From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Tue Apr 14 11:24:15 2015 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:24:15 -0700 Subject: Actions & events for Palestinian rights Message-ID: <008e01d076e0$3705c020$a5114060$@org> ACTIONS you can take: ? Contact the Sacramento Bee and ask them to run an op ed to give the other side of 4-10-15 AMCHA piece . Click for Bee link . ? Contact Senator Richard Pan and ask him to oppose SCR 35 , another attempt to attack UC students' efforts to divest from the egregious abuses of the Israeli regime. ? Support Palestinian rights: don't buy products that support Israel?s occupation & apartheid and sign petitions for Palestine at: www.sacbds.org/petitions Upcoming Events: Wednesday, Apr 15, 2015, 7pm, Film: Enduring Roots From the opening scenes showing a Jewish National Fund (JNF) bulldozer destroying a Bedouin?s tent in the Naqab to interviews with the victims of on-going ethnic cleansing, Enduring Roots shows the devastating impact that the JNF has on the lives of Palestinians. For over a century, the JNF has been instrumental in expelling Palestinians from their homes and land and creating towns, villages and parks exclusively for Israeli Jews out of the ruins. Following the film, discussion will be led by a representative of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network. 909 12th St. SALA Goes to the Movies joins SacPeace for this screening. 916-448-7157; sacpeace at dcn.org Saturday, Apr 18, 2015, 11am - 1pm, Don't buy products or invest in companies that profit from Israel's war crimes, occupation, apartheid or other human rights violations. Join weekly bannering & leafleting at local stores. For location: SacramentoBDS at gmail.com Sign petitions for Palestinian rights . Tuesday, Apr 21, 2015, 4 - 6pm, Protest to demand an end to U.S. aid to Israel & boycott companies aiding Israel's abuses . Sign petitions for Palestinian rights . 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157. Wednesday, Apr 22, 2015, Don?t Say you Didn?t Know , talk by Amos Gvirtz, a Jewish Israeli peace activist and longtime member of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, who has developed an international audience with his weekly emails about unpublicized incidents, events, and government actions affecting the Palestinian and Bedouin communities in Israel and Palestine. 6pm potluck, 7pm program. Common House, South Side Co-housing, behind 440 T St Sacramento. FMI: 916-446-5066; dlmandel at gmail.com Saturday, Apr 25, 2015, Break Every Chain: Reflections on liberation from systems of war and imprisonment. Just out of prison for an act of civil disobedience to protest drones, Kathy Kelly will address the detrimental effect U.S. drone program on civilian society and share about her experience living among women prisoners abandoned and warehoused by U.S. society. 5:30 potluck dinner. 7pm program. 909 12th St, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; sacpeace at dcn.org Saturday, Apr 25, 2015, 7pm, Play: Rachel Corrie (see 4/27). 119 Florence Ave, Grass Valley. Tix $10 advance; $15 at the door. FMI: wensteve at c-zone.net Monday, Apr 27, 2015, 7pm, Play: My Name is Rachel Corrie , about the 23 yr old activist killed for trying to stop the Israeli military from destroying a Palestinian?s home. 2509 R St, Sacramento. Tix $20 FMI: 916-223-9568 For more information, to subscribe or unsubscribe, email: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Tue Apr 28 10:06:03 2015 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 10:06:03 -0700 Subject: Call Senator Pan (916) 651-4906 now and tell him to oppose silencing students Message-ID: <003b01d081d5$9bb03d20$d310b760$@org> ? Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Senate Education Committee will consider SCR 35 , yet another attempt to silence students who are challenging Israel?s violations of international law and human rights. Call Sacramento-area state Senator Richard Pan (916) 651-4906 and others on the Education Committee and tell them SCR 35 must be amended to clearly state that challenging Israel?s abuses is not anti-Semitic and it must affirm students rights to organize to freely discuss or engage in any legal speech or other activity that is critical of or challenges the policies of any country. If you can, attend the hearing, 9am in Hearing Room 4203 at the State Capitol, 1315 10th St., Sacramento CA Senate Education Committee Senate Education Committee Staff Director Kathleen Chavira, (916) 651-4105 Senate Education Committee Chair Carol Liu, (916) 651-4025 Vice-Chair Senator Sharon Runner, (916) 651-4021 Senator Marty Block, (916) 651-4039 Senator Loni Hancock, (916) 651-4009 Senator Connie M. Leyva, (916) 651-4920 Senator Tony Mendoza, (916) 651-4932 Senator Bill Monning, (916) 651-4917 Senator Richard Pan, (916) 651-4906 Senator Andy Vidak, (916) 651-4914 Other actions: Sign open letter opposing SCR 35. ?Tell your Senators and Congressional Representatives, 202-224-3121, that you support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) as a way to legitimately and non-violently pressure Israel to end its egregious violations of international law and human rights. Tell them to vote against AIPAC-sponsored amendments to HR 825 (or other bills) that attempt to restrict BDS. Tell them to stop funding Israel?s abuses (to the tune of $9 million a day). BDS is a non-violent tool that worked to end apartheid in South Africa and can work to end Israel?s abuses. Click for more information. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Tue Apr 28 14:47:38 2015 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2015 14:47:38 -0700 Subject: Update Call Senator Pan (916) 651-4006 now and tell him to oppose silencing students Message-ID: <013101d081fc$f24feb90$d6efc2b0$@org> UPDATE: Senator Richard Pan?s phone is (916) 651-4006. You can also send him an email through his website: http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact Tell him criticizing Israel is NOT Anti-Semitism, no on SCR 35 as it is currently written. ? Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Senate Education Committee will consider SCR 35 , yet another attempt to silence students who are challenging Israel?s violations of international law and human rights. Call Sacramento-area state Senator Richard Pan (916) 651-4906 and others on the Education Committee and tell them SCR 35 must be voted down or amended to clearly state that challenging Israel?s abuses is not anti-Semitic and it must affirm students rights to organize to freely discuss or engage in any legal speech or other activity that is critical of or challenges the policies of any country. If you can, attend the hearing, 9am in Hearing Room 4203 at the State Capitol, 1315 10th St., Sacramento CA Senate Education Committee Senate Education Committee Staff Director Kathleen Chavira, (916) 651-4105 Senate Education Committee Chair Carol Liu, (916) 651-4025 Vice-Chair Senator Sharon Runner, (916) 651-4021 Senator Marty Block, (916) 651-4039 Senator Loni Hancock, (916) 651-4009 Senator Connie M. Leyva, (916) 651-4920 Senator Tony Mendoza, (916) 651-4932 Senator Bill Monning, (916) 651-4917 Senator Richard Pan, (916) 651-4006 Senator Andy Vidak, (916) 651-4914 Other actions: Sign open letter opposing SCR 35. ?Tell your Senators and Congressional Representatives, 202-224-3121, that you support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) as a way to legitimately and non-violently pressure Israel to end its egregious violations of international law and human rights. Tell them to vote against AIPAC-sponsored amendments to HR 825 (or other bills) that attempt to restrict BDS. Tell them to stop funding Israel?s abuses (to the tune of $9 million a day). BDS is a non-violent tool that worked to end apartheid in South Africa and can work to end Israel?s abuses. Click for more information. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: