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Tell Lightfoot to Boycott the U20

This year, Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the G20 summit, the annual gathering of the world’s wealthiest nations. Part of the G20 programming for the past two years has included the Urban 20 (U20) subgroup. The U20 brings together the mayors of 26 of the biggest and most powerful cities in the world in past years it has included New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston.

If Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago is invited to attend, she should boycott this year’s U20 summit to stand against the leadership of Saudi Arabia, which has been starving and bombing the people of Yemen for years. The monarchy’s many human rights abuses (towards women, LGBTQ+ people, and journalists) need to be acknowledged by all participants of the G20 summit. Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States and Mayor Lightfoot refusing to attend the summit would speak volumes about the city’s values and may inspire more leaders to do the same. 

We want to flood Mayor Lightfoot’s inbox with demands that she skip the summit to stand with the victims of the Saudi-led war on Yemen as well as countless freedom fighters who have been locked up in Saudi Arabia. Fill out this form to email Mayor Lightfoot and tell her to decline to attend all U20 events if invited! 

Tell Lightfoot to Boycott the U20

This year, Saudi Arabia has been chosen to host the G20 summit, the annual gathering of the world’s wealthiest nations. Part of the G20 programming for the past two years has included the Urban 20 (U20) subgroup. The U20 brings together the mayors of 26 of the biggest and most powerful cities in the world in past years it has included New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Houston.

If Mayor Lori Lightfoot of Chicago is invited to attend, she should boycott this year’s U20 summit to stand against the leadership of Saudi Arabia, which has been starving and bombing the people of Yemen for years. The monarchy’s many human rights abuses (towards women, LGBTQ+ people, and journalists) need to be acknowledged by all participants of the G20 summit. Chicago is the third-largest city in the United States and Mayor Lightfoot refusing to attend the summit would speak volumes about the city’s values and may inspire more leaders to do the same. 

We want to flood Mayor Lightfoot’s inbox with demands that she skip the summit to stand with the victims of the Saudi-led war on Yemen as well as countless freedom fighters who have been locked up in Saudi Arabia. Fill out this form to email Mayor Lightfoot and tell her to decline to attend all U20 events if invited!