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San Francisco, Chicago Teachers join in Russia divestment march

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San Francisco, Chicago Teachers join in Russia divestment march

The boards of the San Francisco and Chicago teachers pension funds approved divesting from the Russian investments they currently hold.
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Chicago has a large Ukrainian community, and Ukraine's even their own neighborhood named after them (though it's since substantively gentrified). The divestiture is not unexpected.

A nice aspect of being in a large multi-cultural city like Chicago or NY, is the city & government reacts to world events like this in response to their ethnic citizens. Some appreciate being part of a world community, and I am one.
 
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