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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-12-06 Human Relations Commission Agenda PacketHUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Special Meeting Wednesday, December 06, 2023 Community Meeting Room & Hybrid 6:00 PM Human Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending in person. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o n YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen Media Center https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas and reports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐ Relations‐Commission.  VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701) Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833 PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or an amount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on the City’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line. PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the  Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1.October 12, 2023 BUSINESS ITEMS 2.Voices of Our Community (Listening Session): Local Muslim and Arab Experiences in the Face of Rising Islamophobia and Anti‐Arab Hate. – Discussion – Chair Smith – 60 minutes 3.Presentation on the Contemporary California Reparations Movement for African Americans. – Discussion – Vice Chair Eberle – 45 minutes CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) Commissioner Reports Council Liaison Report Staff Liaison Report COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) ADJOURNMENT INFORMATIONAL REPORT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Documents PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONSpecial MeetingWednesday, December 06, 2023Community Meeting Room & Hybrid6:00 PMHuman Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option toattend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas andreports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐Relations‐Commission. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701)Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance toHRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline. PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the  Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1.October 12, 2023 BUSINESS ITEMS 2.Voices of Our Community (Listening Session): Local Muslim and Arab Experiences in the Face of Rising Islamophobia and Anti‐Arab Hate. – Discussion – Chair Smith – 60 minutes 3.Presentation on the Contemporary California Reparations Movement for African Americans. – Discussion – Vice Chair Eberle – 45 minutes CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) Commissioner Reports Council Liaison Report Staff Liaison Report COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) ADJOURNMENT INFORMATIONAL REPORT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Documents PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONSpecial MeetingWednesday, December 06, 2023Community Meeting Room & Hybrid6:00 PMHuman Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option toattend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas andreports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐Relations‐Commission. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701)Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance toHRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline.PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted onlyby email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strongcybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are notaccepted.CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALLPUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda.AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONSThe Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management.APPROVAL OF MINUTES1.October 12, 2023BUSINESS ITEMS2.Voices of Our Community (Listening Session): Local Muslim and Arab Experiences in theFace of Rising Islamophobia and Anti‐Arab Hate. – Discussion – Chair Smith – 60 minutes3.Presentation on the Contemporary California Reparations Movement for AfricanAmericans. – Discussion – Vice Chair Eberle – 45 minutesCITY OFFICIAL REPORTSMembers of the public may not speak to the item(s)Commissioner ReportsCouncil Liaison ReportStaff Liaison ReportCOMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS ANDAGENDASMembers of the public may not speak to the item(s)ADJOURNMENTINFORMATIONAL REPORTPUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Documents PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request accommodations, auxiliary aids or services to access City facilities, services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn about the City's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, may contact 650-329-2550 (voice), or e-mail ada@cityofpaloalto.org . This agenda is posted in accordance with government code section 54954.2(a) or section 54956. Members of the public are welcome to attend this public meeting. DRAFT HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING ACTION MINUTES Thursday, October 12, 2023 6:00 PM Commissioners Present: Eberle, Causey, Hsieh, Smith, Stimmler Absent: Kraus, Savage Staff: Minka Van Der Zwaag, Alayna Cruz I. ROLL CALL II. PUBLIC COMMENT III. AGENDA CHANGES, REQUESTS, DELETIONS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. September 14, 2023 MOTION: Vice Chair Eberle moved, seconded by Commissioner Stimmler, to approve the minutes of September 14, 2023. MOTION PASSED: 5-0 (2 absent) V. BUSINESS 2. Presentation of results from Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Lived Experience Survey and AANHPI Community Listening Session. – Discussion – Adhoc Subcommitee: Eberle, Hsieh, Stimmler NO ACTION TAKEN 3. Older Adults Learning Series. Presentations by Alta Housing, La Comida, Lytton Gardens, Oshman Jewish Community Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Social Services Agency of Santa Clara County. – Discussion – Adhoc Subcommittee: Kraus and Stimmler NO ACTION TAKEN VI. