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Request for Committee Action

A briefing memo explaining the purpose, background, and impact of the requested action.
Solidarity with nonviolent campus activism opposing war and supporting Palestinian human rights (RCA-2024-01328)

ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
City Council
To Committee(s)
# Committee Name Meeting Date
1 Committee of the Whole Nov 12, 2024
Lead Staff:
Celeste Robinson
Presented By:
Council Member Robin Wonsley
Action Item(s)
# File Type Subcategory Item Description
1 Resolution City Policy

Passage of Resolution expressing solidarity with nonviolent campus activism opposing war and supporting Palestinian human rights, and urging the University of Minnesota, Hennepin County Attorney, and City Attorney to drop charges against protestors arrested at the University of Minnesota on October 21, 2024.

Ward / Neighborhood / Address
# Ward Neighborhood Address
1. Ward 2
Background Analysis

On October 21, 2024, University of Minnesota students held a protest with the stated goal of urging the University of Minnesota to divest from the State of Israel and Israeli academic institutions as part of a global movement of nonviolent economic strategies to protect Palestinian human rights. This resolution outlines the context of the protest and subsequent arrests. Based on this context, the resolution establishes a city policy of solidarity with nonviolent campus activism opposing war and supporting Palestinian human rights, urges the University of Minnesota to work with campus advocates to accomplish their goals, and urges that the Hennepin County Attorney's Office and City Attorney's Office drop all charges against arrestees.