From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Wed May 8 00:58:06 2013 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 00:58:06 -0700 Subject: Support PERS divestment; Nakba event & other events on Palestinian rights Message-ID: <89D9E162E229455187FE3AE84E1803EC@your4dacd0ea75> Please support divestment from Israel's occupation & apartheid this Monday, May 13, see below AND Mark your calendars for May 19 Nakba Commemoration ? Thursday, May 9, 2013, 6:30pm, American-Israeli activist Dorothy Noar of New Profile speaks about efforts to end Israel's occupation of Palestine.. Library, 315 E 14th St, Davis. FMI: mikos.fabersunne at gmail.com ? Monday, May 13, 2013, 12:30pm, Press Conference to Support CalPers boycotting & divesting from Israel's occupation & apartheid. 3rd & P Streets, downtown Sacramento. Local and statewide activists will address the CalPERS board about divesting from Veolia, Elbit Systems and Caterpillar - all companies that are complicit in Israel's brutal occupation of Palestine's West Bank and siege on Gaza. Veolia provides infrastructure (transportation, landfill and sewage treatment) to the illegal settlements. Elbit Systems is involved building the apartheid wall and servicing the illegal settlements; it also manufactures security systems used in prisons and drones to control the Palestinians, and Caterpillar sells its equipment to contractors in Israel for the demolition of Palestinian homes and olive orchards and to the military for use in attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. For more info: 530-400-5263; mikos.fabersunne at gmail.com. Sign up for Twitter feeds: @divestisrael ? Saturday, May 18, 2 - 4pm, SacramentoBethlehem Sister City presents a hands on cooking class! Learn to make Tabbouleh and Cheese Boereg. Sierra Arden UCC, 890 Morse Ave. Sac. RSVP required by May 15. FMI: sacramentobethlehem at yahoo.com ? Sunday, May 19, 2013, 1pm, Palestine at the Capitol. Commemorating 65 Years since the Nakba that led to the displacement of millions of Palestinian people worldwide. Palestinian food, cultural exhibits, history displays, children's activities, and more! North Steps, State Capitol, 11th & L, Sacramento. FMI: Sacramento at amp.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/133150706877171/?fref=ts ? Sunday, May 19, 2013 6pm, Film & dinner, Palestinian American Congress, 925 K Street, Sacramento, $10, FMI: adeebs at yahoo.com ? Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 7pm, Free film: Soldier/Citizen . Part of monthly Jewish Voice for Peace film series. Sol Collective, 2574 21st St, Sacramento. FMI: sacramento at jewishvoiceforpeace.org ? Saturday, May 25, 2013, 11am-1pm Bannering & leafleting to boycott SodaStream, made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land. Location TBA. Sign the petition. FMI: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: