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!

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CALL TO ACTION

1) Urge Governor Newsom to Veto Classroom Censorship Bill AB 715
https://bit.ly/veto-ab715

2) Tell Congress: Support the Block the Bombs Act
https://actionnetwork.org/letters/block-the-bombs-act

3) Sign petition: Oakland Airport: End Complicity in Genocide!
https://www.codepink.org/oakland

4) Tell Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings to Dismantle the GHF
https://bit.ly/dissolve-ghf

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

✅ [FOR REPRESENTATIVE] Support & Cosponsor H.R.3565, the Block the Bombs Act
✅ [FOR SENATORS] Introduce & advance a Senate companion bill to the Block the Bombs Act (H.R.3565)
✅ 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
✅ Publicly call for 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 Monday thru Thursday 10am-3pm EST
Comment Line (202) 456-1111
Switchboard (202) 456-1414
Email Contact Page: https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

SCRIPT for White House:
https://act.mpowerchange.org/sign/call_the_white_house/

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

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BOYCOTT

Boycott TEVA Pharmaceuticals https://boycottteva.org/

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/

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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/