From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Tue May 3 15:36:23 2016 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 15:36:23 -0700 Subject: Updated alert: Stop attacks on Palestinian rights activism - Stop AB 2844! Message-ID: Protect free speech & economic activism: Help stop AB 2844! (Updated 5-3-16 ? click to link to this alert ) CA Assembly bill AB 2844 attacks non-violent efforts to end Israel?s violations of international law and human rights including its occupation, illegal settlements, home demolitions, apartheid laws, and extrajudicial killings. The bill will be heard by the Assembly Appropriations Committee possibly as early as May 11, 2016. ? Please attend Tuesday, May 10, 2016, 12 noon News Conference opposing AB 2844 at the East Steps, State Capitol (back entrance), Sacramento. ? Please take Action now: Email and/or call your Assembly member & the Appropriations committee members and ask that they oppose AB 2844 and any other attempts to suppress economic or other non-violent activism that challenges the abuses of apartheid Israel. Contact information is below. Sample talking points ? AB 2844 violates the First Amendment of the Constitution. ? AB 2844 seeks to penalize companies who choose not to do business with Israel as a means of suppressing those who oppose the Israeli government?s well-documented abuses. It would deny businesses the ability to make even economic decisions. In fact, the state of Illinois is now facing possible lawsuits from businesses due to similar legislation it has passed. ? Your state tax dollars should not be used to promote the Israeli government while it is engaged in egregious well-documented violations of human rights and international law. ? California legislators need to be on the right side of history and not be bullied by the Israel lobby to defend Israel?s abuses. ? Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) are time-honored non-violent tactics that have been used by human rights advocates around the world to help bring about justice, including ending apartheid in South Africa and supporting the civil rights movement in this country. ? Contrary to the claims of AB 2844?s author, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, the tactics of BDS are NOT being used to ?attack Jews? or ?destroy the state of Israel? ? they are being employed by those supporting Palestinian human rights to end Israel?s abuses. ? AB 2844 is an attempt to silence those many Jews, including Jewish Voice for Peace, and many others who support using BDS as a tool to end Israel?s occupation and other violations of Palestinian rights. Contact information: Members of the Appropriations Committee Address message to: Chair Lorena Gonzales assemblymember.gonzalez at assembly.ca.gov Copy and paste these emails into your message: assemblymember.bigelow at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bloom at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bonilla at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bonta at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.calderon at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.chang at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.daly at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.Eggman at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.gallagher at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.eduardogarcia at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.hernandez at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.holden at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.jones at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.obernolte at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.quirk at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.santiago at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.wagner at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.weber at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.wood at assembly.ca.gov Copy and paste these staff emails into the cc: katie.masingale at asm.ca.gov; guy.strahl at asm.ca.gov; sonja.palladino at asm.ca.gov; evan.corder at asm.ca.gov; ryan.pierini at asm.ca.gov; christopher.finarelli at asm.ca.gov; david.miller at asm.ca.gov; gustavo.media at asm.ca.gov; katja.townsend at asm.ca.gov; emmanuel.martinez at asm.ca.gov; evan.mclaughlin at asm.ca.gov; erica.martinez at asm.ca.gov; nicholas.liedtke at asm.ca.gov; ted.blanchard at asm.ca.gov; joshua.hoover at asm.ca.gov; tomasa.duenas at asm.ca.gov; jaspreet.johl at asm.ca.gov; david.scheidt at asm.ca.gov; crystal.quezada at asm.ca.gov; tony.bui at asm.ca.gov Phone numbers for Appropriations Committee members Lorena S. Gonzalez (Chair) 916-319-2080 Frank Bigelow (Vice Chair) 916-319-2005 Richard Bloom (author AB 2844) 916-319-2050 Susan A. Bonilla 916-319-2014 Rob Bonta 