From: Sara Della Ripa
To: City Clerk
Subject: Ceasefire Resolution
Date: Monday, February 26, 2024 1:59:16 PM
Dear council members,
As a recent addition to the Fort Bragg community, I relocated here after spending nearly a year in Rwanda. Known of a genocide in yet another country during my lifetime is truly unimaginable. The urgency of passing the ceasefire resolution cannot be overstated. Many other American cities are now considering ceasefire resolutions. Some California cities are San Francisco, Richmond, Oakland, Cotati, Hayward have already passed ceasefire resolutions. Ukiah and Willits citizens are working now to get a Ceasefire resolution before their Councils. If the Fort Bragg City Council passes the ceasefire resolution, it will encourage other city councils to do the same. Such an outpouring of local demands for a ceasefire will influence Congress and increase the likelihood that our President will call for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza War. Passing a ceasefire resolution will strengthen the decaying fabric of American democracy, by demonstrating that public opinion and political actions by citizens really do matter and are not simply ignored by wealth beholden politicians.
Thank you,
Sara Della Ripa
+1-805-444-4636