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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please take action and share this alert:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'><a href="https://sac4palestine.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/protect-free-speech-economic-activism-alert-for-website-updated-6-12-16.pdf">Protect free speech & economic activism: Help stop AB 2844!</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black","sans-serif"'> <br></span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>(Last updated 6-12-16 – Check back for further updates)<br></span><b><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br></span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> CA Assembly bill </span><a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>AB 2844</span></a><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> 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.<br></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'> TAKE ACTION NOW:</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> <br>Call or email your CA state Senator and </span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>members of the Judiciary Committee – </span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>see contact info below.<b> You can simply state your opposition to </b>AB 2844 or use the talking points below. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>The CA Senate Judiciary Committee will hear the bill on Tuesday, June 28, 1:30pm. Please contact </span><a href="mailto:SabeelSacramento@gmail.com"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>SabeelSacramento@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> if you can attend the hearing and/or help with lobbying.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-indent:.5in'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'>Contact information:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>You can find your State Senator member here:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> </span><a href="http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sacramentans:</span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> For those who live in the Sacramento Area, our State Senator is Richard Pan. Email him at </span><a href="mailto:senator.Pan@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>senator.Pan@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> or </span><a href="http://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact/email"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>click here</span></a><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> to email him through his website. You can also call him at <span style='color:#333333;background:white'>(916) 262-2904 or send a fax (916) 914-2179. Tweet:</span></span> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrPanMD"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@DrPanMD</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>►</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Members of Senate Judiciary Committee:<br><br></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Send one message to the Judiciary Committee by cutting and pasting their emails</span></b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Jackson@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Jackson@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Moorlach@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Moorlach@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Anderson@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Anderson@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; </span><a href="mailto:senator.Hertzberg@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>senator.Hertzberg@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>; <br></span><a href="mailto:Senator.Leno@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Senator.Leno@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>; </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Monning@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Monning<span style='background:white'>@senate.ca.gov</span></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>;</span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Wieckowski@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.<span style='background:white'>Wieckowski@senate.ca.gov</span></span></a><br><br><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Or contact each Committee member separately:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://senate.ca.gov/sd19"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#A30C1F;background:white;text-decoration:none'>Hannah-Beth Jackson Chair</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Jackson@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Jackson@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <span style='background:white'> </span></span><a href="http://sd19.senate.ca.gov/send-e-mail"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Click to email thru website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone:</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:white'>916-651-4019. Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SenHannahBeth"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>@SenHannahBeth</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><br><br></span><a href="http://district37.cssrc.us/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>John M. W. Moorlach</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Moorlach@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Moorlach@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. </span><a href="http://district37.cssrc.us/content/my-offices"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click to email thru website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>Phone:</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#333333;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>916-651-4037. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:#333333;background:white'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333;background:white'>916-651-4937. Tweet </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorMoorlach"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@SenatorMoorlach</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><a href="http://district38.cssrc.us/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Joel Anderson</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Anderson@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Anderson@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. <a href="http://district38.cssrc.us/content/email-joel">Click to email thru website</a>. Phone: 916-651-4038. Fax 916-691-4938. Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/JoelAndersonCA"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:#F5F8FA'>@JoelAndersonCA</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><a href="http://sd18.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Robert M. Hertzberg</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: <span style='background:white'> </span></span><a href="mailto:senator.Hertzberg@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>senator.Hertzberg@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Phone:</span></strong><span style='color:#333333'> 916 651-4018</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Fax:</span></strong><span style='background:white'> 916-651-4918</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="http://sd18.senate.ca.gov/contact/email"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click to email thru website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/SenateHertzberg"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@SenateHertzberg</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><br><br></span><a href="http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Mark Leno</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: <span style='background:white'> </span></span><a href="mailto:Senator.Leno@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Senator.Leno@senate.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>. Phone: <span style='color:#333333'>916-651-4011. Fax: </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>916-651-4911. </span><a href="http://sd11.senate.ca.gov/contact"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click to email thru website.</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/MarkLeno"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@MarkLeno</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'><br><br></span><a href="http://sd17.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Bill Monning</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Monning@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.Monning<span style='background:white'>@senate.ca.gov</span></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>. </span><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone:</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>916-651-4017. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:</span></strong></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>916 651-4917. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="http://sd17.senate.ca.gov/send-e-mail"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click to email thru website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/billmonning"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;background:#F5F8FA'>@<span class=u-linkcomplex-target>billmonning</span></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><a href="http://sd10.senate.ca.gov/"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>Bob Wieckowski</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: </span><a href="mailto:Senator.Wieckowski@senate.ca.gov"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Senator.<span style='background:white'>Wieckowski@senate.ca.gov</span></span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";background:white'>. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone: </span></strong><span style='color:black'>916-651-4010. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fax:</span></strong> 916-651-4910</span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><a href="http://sd10.senate.ca.gov/contact/email"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click to email thru website</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>. Tweet: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/BobWieckowskiCA"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@BobWieckowskiCA</span></a><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:red'>Sample talking points:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The following points apply to AB 2844 as introduced. The bill was significantly amended by the Assembly Appropriations committee in May, removing the most egregious points. However, the author has stated his intention to reinsert language during the Senate proceedings in a way to accomplish its original intention. Therefore the following are still of great concern:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> AB 2844 </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>violates the First Amendment of the Constitution.<br></span><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> AB 2844 </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>seeks to penalize <span style='color:black'>companies who choose not to do business with Israel as a means of <br>suppressing those </span>who oppose the Israeli government’s well-documented abuses. It </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> You</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>r 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. And California legislators need to be on the right side of history and not be bullied by the Israel lobby to defend Israel’s abuses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> 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 Sout</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>h Africa and supporting the civil rights movement in this country.<span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> Contrary to the claims of AB 2844’s author, Assemblymember Richard Bloom, the tactics of BDS are NOT being used to “attack Jews” or </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>“destroy the state of Israel” – they are being employed by those supporting Palestinian human rights to end Israel’s abuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>●</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'> AB 2844 is an attempt to silence those many Jews, including Jewish Voice for Peace, and many others who support using BDS as a to</span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>ol to end Israel’s occupation and other violations of Palestinian rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Support Palestinian rights: Sign petitions & take actions <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/petitions">www.sacbds.org/petitions</a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>