916-319-2018 Ian C. Calderon 916-319-2057 Ling Ling Chang 916-319-2055 Tom Daly 916-319-2069 Susan Talamantes Eggman 916-319-2013 James Gallagher 916-319-2003 Eduardo Garcia 916-319-2056 Roger Hern?ndez 916-319-2048 Chris R. Holden 916-319-2041 Brian W. Jones 916-319-2071 Jay Obernolte 916-319-2033 Bill Quirk 916-319-2020 Miguel Santiago 916-319-2053 Donald P. Wagner 916-319-2068 Shirley N. Weber 916-319-2079 Jim Wood 916-319-2002 Contact YOUR Assembly member: Click to find: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov Here are emails for the Sacramento Area Assembly members: Kevin McCarty Assemblymember.McCarty at assembly.ca.gov Jim Cooper assemblymember.cooper at assembly.ca.gov Ken Cooley assemblymember.cooley at assembly.ca.gov Bill Dodd assemblymember.Dodd at assembly.ca.gov Beth Gaines assemblymember.gaines at assembly.ca.gov For more information: Sacramento at jvp.org; SabeelSacramento at gmail.com; 916-769-1641 To subscribe or unsubscribe: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Mon May 9 19:33:36 2016 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 19:33:36 -0700 Subject: Take action to stop AB 2844 - Support our right to boycott and challenge Israel's abuses Message-ID: If you have not already, please take action now to help stop AB 2844, which seeks to silence those who challenge Israel?s abuses of human rights and violations of international law. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee will hear this bill this Wednesday, May 11, 2016 ? so please take action now! ? Please click to send a letter. ? Please call any or all the members of Appropriations Committee and ask them to vote against this bill: click for more info. Phone numbers for Appropriations Committee members Lorena S. Gonzalez (Chair) 916-319-2080 Frank Bigelow (Vice Chair) 916-319-2005 Richard Bloom (author AB 2844) 916-319-2050 Susan A. Bonilla 916-319-2014 Rob Bonta 916-319-2018 Ian C. Calderon 916-319-2057 Ling Ling Chang 916-319-2055 Tom Daly 916-319-2069 Susan Talamantes Eggman 916-319-2013 James Gallagher 916-319-2003 Eduardo Garcia 916-319-2056 Roger Hern?ndez 916-319-2048 Chris R. Holden 916-319-2041 Brian W. Jones 916-319-2071 Jay Obernolte 916-319-2033 Bill Quirk 916-319-2020 Miguel Santiago 916-319-2053 Donald P. Wagner 916-319-2068 Shirley N. Weber 916-319-2079 Jim Wood 916-319-2002 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Thu May 12 12:46:26 2016 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:46:26 -0700 Subject: Protest Israel apartheid this Sunday May 15 and other Nakba events Message-ID: ? Sunday, May 15, 2016, 12:30pm: Protest the annual Israel lobby? s Celebrating Israel event. There is nothing to celebrate about Israel?s destroying Palestinian homes, kidnapping Palestinian children, stealing Palestinian land for its illegal settlements, extrajudicial killings, torturing Palestinian political prisoners, denying equal rights to its Palestinian citizens, denying refugees their right to return, deadly blockade and siege on Gaza, or any other of apartheid Israel's violations of international law or human rights. Raley Field, 5th St. & Ballpark Dr., West Sacramento. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com. Share on Facebook. ? Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4 - 6pm, Vigil for Palestinian rights. End U.S. aid to Israel. & Boycott companies aiding Israel's abuses . Sign petitions for Palestinian rights . 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157. ? Tuesday, May 17, 7pm, Film: On the Side of the Road . The story of those who fought to erase Palestine and created an Israeli landscape of denial. Southside Park Co-Housing 434 T (behind 440 T), Sacramento FMI: sacramento at jewishvoiceforpeace.org; 916-769-1641. Share on Facebook. ? TAKE ACTION: If you have not already, tell California Assemblymembers to oppose AB 2844, a bill that tries to silence those who challenge Israel?s abuses. Click for details. ? Tuesday, May 31, 7pm, North America Nakba Tour : The Exiled Palestinians. Stateless Palestinians from the Camps in Lebanon tell their stories. 909 12th St. Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157 Share on Facebook. ? Support Palestinian rights: Sign petitions & take actions www.sacbds.org/petitions To subscribe or unsubscribe or for questions or comments, please email: SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com Mon May 23 15:18:46 2016 From: palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com (palestinianrightssacregion at list.omsoft.com) Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 15:18:46 -0700 Subject: Action needed this week to stop anti-Palestinian rights activism bill AB 2844 Message-ID: If you have not taken action, please do and please ask others to do the same: Protect free speech & economic activism: Help stop AB 2844! Make your