From stuartnlevy at gmail.com Thu Feb 1 14:34:13 2024 From: stuartnlevy at gmail.com (Stuart Levy) Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2024 08:34:13 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Fwd: CALL TODAY: Reinstate UNRWA humanitarian aid now In-Reply-To: <3F.9F.17703.7469BB56@ha.mta2vrest.cc.prd.sparkpost> References: <3F.9F.17703.7469BB56@ha.mta2vrest.cc.prd.sparkpost> Message-ID: Peaceable people, Here is a call to action from the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights: press our government to reinstate funding to UNRWA. -------- Forwarded Message -------- Keep taking action for Palestine! Dear Stuart, On our latest Phone Zap, so many activists came out to ZAP the phone lines that *we SHUT DOWN the voicemail box for Assistant Secretary Michele Sison?s office* for International Organization Affairs in the State Department. *Keep the momentum going. *Protest in the streets, and drive as many calls as possible to send a strong message for Palestinian human rights. *Call Congress and the State Department now! Demand they reinstate critically needed humanitarian funding to UNRWA and call for a PERMANENT CEASEFIRE. * *CLICK TO CALL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS NOW* Stuart, when the International Court of Justice ruled last week that Israel is plausibly committing genocide, Biden responded by committing another horrific act of genocide. He removed vital humanitarian funding to UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East). He?s fueling the gravest of war crimes by starving Palestinian refugees in Gaza to death and blocking a ceasefire at the UN. *Voice your outrage now! Call all your elected officials, and then email and tweet at them too. * *CLICK TO CALL CONGRESS NOW* *CLICK TO EMAIL CONGRESS NOW* *CLICK TO TWEET THE STATE DEPARTMENT NOW* Thank you for taking action with me to demand a permanent ceasefire and stop the genocide. Onward to liberation, *CELINE QUSSINY* National Field Organizer *P.S. Missed the Phone Zap? 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Wear your keffiyehs, bring signs, the works!* - *Monday 2/19 at 7pm: Urbana City Council Meeting* - Hopefully you've got the drill down by now! - We need a strong presence at city council meetings to get the ceasefire resolution on the agenda and we can't just depend on the same 15-20 people who have been attending weekly. *This must be a community effort.* We are looking for 20-25 people who can COMMIT to attending at least one meeting in the next 4 weeks.Sign up here: https://forms.gle/WtQ2YYaMJiAmYZmz5 - Send written public input RIGHT NOW: bit.ly/emailurbana - I hope to see you there! - *Friday 2/23 at 10:30am: Protest* - Details to be announced BUT keep your schedule open 10:30 to 12:30 if you can, this will be one you don't want to miss. - *Saturday 2/24 at 1pm: PSL panel on Black & Palestinian Solidarity * - Prairie Liberation Center on 44 E Main St, Champaign - Interactive panel workshop format. - *Early March: Palestine 101 Event* - Details to be announced - *Saturday 3/16 at 11-3: Palestine Open House @ CIMIC* - You?re invited to the Palestine Open House: Muslim History & Culture - At this event you will be introduced to the rich Muslim history of Palestine of over 1400 years as well as its place within the faith. Palestinian culture through food, artifacts, and clothing will also be shared. - Oh and if you?re interested you can download a black and white copy of this flyer to color in either digitally or print and share with others to help us spread the word. Grab flyer here: bit.ly/48dOZkL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Tue Feb 20 18:44:06 2024 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:44:06 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Friday 2/23/24 at 10:30am: Budzinski Press Conference & Demonstration Message-ID: *Dear Peace,* - *Friday 2/23/24 at 10:30am: Budzinski Press Conference & Demonstration by Muslim Action Committee and UC Jews for Ceasefire * *Demonstration to Pressure Rep. Budzinksi to Co-Sponsor Ceasefire and Meet with Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones in Gaza* *Demonstration: *10:30am - 11:15am in downtown Champaign (corner of *Main and Walnut Streets, Champaign*) then walk together to *44 E. Main, Champaign* to continue the demonstration outside (this is the Lincoln Bldg. where Rep. Budzinski has an office). *We are demanding four things of Rep. Budzinski:* 1) Sign the US House of Representatives Ceasefire Resolution ( https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/786). Numbers of deaths will be updated for press conference 2) Publicly call for and help facilitate the sending of humanitarian aid into Gaza 3) Stop US military aid to Israel now 4) Meet in-person with Arab, Muslim and Palestinian constituents who have lost loved ones in Gaza *Press Conference: *11:00am featuring statements from representatives from Muslim Action Committee, UC Jews for Ceasefire and Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana Champaign. *Materials handed off to Rep. Budzinski's staffers by one representative from MAC, UC Jews for Ceasefire, UUCUC* will climb the stairs to her office and deliver our demands and materials to her staffers *SIGNS:* We would appreciate signs that mention Rep. Budzinski and our four demands In peace and solidarity, [forwarded from several groups in CU] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Tue Feb 20 18:56:25 2024 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 12:56:25 -0600 Subject: [Peace] solidarity with Gaza events: Fri 2/23/24 10:30am; Sat 2/24 A.M., 1pm; Mon 2/26 7pm; Sat 3/9 1-5; Sat 3/16 11-3 Message-ID: Dear Peace, I will try to keep up with the local events, but there are a lot of groups doing stuff and it is hard to keep up. Best, Karen Medina - as mentioned in a previous email:* Friday 2/23/24 at 10:30am: Budzinski Press Conference & Demonstration by Muslim Action Committee and UC Jews for Ceasefire * - 10:30am: Demo at the corner of Main & Walnut downtown Champaign - 11:00am: Press Conference followed by march to Rep. Budzinski's office - *Saturday 2/24/24 AM: Protest* - Details coming soon! - *Saturday 2/24/24 at 1pm: PSL panel on Black & Palestinian Solidarity * - Prairie Liberation Center on 44 E Main St, Champaign - Interactive panel workshop format. - *Monday 2/26 at 7pm: Urbana City Council Meeting* - attend city council meetings, asking to get the ceasefire resolution on the agenda - [the Urbana City Council is making plans to create facilitated public meetings to let local people talk about the Israel?Hamas war aka "Operation Swords of Iron"] - *Saturday 3/9 at 1-5: Palestine 101 Event* - Details to be announced - *Saturday 3/16 at 11-3: Palestine Open House @ CIMIC* - You?re invited to the Palestine Open House: Muslim History & Culture - At this event you will be introduced to the rich Muslim history of Palestine of over 1400 years as well as its place within the faith. Palestinian culture through food, artifacts, and clothing will also be shared. - Oh and if you?re interested you can download a black and white copy of this flyer to color in either digitally or print and share with others to help us spread the word. Grab flyer here: bit.ly/48dOZkL -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Wed Feb 21 18:30:28 2024 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2024 12:30:28 -0600 Subject: [Peace] =?utf-8?q?Wed_Feb_21=3B_7pm_Robyn_Kelly=3A_=E2=80=9CGaza?= =?utf-8?q?=3A_What_Would_MLK_Do=3F=E2=80=9D_/_Levis_Faculty_Center?= Message-ID: Quick reminder: This should be very good. Wednesday, February 21, 2024 / 7pm-8:30pm / Levis Faculty Center (919 W. Illinois Street) 3rd Floor. Robyn Kelly: ?Gaza: What Would MLK Do?? Attend via Zoom here: https://illinois.zoom.us/.../WN_eVi9Z0tLRiKyJHr2oNQnfA -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kmedina67 at gmail.com Fri Feb 23 03:45:57 2024 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 21:45:57 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Incomplete list of local ceasefire groups Message-ID: <85530252-2CDC-492E-8E71-28F7AAD07BF5@gmail.com> Dear Peace, For those who are interested, there are several "cease fire" groups in CU: * a local UC Jews for Ceasefire chapter that has launched in the last few weeks * the CU Muslim Action Committee is also getting started, * the Prairie Liberation Center Alliance is growing as well. * a coalition that is organizing educational/ conversation events * various groups of student (Students for Justice in Palestine as an example) and faculty organizing on campus, including labor unions, that have statements * Party for Socialism and Liberation Champaign-Urbana * also all the wonderful individuals locally who are learning, making calls, and showing up in whatever capacity they can. Cease fire now. Best, Karen Medina From kmedina67 at gmail.com Sat Feb 24 14:20:28 2024 From: kmedina67 at gmail.com (Karen Medina) Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2024 08:20:28 -0600 Subject: [Peace] Take action for Palestine / events: Feb 24, Mar 9, Mar 16 Message-ID: Dear Peace List, I am sharing the info from the CU4Palestine flyer. -karen medina Take action for Palestine https://linktr.ee/cu4palestine * Sign the Urbana Ceasefire Resolution Petition Call on the Urbana City Council to pass the ?Resolution Calling for a Permanent and Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza? by signing the petition. * Attend an event - Shut It Down for Palestine: Informational picket and rally / Saturday, February 24, 2024; 11:30am / First St and Kirby Ave., Champaign, IL - Palestine 101 / UC Independent Media Center (UCIMC)/ 202 S. Broadway Ave., Urbana, IL / Saturday, March 9, 2024; 1:30pm-4:30pm - Palestine Open House: Muslim History & Culture / Central Illinois Mosque and Islamic Center (CIMIC) / 106 S. Lincoln Ave., Urbana, IL / Saturday, March 16, 2024; 11am-3pm * Contact your representatives at the federal level Email, call, and write your representatives to demand they call for a ceasefire and end the use of all US tax dollars for genocide - Senator Dick Durbin: (202) 224-2152 / https://www.durbin.senate.gov/contact/email - Senator Tammy Duckworth: (202) 224-2854 / tammy_duckworth at duckworth.senate.gov - Representative Nikki Budzinski: (202) 225-2371 / nikki.Budzinski at mail.house.gov * Follow the Prairie Liberation Center on Instagram * Get email updates for Calls to Action for Palestine * Please consider donating to help raise $300 for a new sound system and megaphones. [The attached image is a screenshot of the cu4palestine webpage] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Meet in-person with Arab, Muslim and Palestinian constituents who have lost loved ones in Gaza We marched to her office in Champaign to make the same demands. Leaders from the inter-faith groups spoke to her district manager, Brian, and *were able to schedule a video conference with Representative Budzinski for Thursday 2/29.* We call on the community to echo our calls to her so she knows our demands are shared by the majority of her constituents. *We are aiming for 1,000 calls to her office between today and Thursday! * For script & log: https://bit.ly/callbudzinski Find videos of the action here: Rep. Budzinski: "Never Again Means Never Again for Anyone" (youtube.com) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The majority of Americans support a free Palestine! *OTHER EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES:* - Monday 3/4/2024 at 7pm: Urbana City Council Meeting - Saturday 3/9/2024 at 1:30-4:30: How to Talk to Your Kids About Palestine - Saturday 3/16/2024 at 11-3: Palestine Open House @ CIMIC For more details: https://bit.ly/CU-Pali-Events See y'all on the streets! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: