[Peace-discuss] update: Re: Jewish Voice for Peace: IMMEDIATE action needed on dangerous IL legislation

Tue Mar 4 17:18:48 UTC 2014

update: I called the Springfield office number given below and got a
voicemail telling me to give input through the website.

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.

She said that if people call the Champaign office she will forward the
comments to Springfield before the hearing.

The Champaign number is 355.5252.

On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Robert Naiman <naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
> wrote:

> 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 <
> info at jewishvoiceforpeace.org>
> 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  <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=OvCvNcqk7ODAd6DS9c36UJkXwj92vupD>
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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.
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>  *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! *
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> *WHAT CAN YOU DO?:*
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> *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.*
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>    - 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.
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> *2)  **If your State Senator is not in the Higher Education Committee,
> contact, in this order: *
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> ·         *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.*
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> ·  Share this message as widely and as quickly as you can!
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> ·  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: *
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> I am calling to oppose the Higher Education Committee Amendment 1 to
> Senate Bill 3017.
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>  *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.
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> *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
> <http://org.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=dK2ZLCpPd7W3ScaXMm9JX5kXwj92vupD>
> *
>
> *Chair: Senator Michael W. Frerichs (D) *52nd District  *(note: former
> teacher)*
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> 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>
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> 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
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> *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
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> 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>
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> District Office: 310 W. Gallatin Vandalia, IL  62471
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> Lynn Pollack
> JVP Chicago
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