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BDS news: the UC Irvine student government unanimously <a
href="http://www.asuci.uci.edu/legislative/legislations/print.php?cnum=R48-15&gov_branch=ASUCI">passed
a resolution</a> calling on the University of California system
and UC Irvine Foundation to divest from a list of companies, from
Caterpillar to cement manufacturers to Raytheon, whose business
supports the occupation of Palestine.<br>
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Now they're trying to press their University to pay attention to
their demands, and are looking for support from elsewhere. <br>
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Their main public presence seems to be through their facebook page,
<b id="internal-source-marker_0.7928551549557596"
style="font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><a
href="http://www.facebook.com/IrvineDivest"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.facebook.com/IrvineDivest</span></a>
.</b><br>
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They have <a
href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dDgtaHRUY3ZSdFV2TUptZFdmOVJIeGc6MQ">an
on-line petition</a>, though it's written as from "the undersigned
UC Irvine students, faculty, and alumni", so we wouldn't simply sign
onto that. Perhaps we can compose our own letter as concerned
citizens. <br>
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At any rate, maybe AWARE can talk about this at our next meeting.
And if anyone feels moved to write to them individually I'm sure
they would welcome that, too!<br>
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<td>Support for UC Irvine</td>
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<td>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:56:55 -0800</td>
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<td>Sabreen Shalabi <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:sabreen395@gmail.com"><sabreen395@gmail.com></a></td>
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<td><a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:aware@anti-war.net"><aware@anti-war.net></a></td>
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<div dir="ltr"><b id="internal-source-marker_0.7928551549557596"
style="font-family:'Times New
Roman';font-size:medium;font-weight:normal"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear
Valued Ally,</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">My
name is Sabreen and I am a current Undergraduate student at
the University of California, Irvine. On November 13,2012 UC
Irvine was the first UC to pass a student resolution asking
for the university to divest from companies that are
profiting from the occupation of Palestine. This has been a
historical move, and we are currently trying to move forward
by gaining endorsements and letters of support, in an effort
to pressure the University. </span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Here
is the resolution: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.asuci.uci.edu/legislative/legislations/print.php?cnum=R48-15&gov_branch=ASUCI">http://www.asuci.uci.edu/legislative/legislations/print.php?cnum=R48-15&gov_branch=ASUCI</a></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We
would be very grateful if you could send a letter of
support, or sign on to the current letter that we have. </span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Thank
you so much,</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">in
solidarity,</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Sabreen</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span
class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:sabreen395@gmail.com"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">sabreen395@gmail.com</span></a><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">IrvineDivest
Campaign</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Like
and share Irvine Divest: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.facebook.com/IrvineDivest"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://www.facebook.com/IrvineDivest</span></a><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Follow
and retweet: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://twitter.com/irvinedivest"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">@irvinedivest</span></a><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">,
#irvinedivest</span><br>
<span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Check
out the website: </span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://irvinedivest.org/"><span
style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">irvinedivest.org</span></a></b><br
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