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. 1     Packet Pg. 4     From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; D Martell; David S. Norris; DuJuan Green; Ed Lauing; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Zelkha, Mila; ParkRec Commission; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tim; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:Raised to see Israel as a ‘Jewish Disneyland’, two US film-makers are telling a different story Date:Sunday, November 26, 2023 4:08:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Raised to see Israel as a ‘Jewish Disneyland’, two US film-makers are telling a different story https://amp.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/12/israelism-documentary-american-jewish-israel- palestine-conflict {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 5     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Anna Griffin; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; District1@bos.sccgov.org; DuJuan Green; Jensen, Eric; Gennady Sheyner; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Ortega, Javier; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Spieckerman, Damian; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:Civilian deaths in Gaza staggers Date:Sunday, November 26, 2023 1:36:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Civilian deaths in Gaza staggers Civilian deaths in Gaza staggers https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=d78561ae-85f2- 4947-a2da-c866edad3a44&appcode=SAN252&eguid=f41f46ab-2570-4bf8-ad80- f43c82889211&pnum=4# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 6     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Zelkha, Mila; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Barberini, Christopher; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:The Shocking Truth about Police Canines Date:Sunday, November 26, 2023 12:49:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From the archives of Aram James The Shocking Truth about Police Canines https://youtu.be/cSbEj6RIoDE?si= {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 7     From:Aram James To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Gardener, Liz; ParkRec Commission; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Vicki Veenker; chuck jagoda; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:San Francisco’s advisory reparations commission Date:Friday, November 24, 2023 9:50:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. https://sf.gov/departments/african-american-reparations-advisory- committee#:~:text=The%20Reparations%20Committee%20advises%20the,policies%20have%20harmed%20Black%20lives. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 8     Hey fam, Check out this week’s State of Criminal Justice, a weekly series where we talk about the most important events happening in the criminal legal system at the moment. From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; David S. Norris; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Ed Lauing; Jensen, Eric; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Zelkha, Mila; ParkRec Commission; Penni Wilson; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson Subject:Re: Central Park Five Yusef Salaam Wins Election Date:Friday, November 24, 2023 12:22:52 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 7:20 AM State of Criminal Justice by PushBlack <stateofcriminaljustice@pushblack.us> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 9     Please forward this email to a friend. Sign up to receive this email here. Manage your subscription here. Unsubscribe here. In this week’s State of Criminal Justice, we’ll cover why a Texas town got rid of its police force, how US policing is linked to genocide in Palestine, and the bungled closing of New York City’s Rikers Island jail. In our New Ground section, we’ll tell you about an important victory for one of the Central Park 5. How Coffee City Got Rid of Police A small town had enough of police exploitation –– All it took for one small town was a bunch of information to be exposed about what the police had been up to, and they deactivated the entire force. Coffee City, Texas, is only 250 people, but apparently, that was enough to rack up over a million dollars in citations. The city employed five times the amount of police officers typically staffed for a city of its size. More than 50 cops were on payroll. It’s a disturbing ratio of one officer for every five residents. Many officers reportedly were hired from other places where they were fired for misconduct. Coffee City was essentially an exploitative police state. The example goes to show us how policing, crime, and safety are all connected by popular misconceptions. It doesn’t matter if it’s a large metropolis or a small town like Coffee City. What’s true across the board is that