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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'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red;background:white'>TAKE ACTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>On Tuesday (1/29/19), the Senate passed S 1, a bill that included provisions <a href="https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rights-protesters/congress-trying-use-spending-bill-criminalize-boycotts-israel-and">criminalizing our right to boycott</a>, which were put in the bill to try to stop the boycott movement against Israel’s apartheid and human rights abuses.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>You can thank California’s Senators <a href="https://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact">Feinstein</a> and <a href="https://www.harris.senate.gov/contact">Harris</a> for voting against S 1. Tell them you want our right to boycott protected and that you also object to the $38 billion in aid for Israel that was included in S 1.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Now we need to contact our representatives</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'> in the House and ask them to voice their opposition to S 1’s companion bill <a href="https://israelpalestinenews.org/mccaul-introduces-house-bill-to-give-israel-billions-of-dollars-combat-bds/">HR 336</a> or any bill that would take away our right to boycott and to the $38 billion in aid for Israel that is included in HR 336.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Call or email your representative <a href="https://matsui.house.gov/contact"><span style='color:blue'>Matsui</span></a>, <a href="https://bera.house.gov/connect-with-me/email-ami"><span style='color:blue'>Bera</span></a>, <a href="https://garamendi.house.gov/contact/email"><span style='color:blue'>Garamendi</span></a>, <a href="https://mcnerney.house.gov/contact">McNearny</a>, <a href="https://lamalfa.house.gov/contact">LaMalfa</a>, others and Speaker of the House <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/contact/"><span style='color:blue'>Nancy Pelosi</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>All members of Congress can be reached through the Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>UPCOMING EVENTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white'>Sunday, Feb 10</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>, 2019, 10:30am, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/364373394374241"><span style='color:blue'>Protest the Pro-Israel lobby AIPAC annual event</span></a> in Sacramento at the downtown Hyatt Regency, 1209 L St. Learn how the Israeli lobby spies on and tries to smear U.S. citizens and buy their elected officials. Watch The Lobby: <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see/25876"><span style='color:blue'>Episodes 1 & 2</span></a> – <a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-final-episodes-al-jazeera-film-us-israel-lobby/25896"><span style='color:blue'>Episodes 3 & 4</span></a> . FMI: <a href="mailto:SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com">SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white'>Monday, Feb 11</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>, 2019, 6pm, Discussion Series: <a href="https://www.pcusastore.com/Products/2646618001/why-palestine-matters-the-struggle-to-end-colonialism.aspx"><span style='color:blue'>Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism</span></a>. Fahs Room, Unitarian Universalists 2425 Sierra Blvd. Sacramento. FMI: Unionhackett@comcast.net, 916-716-3827.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Tuesday, Feb 19</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, 2019, 4 - 6pm, Monthly Vigil for Palestinian rights. End the Siege on Gaza. <a href="http://www.aidtoisrael.org/section.php?id=379"><span style='color:blue'>End U.S. aid to Israel.</span></a> & <a href="http://www.sacbds.org/products"><span style='color:blue'>Boycott companies aiding Israel's abuses</span></a>. 16th & J, Sacramento. 916-448-7157.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Sunday, Feb 24</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, 2019, 1pm, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/336914030366656/"><span style='color:blue'>Countering Repression of Activists</span></a>: Protecting our right to dissent and boycott. UCD Prof Sunaina Maira and former Students for Justice in Palestine president Marcell Obeid address attempts to silence students and faculty who have organized for Palestinian rights and what this means for all efforts to challenge injustice. <br>Click for Maira's book </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'><a href="https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520294899/boycott">Boycott: The Academy and Justice for Palestine</a></span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>. <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white'>Obeid is interviewed in </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://electronicintifada.net/content/watch-film-israel-lobby-didnt-want-you-see/25876"><span style='background:white'>The Lobby</span></a><span style='color:black;background:white'> series. <br></span></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Doors open 12:30pm for refreshments. Arden Dimick Library, 891 Watt, Sacramento. FMI: 916-448-7157; <a href="mailto:SacPeace@dcn.org">SacPeace@dcn.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Tuesday, Feb 26</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, 2019, 6pm, Discussion Series: <a href="https://www.pcusastore.com/Products/2646618001/why-palestine-matters-the-struggle-to-end-colonialism.aspx">Why Palestine Matters: The Struggle to End Colonialism</a>. Fahs Room, Unitarian Universalists 2425 Sierra Blvd. Sacramento. FMI: Unionhackett@comcast.net, 916-716-3827.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'>SAVE THE DATE: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sunday, May 5, 2019. Protest the annual Celebrating Israeli apartheid event. Time & location TBA.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#006600'>Please do not reply to this email, send any questions, requests to subscribe or unsubscribe to SacReg4PalestinianRights@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:8.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div></body></html>