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DESCRIPTION:Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff Friday at 9am PT to 
 hear updates from Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact our elected 
 officials and call for an immediate ceasefire. Our elected officials need 
 to keep hearing from 
 us.\n\n=================================================================\n\nCALL 
 TO ACTION\n\nContact the White House, your Senators and Representative and 
 urge them to:\n1) Enact a total arms embargo on Israel to stop US weapons & 
 funding to Israel immediately\n2) Urge your Senators to cosponsor & vote 
 yes on S.J.Res.111 through S.J.Res.116. (These are Joint Resolutions of 
 Disapproval that have been introduced by Senator Bernie Sanders to halt the 
 new $20 billion in US taxpayer-funded arms transfers to Israel proposed by 
 the White House.)\n3) Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.R.9649 - The 
 UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2024\n\nWhite House Comment 
 Line\nOpen Tuesday-Thursday 11am-3pm EST\n(202) 456-1111 or (202) 
 456-1414\nEmail Contact Page: 
 https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/\n\nSenator Alex Padilla\n(202) 224-3553 
 DC office\nIf voicemail box is full, try Senator Padilla's other office 
 locations: (415) 981-9369 San Francisco office; (916) 448-2787 Sacramento 
 office, (559) 497-5109 Fresno office; (310) 231-4494 LA office; (619) 
 239-3884 San Diego office\nEmail Contact Page: 
 https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/\n\nSenator Laphonza 
 Butler\n(202) 224-3841\nIf voicemail box is full, try Senator Butler's 
 other office locations: (415) 393-0707 San Francisco office; (310) 914-7300 
 LA office; (619) 231-9712 San Diego office; (559) 485-7430 Fresno 
 office\nhttps://www.butler.senate.gov/\n\nCongressional Switchboard\n(202) 
 224-3121\nContact your Representative: 
 https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative\n\n================================================================\n\nUS 
 Campaign for Palestinian Rights' ACTION TOOLKIT for CALL scripts and EMAIL 
 scripts:  
 http://bit.ly/StopGazaGenocide\n\n======================================================\n\nSIGN 
 this petition: 
 https://bit.ly/nabpetition\n\n========================================================\n\nLEARN 
 more about Palestine at:\n\n- https://palestineremembered.com/\n- 
 https://gazaunlocked.org/\n- https://wearenotnumbers.org/\n- 
 https://teachpalestine.org/\n- https://decolonizepalestine.com/\n- 
 https://nwttac.dci-palestine.org/\n- https://www.dci-palestine.org/\n- 
 https://visualizingpalestine.org/?blm_aid=247605126#visuals\n\n====================================================\n\nREAD 
 the following books:\n\n1) Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History by Nur 
 Masalha \n      
 https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/210337663/palestine/nur-masalha/\n2) 
 Palestine...it is something colonial by Dr. Hatem Bazian\n3) Free Ebooks: 
 https://www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/495-free-ebooks-for-a-free-palestine\n4) 
 Free Resources & Further Reading: 
 https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/solidarity-with-palestine-free-resources-and-further-reading\n 
 5) The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism 
 and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid 
 Khalidi\n====================================================\n\nWATCH the 
 following:\n\n1) "1948: Creation & Catastrophe" at 
 https://www.1948movie.com/\n2) "The Price of Oslo"\nEpisode 1: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ism-ctaSbw0\nEpisode 2: 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgFWEVQTeHM\n3) "Gaza Fights for Freedom" 
 at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnZSaKYmP2s\n4) ~16 minute YouTube video 
 of how Palestinians were expelled from their homes 
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVgjS98OsU\n5) ~9 minute YouTube video of 
 Nakba Timeline Map https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnLsVA0RYoQ\n\n 
 ==================================================================\n\nBOYCOTT:\n\nMcDonalds, 
 Domino's Pizza, Papa John's Pizza, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Starbucks\nHP, 
 Google, Intel, Amazon, Expedia, Airbnb, Booking.com, RE/MAX, Chevron, 
 Volvo\nPUMA, Sabra, SodaStream, ZARA, AHAVA, Marvel, Disney    \n\nNo 
 Thanks App: 
 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/no-thanks-app/id6476206516\n\nBoycat App: 
 https://www.boycat.io/\n\nBDS Movement: 
 https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide\n\nhttps://www.thereisalist.org/boycotts\n\nhttps://disoccupied.com/\n\n================================================================\n\nDIVEST:\n\nARE 
 THERE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS HIDDEN IN YOUR INVESTMENTS?: 
 https://investigate.info/\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/10/06/18869772.php
SUMMARY:Virtual Action Hour
LOCATION:Zoom\nhttps://afsc.org/events/action-hour-cease-fire-now
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/10/06/18869772.php
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