From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Wed Feb 19 18:16:50 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 18:16:50 -0800 Subject: Palestine Diaspora stories 2-21 and other events & take action to support BDS Message-ID: <7439132D24004851B9CDC96E2050C7D4@your4dacd0ea75> This Friday, Feb 21, 2014, 7pm, Stories of Palestinian Diaspora. Personal testimony and video footage of the historical and personal experiences of Palestinians in the context of their flight and forced displacement from their homeland since 1948. Part of the Oral Histories Project of 12 Palestinians in the Bay Area. storiesofpalestiniandiaspora.org. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J St. Sacramento. SabeelSacramento at gmail.com Take Action: ? Contact your Representatives and Senators and ask them to oppose HR 4009, the Orwellian so-called ?Protect Academic Freedom? Act that is intended to stop the use of the non-violent tool of institutional boycott when used to pressure Israel. More info: http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?id=3944) ? Text of HR 4009 is available at: http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th/house-bill/4009/text?q={%22search%22:[%2 2HR%204009%22]} ? Also contact your State Assembly members and Senators and tell them you oppose any California legislation like HR 4009. (Note: State Legislatures in New York and Maryland have introduced anti-boycott legislation.) ? Email and phone #s for electeds: http://sac4palestine.org/contact-elected-officials/ More EVENTS: Saturday, Feb 22, 2014, 11am-1pm, Boycott SodaStream bannering & leafleting At Target in Natomas. Email Sacramentobds at gmail.com for details. Thursday, Feb 27, 2014, 7pm, Robotic Killing: U.S. and Israeli Drones attacks against civilians. Talk by Col. Ann Wright, who has been engaged in drone resistance in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Gaza. In 2013, she spoke on U.S. foreign policy issues in Turkey, Egypt, Ireland, Belgium, China, Japan and Korea. First United Methodist Church, 2100 J Street, Sacramento. Hosted by Friends of Sabeel Sacramento Region. FMI: sacpeace at dcn.org; 916-448-7157 Saturdays in March: Boycott SodaStream bannering & leafleting. Email Sacramentobds at gmail.com for details. Saturday, Mar 8, 2014, 7pm, Celebrating International Women's Day and Inspiring Change! Dr. Kate Bisharat reports on her recent travels to Palestine's West Bank as part of a special yoga delegation sharing Transformative Life Skills with over 200 Palestinian educators. Refreshments. Donations appreciated to benefit future yoga exchange. Saha Yoga and Wellness, 5931 Stanley Ave, Ste 7 Carmichael. FMI: 916-225-8511 Sunday, Mar 16, 2014, 7pm, Standing with the People of Gaza. Presentation by Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett who has spent 3 cumulative years in Gaza since 2008, reporting and accompanying Palestinian farmers and fisherman. 909 12th St, Sacramento. 916-448-7157; sacpeace at dcn.org To subscribe or unsubscribe, email the Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights, SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: