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Resident urges Beverly Council to reconsider land-acknowledgment vote
Summary
Ayesha Siddiqui read the city's land-acknowledgment and urged the council to reconsider a 2022 vote that failed to adopt automatic readings of the statement; she framed the request in the context of Native American Heritage Month.
Ayesha Siddiqui, a Ward 3 resident, used public comment time on Nov. 17 to read Beverly’s land-acknowledgment statement and ask the council to revisit a 2022 effort to require that statement be read at meetings. Siddiqui recounted that the proposal was discussed in a Jan. 31, 2022 committee meeting and was considered by the council on Feb. 7, 2022; she said the council vote failed 5–4 and fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority needed to amend council rules.
Siddiqui framed the request as part of Native American Heritage Month and cited excerpts from committee and council minutes discussed in 2022. She asked the council to reconsider the order that was previously numbered in the record and to take another look at including the land-acknowledgment reading in council practice.
The council did not take immediate action during the meeting; no formal motion or vote to reconsider the 2022 decision was recorded in the transcript.
