CALL FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR ITS RECENT DECISIONS

THE #UMDIVEST INDEFINITE STUDENT SIT-IN IN THE CSG CHAMBERS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL WE ARE FULLY HEARD. 1. THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT REPEAL ITS DECISION TO POSTPONE THE PRESENTATION OF THE DIVESTMENT RESOLUTION INDEFINITELY. YOU MUST STOP SELECTIVELY SILENCING STUDENT VOICES. 2. THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT MAKE ALL OF ITS MEETINGS OPEN. THERE SHOULD BE NO CLOSED SESSIONS WHEN ISSUES AFFECT THE STUDENT BODY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE IS BROAD-BASED PUBLIC INTEREST. 3. THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT DOES NOT LIMIT STUDENT SPEAKING TIME. BY DOING SO, THE ASSEMBLY IS STIFLING A VIBRANT AND MUCH NEEDED DISCUSSION AGAINST THE WILL OF THOSE WHO ELECTED THEM. THE COMMUNITY AFFAIRS PORTION OF THE MEETING MUST BE EXTENDED TO ALLOW STUDENTS MAXIMUM SPEAKING TIME. 4. THAT ALL CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES AND EXECUTIVES PARTICIPATE IN A DIVESTMENT TEACH-IN IN ORDER TO BE BETTER INFORMED OF THE RESOLUTION THEY REFUSED TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES ABOUT AND REFUSED TO CONSIDER BY TABLING IT BEFORE IT WAS EVEN PRESENTED. 5. THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT ISSUE A PUBLIC APOLOGY BOTH IN WRITING AND IN-PERSON FOR INVITING PALESTINIAN STUDENTS TO TRIGGER THEMSELVES AND EXPOSE THEIR VULNERABILITIES ONLY TO DISMISS THEIR NARRATIVES, NEGOTIATE THEIR HUMANITY, AND ERASE THEIR EXISTENCE ON THIS CAMPUS (BY REPEATEDLY SAYING THIS ISNT AN ISSUE THAT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS). THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE TO THE HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS WHO SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING AND WERE SHAMELESSLY SILENCED THROUGH RACIALIZED TACTICS AND LANGUAGE. THAT THE CENTRAL STUDENT GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZE FOR FORGETTING THAT ITS LEGITIMACY IS DERIVED FROM THE STUDENTS YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. WHEN YOU NEGLECT AND SILENCE THESE VOICES, YOU BECOME IRRELEVANT AND UNWORTHY OF THE POSITION YOU OCCUPY.