calls & send your emails before this Friday, May 27! AB 2844 threatens to penalize protected free speech of those who oppose Israel?s well-documented human rights abuses against Palestinians as they participate in economic activism pressure Israel to comply with international law. AB 2844 could be decided on this Friday, May 27 in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, so your calls and emails are needed now. Click for contact phones & emails & more info or see below. If you are able to attend the may 27 hearing, please email SacReg4PalestinianRights at gmail.com and we will follow-up with you. If you can only make one call, call committee Chair Lorena Gonzales 916-319-2080: Ask her to prevent AB 2844 from moving forward in her capacity as Chair of the Appropriations Committee. You can simply say you oppose the bill or give her your reasons for opposing: ? AB 2844 is a costly and unconstitutional attack on free speech. ? Boycotts are a legitimate forms of political expression ? AB 2844 singles out the grassroots movement for justice in Palestine, attempting to silence those who oppose Israel?s well-documented violations of human rights and international law. ? Even as amended AB 2844 still unconstitutionally chills protected free speech. ? AB 2844 and bills like it that do the bidding of the Israel lobby are a waste of your California taxpayer dollars. ? Click for more talking points Phone numbers for Appropriations Committee members Lorena S. Gonzalez (Chair) 916-319-2080 Frank Bigelow (Vice Chair) 916-319-2005 Richard Bloom (author AB 2844) 916-319-2050 Susan A. Bonilla 916-319-2014 Rob Bonta 916-319-2018 Ian C. Calderon 916-319-2057 Ling Ling Chang 916-319-2055 Tom Daly 916-319-2069 Susan Talamantes Eggman 916-319-2013 James Gallagher 916-319-2003 Eduardo Garcia 916-319-2056 Roger Hern?ndez 916-319-2048 Chris R. Holden 916-319-2041 Brian W. Jones 916-319-2071 Jay Obernolte 916-319-2033 Bill Quirk 916-319-2020 Miguel Santiago 916-319-2053 Donald P. Wagner 916-319-2068 Shirley N. Weber 916-319-2079 Jim Wood 916-319-2002 Copy and paste the Appropriations Committee member emails into your message: Chair Lorena Gonzales: assemblymember.gonzalez at assembly.ca.gov assemblymember.bigelow at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bloom at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bonilla at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.bonta at assembly. ca.gov; assemblymember.calderon at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.chang at assembly. ca.gov; assemblymember.daly at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.Eggman at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.gallagher at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.eduardogarcia at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.hernandez at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.holden at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.jones at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.obernolte at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.quirk at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.santiago at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.wagner at assembly.ca.gov; assemblymember.weber at assembly. ca.gov; assemblymember.wood at assembly.ca.gov Copy and paste these Appropriations Committee staff emails into the cc: Chuck.Nicol at asm.ca.gov; katie.masingale at asm.ca.gov; guy.strahl at asm.ca.gov; sonja.palladino at asm.ca.gov; evan.corder at asm.ca.gov; ryan.pierini at asm.ca.gov; christopher.finarelli at asm.ca.gov; david.miller at asm.ca.gov; gustavo.medina at asm.ca.gov; katja.townsend at asm.ca.gov; emmanuel.martinez at asm.ca.gov; evan.mclaughlin at asm.ca.gov; erica.martinez at asm.ca.gov; nicholas.liedtke at asm.ca.gov; ted.blanchard at asm.ca.gov; joshua.hoover at asm.ca.gov; tomasa.duenas at asm.ca.gov; jaspreet.johl at asm.ca.gov; david.scheidt at asm.ca.gov; crystal.quezada at asm.ca.gov; tony.bui at asm.ca.gov Please take action now! Reminder: Tuesday, May 31 North America Nakba Tour: The Exiled Palestinians: Stateless Palestinians from the Refugee Camps in Lebanon tell their stories Tuesday, May 31, 2016 909 12th St. Sacramento FMI: 916-873-6619 On May 14, 1948, as Zionist leader David Ben Gurion was proclaiming a Jewish state in Palestine, his troops drove out the inhabitants of the ancient Palestinian town of al-Zeeb. Eighteen year-old Mariam Fathalla was one of them. Now 86 years old, Mariam has spent the last 68 years in crowded, makeshift refugee camps in Lebanon. She has raised three generations, all waiting to return to Palestine. Israel does not allow them to visit their homes, much less live there. She and a younger Palestinian refugee will share their experiences of exile and hopes for return. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: