A 10-1 vote made St. Louis the largest U.S. city to adopt AFSC’s human-rights investment standards—real divestment, not platitudes. Let me break it down...
I hope that St. Louis is the spark that will start a big fire 🔥 that spreads all across many cities and municipalities throughout America. You are giving that spark the oxygen that it needs by letting us know what nobody else would let us or want us to know. That is why we need The North Star and why it will grow like a wildfire too. 👍🏼🙏🏽
This is a legal standard that suggests the city can't do business with the federal government, a government that denies due process to targeted groups of people and supports genocide in Palestine, among other things.
Now, because the reality is no one isn't involved in some human rights abuse, just a little, the practical approach is going to be to choose those that are involved in serious human rights abuses...and who gets to choose is important.
Glad to end my day with you all on a good note.
🙏good to hear this Shaun - money talks - please keep us posted 🙏
Sure thing my friend
I hope that St. Louis is the spark that will start a big fire 🔥 that spreads all across many cities and municipalities throughout America. You are giving that spark the oxygen that it needs by letting us know what nobody else would let us or want us to know. That is why we need The North Star and why it will grow like a wildfire too. 👍🏼🙏🏽
US?
Wondering the same thing. Sounds like they’re going to be doing a lot of business in foreign countries. 😊
Alhamdulillah 🙏🏽
Thank you for all the hard work you do and I am really glad to hear St Louis is on the right side of history😎👍
Does this mean they won't be investing in the good ole USofA? This Administration is violating human rights every single day!
Great example of "being about it" and not just "talking about it". Kudos.
Well, done St. Louis. I gotta tell you this headline really surprised me. More please👏👏👏
That means us
This is a legal standard that suggests the city can't do business with the federal government, a government that denies due process to targeted groups of people and supports genocide in Palestine, among other things.
Some great news to end the week, thanks for sharing this Shaun! Well done St. Louis, bravo
Go St. Louis! Thanks for modeling the path.
Now, because the reality is no one isn't involved in some human rights abuse, just a little, the practical approach is going to be to choose those that are involved in serious human rights abuses...and who gets to choose is important.
So, no investments at all then.
Because EVERY COUNTRY is involved in human rights abuses. And because companies pay taxes to those countries, they all are, too.