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Defeat Reactionary Ill. Law to Censor Human Rights Advocacy</h1><div class="" style="border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,Helvetica,'Nimbus Sans L',sans-serif;color:rgb(119,119,119);font-size:12px;line-height:24px">
<span class="" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Posted on</span> <a href="http://english.sxu.edu/sites/kirstein/archives/11800" title="10:49 am" rel="bookmark" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(119,119,119)"><span class="" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">March 4, 2014</span></a> <span class="" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">by</span> <span class="" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><a class="" href="http://english.sxu.edu/sites/kirstein/archives/author/administrator" title="View all posts by Peter Kirstein" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(119,119,119)">Peter Kirstein</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">From:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small">  <<a href="mailto:asastaff@theasa.net">asastaff@theasa.net</a>></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Sent:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"> Tuesday, March 04, 2014 9:35 AM</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">To:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"> ASA Staff</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br>
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Subject:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:small"> ACTION ALERT– Immediate Action Needed: Stop Passage of Bill in IL State Legislature to Defund Public Universities because of Faculty Political Speech</span><p style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
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<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:calibri,sans-serif;font-size:medium"> </span></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">ACTION ALERT</b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Immediate Action Needed: Stop Passage of Bill in IL State Legislature to Defund Public Universities because of Faculty Political Speech</b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,51);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">IL State Senator Ira Silverstein has introduced a bill -</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span>[/owa/]<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">SB 3017</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(66,6,255);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">-(</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://legiscan.com/IL/text/SB3017/2013">http://legiscan.com/IL/text/SB3017/2013</a>)</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> that would prohibit public universities and colleges from using any state funds on groups that have made statements in support of, or that participate in boycotts of Israeli academic institutions.  Universities that do so would lose all of their state funding for that year. For instance, state aid could not be used for travel, lodging or membership dues for a faculty member attending the conference of an academic association that made a statement in support of a boycott of Israel. This law will lay the groundwork for other attempts to silence debate and opposition on other controversial issues.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><a href="http://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/campaigns/academic-freedom" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(116,51,153)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Legislation similar to this has been introduced in New York and Maryland and in the U.S. Congress</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">, and in some states non-binding resolutions have also been brought to the legislative bodies. These are all part of an effort to target and punish the American Studies Association (ASA) because it recently passed a resolution endorsing an academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Wherever these bills are being introduced, they are being met with active campaigns</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">challenging the constitutionality</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">of the legislation. </span></span></div>
</div><div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"></div><div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Things in the IL legislature are moving quickly. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">T</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">he Higher Education Committee of the State Senate will hold a hearing on this bill as early as</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">TODAY, Tuesday March 4, 2014</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">. </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Even though time is short, we need to make sure the members of that committee hear from as many people as possible. </span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(255,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Now is the time for action! This assault on free speech and academic freedom must be stopped today! </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><br>
</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">WHAT CAN YOU DO?:</b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">1) Contact your State Senators that are members of the Higher Education Committee.</i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration:underline">See a list of Committee members’ contact information and Talking Points below.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">If you don’t know your State Senator,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="http://www.elections.il.gov/districtlocator/addressfinder.aspx" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(116,51,153)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">click here and type in your address</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">to find out.</span></span></li>
</ul><div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">2)  </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">If your State Senator is not in the Higher Education Committee,</i></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">contact, in this order:</i></b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)">·</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small">        </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">FIRST:  State Senate President, John Cullerton (D).</i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">CALL</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(217) 782-2728</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:medium">.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)">·</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small">        </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">SECOND: Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, Senator Michael W. Frerichs (D).</i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">CALL</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(217)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">782-2507</i></b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">.</i></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </i></b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">3) Help spread the word.</i></b></span></span></div>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)">·</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Try to get this information to people throughout the state…it important that this be a state-wide effort.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)">·</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-size:xx-small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif">Send a letter to the editor in your local paper to express your opposition to this legislation.</span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">TELL STATE SENATORS:</b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small">I am calling to oppose the Higher Education Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3017.</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">This amendment proposes that the legislature defund an Illinois state university which provides funds for membership, travel or lodging for any employee to attend activities of an academic entity which has issued a public resolution or statement supporting boycotting a country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) or higher education institutions in that country.</i></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"> </span></div>
<ul style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px 0px 24px 1.5em;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:square"><li style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">This bill is unconstitutional because the Supreme Court has ruled that boycotts are protected First Amendment activities.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">The State cannot deny funding to universities because certain legislators don’t like the views that faculty and staff are expressing through protected First Amendment activities like boycotts.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Legislative intrusion in academic decision-making undermines academics’ abilities to associate and exchange views with their colleagues.</span></span></li>
<li style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif">It is fiscally irresponsible and unconstitutional to condition funding for the Illinois university system on the university’s censorship of academic associations’ political viewpoints.</span></span></li>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:black;font-family:helveticaneue,'helvetica neue',helvetica,arial,'lucida grande',sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION:</b></span></span></div>
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<td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Illinois Senate Higher Education Committee:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><a href="http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=1219" target="_blank" style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(116,51,153)"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=1219</b></span></a></td>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Chair: Senator Michael W. Frerichs (D)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">52nd District </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">note: former teacher)</i></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office (217) 782-2507</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 45 E. University Avenue, Suite 206</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Champaign, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  61820</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Vice Chair:</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Pat McGuire (D)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">43rd District</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">note: former teacher and school board member)</i></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office (217) 782-8800</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 2200 Weber Road</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Crest Hill, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  60403</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Daniel Biss</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">D)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">9th District </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(note: lives in Evanston – former U of C math professor)</i></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office (217) 782-2119</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 3706 Dempster Street</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Skokie, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  60076</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Melinda Bush</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(D) 31st District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office (217) 782-7353</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 10 North Lake Street, Suite 112,</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Grayslake, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  60030</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Dan Kotowski</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(D) 28th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-3875</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 350 S. Northwest Highway, Suite 300</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Park Ridge, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  60068</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Kimberly A. Lightford</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(D) 4th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-8505</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office:  10001 West Roosevelt Rd Suite 202</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Westchester, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  60154</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Andy Manar</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(D) 48th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-0228</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office 103 West Main Street P.O. Box 33</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Staunton, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  62088</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator John M. Sullivan (D)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">47th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-2479</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office 926 Broadway, Suite 6</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Quincy, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  62301</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Chapin Rose (R)</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"> </b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">51st District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office: (217) 558-1006</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office 510 S. Staley Road, Suite D</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Champaign, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  61822</span></div>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><td valign="top" width="798" style="background-color:transparent;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(231,231,231);padding:6px 24px;vertical-align:baseline">
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator David S. Luechtefeld (R</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">) 58th District</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">(</i></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><i style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">note: former teacher)</i></b></span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-8137</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office 700 North Front Street</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Okawville, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> 62271</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Wm. Sam McCann</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(R) 50th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-8206</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 221 Dunlap Court</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Jacksonville, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  62650</span></div>
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<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"><b style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Senator Kyle McCarter</b></span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">(R) 54th District</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">CALL Springfield Office:  (217) 782-5755</span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">District Office: 310 W. Gallatin</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small"> </span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:red;font-size:small">Vandalia, IL</span><span style="background-color:transparent;border:0px;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:small">  62471</span></div>
</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Robert Naiman<br>Policy Director<br>Just Foreign Policy<br><a href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a><br>
<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><div><span style="text-align:left">(202) 448-2898, extension 1</span><br></div><div><span style="text-align:left"><br></span></div>
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