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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="https://sacbds.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/had-enough-while-your-electeds-do-nothing1.pdf">Had Enough while your Electeds do Nothing as Israel Keeps Bombing Gaza?</a> -</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/644836485613716/?context=create&source=49"><span style='color:red'>Facebook</span></a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>They need to hear from and see us! Tell them to take action to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>- stop Israel’s massacres that have now killed over 2100 Gazans, mostly civilians including nearly 500 children. <br>- end the blockade that is choking the 1.7 million people of Gaza.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Here are 5 things you can do this week:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>1) </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="https://sacbds.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/had-enough-while-your-electeds-do-nothing1.pdf"><span style='color:red'>This Wednesday, August 27, 2014, 10am - 6pm,</span><span style='color:red'> </span><span style='color:red;font-weight:normal'>come for all or part of the one-day protest at the Federal Building, 501 I St. in downtown Sacramento. </span></a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/644836485613716/?context=create&source=49"><span style='color:red'>Share on Facebook.</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>We will vigil in front of the building and invite people to participate in: a die-in, reading names of those killed, and going to Matsui and Boxer’s offices to deliver letters, pictures of the bombing, names of victims, etc. We will also do call-ins to electeds in near-by districts, including: Garamendi, Bera, McNerney, LaMalfa, McClintock. Around 3:45pm, we will begin rallying as rush hour traffic picks up. Bring family, friends, co-workers, etc. Park at on-street meters in area & Old Sacramento or take lite rail to the Sacramento Valley station or local buses. <br> More info: Sacramento Regional Coalition Palestinian Rights: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2) Every day this week, Aug 25-29</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, please call President Obama and Congress and ask what they are doing to stop Israel from killing people in Gaza and to end the blockade. See contact info below or go to: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/contact" target="_blank">www.sacbds.org/contact</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<br><br><b>3) At least one day this week,</b> ask the manager of a local store to stop selling Israeli products. For a partial list of products sold at local stores, go to: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products" target="_blank">www.sacbds.org/products</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br>4) Sign all of the petitions for Palestine</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> at: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions" target="_blank">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. If you know of a petition that isn’t on this list, email it to: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:sacramentobds@gmail.com"><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>sacramentobds@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br><b>5) Every day this week, educate at least one person </b>about this issue: a family member, neighbor, friend, co-worker, classmate, etc. Tell them what is going on. Invite them to upcoming events, see events listed below and check <a href="http://www.sacpeace.org">www.sacpeace.org</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> for updates.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more info: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Contact info for Pres. Obama and Sacramento Congressional electeds:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>President Obama: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact">www.whitehouse.gov/contact</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'> 202-456-1111 or 202-456-1414<br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/offices/washington.cfm" target="_blank"><span class=yui3160114089165518296386><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Senator Barbara Boxer</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> – Email: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm">www.boxer.senate.gov/en/contact/policycomments.cfm</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>District: 916- 448-2787 - DC: 202- 224-3553 – Fax (202) 228-3865<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact" target="_blank"><span class=yui3160114089165518296388><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Senator Dianne Feinstein</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> – Email: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me">www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/e-mail-me</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>District: 415-393-0707. DC: 202- 224-3841 Fax: (202) 228-3954<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://matsui.house.gov/" target="_blank"><span class=yui3160114089165518296394><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Representative Doris Matsui</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> – Email: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui">www.matsui.house.gov/email-representative-matsui</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>District: (916) 498-5600; fax: (916) 444-6117. DC: (202) 225-7163 Fax: (202) 225-0566<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://garamendi.house.gov/" target="_blank"><span class=yui3160114089165518296397><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Representative John