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Public comment highlights: youth Black History Month remarks, cease-fire request on Palestine, and local education milestones
Summary
During the Feb. 3 general public comment session, Denver residents and students spoke on Black History Month, asked the council to pass a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Palestine, and highlighted local education opportunities including the Excel Center.
Several Denver residents and students used the Feb. 3 general public comment period to spotlight Black History Month, ask the council to take a position on the conflict in Gaza, and share local education and community milestones.
Students from Whittier ECE-8 — including Jasere (Jazari) Morgan, Wisdom Ganaway and Leila Robertson — spoke about the importance of Black History Month and described leaders such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks. The council’s public comment procedures give preference to speakers 18 and under on the first Monday of the month, and the students spoke during that portion of the session.
Arnie Carter, a public commenter, urged council members to pass “a resolution for a permanent, lasting ceasefire in Palestine and to stop arming Israel,” saying advocates were repeatedly returning to the podium to press the council for action.
Roderick Marshall, who said he lives in District 8, spoke about leadership and noted that he had been nominated as a leadership representative at the Excel Center, an educational program he said helps adults complete diplomas.
Other speakers made a range of neighborhood requests during the general public comment session; the council did not respond on the record during the public comment period and no formal actions were recorded.
Searchable tags: public comment, Black History Month, Palestine resolution, Excel Center.