policing isn’t keeping us safe. It’s connected to a larger system rooted in profits, exploitation, and repression. Cities that learn this the hard way have an opportunity to create alternatives and think of different ways to combat crises that don’t depend on policing. US Police Links to Genocide in Palestine Exploitation and oppression cross borders –– Black people in the US know how it feels to be treated like a “terrorist” for resisting police violence. We’ve even had the military target us at home. This type of violence is linked to colonialism, displacement, and apartheid across the globe. Thousands of police officers, hailing from all over the country, have trained with Israeli officials. Hundreds traveled to Israel to learn killer tactics in {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 10     person. They include former Ferguson police chief Timothy Fitch, who “studied counter-terrorism.” Israel and U.S. police have also used the same U.S.-made tear gas canisters against Palestinian and Black American activists. The disturbing exchange between these two countries isn’t just about friendly diplomatic relations. It’s about policing, militarism, and strategic interests in geopolitics. That’s why Israel gets billions from the U.S. on a yearly basis for weapons, intelligence, and repression. The most vulnerable people pay the price. In order for us to actually resist, we have to be able to see the web of oppression we’re stuck in. What happens elsewhere affects us here because prisons, policing, and military incursions are big business at home and abroad. More Problems at Rikers Island Jail The notorious facility has had a troublesome closing –– The closing of the Rikers Island jail in New York City has long been a messy process. Now it’s clear that’s still the case. In a 61-page report, Federal Monitor Steve J. Martin revealed the disturbing conditions of New York City jails. Martin and his team are in charge of overseeing the closure of Rikers Island and neighboring NYC jails as the city faces a federal takeover of Rikers. Twenty- eight people have died, and the report takes issue with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and his administration. The City Council has announced a second iteration of the original commission to close Rikers Island. The new commission mandates that the jail closes by August 2027. The problem is that refusal to comply and not meeting demands have held up the process. The city can’t be trusted, and that’s part of why justice isn’t just about whatever public officials say it is. We have to push for more, no matter what. New Ground The New Ground segment features hopeful stories of changes within the realm of the criminal legal system. There is a better future on the horizon through the efforts to dismantle the oppressive system targeting Black America. It happens when all of our thumbs are on the pulse. Central Park Five Yusef Salaam Wins Election The victory comes at an important time –– Many people would never imagine that someone who made headlines after {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 11     falsely being accused of a heinous crime would recover. Yusef Salaam is proof that can happen. He just won a seat on the New York City Council “more than two decades after DNA evidence was used to overturn the convictions of Salaam and four other Black and Latino men in the 1989 rape and beating of a white jogger in Central Park,” reports the AP. Now, Salaam has the chance to make good on his promises to fight poverty and gentrification in Harlem. “I am really the ambassador for everyone’s pain,” he said. “In many ways, I went through that for our people.” It’s good he’s remembering where he came from, and now we’ll see what happens next for the new council member. Elections aren’t everything, but they do represent the will of voters who seek change through the process. This is a victory for people who worked hard to make that happen. We have a quick favor to ask: Today, we are asking all of our subscribers to pitch in to support PushBlack's criminal justice campaigns. Did you know PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? Like when PushBlack rallied over 200,000 of our subscribers to get the Balch Springs Police Department to fire the officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards. And beyond holding police and prosecutors accountable, we are working to drive broader criminal legal system reform. And as a nonprofit, we rely on small donations from subscribers like you. Your monthly donation will support PushBlack in hiring a criminal justice organizer. With as little as $5 a month, you can help PushBlack raise up Black voices. It only takes a minute, so will you please donate now? Peace, - Jay and the PushBlack team Follow PushBlack On Social Media! