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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Tomorrow, Wednesday, April 29, 2015, the Senate Education Committee</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> will consider <a href="http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/15-16/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/scr_35_bill_20150326_introduced.html">SCR 35</a>, yet another attempt to silence students who are challenging Israel’s violations of international law and human rights. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b>Call Sacramento-area state Senator Richard Pan </b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>(916) 651-4906</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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 </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>organize to freely discuss or engage in any legal speech or other activity that is critical of or<i> </i>challenges the policies of any country.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If you can, attend the hearing, 9am in <span style='color:black;background:white'>Hearing Room 4203 at the State Capitol, 1315 10th St., Sacramento</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>CA Senate Education Committee</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Senate Education Committee Staff Director Kathleen Chavira, (916) 651-4105<br>Senate Education Committee Chair Carol Liu, (916) 651-4025<br>Vice-Chair Senator Sharon Runner, (916) 651-4021<br>Senator Marty Block, (916) 651-4039<br>Senator Loni Hancock, (916) 651-4009<br>Senator Connie M. Leyva, (916) 651-4920<br>Senator Tony Mendoza, (916) 651-4932<br>Senator Bill Monning, (916) 651-4917<br>Senator Richard Pan,  (916) 651-4906<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator Andy Vidak,  (916) 651-4914</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>Other actions:  <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QHDXGJQOseTE5MImpI7cPSFJNOk8eDebm3wCAAe3zkw/viewform?c=0&w=1">Sign open letter opposing SCR 35.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>►<strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Tell your <a href="http://www.senate.gov/"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Senators</span></a> and Congressional <a href="http://www.house.gov/"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Representatives</span></a>, 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</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#545454;background:white'> </span></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>AIPAC-sponsored amendments to HR 825 (or other bills)</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#006A80;background:white'> </span></span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>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.  <a href="http://mondoweiss.net/2015/04/legislation-targeting-movement?utm_source=Mondoweiss+List&utm_campaign=5635e22e53-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b86bace129-5635e22e53-398537753"><span style='font-weight:normal'>Click for more information</span></a>.</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>