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K Safwat
Founder Oxford Friends of Gaza:
--- On Wed, 8/8/12, Ellen Schwartz for WILPF <wilpf@nicetechnology.com> wrote:
From: Ellen Schwartz for WILPF <wilpf@nicetechnology.com>
Subject: FW: Call-in day: Wed. August 8 to the Sac Mayor & City Council about discriminatory Ashkelon proposal
To: wilpf@nicetechnology.com
Date: Wednesday, 8 August, 2012, 1:07
WILPF Sacramento opposes the selection of Ashkelon, Israel as a sister city to Sacramento. For more information, see the blog posts at www.norightsnosisters.wordpress.com – then take the actions below, if you can. Thank you. Sacramento Valley Branch Women's International League for Peace & Freedom www.sacwilpf.org 916-369-5510 916-835-4330 cell From: Maggie Coulter [mailto:mcoulter@dcn.org]
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 3:19 PM
To: 'Sacramento BDS'
Subject: Call-in day: Wed. August 8 to the Sac Mayor & City Council about discriminatory Ashkelon proposal
Importance: High Please call tomorrow, Wednesday, August 8 if you can. If you can't do the 8th, please call this week. Calls can be made up until August 14 when this is scheduled to come before the City Council.
From: NoRights NoSisters [mailto:norightsnosisters@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:12 PM
Subject: Call-in day to Sac City Council about discriminatory Ashkelon proposal This Wednesday, August 8, please join us in a call-in day to Mayor Kevin Johnson urging that he oppose or delay the proposal that Ashkelon, Israel become a sister city of Sacramento.
1st: Call Mayor Johnson: 916-808-5300 (send a follow-up email: mayor@cityofSacramento.org)
2nd: If you live in the city, also call your City Council member (to find your council person: http://www.cityofsacramento.org/council/index.html)
Councilmember Angelique Ashby, Vice-Mayor, 916-808-7001, aashby@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Sandy Sheedy, 916-808-7002, ssheedy@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Steve Cohn, 916-808-7003, scohn@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Robert Fong, 916-808-7004, rkfong@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Jay Schenirer, 916-808-7005, jschenirer@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Kevin McCarty, 916-808-7006, KMcCarty@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Darrell Fong, 916-808-7007, dfong@cityofsacramento.org
Councilmember Bonnie J. Pannell, 916-808-7008, bpannell@cityofsacramento.org
3rd: Big THANKS if you have already signed the petition, if not please do so: http://www.change.org/petitions/discrimination-no-human-rights-no-sister-city
4th: Plan to attend the August 14, 6pm City Council meeting; plan on arriving by 5:15/5:30pm to ensure that you get in.
Sample call-in messages:
● Why is Ashkelon, Israel being considered as a sister city for Sacramento when it discriminates against some Sacramentans by not allowing them to visit based on their national origin, religion and ethnicity?
● If the City Council votes to support the Ashkelon sister city project, knowing that it would discriminate against members of our community based on national origin, the Council is opening our city to a law suit. Discrimination on the basis of national origin is illegal under the U.S. and California Constitutions.
● Ashkelon, Israel is not an appropriate sister city for Sacramento because human rights and international law are not respected there.
● Sister city projects are supposed to come from a volunteer group of ordinary citizens. Ashkelon, Israel is proposed by a professional organization that engages in paid advocacy for a foreign government. This is a misuse of the sister city program and the Sacramento city resources that support it.
● Citizens of Ashkelon, Israel who are Palestinian Muslim and Christians are discriminated against; they do not have the same rights, benefits or access to land, education and jobs as Ashkelon citizens who are Jewish.
● I am concerned about Ashkelon being a sister city of Sacramento because of serious issues that have been raised. I need more time to consider this proposal and I am sure others and the City Council do as well. It should be postponed for several months so that the concerns can be thoroughly investigated.
For more information: www.NoRightsNoSisters@gmail.com
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