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 12     Copyright © 2023 PushBlack, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or on Facebook Our mailing address is: PushBlack 712 H St NE PMB 90791 Washington, DC 20002 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 13     From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Gardener, Liz; Aram James; Joyce Beattie; Chuck Jagoda; Human Relations Commission; Rebecca Eisenberg; Sunita de Tourreil; Debbie Mytels; Henry Etzkowitz; EPA Today; Emer Martin; Lotus Yee Fong WILPFUSA; palo.alto.fwd@gmail.com; Gerry jurgensen; Gerry Gras; Raging Grannies of the Peninsula; Paul George @ PPJC; Sandy Perry-HCA; Iza Predmdore; Joe Simitian; Jacqueline W Stewart; Koichi Miyashita; Pastor Kaloma Smith; Lenny S. via Mobilize; Cherrill Spencer; Marni Barnes; Eugenia (Genie) Njolito; linda lopez-otero; paul bundy; Rosalinda Quintanar; Robin; sandra weiss; HRW Silicon Valley; Richard Waldinger; Van Der Zwaag, Minka Subject:Fwd: So Much Goodness Date:Thursday, November 23, 2023 1:53:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> Date: Thu, Nov 23, 2023 at 1:46 PM Subject: Re: So Much Goodness re A rent registry is toothless without rent controls. Roberta On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 12:42 PM Julie Lythcott-Haims <teamjulieforpaloalto@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 14     A Holiday Is Upon Us! Many of us are anticipating a lovely Thanksgiving spent with family, friends, food, and football! I'm about to welcome many members of my East Coast family whom we don't normally have the pleasure of seeing. There will be a total of 16 of us around the Lythcott-Haims table (plus one infant!) and we've gone for a big square rather than a long rectangle. I call it Thanksgiving Geometry. For many, however, this and other holidays can be a lonely time because we don't have anyone to gather with. I encourage you to open your heart and your home to those who may need a place to be. And if you're worried about a certain someone acting a certain way and how you're going to deal with it, read this piece I wrote some years ago called "Don't Let Aunt Susie Get To You This Christmas" (Don't let the 'Christmas' dissuade you - the advice applies to all {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 15     family gatherings!) What I See From The Dais I pushed the envelope the other night, rhetorically. Surprise, surprise, it was about housing. As you know, the ability to build housing in Palo Alto is constrained first and foremost by the audacious yet simple fact that the land here in Palo Alto and in our region more broadly is some of the most expensive real estate on the planet. Also, we don't have a lot of undeveloped land sitting around. But even when builders DO own land here, and want to build, they're constrained by Palo Alto's long-treasured limitations on height, the density of people allowed per acre, and what is known as 'Floor Area Ratio (FAR).' (The number of building stories divided by the percentage of the lot used; a higher FAR comes from a taller building or a building that takes up almost all of its lot, or both.) Forgive the wonkiness of those last few sentences; I want you to understand this stuff if you don't already. Being a housing advocate means pushing for higher FARs as well as increased height and density allowances. All of this is called "upzoning." So, last Monday November, 13th, our council ad hoc housing committee (made up of Vice Mayor Stone and Council Member Lauing) had worked with staff to propose an increase in FAR along San Antonio Road, where we intend to put a whole lot of new housing. The proposal was to go from an existing FAR of say 1.5 (e.g. think of this as 3 stories covering 50% of the lot) to 2.5 (e.g. 5 stories {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 16     covering 50% of the lot). A higher FAR is a good thing. However, our community's leading housing policy advocates at Palo Alto Forward have been encouraging us to go to an FAR of 3 (e.g. 6 stories covering 50% of the lot) or 4 (e.g. 8 stories covering 50% of the lot). What to do? What to say? The revised plans were already in place, this was not the time for me to go back to the drawing board unless I could be absolutely certain I had the votes to push it through. And my colleagues who worked so hard to move the FAR from 1.5 to 2.5 would have been all What the eff, Julie... So, when it was my turn at the microphone, I decided to simply opine. "I'd just like to know what is preventing us from going to an FAR of 3.0 or 4.0, other than outrage?" I wanted to call out the feelings of outrage over upzoning, because outrage has come time and time again and, let's face it, it has often prevailed. I want us to appreciate that feelings of outrage are out there, and to equip ourselves to be better listeners to those concerns, and better conversationalists about why upzoning is a good thing, so that we can ultimately be persuaders when it comes to advocating for what's right for our community. One day, we could be a city that vociferously champions higher Floor Area Ratios! Imagine that. If you want more detail on this, you can read the Palo Alto Weekly article about our deliberations here. Next Up at Council, November 27 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 17     Part of being a houser means advocating for conditions that allow more housing, and more affordable housing, to be built. Another part of being a houser means protecting renters, preserving rental housing and producing more rental units. Toward that end, on Monday November 27, Council will be looking at a proposed rental registry. I hear from landlords who are against it and claim it puts an undue burden on them in terms of cost and staff time. Yet housing advocates say it's imperative that we have one. I will be deeply interested in listening and learning to the various arguments on this one. We'll also be discussing changes to our Council procedures and protocols which is just good "hygiene" for us to regularly review as a policy making body. Not super sexy, but important for our systems and processes. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 18     If you care about tenant/landlord issues, or about Council procedures and protocols, join us! The meeting begins at 5:30pm and the approximate times for each item can be found on the agenda. Here is the Zoom Link and the Meeting ID is: 362 027 238. And, as always, it will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26, live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen Media Center https://midpenmedia.org. It is ALWAYS a joy to see your face in chambers. Bring a friend. Make your voice HEARD. Just Action Event Recap When you have to put out more chairs than expected, I think it's safe to say your event was a hit. That's how we're feeling about our evening with the authors of Just Action last week at the Imagination Lab School at Cubberley. Co-sponsoring organizations set up tables with info and merchandise. A lot of electeds and former electeds came. And when all was said and done and the chairs were counted, we estimate 150 people were in the house! Palo Alto Forward asked if they could bring refreshments (yes!) Friends of the Palo Alto Library asked if they could help (yes!) Books Inc Palo Alto sold a boatload of books (yes!) It was rainy outside but the vibe inside was warmth, engagement, and optimism. Chris Beszylko and his team at the Imagination Lab School were the perfect hosts! Richard and Leah Rothstein, it was an honor to have you! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 19     Look at this amazing group of co-sponsors! Excited to see what we will accomplish together bringing Just Action to Palo Alto. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 20     The people came! Look at all these change makers! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 21     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 22     Richard and Leah Rothstein even stayed to sign books! I'm so grateful to my amazing team for pulling this off. Jeanette Miller (who works with us remotely from Houston) planned the event and executed the run of show. Clarice Cho (Brooklyn) provided all the graphics and branding. Trisha Suvari ran point on the night of. Interns Kinsey Hall and Kurt Frewing assisted with mics and the book signing line. When I told Richard Rothstein that Kinsey had read an early copy of Just Action and produced a lengthy written summary he asked if he could read it. What an amazing opportunity and connection for a kid who is double-majoring in Econ and Political Science at Santa Clara University! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 23     Next Up From Us: Family Night atGamelandia on December 6 Join us for our second annual Gamelandia family night on December 6 co- sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Palo Alto Youth Council. We're having 2 sittings (5-7pm and 7:30-9:30pm), so if you've got a young family, come early. Or come late if that's your vibe. And with Hanukkah starting the next day, and Christmas a few weeks later, this is your perfect opportunity to get holiday gifts at a 15% discount just for attending our event. RSVP here. Connecting with neighbors and making new friends over games is FUN. Have dinner on Cal Ave before or after! Sibling City Town Hall: ClimateAction Sunday, Dec 3 1-3pm Mitchell Park Community Center. Register here. This is the third of three town hall conversations sponsored by Sibling Cities. If climate action is your passion, please join your fellow Palo Altans in a live conversation with our counterparts in Bloomington, Indiana! Winter is Coming/Winter is HERE:Emergency Alerts And Storm {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 24     Preparedness AlertSCC is the County of Santa Clara’s official emergency alert and warning system. It's free for everyone and easy to set up. Alerts are sent directly to your mobile device, landline, and or email. You can decide how you want to receive alerts and designate the order you want to be notified. Find out more information and sign up here. And.... If you missed the storm community Preparedness workshop that was on November 15, you can find the recap here. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 25     Community Events Community Thanksgiving Church Service First Church of Christ November 23 (Thanksgiving Day), 10-11am 3045 Cowper Street or Online This is advertised as "Join for a special community Thanksgiving church service- at time to share ideas and inspiration that comfort, heal, and lead to a deeper understanding of God's goodness." {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 26     Holiday Toy Drive Help out our local youth this holiday season by contributing to Palo Alto's toy drive. Donations of new and unwrapped toys, books, gift cards and other gifts are currently being accepted through December 14 at the following locations: Any Fire Station In Palo Alto Any Palo Alto Libraries Mitchell Park Community Center Lucie Stern Community Center More information available here. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 27     Tree Lighting December 1, 5:30-7pm Lytton Plaza More details found here. Art Center Holiday Sale December 2, 10am-4pm {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 28     Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road If you are looking for handmade gifts for the holidays, the Art Center Studio Holiday Sale is your one-stop shop. Our sale showcases unique artwork created by local artists working in the studios at the Palo Alto Art Center. Stunning and innovative jewelry, functional and fine art ceramics, paintings, prints and more will be available. Proceeds benefit the participating artists, our studios, and the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. Details can be found here. That's All, Y'all! May the foods you prepare this week fill the tummies of your loved ones with delight! And if you're on the receiving end of someone else's culinary efforts, don't forget to thank them for that with all your might! xo View this email in your browser GET INVOLVED TODAY! