From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Fri Sep 12 13:38:05 2014 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 13:38:05 -0700 Subject: 2nd Sat, boycott Israeli team, other actions you can take for Palesitnian Rights Message-ID: <00e601cfcec9$74e9ee30$5ebdca90$@org> Despite Israeli promises, Palestinians in Gaza remain under deadly blockade and siege. And Israel?s occupation and land theft in the West Bank continue as does discrimination against Palestinian citizens of Israel. Here are actions you can take: ? This Saturday, Sept 13, 2014 at 2nd Saturday, downtown: - Participate in the March & Die-in to Free Palestine at 2nd Saturday. Bring signs, red bandannas (to symbolize blood during the die-in), and your voice. Meet 7pm at Sutters Fort, 2701 L St. Sacramento. FMI: camphgr55 at gmail.com - Join Palestinian rights leafleters at 2nd Saturday, 6-8pm - FMI: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com ? On Tuesday, Sept 16, 2014, 4 - 6pm, Demand an End U.S. Aid to Israel on the 32nd anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila Massacre at the weekly end U.S. militarism vigil, 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157. ? Help educate others, bring them to local events like the film: Voices Across the Divide . A personal journey to understand the Palestinian narrative as well as the implications and contradictions of deeply held cultural beliefs in the Jewish community. Discussion following with filmmaker Alice Rothchild. FMI: sacramento at jewishvoiceforpeace.org The film will be shown: * Saturday, Sept 13, 2014, 7pm, Friends Meeting House, 890 57th St. Sacramento * Thursday, Sept 18, 2014, 7pm, 716 N St., Davis. ? Boycott the Oct 18 Sacramento Kings game against Israel?s Maccabi Haifa basketball team. Join the protest outside the arena (FMI: Sacramentobds at gmail.com) or, if you attend, wear a Kaffayeh or t-shirt or bring a sign in support of Palestinian rights. Contact Kings? President Chris Granger, ( cgranger at kings.com; 916 928-0000) and ask him to cancel the game and issue a public statement condemning Israel?s recent attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. Tell him the Kings should not be supporting Israel?s war crimes by playing this team. Click for other Kings contacts. ? Contact Obama and Congress and ask them why the U.S. continues to support a lying Israeli regime. According to Democracy Now and other sources, Israeli officials have admitted that Hamas leadership had no part in the kidnapping of the 3 Israeli teens in July, an incident that was used to attack and kill over 2000 Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Tell Obama and Congress they must pressure Israel to end the blockade and siege on Gaza and the occupation and land theft in the West Bank. Click for contact info or see below . ? Consider not donating to ANY of the Congressional representatives who represent parts of Sacramento County, Matsui, Bera, Garamendi and letting them know you aren?t supporting them because they all supported Israel?s brutal July/August attack on Gaza. Click for contact info or see below. ? If you have not already done so, please, sign the petition demanding the reinstatement of Palestinian-American Professor Dr. Steven Salaita fired from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for his public criticism of the U.S.-sponsored Israeli massacres in Gaza. Click to sign other petitions for Palestinian rights. ? Join or support the Sacramento Team for the 5 K Walk/Run for Gaza on October 18 at the Lake Merced Park near CSU San Francisco. Click to donate or participate. Carpools from Sacramento: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com or dlmandel at gmail.com Contact information for Federal electeds representing the Sacramento area President Obama Click to email. Tweet: @WhiteHouse Comments: 202-456-1111 - Switchboard: 202-456-1414 The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500 U.S. Congress All members: Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121 Senator Barbara Boxer Click to email. Tweet: @SenatorBoxer District: 501 I Street, Suite 7-600, Sacramento, CA 95814 916-448-2787 DC: 202- 224-3553 - Fax (202) 228-3865 Senator Dianne Feinstein One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104 Click to email. Tweet: @SenFeinstein 415-393-0707 DC: 202- 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954 REPRESENTATIVES - Click to find your representative. (District 5) Representative Doris Matsui Click to email. Tweet: @DorisMatsui 501 I Street, Suite 12-600, Sacramento, CA 95814 District: (916) 498-5600; fax: (916) 444-6117 DC: (202) 225-7163 Fax: (202) 225-0566 (District 3) Representative John Garamendi Click to email. Tweet: @RepGaramendi Davis Office: 412 G Street, Davis, CA 95616 District: 530-753-5301; Fax: 530-753-5614 DC: (202) 225-1880; Fax: (202) 225-5914 (District 7) Representative Ami Bera Click to email. Tweet: @RepBera District: 11070 White Rock Road, Suite 195, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 (916) 635-0505; Fax: (916) 635-0514 DC: (202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298 (District 4) Representative Tom McClintock Click to email. Tweet: @RepMcClintock District: 8700 Auburn-Folsom Road, Suite 100 Granite Bay, CA 95746 (916) 786-5560 Fax: (916) 786-6364 DC: (202) 225-2511; Fax: (202) 225-5444 (District 1) Doug LaMalfa Click to email. Tweet: @DougLaMalfa District: 13626 New Airport Rd, Ste 106, Auburn, CA 95602 530-878-5035; Fax: 530-878-5037 DC: 202-225-3076 (District 9) Jerry McNerney Click to email. Tweet: @RepMcNerney District: 2222 Grand Canal Blvd. #7, Stockton, CA 95207 (209) 476-8552; Fax: (209) 476-8587 DC: (202) 225-1947; Fax: (202) 225-4060 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: