school you can and be proud! By the by, I made a compilation of the highest-profile mic checks Occupy has done. It's called "Occupy vs. Top 1%"--check it out.

[bstotts01]

@mikebutler222 - Mindless comment.