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 29     Julie Lythcott-Haims for Palo Alto City Council 2022 julieforpaloalto@gmail.com | 3790 El Camino Real #2022 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 30     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Kottke; Dennis Upton; District1@bos.sccgov.org; DuJuan Green; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Salem Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Zelkha, Mila; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael Subject:AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, HAMAS’S TUNNELS, AND ISRAELI PROPAGANDA Date:Thursday, November 23, 2023 10:07:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL, HAMAS’S TUNNELS,AND ISRAELI PROPAGANDA https://theintercept.com/2023/11/21/al-shifa-hospital-hamas-israel/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 31     From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; David Angel; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Ed Lauing; Lauing, Ed; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; ParkRec Commission; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; editor@paweekly.com; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; yolanda Subject:Protesters get bolder, louder-San Jose Mercury Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2023 1:30:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Protesters get bolder, and louder( Nov 22, San Jose Mercury News -front page) Protesters get bolder, louder https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=3d028a9f-9371- 4983-9987-7801e51a9159&appcode=SAN252&eguid=708ef889-e881-4eb6-aa8e- cffad340a610&pnum=1# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 32     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Linda Jolley; Mata, Anthony; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rose Lynn; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Sheriff Transparency; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:Palo Alto: Former cop pleads guilty in excessive force case that prompted department LGBTQ training Date:Wednesday, November 22, 2023 9:51:06 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto: Former cop pleads guilty in excessive force case that prompted department LGBTQ training https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/21/palo-alto-former-cop-pleads-guilty-in-excessive- force-case-that-prompted-department-lgbtq-training/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 33     From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Gardener, Liz; Gerry Gras; Aram James; Virginia Lea; Palo Alto Renters" Association; Ann Berlak; paul bundy; Marie-Louise Starling-Bell; Donna Bender; Marni Barnes; Cherrill Spencer; Chuck Jagoda; Sally Clark; Meryl M. Courtice; Gerry jurgensen; Eugenia (Genie) Njolito; Raging Grannies of the Peninsula Subject:Fwd: 8 ways to have hard conversations this Thanksgiving. Date:Tuesday, November 21, 2023 1:36:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. c ---------- Forwarded message --------- Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:57 AM Subject: Fwd: 8 ways to have hard conversations this Thanksgiving. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: JVP Wire <info@jewishvoiceforpeace.org> Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 11:02 AM Subject: 8 ways to have hard conversations this Thanksgiving. To: Linda Lopez Otero <pasionaria@gmail.com> Read and share the full Wire on our website. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 34     8 ways to have hard conversations about ceasefire this Thanksgiving. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 35     In the past month, hundreds of thousands of people have joined JVP for the first time. Many of us are probably overwhelmed by the scale of devastation that we’re seeing each day in Palestine. And some of us might be new to having hard conversations about Israeli apartheid. All of us are fighting every day for an immediate ceasefire, a critical first step to end the Israeli military’s relentless destruction of Gaza. As we move into the holidays, we may struggle to talk to our family members and loved ones about Israeli violence. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 36     This year, JVP’s How to Have Hard Conversations toolkit offers some skills and approaches on how to bring our family members and loved ones into support for a ceasefire — and how to engage beyond this moment in support of a future of Palestinian liberation and justice for all people. Take a breath. 1. Know that you might get upset: Remember, your goal is to move the person. Losing your temper is deeply justified – and almost always counterproductive to your goal. You’ll have the most productive conversation if you can remain calm, measured, and strategic in how you engage... Read the full list in the Wire   Practice these skills. Want some real-life practice having these hard conversations? Join JVP-Bay Area tonight, Tuesday, November 21 at either 7pm ET/4pm PT OR 9pm ET/6pm PT, for How to Not Ruin the Holidays: An Anti-Zionist Guide to Initiating Difficult Conversations About Israel. