To: LISTSERV%UMCVMB.bitnet Subject: --text follows this line-- put social invest activ-l ########################################### ###### Investments for the Concerned ###### ## Plus: "Tools for Practical Idealists" ## ########################################### - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --> [Send the 1-line message GET SOCIAL INVEST ACTIV-L to ] [LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET for a copy of this file. ] --> [Send GET ACTIV-L ARCHIVE ACTIV-L to above address for a ] [listing with brief descriptions of other files available] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ================================================================== Is your money being invested in companies building nuclear weapons? Corporations destroying the environment, or who "union-bust" or discriminate? What you have in a "regular bank" quite likely is invested in assets promoting things we are strongly opposed to. Below are several places to put your money which *won't* let your money work against your values, plus you'll earn nice interest. Also, some ways you can actually financially support the causes you believe in without spending a cent! ================================================================== Working Assets Money Fund 230 California St. San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel (800)533-3863 Screen out against discrimination, pollution, weapons manufacturing, etc. "The leading `socially responsible' no-load money market fund in the U.S... Call toll-free for more information." An extensive list of social criteria for investment is given in the prospectus Working Assets Money Fund minimum initial deposit: $1,000 Annual rprt for fiscal year ending June 30,'90: Annual yield: 7.5%; net assets: $214 million Fall '90: 7th yr annivers.; 20,000 shareholders Harel Bazilai (harel@dartmouth.edu), John Lamperti (j.lamperti@dartmouth.edu) have accounts. You get a quarterly issue (w/monthly acc't report) of Money Matters, containing e.g. "Planning for a Peacetime Economy" by Michael Closson, Center for Economic Conversion, and a list of some/new institutional investors at the back, e.g. Bread for the World Institute on Hunger and Development, D.C.; Informed Democracy, SantaCruz,CA; ACLU Foundation of Northern California; Lesbian Health Care Project, D.C.; - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Four years ago we introduced the Working Assets Visa Card -- the only credit card that works for peace, human rights and the environment every time it's used. Since 1986, Working Assets` cardholders and long-distance users have generated over $700,000 for non-profit groups like Amnesty International, Earth Day 1990, Rainforest Action Network and Oxfam America." Working Assets Long Distance: ============================= "HERE'S HOW IT WORKS: Every time you call long-distance, we give 1 percent of your charges (at no cost to you) to non-profit groups working to clean up toxic wastes, preserve rainforests, feed the hungry and more. The more you talk, the more we give (see back page for groups we've funded in the past) HOW OUR LONG DISTANCE SERVICE WORKS: Working Assets uses the all-new fiber-optic network of US Sprint -- and adds our own unique commitment to the future of our world. That means you get the same low rates and high quality service *all* US Spring customers get. Including 24-hour operator services and the pin-drop quality sound US Spring is famous for. It also means that if you switch from AT&T's basic residential service, *you'll save money on every interstate call.* SIGN-UP OFFER: To get you started, we'll give you a credit equal to 30 free minutes, and a free calling card. Just dial 1-(800)-669-8585 [you get US Sprint operator --HB] or send name, address, tel number(s) to switch, and sign: "Sign me up for Working Assets Long Distance" [to above Working Assets address] THE SMALL PRINT: Working Assets Long Distance is an exclusive service of Working Assets Funding Service. By signing the attached card, you authorize us to notify your local phone company that you choose US Sprint to be your primary long-distance carrier. You will still be able to place calls with other carriers or switch to another primary carrier if you with. When you switch your primary long-distance carrier, your local phone company (not us or US Sprint) may apply a one-time switching charge of about $5. IF it does (and even if it doesn't) we'll give you a credit to help offset the charge equal to 30 free minutes of interstate calling. The credit will be at the US Sprint 3,000 mile night/weekend rate and will be issued after your third full month of service. If you are currently a US Sprint customer, you may sign up for Working Assets Long Distance. There will be no switching charge and you won't get a 30 minute credit" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Working Assets Travel Service: ============================== Change the World While You See It. Whenever you use Working Assets Travel Service to buy an airline ticket, rent a car or charge a hotel room, we give 2 percent of your purchase to the same organization... again, at no cost to you How You Benefit: * FREE travel consultations and bookings * Guaranteed lowest available air fare at time of booking * 24-hour emergency hotline * Easy to use, just call 1-800-332-3637 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Working Assets VISA (and Working Assets Student VISA) ==================================================== When you sign up, Working Assets donates [$2 for student VISA, $5 for regular, I think] to progressive non-profit organizations working for peace, human rights, and the environment. Then, every time you use your card -- no matter how small the purchase -- Working Assets contributes 5 cents to the same progressive groups... at no cost to you. No Annual Free for first 6 months. Then just $20 a year. No finance charge on purchases paid within 25 days. Annual fixed percentage rate just 17.5% if you defer payment. For