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A PIE IN THE FACE
Goodman-Acker partner Jerry Acker
of Huntington Woods took a pie to the
face last week, but it was all for a good
cause. His Southfield-based legal firm
participated in the challenge to “whip”
childhood cancer.
Goodman-Acker employees raised
$1,826 to fight pediatric cancer. All
funds went to the Children’s Hospital
of Michigan Foundation for its pediat-
ric oncology department.
Thirty-two employees participated,
divided into six teams. The top three
teams got to pie the bottom three team
leaders, plus some.
Jordan Acker also got a pie in the
kisser.
To donate to the pediatric oncology
department at the DMC Children’s
Hospital of Michigan, make checks
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Jerry Acker with face covered in pie
payable to CHM Foundation and put
“oncology” in the subject line. Checks
can be dropped off or mailed to the
Goodman-Acker office, 17000 W. 10
Mile Road, Southfield, 48075; atten-
tion Kathryn Kunst. Donations are
tax-deductible.
The Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Foundation will mail out an acknowl-
edgement letter once the challenge is
complete.
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Directly Held Public Equities report in
June 2015, claiming they “ supply weap-
ons and equipment used in Israel’s illegal
occupation of Palestinian territories
and in violation of international human
rights law.”
Prior to the vote, a petition by the gov-
erning board of University of Michigan
Hillel urged CSG members to vote
against the resolution, claiming that a
vote to divest from Israel would contra-
dict the university’s Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion Plan.
Sources: MLive and the Michigan
Daily.
(Look next week for a story from
U-M Hillel students who spoke at the
CSG meeting or were involved in Israel
advocacy efforts.)
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A divestment resolution before the
University of Michigan Central Student
Government (CSG) on Tuesday, Nov.
15, failed to pass by a vote of 34 to 13,
with three abstentions. This resolution,
brought by Students Allied for Freedom
and Equality, was the 10th such divest-
ment resolution since 2002. All have
failed.
During the four-hour meeting, com-
ments on both sides of the resolution
were heard by CSG members as well as
an audience of about 400, according to
Joe Shea, CSG Communications director.
Many more watched a live stream
provided by the Michigan Daily
(www.facebook.com/pg/michigandaily/
videos/?ref=page_internal).
The resolution sought divestment
from specific companies listed in U-M’s
STORE OWNER
GETS SUPPORT
Robert Kastel, owner of
Champion’s Liquor in Ann
Arbor, at 1227 S. University
Ave., has been getting cus-
tomers traveling up to 100
miles to shop at his store to
Champion’s Liquor in Ann Arbor
show support after a pro-
BDS customer threatened a
boycott of his store, according to a story in the Algemeiner.
A video circulated on social media showed the woman telling him that because
he supports Israel, “I won’t be shopping here anymore … [and] I’ll make sure
that everyone I know doesn’t shop here anymore.”
Kastel told the Algemeiner, “We have a great community — at the university,
all over America, in Canada, even Israel — who are doing the opposite of what
that lady said she’ll do. People have been calling from all over, asking if I ship
liquor, because they only want to buy from me. Our Facebook page has been
flooded with messages of support.”
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