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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
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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
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