Garamendi</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> – Email: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.garamendi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me">www.garamendi.house.gov/contact-me/email-me</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>District: Phone: 530-753-5301; Fax: 530-753-5614. DC: (202) 225-1880; Fax: (202) 225-5914<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://bera.house.gov/" target="_blank"><span class=yui3160114089165518296401><span style='color:black;text-decoration:none'>Representative Ami Bera</span></span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> – Email: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.bera.house.gov/connect-with-me/email-ami">www.bera.house.gov/connect-with-me/email-ami</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>District: (916) 635-0505; Fax: (916) 635-0514. DC: (202) 225-5716; Fax: (202) 226-1298</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:11.4pt;background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>For all other representatives: <a href="http://www.house.gov/representatives/find">www.house.gov/representatives/find</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Upcoming events:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Monday, Aug. 25 - 29</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>,</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'> 2014 </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Save lives in Gaza: <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/contact">Contact President Obama & Congress</a>. <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/contact">Contact President Obama and Congress</a> everyday this week and ask what they are doing to end the U.S. support that enables Israel to bomb and blockade Gaza. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Monday, Aug. 25</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 3 - 5pm, Occupy Beale AFB stands with GAZA: Protest Israeli drones and other high-tech weapons that have killed so many civilians, U.S. military aid to Israel, and the U.S. drone warfare program. Please wear black. Beale AFB Wheatland gate, 3960 S. Beale Rd. @ Ostrom Rd, followed by potluck and camping at Main gate. FMI: Nevada County: 941-320-0291; Sacramento: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OccupyBealeAirForceBase">Facebook</a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Tuesday, Aug 26, </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2014, 6 - 8am, Occupy Beale AFB stands with GAZA: Protest Israeli drones and other high-tech weapons that have killed so many civilians, U.S. military aid to Israel, and the U.S. drone warfare program. Please wear black. Beale AFB Main gate, 4875 N. Beale Rd, Marysville. FMI: Nevada County: 941-320-0291; Sacramento: 916-284-0944, bbinks@comcast.net. This month's theme is GAZA.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OccupyBealeAirForceBase">Facebook</a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Wednesday, Aug 27</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 10am - 6pm, Day-long vigil & rally. <a href="https://sacbds.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/had-enough-while-your-electeds-do-nothing1.pdf">Had enough of your electeds doing nothing while Israel continues to bomb the people of Gaza?</a> Without U.S. support and political cover, Israel could not continue <a href="http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-pounds-gaza-killing-two-children-destroying-two-mosques-841402921">its siege and blockade of Gaza.</a> Federal Building, 501 I St, Sacramento. FMI: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Saturday, Aug 30</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/">Boycott SodaStream</a> Bannering and leafleting. SodaStream is made in an illegal Israeli settlement on stolen Palestinian land in violation of international law. Don't buy it; ask stores not to sell it. Location: sacramentobds@gmail.com. Sign petitions for Palestinian rights at: <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Sunday, Aug 31</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 2 - 4pm, Empowering Women in Palestine: Women's Perspectives of Forcible Displacement. A photo exhibit by women who live in the occupied West Bank and are severely targeted by Israeli home demolitions, settler violence, land theft and other violations of international law. A short documentary will also be shown. Room #9, Sierra 2, 2791 24th St. Sacramento. FMI: ozeirz23@gmail.com</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Wednesday, Sept 10</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 6:30pm, Film: <a href="http://www.villageunderforest.com/">The Village Under the Forest</a>, revealing the disturbing story of the forest paid for by Jews in South Africa to hide the Palestinian village of <a href="http://www.palestineremembered.com/Tiberias/Lubya/">Lubya</a> that was ethnically cleansed during the <a href="http://www.ifamericansknew.org/history/ref-nakba.html">Nakba</a>. Blanchard Rm, Public Library, 315, E 14th, Davis. FMI: 530-746-2168</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Saturday, Sept 13</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 7pm, Film: <a href="http://voicesacrossthedivide.com/documentary">Voices Across the Divide</a>. 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. Friends Meeting House, 890 57th St. Sacramento. FMI: sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Tuesday, Sept 16</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 4:30 - 6pm, End U.S. Aid to Israel. End the Occupations and U.S. Wars NOW! 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>Thursday, Sept 18</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>, 2014, 7pm, Film: <a href="http://voicesacrossthedivide.com/documentary">Voices Across the Divide</a>. 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. 716 N St. Sacramento. FMI: sacramento@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>