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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><b>Please sign & share <a href="http://fosna.nationbuilder.com/srt_g4s">the petition</a></b> asking Sacramento Regional Transit (Sac RT) to <u>not</u> extend its contract with <a href="http://sacridehuman.org/jvp-report">human rights-violating G4S</a>. G4S, the largest private security company in the world, <a href="http://www.sacridehuman.org/g4s-fact-sheet">is complicit in and profiting from violation of human rights and international law around the globe. </a> Churches, foundations, colleges and universities have <a href="http://sacridehuman.org/who">divested from and refused to contract with G4S</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'><br><a href="http://www.ebony.com/news-views/1000-black-activists-artists-and-scholars-demand-justice-for-palestine-403#axzz3jCGknK1O">1000 Black activists, artists and scholars</a> have recently called for join struggle again G4S, because “<span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>G4S harms thousands of Palestinian political prisoners<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://www.palestinecampaign.org/campaign/prisoners/"><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>illegally held in Israel</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#45B33D;background:white;text-decoration:none'> </span></span></a><span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>and hundreds of Black and brown<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://www.djj.state.fl.us/programs-facilities/residential-facilities"><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>youth held in its privatized juvenile prisons</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'> </span></span><span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>in the US. The corporation profits from incarceration and deportation from the US and Palestine,</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/22/g4s-convictions-deaths-employees-racial-overtones"><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>to the UK</span></a><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/13/south-african-prisoners-sue-g4s-over-torture-claims"><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>South Africa</span></a><span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>, and<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/23/manus-security-firm-g4s-responsible-for-february-violence-says-law-centre"><span style='color:#0070C0;background:white'>Australia</span></a><span style='color:#2A2A2A;background:white'>.” <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:1.0in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in;line-height:130%'><b>Here’s more you can do:<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:130%'>- Like & share our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Sac-RT-Riders-4-Human-Rights-NO-G4S-SacRideHuman-767941923331735/timeline">Facebook page</a> <br>- Send a personal message to the <a href="http://www.sacrt.com/rtboard.stm">Sac RT Board.</a><br>- Follow on Twitter @SacRideHuman.<br>- Add your group’s name to <a href="http://www.sacridehuman.org/rt-letter">the letter to the RT Board</a> – email <a href="mailto:SacRideHuman@gmail.com">SacRideHuman@gmail.com</a><br>- Help distribute handouts at your school, work, place of worship, and other locations: <a href="mailto:SacRideHuman@gmail.com">SacRideHuman@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='margin-left:.5in'>Learn more at: <a href="http://www.SacRideHuman.org">www.SacRideHuman.org</a> <br><b><br></b>NOTE: This campaign is directed at G4S, not its local workers. They deserve to be rehired by a company that does not violate human rights and their right to organize must be guaranteed.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><br>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:red;background:white'>Voices from Palestine: Two Women tell their Stories<br> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 7pm<br>First United Methodist Church<br>2100 J Street, Sacramento<br>FMI: SabeelSacramento@gmail.com</span></b><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'><br><br>Sahar Abbasi, </span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black'>a mother of four and deputy director of <a href="http://www.madaasilwan.org/">Madaa Silwan Creative Center</a> located in East Jerusalem will provide a firsthand account of <span style='background:white'>daily life under occupation and siege by the Israeli military.</span></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'> She will also talk about </span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black'>the impact of child arrests on the children as well as the larger community. Abbasi is on a U.S. tour hosted by the <a href="http://www.mecaforpeace.org/">Middle East Children’s Alliance</a>. <span style='background:white'><br><br></span>Journalist <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/profile/charlotte-silver.html">Charlotte Silver</a>, will talk about Gaza and the newly released anthology, Gaza Unsilenced. </span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Silver reported from the West Bank, Palestine for two years. She writes regularly for The Electronic Intifada and Al Jazeera English. Her work has appeared on The Nation, In These Times, VICE and Jacobin Magazine. </span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'> <b>Room Number 4: Photograph display <br></b></span><span style='font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif"'>Illustrating the violations of Palestinian children’s rights in East Jerusalem, Room No 4 <span style='color:black'>refers to the Israeli room at the Russian Compound in Jerusalem where the children are interrogated after they are arrested.</span> The staged photos are accompanied by written testimonies from the children themselves. Additional photos show the violations of children’s rights in Jerusalem from home demolitions to illegal settler violence. <br> Photographs from Gaza will also be displayed.</span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>---------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:150%;background:white'><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Please</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'> <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions"><span style='font-weight:normal'>sign new petitions</span></a> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>for Palestinian rights:</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'><br> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>►</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'> <a href="https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-illegal-separation-barrier-wallwillfall#petition-letter?utm_source=Copy+of+Advocacy+Alert_Stop+separation+barrier&utm_campaign=+Action+Alert&utm_medium=email"><span style='color:purple'>S</span><span style='color:purple'>top the illegal Separation Barrie</span><span style='color:#006A80'>r</span></a>.<br> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>►</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'> Tell Congress:</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:red'> </span></b></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:red'><a href="http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/50601/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=17462"><span style='color:red'>Stand against forced displacement</span><span style='color:#006A80'>.</span></a><br> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#545454'>►</span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'> </span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'> <a href="http://act.rootsaction.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=11627&tag=ETO150916&track=ETO150916">No Weapons for Israel<span style='color:#006A80'>.</span></a></span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#545454'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>---------------------------</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:red'>Support Palestinian rights: <a href="http://sacbds.org/products/">don't buy products</a> from or <a href="http://wedivest.org/">invest in</a> companies that support Israel’s occupation & apartheid.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Maiandra GD","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>---------------------------</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To subscribe, unsubcribe or for questions, please email: SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>