[Peace-discuss] Jewish Voice for Peace: IMMEDIATE action needed on dangerous IL legislation
Robert Naiman
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
Tue Mar 4 17:04:00 UTC 2014
Note that our state Sen. Frerichs is a key target:
*SECOND: Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, Senator Michael W.
Frerichs (D).* CALL (217) 782-2507.
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From: Alana Krivo-Kaufman, Jewish Voice for Peace <
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Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 10:04 AM
Subject: IMMEDIATE action needed on dangerous IL legislation
To: naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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*Action Alert*
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*Dear Robert, 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! Onward, Lynn Pollack
JVP Chicago *
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Immediate Action Needed: Stop Passage of Bill in IL State Legislature
to Defund Public Universities Over Faculty Political Speech
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Dangerous bill moving forward today
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IL State Senator Ira Silverstein has introduced a bill - *SB
3017*<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=1kKTi7feS7b7cnPhY1PdYpkXwj92vupD>
- 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.
*Legislation similar to this has been introduced in New York and Maryland
and in the U.S.
Congress*<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=iI4uTzeByRGDvN0qcG9EzJkXwj92vupD>,
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 *challenging the constitutionality* of the legislation.
Things in the IL legislature are moving quickly. *The Higher Education
Committee of the State Senate will hold a hearing on this bill as early as
TODAY, Tuesday March 4, 2014. *Even though time is short, we need to make
sure the members of that committee hear from as many people as possible.
*Now is the time for action! This assault on free speech and academic
freedom must be stopped today! *
*WHAT CAN YOU DO?:*
*1) Contact your State Senators that are members of the Higher Education
Committee.*
*See a list of Committee members' contact information and Talking Points
below.*
- If you don't know your State Senator, *click here and type in your
address*<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L662WPWS8Ea8CKQtu%2FQ8KZkXwj92vupD><http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=%2FWSeRL%2BynpHoVQNtXp6sCJkXwj92vupD>to
find out.
*2) **If your State Senator is not in the Higher Education Committee,
contact, in this order: *
· *FIRST: State Senate President, John Cullerton (D)**. *CALL (217)
782-2728.
· *SECOND: Chairman of the Higher Education Committee, Senator
Michael W. Frerichs (D).* CALL (217) 782-2507.
*3) Help spread the word.*
· Share this message as widely and as quickly as you can!
· Try to get this information to people throughout the state...it
important that this be a state-wide effort.
· Send a letter to the editor in your local paper to express your
opposition to this legislation.
*TELL STATE SENATORS: *
I am calling to oppose the Higher Education Committee Amendment 1 to Senate
Bill 3017.
*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.*
- This bill is unconstitutional because the Supreme Court has ruled that
boycotts are protected First Amendment activities.
- 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.
- Legislative intrusion in academic decision-making undermines
academics' abilities to associate and exchange views with their colleagues.
- It is fiscally irresponsible and unconstitutional to condition
funding for the Illinois university system on the university's censorship
of academic associations' political viewpoints.
*MEMBERS OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION COMMITTEE AND THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION:*
*Illinois Senate Higher Education Committee:
http://www.ilga.gov/senate/committees/members.asp?CommitteeID=1219
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*Chair: Senator Michael W. Frerichs (D) *52nd District *(note: former
teacher)*
CALL Springfield Office (217)
782-2507<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=DSTjnokCZjgGBM3bXauoI5kXwj92vupD>
District Office: 45 E. University Avenue, Suite 206 Champaign, IL 61820
*Vice Chair: Senator Pat McGuire (D)* 43rd District *(**note: former
teacher and school board member)*
CALL Springfield Office (217)
782-8800<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=B1AxA6YjCx%2FPnNi8dvz6k5kXwj92vupD>
District Office: 2200 Weber Road Crest Hill, IL 60403
*Senator Daniel Biss* (*D) *9th District *(note: lives in Evanston -
former U of C math professor)*
CALL Springfield Office (217)
782-2119<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WiRWmmDN0eG%2FncY5UeGeNZkXwj92vupD>
District Office: 3706 Dempster Street Skokie, IL 60076
*Senator Melinda Bush* (D) 31st District
CALL Springfield Office (217)
782-7353<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=AFuFAsZ6fevsJWJoyKXpuJkXwj92vupD>
District Office: 10 North Lake Street, Suite 112, Grayslake, IL 60030
*Senator Dan Kotowski* (D) 28th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217) 782-3875
District Office: 350 S. Northwest Highway, Suite 300 Park Ridge, IL 60068
*Senator Kimberly A. Lightford* (D) 4th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217) 782-8505
District Office: 10001 West Roosevelt Rd Suite 202 Westchester, IL 60154
*Senator Andy Manar *(D) 48th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217)
782-0228<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9JVXjtAJeYnqSTNC4WhZapkXwj92vupD>
District Office 103 West Main Street P.O. Box 33 Staunton, IL 62088
*Senator John M. Sullivan (D) *47th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217)
782-2479<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Ypy0wo0hNtcnNjTUWAbctpkXwj92vupD>
District Office 926 Broadway, Suite 6 Quincy, IL 62301
*Senator Chapin Rose (R) *51st District
CALL Springfield Office: (217)
558-1006<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=b3jmp4NveDYVFs6uBBWeYZkXwj92vupD>
District Office 510 S. Staley Road, Suite D Champaign, IL 61822
*Senator David S. Luechtefeld (R*) 58th District *(note: former teacher)*
CALL Springfield Office: (217) 782-8137
District Office 700 North Front Street Okawville, IL 62271
*Senator Wm. Sam McCann* (R) 50th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217)
782-8206<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=zLVmwLuxMrW%2BZhsjYyxfu5kXwj92vupD>
District Office: 221 Dunlap Court Jacksonville, IL 62650
*Senator Kyle McCarter* (R) 54th District
CALL Springfield Office: (217)
782-5755<http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lNGJ8u9pZhiBZZ%2BudspGa5kXwj92vupD>
District Office: 310 W. Gallatin Vandalia, IL 62471
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Lynn Pollack
JVP Chicago
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