Join us from 12-1pm on Friday, December 5, for a meditation action in front of Day Hall for a fossil-free degree. A 40-minute sitting-and-walking outdoor meditation will be led by an accomplished meditator to the accompaniment of ceremonial sound and activism banners. Learn why Cornell needs to cut fossil-fuel funding ties, meditate upon the implications, and resolve to act. Together, we will use meditation to deliver a contemplative message to Cornell senior administration: We deserve a fossil-free degree! An event co-sponsored by Cornell on Fire, Sunrise Cornell, Cornell YDSA, TIAA-Divest!, and the Cornell Chapter of the AAUP.

When: Friday, Dec. 5, from 12-1pm

Where: Plaza in front of Day Hall (Cornell campus)

Who: Activists, friends, and anyone! You will join members of Cornell on Fire, Sunrise Cornell, Cornell YDSA, TIAA-Divest!, and the Cornell Chapter of the AAUP.

How: Dress warmly! Cushions and seats will be provided. Outdoor winter meditation is renowned for its capacity to sharpen thought. Prepare for contagious enlightenment.

Why: Business-as-usual is causing ecocide. Contemplative meditation is necessary to confront society (and ourselves) with uncomfortable truths and disrupt the status quo. Our public meditation will call attention to Cornell’s morally reprehensible ties to fossil-fuel funding while publicizing our resolution for dissociation from corrupting fossil-fuel money in research, donations, and retirement funds.

Learn more at event webpage: www.cornellonfire.org/actionsevents/meditation-action-12/5/2025

Learn why we demand a fossil-free degree: https://www.cornellonfire.org/fossil-free-degree