Meredith Ryan, a long-time Palestine advocate, urged the Denver City Council on July 21 to divest city investments and relationships from organizations she said are complicit in violence in Gaza and to support measures that would open humanitarian access.
Ryan described viewing a documentary, said she listens to groups she called “Doctors Against Genocide,” and cited testimony from medical professionals about conditions in hospitals such as Al Shifa. She asked local governments — including city councils — to use local authority to press for cease-fires and for relief access, and she told the council “we must divest.”
These comments were made during the general public comment period and did not reference any particular council investments or identify a specific ordinance or motion for the council to consider. No formal council action, referral or staff direction on divestment was recorded during this session.