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 37     Register for 7pm ET/4pm PT Register for 9pm ET/6pm PT   Tell Biden: Peace means ending Israeli apartheid. On Saturday, the Washington Post published an op-ed by President Joe Biden about Israel's war on Gaza. In the op-ed, Biden portrays Israel's devastating military assault as a war for democracy and erases the context of 75 years of Israeli apartheid and oppression of Palestinians. Write to the Washington Post now and tell Biden: Ending Israeli apartheid is the only path to peace. Write to the WaPo now   "The dangers of weaponizing antisemitism" Executive director of JVP Stefanie Fox joined political analyst Omar Baddar and professor Omer Bartov in discussing the rise of antisemitism and its dangerous weaponization in support of Israeli genocide, with Marc Lamont Hill on al-Jazeera yesterday. Watch now   Find the Wire useful? Support this work with a contribution today. Jewish Voice for Peace P.O. Box 589 Berkeley, CA 94701 United States Want to change your subscription preferences? unsubscribe. Update and view your contact information, contributions, and email preferences through our self-service portal. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 38     -- Linda Lopez Otero " Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 39     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Rethinking Thanksgiving Celebrations: Native Perspectives on Thanksgiving Date:Tuesday, November 21, 2023 7:23:18 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 40     Dear Movement Family, I wanted to share a piece I recently wrote with several of my colleagues: Evangelical Appeal to Moral Case for Cease-fire. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. — Lev. 19:18 As evangelical Christians in America, we are grieved by the violence that has consumed {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 41     Israel and Gaza and we are troubled by the ways our faith tradition has been used to justify it. Yet even as we witness gross distortions of faith by Christian nationalists in public life, we also celebrate how people from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim traditions around the world are coming together to cry for peace. So say cease-fire, some say a “cessation of hostilities,” some say humanitarian pause. Some just say, “Stop for the babies!” But the world is experiencing a kind of Pentecost as people cry out in different tongues with a unified call to end the violence. Judaism teaches through the prophet Amos that God hears a united remnant against injustice. Islam teaches that “God is with the group.” And Jesus prayed that we all might be One, even as he and his Father are One. There is power in the unified cry of faithful people. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam share moral convictions that ground our response to this moment. We believe that every human being is created in the image of God. Both the Talmud and Islamic teaching say that to save a single life is to save all humanity, and Jesus extends the law of love for kin and neighbors even to those who are our enemies. Together we believe that every Israeli life is precious; every Palestinian life is precious; every single life is precious. We also share the conviction that vengeance belongs to God. While governments have a right and duty to ensure security, our traditions insist on restraint and limits when the state exercises its power. No government knows enough to become the ultimate arbiter of justice. Finally, our traditions share a commitment to justice, especially for those who are weak and vulnerable in this world. Whenever there is an imbalance of power, God hears the cries of those who are suffering and calls us to join their cry for justice. Because of these shared convictions and our knowledge that a “three-fold chord is not easily broken,” we join our voices with Jews, Christians, and Muslims around the world who are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and the safe return of all hostages and civilian prisoners taken in the present conflict. While “cease-fire” is a technical term of international law, our faith demands that we outline a basic moral call to CEASE-FIRE. Confront and stop immediately indiscriminate violence against any civilian, especially women, children, and the sick. End the denial of basic necessities to any population, including food, water, electricity, fuel, internet, and medical supplies. Affirm the image of God in every human being. Stop the practice of holding hostages and ensure the safe return of all hostages and prisoners home. Exercise nonviolent power to build a just peace for all people. Faithfully work as Jews, Christians, and Muslims to support a viable alternative to the brutality of Hamas and to challenge the Netanyahu administration’s practices of occupation and apartheid. Insist that human rights for all people are nonnegotiable. Raise a moral cry against murder, indiscriminate violence, war, and public policies rooted in vengeance, no matter which faith is used to justify violence. Engage nonviolently to interrupt the violence that is being carried out against fellow human beings. As people who are committed to manifesting beloved community and overcoming violence of any kind