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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>UPDATE: Senator Richard Pan’s phone is <span style='background:white'>(916) 651-4006. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>You can also send him an email through his website: <a href="http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact">http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tell him criticizing Israel is NOT Anti-Semitism, no on SCR 35 as it is currently written.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><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 (916) 651-4906</b> and others on the Education Committee and tell them SCR 35 must be <span style='color:black'>voted down or amended</span> 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<i> </i>challenges the policies of any country. <br><br>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><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><a href="http://sedn.senate.ca.gov/">CA Senate Education Committee</a></span></b><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) 651-4<span style='color:#1F497D'>0</span>06<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;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><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>