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Residents urge Champaign council to adopt ceasefire resolution, divestment and procurement rules; council hears extensive public comment
Summary
Dozens of residents spoke during extended public comment at the Dec. 17 council meeting, calling on the City of Champaign to put a ceasefire resolution on the agenda, adopt socially responsible investment and procurement policies, and to consider divesting from companies such as Caterpillar and Sellbrite-linked vendors.
A large and sustained public-comment period at the Dec. 17 City Council meeting focused on calls for the council to adopt a resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, to pursue divestment from companies implicated in rights abuses, and to adopt a city-level socially responsible investment and procurement policy.
Speakers including Maya Novick, Isabelle (Izzy) Scott, Roshan Krishnan, Charlotte Green and others asked the council to place a proposed resolution on a future agenda as an action item and to direct staff to send copies of any adopted resolution to federal elected officials. Novick (SEG 1735) asked council to "rise…
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