<div dir="ltr">update: I called the Springfield office number given below and got a voicemail telling me to give input through the website. <div><br></div><div>I looked up the Champaign number and called that. I spoked to a woman who said that the bill/amendment are indeed being considered today, at 4pm, and that they could be voted out of committee today. </div>
<div><br></div><div>She said that if people call the Champaign office she will forward the comments to Springfield before the hearing.</div><div><br></div><div>The Champaign number is 355.5252.</div><div><br></div><div><br>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Robert Naiman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Alana Krivo-Kaufman, Jewish Voice for Peace</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org" target="_blank">info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:04 AM<br>
Subject: IMMEDIATE action needed on dangerous IL legislation<br>To: <a href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org" target="_blank">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="text-align:left"><em>Dear Robert,<br>
We've just received word that hearings may begin on the proposed bill clamping down on criticism of Israel (and academic freedom itself) as early as TODAY. Please see the below action alert and help defeat this dangerous legislation before it passes!<br>
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Lynn Pollack<br>
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<h3 style="font-size:28px">Immediate Action Needed: Stop Passage of Bill in IL State Legislature to Defund Public Universities Over Faculty Political Speech</h3>
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<div><span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">IL State Senator Ira Silverstein has introduced a bill - </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(75,0,130)"><span><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1kKTi7feS7b7cnPhY1PdYpkXwj92vupD" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><u><b>SB 3017</b></u></span></a></span></span><span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></b><span style="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.<br>
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<p style="background-repeat:initial initial" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iI4uTzeByRGDvN0qcG9EzJkXwj92vupD" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(128,0,0)"><u>Legislation similar to this has been introduced in New York and Maryland and in the U.S. Congress</u></span></a></span></span><span><span style="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 <b>challenging the constitutionality</b> of the legislation.<br>
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</span></span><span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Things in the IL legislature are moving quickly. <b>The Higher Education Committee of the State Senate will hold a hearing on this bill as early as <span style="background-color:yellow">TODAY, <span><span>Tuesday March 4, 2014</span></span></span>. </b>Even though time is short, we need to make sure the members of that committee hear from as many people as possible. </span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-left:47.25pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Send a letter to the editor in your local paper to express your opposition to this legislation.</span></span><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">I am calling to oppose the Higher Education Committee Amendment 1 to Senate Bill 3017.</span></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">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.</span></i></p>
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<li style="color:rgb(75,0,130);margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="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="color:rgb(75,0,130);margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="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="color:rgb(75,0,130);margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="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>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office <a value="+12177822507" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DSTjnokCZjgGBM3bXauoI5kXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 782-2507</a></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a href="tel:%28217%29%20%20%20782-3875" value="+12177823875" target="_blank">(217) 782-3875</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office: 350 S. Northwest Highway, Suite 300 <span style="color:red">Park Ridge, IL</span> 60068 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office: 10001 West Roosevelt Rd Suite 202 <span style="color:red">Westchester, IL</span> 60154 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senator Andy Manar </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(D) 48th District</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a value="+12177820228" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9JVXjtAJeYnqSTNC4WhZapkXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 782-0228</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office 103 West Main Street P.O. Box 33 <span style="color:red">Staunton, IL</span> 62088 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senator John M. Sullivan (D) </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">47th District</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a value="+12177822479" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ypy0wo0hNtcnNjTUWAbctpkXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 782-2479</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office 926 Broadway, Suite 6 <span style="color:red">Quincy, IL</span> 62301 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senator Chapin Rose (R) </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">51st District</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a value="+12175581006" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b3jmp4NveDYVFs6uBBWeYZkXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 558-1006</a> </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office 510 S. Staley Road, Suite D <span style="color:red">Champaign, IL</span> 61822 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a href="tel:%28217%29%20%20%20782-8137" value="+12177828137" target="_blank">(217) 782-8137</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office 700 North Front Street <span style="color:red">Okawville, IL </span> 62271 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senator Wm. Sam McCann</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (R) 50th District</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a value="+12177828206" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zLVmwLuxMrW%2BZhsjYyxfu5kXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 782-8206</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office: 221 Dunlap Court <span style="color:red">Jacksonville, IL</span> 62650 </span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Senator Kyle McCarter</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> (R) 54th District</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">CALL Springfield Office: <a value="+12177825755" href="http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lNGJ8u9pZhiBZZ%2BudspGa5kXwj92vupD" target="_blank">(217) 782-5755</a></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">District Office: 310 W. Gallatin <span style="color:red">Vandalia, IL</span> 62471 </span></p>
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