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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>►</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Saturday August 19, 2023, 9am.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <b>Film: </b></span><a href="https://www.gumfilms.com/projects/two-kids-day"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Two Kids a Day</span></b></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020'>On average, two Palestinian kids are arrested every night by the Israeli army. They are interrogated, tried, and sent to prison. <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>David Wachsmann’s documentary includes actual footage of Palestinian children being interrogated in Israel’s biased military courts.</span></strong> </span><a href="https://PalestineMuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a920851419e209a6827bc7ec4&id=667d984311&e=944f8a0a6c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#007C89'>Please </span></a><a href="https://PalestineMuseum.us18.list-manage.com/track/click?u=a920851419e209a6827bc7ec4&id=a90567ef6f&e=944f8a0a6c" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#007C89'>Click here to view the film trailer or register to see the film.</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020'> The film screening will be followed by a discussion with film director and producer.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h1 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:14.4pt;background:white'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>►</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020'>Sunday August 20, 2023, 9am. <a href="https://www.palestinemuseum.us/events/2023/francesca-albanese">Human Rights in Occupied Palestine</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></b></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'>UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt'>will discuss her recently submitted biennial report on human rights conditions in Palestine.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt'> </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cDr3cENbRtWXUOVCeV1jwA#/registration"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;letter-spacing:.15pt'>Click here</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:blue;letter-spacing:.15pt'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black;letter-spacing:.15pt'>to register. FMI: </span><a href="mailto:info@palestinemuseum.us?subject=Visit%20Palestine%20Museum%20US%2C%20Woodbridge%2C%20CT%2C%20USA"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;letter-spacing:.15pt;background:white'>info@PalestineMuseum.US </span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;letter-spacing:.15pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>► </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#202020'>Sunday, August 20, 2023, 12noon. Film: <a name="_Hlk143109680"></a><a href="https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/events/sun-08202023-1200/truth-lost-sea"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143109680'>The Truth: Lost at Sea</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143109680'><span style='font-weight:normal'>.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143109680'></span></a></span></b><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143109680'></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#202020'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In May 2010, an international flotilla of six unarmed civilian vessels, carrying citizens from dozens of countries (including the U.S.), defied Israel's complete naval blockade to deliver much needed construction materials and humanitarian aid to Gaza. Under the cover of darkness, the most powerful military force in the Middle East dispatched heavily armed commandos via speedboats and helicopters to seize the <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mavi Marmara</span></em>, resulting in the tragic deaths of ten activists. Register here</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#757575'>: </span><a href="https://voicesfromtheholyland.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8aed6d24bced328b8a6dea5a6&id=9387437b34&e=912a083177" target="_blank"><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#007C89;text-decoration:none'>Tinyurl.com/VFHL-August2023</span></strong></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#757575'>. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>FMI: </span><a href="mailto:vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#007C89'>vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#202020'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>► </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wednesday, August 23 10am-12noon. </span></b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=689964876488133&set=a.306588871492404"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Biased panel on antisemitism</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This<b> </b>panel, hosted by CA Superintendent of Education Tony Thurmond includes three speakers, at least two of whom represent organizations that conflate most criticism of Israel with antisemitism. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Send Superintendent Thurmond and the State Board of Education an email objecting to the bias of panel members. <br>Here is sample wording you can use or customize:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Superintendent Thurmond, I object to your hosting a panel addressing antisemitism that appears to only includes the viewpoint of the false and harmful position that most criticism of Israel constitutes antisemitism. This detracts from real antisemitism and seeks to silence those advocating for an end to Israel’s well-documented human rights abuses. Either cancel the panel or include panelists who oppose conflating criticism of Israel with antisemitism.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><a href="https://www3.cde.ca.gov/sbecontactform/sbecontactform1.aspx?m=allmembers"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Click here</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> to email the Board of Education. Send Thurmond an email to </span><a href="mailto:scheduler@cde.ca.gov" target="_blank" title="link to mailto:scheduler@cde.ca.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;background:white'>scheduler@cde.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;background:white'>.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><a href="mailto:GAD@cde.ca.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#CC9933;background:#DCEEFF'>GAD@cde.ca.gov</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Put Attention Superintendent Thurmond in the subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><a name="_Hlk143119528"><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>►</span></strong></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Thursday, August 24, 2023, 12:30pm. </span></b></span><a href="https://fb.me/e/3WfEN8pWE"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Palestine Today: A Young Person's Perspective</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;line-height:normal'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A luncheon and presentation with Adam Manasra, a 25 year old Palestinian from the Bethlehem village of Wadi Foquin.<b> </b><span style='color:black'>Adam will describe daily reality for young people in Palestine, including those in his threatened village. </span>In person luncheon RSVPs appreciated: 916.225.8511 (call or text) <b> </b>Sacramento Japanese United Methodist Church, 6929 Franklin Blvd. Sacramento. The presentation will be livestreamed: </span></span><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/bit.ly/44Vv9tG"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1'>bit.ly/44Vv9tG</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>. </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143119528'></span><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h4 style='margin-top:0in;line-height:15.0pt;background:#F7F9FB;vertical-align:baseline'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>► </span></strong><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal'>Tuesday August 29, 2023, 5pm. Tell google No tech for Israeli Apartheid at Google Cloud Conference</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal'> <o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:#F7F9FB;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal'>Demand an end to google’s deadly $1-billion Cloud contract with the Israeli government and military. Moscone Center, San Francisco. Click for </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/622896866625285"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal'>facebook</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal'>. Click for </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/notechforapartheidatnext/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-style:normal'>Action Network</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><h4 style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:15.0pt;background:#F7F9FB;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-style:normal'>More info: </span><a href="mailto:notech4apartheid@protonmail.com"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-style:normal'>notech4apartheid@protonmail.com</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#434343;letter-spacing:.75pt;font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'>Click to <a href="https://www.notechforapartheid.com/">sign petition</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>► </span></strong><a name="_Hlk143122457"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%'>September 30, 2023 </span></b></a><a href="https://gaza5k.org/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%'>UNWRA Gaza 5 k in San Mateo</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black'>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt;background:white'>The Gaza 5K is an annual family-friendly walk/run fundraiser hosted by </span></span><a href="https://unrwausa.org/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><strong><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#376092;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#376092;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;letter-spacing:.35pt;background:white;text-decoration:none'><span style='color:windowtext'>UNRWA USA</span></span></strong></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black'> <span style='letter-spacing:.35pt;background:white'>to help Palestine refugee children and families in the Gaza Strip impacted by mental health.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black;letter-spacing:.35pt;background:white'>If you are interested in being part of a Sacramento team or in organizing a local event, email: </span></span><a href="mailto:dlmandel@gmail.com"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'>dlmandel@gmail.com</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#222222'>Encourage your organization to be an </span></b></span><a href="https://afsc.org/apartheid-free-communities"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:106%'>Apartheid free community</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#222222'> </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;color:#222222'>and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people in their call for full and equal rights.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk143122457'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><a href="https://sac4palestine.org/">Sacramento Regional Coalition for Palestinian Rights</a> <br>(<a href="mailto:sacreg4palestinianrights@gmail.com">sacreg4palestinianrights@gmail.com</a>) <br><a href="http://www.Sac4Palestine.org">www.Sac4Palestine.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>