An application or more information, call: (800)52-APPLY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W H E R E T H E M O N E Y G O E S Each time you use one of our "Tools for Practical Idealists," money flows to non-profit action groups working for peace, human rights, the environment and economic justice. All members can nominate groups to be recipients of the Working Assets Funding Service Donations Pool. Then, once a year, you vote on how to allocate the funds. Since 1986 members have generated over $700,000 in donations to groups like those below: ENVIRONMENT: African Wildlife Foundation * Clean Water Fund * Conservation International * Earth Island Institute * Environmental Defense Fund * National Toxics Campaign * National Resources Defense Council * Rainforest Action Network * Rocky Mountain Institute * Trust for Public Land HUMAN RIGHTS: American Civil Liberties Union * Amnesty International * Equal Rights Advocates * Gray Panthers * Lambda Defense Fund * National AIDS Network * National Black Women's Health Project * National Council of La Raza * Native American Rights Fund * Southern Poverty Law Center PEACE: Africa Fund * Center for Economic Conversion * Educators for Social Responsibility * Grassroots International * Jobs With Peace * INFACT * MADRE * Neighbor to Neighbor * Nuclear Free America * SANE/Freeze * Union of Concerned Scientists * U.S. - U.S.S.R. Youth Exchange Program ECONOMIC JUSTICE: Accio'n International * Children's Defense Fund * Industrial Cooperative Association * Institute for Community Economics * National Health Care Campaign * National Union of the Homeless * Oxfam America * Second Harvest * Seventh Generation Fund * Women's World Banking ****************************************************************** Pax World Fund, Inc. 224 State Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Tel (603)431-8022 Tel 1(800)767-1PAX "Pax World is a no-load, diversified mutual fund designed for those who wish to develop income and to invest in life-supportive products and services. The Fund does not invest in weapons production. IRA and Keogh plans available. Went public in 1971. Min. investment:$250" Harel B. (harelb@zaphod.uchicago.edu) has acc't since 7/90 "Social Criteria of Portfolio: The Funk seeks investment in companies that are not to any degree engaged in manufacturing defense or weapons-related products. The Fund excludes from its portfolio securities of companies (1)engaged in military activities, defined as follows: (a)appearing on the Department of Defense's 100 largest contractors list and (b)other companies contracting with the Department of Defense if 5% or more of their gross sales were derived from such contracts; (2)engaged in liquor, tobacco, and gambling industries. In addition, the Fund will seek out companies with fair employment and pollution control policies and practices, and invest in some international development. To date, the latter has been limited to bonds of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development" --from the April 25, 1990 Prospectus. ****************************************************************** The Parnassus Fund 244 California Street San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel 1(415)362-3505 * Minimum initial investment: $2,000 * "The Parnassus Fund is best known for being a social investment * fund, but an important part of our philosophy involves a contrarian * investment strategy. We try to achieve above average returns for our * shareholders by investing in financially strong companies that are out * of favor with Wall Street and, therefore, undervalued..." Jerome * Dodson, President * John Lamperti of AML, john.w.lamperti@dartmouth.edu, has an account. ****************************************************************** Progressive Asset Management Inc. 1814 Franklin St., 7th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612 Tel (800)527-8627 * "America's only full service brokerage firm specializing in socially * responsible investments" * "(check box) Please send me FREE information on: * ( )Which environmental mutual funds include polluters? Which do not? * ( )10 pro-environmental companies recommended by Progressive Asset * Management * ( )The Green IRA that helps the environmental movement at no cost to * you." * "Call today or complete the coupon below" --Mother Jones Advert. ################################################################## See: "Tainted Money. What an investment house may not tell you about its environmental sector fund", Mother Jones, Apr/May '90, p. 68" ################################################################## Appendix: Another way to put your money where your values are: [From an advertisement in In These Times:] ================== Watt a great idea! ================== Ecological, Economical, and Nuclear Free Light Bulbs ==================================================== Ecoworks Ecological Light Bulbs are made by a U.S. company that does not produce nuclear weapons, waste, or power -- *unlike GE, GTE Sylvania, and Philips* Ecoworks bulbs are long life and contain no radioactive material or mercury, unlike most compact fluorescent bulbs, and use 10% less energy than comparable incandescent bulbs. To order your bulbs call or write, Nuclear Free America 325 E. 25th St., Baltimore, MD 21218 (301) 235 - 3575 <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> ############################################################### # Harel Barzilai for Activists Mailing List (AML) # ################################################################ { For more info about ACTIV-L or PeaceNet's brochure send } { inquiries to harel@dartmouth.edu / mathrich@umcvmb.bitnet } To join AML, just send the 1-line message "SUB ACTIV-L " to: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.BITNET; you should receive a confirmation message within 2 days. Alternate address: LISTSERV@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU Qs/problems: Rich Winkel, MATHRICH@UMCVMB.["MISSOURI.EDU" or "BITNET"]