Dozens of volunteers have already collected over 1,000 signatures from Providence voters on an ordinance requiring the City to divest from genocide and war crimes. Now, with ~5,000 more, we can put it on the ballot for voters to decide.

Providence voters want our tax dollars to be invested in helping our communities flourish, not in death and destruction. Rhode Island is a small state, but we can set a big example to show popular support for Palestinian freedom.

You may have heard there’s a ceasefire in Gaza, but Israel is continuing to carry out airstrikes, starve Palestinians, and occupy over half the strip. Meanwhile, the US is directly overseeing the occupation through Trump’s “Board of Peace.”

Many of the companies we’re targeting are the same ones who funded Trump’s rise to power and now provide weapons and surveillance tech to his regime. Now, as Trump wages war on Iran, it’s more important than ever to act at the local level to end support for war crimes.

The fate of our communities in the US is directly tied to that of Palestinians. Agencies like ICE and CBP train with the Israeli military, and the brutal tactics now being deployed in our cities were perfected on the streets of the West Bank.

Providence has at least $2.5 million in city funds invested in companies profiting from Israeli apartheid and genocide in Gaza. What's more, the city has a 20 year history of investing in Israel Bonds, which are no-strings-attached loans to the Israeli government.

We have never seen a bigger gap between the American people’s opposition to war and apartheid and the complicity of our elected leaders. By pursuing a ballot initiative, we are putting the power to dictate how our public funds are invested back into the hands of voters.

Become a petitioner to help us collect enough signatures from Providence voters to get the question on the ballot! It’s going to take all of us to win divestment!