On Jul 21, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Cindy Corrie wrote:
> *URGENT CALL FOR A NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION THURSDAY, JULY 24* > *END THE ASSAULT ON GAZA AND LIFT THE BLOCKADE* > > Please join us this Thursday, July 24, in this *urgent call to stop the > Israeli offensive in Gaza and end the 7-year siege that has made life in > Gaza so miserable*. In this latest round of violence, over 500 > Palestinians have been killed and thousands are injured. Seventy-two > percent of those are civilians, including over 80 children. One hundred > thousand are displaced and living in makeshift shelters; electricity has > been reduced to four hours a day for 80% of the population; water has been > cut off to hundreds of thousands; sewage is flowing into the sea; hospitals > have been bombed and there are shortages of everything from food to > medicines. We must act now! > > *We encourage you, both organizations and individuals, to hold actions and > events in your communities this Thursday, July 24. *We are grateful for > all the actions that have taken place and that will continue, but doing > something together on one day can help demonstrate the breadth of our > movement and concern. *Whether you can get out a crowd or just a few > people, please do something!* > > *Here are some possibilities:* > -- Visit your local Congressional office and invite the media to join you > in asking questions of your elected officials/staff; you might also > consider a call-in, preferably in a public place, to your representatives, > the White House and State Department. > > -- Hold a rally or vigil in a visible public space, and invite local news > media. Commemorate the dead, reading their names > <https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B22bfEiQ3WOSaXlWQ0Ryckgtck0/edit>. > > -- Visit the offices of a corporation profiteering from and/or complicit > in Israel’s war and occupation; bring them a letter explaining why you are > there. > > -- Go to the office of your mainstream media and demand balanced coverage; > organize a letter writing campaign with examples of bad/misleading coverage. > > -- Be in a public place asking people to sign a petition, either your own > or one from another organization. > > -- Organize acts of civil disobedience to reflect the urgency of the > situation and attract media attention. > > -- Use social media to target U.S. politicians, the Israeli ambassador to > the U.S., and the mainstream media. > > *As you act Thursday, think how you can begin or expand a campaign in your > community's institutions to boycott and/or divest from corporations > profiting from and/or complicit in Israel’s war and occupation.* Consider > boycotting Sabra and Sodastream products. Many US corporations are directly > involved in the recent conflict, including Caterpillar, Boeing, HP, > Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, GE, and Raytheon. > Please check to determine if your school, church, work place, and other > community institutions may be invested in them. > > *Have your organization endorse the National Day of Action > here: http://tinyurl.com/mrwr2gc <http://tinyurl.com/mrwr2gc>* > > *Add your Thursday local action to the list here:* * > http://tinyurl.com/n3kdqd8 > <http://tinyurl.com/n3kdqd8>* > > *Post **your photos, videos, and reports from actions here*: > *http://theworldstandswithpalestine.tumblr.com/ > <http://theworldstandswithpalestine.tumblr.com/> * > > Signed [list in formation] Code Pink Global Exchange Just Foreign Policy International Socialist Organization Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice Peace Action American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee Adalah-NY Friends of Sabeel-North America US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
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