Virtual Action Hour for Palestine

Join American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) staff every Friday to hear updates on what's happening in Gaza. Then, take action with us as we contact Congress and call for a permanent cease-fire, arms embargo on Israel, and humanitarian access for Gaza. Our elected officials need to keep hearing from us!

Zoom
https://afsc.org/events/action-hour-palestine

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CALL TO ACTION

1) Email Congress: Let Aid In, Stop Forced Famine
https://bit.ly/letaidin

2) Tell Congress: Free Them All
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-congress-free-mahmoud-khalil/

3) Protect Ethnic Studies in California Schools
https://win.newmode.net/cairca/protectethnicstudiesincaliforniaschools

4) Contact the White House, your Senators and Representative and urge them to:

✅ [FOR SENATORS] Cosponsor & vote YES on S.898, a bill to restore funding for UNRWA
✅ [FOR REPRESENTATIVE] Cosponsor & vote YES on H.J.Res.68-71 & 83-86 to block weapons shipments to Israel
✅ [FOR REPRESENTATIVE] Cosponsor & vote YES on H.R.2411, a bill to restore funding for UNRWA. See whether your Representative has already co-sponsored H.R.2411 at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2411
✅ Publicly call for the immediate opening of ALL border crossings for unrestricted humanitarian aid entry into Gaza
✅ Publicly call for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent cease-fire and the complete withdrawal of the Israeli military from Gaza.
✅ The immediate end to the siege and the occupation of Gaza.
✅ Support an immediate arms embargo to suspend military funding and weapons to Israel


White House Comment Line
Open Tuesday & Thursday 11am-3pm EST
Comment Line (202) 456-1111
Switchboard (202) 456-1414
Email Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

Senator Alex Padilla
(202) 224-3553 DC office
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
Email Contact Page: https://www.padilla.senate.gov/contact/contact-form/

Senator Adam Schiff
(202) 224-3841 DC office
Email: Schiff_California [at] schiff.senate.gov
Website: https://www.schiff.senate.gov/

Congressional Switchboard
(202) 224-3121
Contact your Representative: https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

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FOR LOCAL ACTIONS (growing list gathered by USCPR):
https://uscpr.org/pro-palestine-protests/

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BOYCOTT

BDS Movement: https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

Boycat App: https://www.boycat.io/

No Appetite for Apartheid https://na4a.org/

BDS calls for Boycott of Microsoft Game Pass, Minecraft, Candy Crush, Call of Duty, new Xbox Consoles
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-for-boycott-of-microsoft


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DIVESTMENT

Learn about municipal strategies from the BNC - “Your city can join the BDS Movement”
https://bdsmovement.net/Your-City-Can-Join-The-BDS-Movement

Are There Human Rights Violations Hidden in Your Investments?
https://investigate.info/