A Ceasefire Resolution Vote in Fargo. Finally.
City Commission to vote on resolution April 1. Be there.
On Monday, April 1, the Fargo City Commission is going to vote on the Ceasefire Resolution passed unanimously by the city’s Human Rights Commission on February 15.
FINALLY.
For reasons that are not clear to me, the commission has been delaying this vote for weeks now, so it's about time.
With the help of CodePink Fargo-Moorhead, I sent a letter to the mayor and commissioners asking them to vote in favor of the resolution. You can easily send your own by clicking here or on the graphic above; a letter is already written for you if you want to use it as is. Takes about 90 seconds. Alternatively, you can revise it or write something from scratch as I’ve done.
Regardless, if you are a Fargo resident, please contact commissioners and ask them to pass the resolution. Also, and just as importantly, please attend the commission meeting on Monday, April 1, at 5 p.m. to emphasize your support and solidarity.
Why? Here’s my letter –
Dear Fargo City Commissioners:
As of Jan. 1, 2024, more than 70 U.S. cities had passed resolutions demanding a ceasefire in Israel's conflict with the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza strip, primarily due to the indiscriminate slaughter of innocent civilians there. I am writing to you with all urgency, sincerity and hope to ask that you vote in favor of joining those cities by passing the ceasefire resolution adopted unanimously by the Fargo Human Rights Commission.
To date, more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza as a result of the ongoing conflict, the majority of them innocent noncombatants. Children. Women. Men. Human beings who had as much right to life as as any of us. Gazans are facing imminent starvation, and if they survive that, then annihilation by the Israeli military. They need a ceasefire. Right now.
Some people wonder why Fargo, which is approximately 6,200 miles from Rafah, where the majority of Gazan refugees are trapped, should adopt a ceasefire resolution. What good will it do? they ask.
Here's why:
It will mean much to my neighbors in Fargo and the surrounding area whose hearts remain in Palestine with their families and friends.
It's a moral imperative: the citizens of Fargo cannot just stand by and say nothing official as a genocide unfolds in Palestine. Not speaking up equates to complicity.
We all have mothers and fathers, and most of us have spouses and children. How would we react if they were bombed and murdered in other ways simply for existing? We must react as if the innocents dying in Gaza are our own family members.
Please do the right thing. Vote to pass the ceasefire resolution during your April 1 meeting, or whenever it is finally put to a vote.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to hearing back from you on this issue.
Sincerely,
Martin C. Fredricks IV