Juneteenth, celebrating the freeing of the slaves in the US, will be honored at a family-oriented event with music and potluck on Saturday, June 20 from 11:30am to 2:30pm. The annual event will[...]
Juneteenth, celebrating the freeing of the slaves in the US, will be honored at a family-oriented event with music and potluck on Saturday, June 20 from 11:30am to 2:30pm. The annual event will be at Condon Park in Grass Valley. KVMR broadcaster Jai Hanes will be acknowledged as an African American who has made significant contributions to our community. Atum Islam, formerly Jamal Walker, who was lead singer for the band Elevation, and Kaya will perform. Also, the short music video Say Their Names will be shown to honor African Americans who have been victims of injustice and police violence. The event is co-produced by Color Me Human, Creating Communities Beyond Bias, and Earth Justice Ministries.
Lots of opportunities on the ballot to cast votes for peace, justice and the earth, and against bipartisan corruption and warmongering. Hint: follow the money.
Please call your senators today and urge them to VOTE YES on S.J. Res. 124! Call your senator (Padilla and Schiff) at: (202) 224-3121
Suggested Message:
I strongly oppose using our tax dollars to fight new wars while people in this country need affordable healthcare, housing, and food.
Warfare against Cuba will only deepen suffering and damage relations with a longtime neighbor.
Since the Administration’s tightened chokehold on the island, the shortages experienced before are now transitioning to complete lack. Cuba’s infant mortality rate has doubled: nearly 2000 newborns are dying every year.
Senator, please vote YES on S.J. Res. 124 today.
Please take one minute today to contact your senators and urge them to support it. And Take More Action Here!
Read about the flotilla to distribute medical and food aid to Gaza, which is still being blockaded while children are starving and patients have no medicine in violation of the October ceasefire . The aim is to establish a sea route for aid, and end the blockade. Read and donate below:
*(The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor website has been censored since this posting and thus the report is not available, but here is an Owen Jones report on the Euro-Med Monitor report. Trigger warning.) Personal note: my grandparents were always terrified of German Shepherds because of their use during the Holocaust against Jews. What a bitter irony that now Israel is now using them to commit atrocities.
Say NO to AB 2664– CA Bill to Jail Protesters–Call Assembly Judiciary Committee Members Please let members of the CA Assembly Judiciary Committee, chaired by single-payer advocate Ash Kalra(D-San Jose), know that you, along with the ACLU, oppose AB2664, a thinly veiled attempt to suppress protests of synagogues auctioning stolen Palestinian land. AB2664 is expected to pass out of committee without objection or amendments next Tuesday. Please call the committee members (scroll for script). Kalra (916) 319-2025 (D-San Jose), Macedo (916) 319-2033 (R-Chico), Bauer-Kahan (916) 319-2016 (D-Orinda), Bryan (916) 319-2055 (D-Los Angeles), Connolly (916) 319-2012 (D-Marin), Dixon (916) 319-2072 (D-Coastal Orange County), Harabedian (916) 319-2041 (D-Pasadena/Altadena), Pacheco (916) 319-2064 (D-Downey/Norwalk), Papan (916) 319-2021 (D-San Mateo), Sanchez (916) 319-2071 (R-Mission Viejo), Stefani (916) 319-2019 (D-Daily City, parts of SF), Chavez Zbur (916) 319-2051 (D-Santa Monica/Hollywood). Script: I urge _________ to vote NO on AB 2664 when the assembly judiciary committee meets on Tuesday. This bill is an unconstitutional attempt to jail protesters at synagogues and churches hosting IDF soldiers and illegal auctions of stolen Palestinian land. AB2664 would also serve to shield churches accused of sex trafficking and financial fraud. Anyone approaching a congregant (within eight feet of a 100 foot bubble) with a flyer or educational sign could face a $10,000-25,000 fine and up to a year in jail. We already have the FACE Act of 1994, a federal law that prohibits the use of force and threats of force at religious worship. Vote NO on AB 2664. The bill, authored by Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda), a member of the CA Legislative Jewish Caucus, would make it a crime, punishable of up to $10,000 and up to a year in jail on the first offense, $25,000 and up to a year in jail on the second offense, to approach anyone with a protest flyer or educational sign within eight feet of a 100-foot bubble around a religious institution and its adjacent parking lot or nearby public sidewalk. This could easily restrict speech at nearby private residences located next to a place of worship. PLEASE SHARE THIS ACTION ALERT. In solidarity, Marcy WinogradCo-Chair, Central Coast Antiwar Coalition