against any person or people, we steadfastly demand that justice be done and seek to protect the dignity of all human life regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or national identity. We need a cease-fire for God’s sake, for the future’s sake, for the sake of the babies who are dying, and for the sake of our own humanity. Jesus said, “If you live by the sword, you will {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 42     die by the sword,” and, as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made clear, in an era of nuclear weapons that can destroy the whole world, our ultimate choice is not between violence and nonviolence, but between nonviolence and nonexistence. Killing our future is worse than wrong; it is an act of despair that denies God’s hope. Our faith compels us to lift up this moral call for a cease-fire. We invite any who share this conviction to join people of faith around the world who are praying and taking action for peace. Bishop William J. Barber, II Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, Yale Divinity School Repairers of the Breach Shane Claiborne Red Letter Christians Mae Elise Cannon Churches for Middle East Peace Rodney Sadler Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation, Union Presbyterian Seminary Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Center for Public Theology and Public Policy, Yale Divinity School {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 43     END THE PERSECUTION OF PRO- PALESTINE STUDENTS! On September 12th, 2023, 18-year-old San Jose State University freshman Omar Ramaha had a verbal exchange with a group of Zionists who were tabling on campus. He rightfully expressed criticism of the state of Israel and their campaign of murder against the Palestinian people. He spoke respectfully and truthfully in defense of victims of genocide, and asked the people tabling a simple question, “Are you aware that you are supporting a country that kills people?” In response to this, the girl told him that she does not care about those lives lost. Such an insensitive response was clearly spoken with the intent to provoke Omar, a Palestinian student who believes in basic human rights. He said nothing about Jewish people or Judaism. An hour later, he was arrested and jailed for battery and a hate crime for allegedly tossing a Capri Sun towards the Zionists (He tossed it in their general direction as he was removing himself from the situation). SJSU has suspended {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 44     him without giving him the chance to share his account of what occurred. SJSU Vice President of Student Affairs Patrick Day, and Chief Diversity Officer Dawn Lee also sent out an email to the entire student body on September 29th, misrepresenting what occurred as an anti-Semitic hate crime and making Omar even more of a target. They sent this email to the whole school before Omar even got the chance to tell his side, or attempt to defend himself. There is a difference between Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Zionism. Omar was not anti-semetic, and to frame him as so is simply unjust defamation from our school leaders. READ MORE OPINION Cease-fire now Dear Editor: I'm a 74-year-old Jewish man. The more I read and the more I learn about the historical re-cord, the more I am convinced that the land I refer to as Palestine was stolen by the far right-wing genocidal state of Israel. The more recent historical record makes clear that the U.S. government has supported the Israeli military throughout its 75-year existence. 2002, the U.S. provided $3.3 billion in military aid to Israel, according to the U.S. government's USAID. This military aid has been to the great detriment of the Palestinian people's struggle for freedom, justice and an independent homeland. It is a travesty that the billions sent to Israel for military equipment, including for the production of nuclear weapons, should have instead gone to African-American communities here at home and others living in pover-ty-stricken inner cities across this coun-try. Israel has been carpet bombing Gaza, killing thousands of innocent civilians, including more than 4,500 children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. To add insult to injury, the Biden administration is proposing to send a $14 billion package to aid Israel to complete a genocide of the Palestinian people. The louder the international call for a cease-fire grows, the more the Israeli government digs in their heels. The longer the genocide continues, the more potent antisemitism grows both here at home and around the world. None of it makes sense. A cease-fire must be put in place now. Aram James Palo Alto {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 45     The San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP Branch expresses our heartfelt condolences on the passing of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter. Mrs. Carter will be remembered for her tireless advocacy and leadership in mental health issues, her dedication to public service, and her commitment to making a positive impact in the lives of others. We honor her legacy and extend our deepest sympathies are with former President Carter and the Carter family as they prepare to celebrate her life of service. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 46     As young people study the climate crisis, they can draw ideas and inspiration from stories of resistance such as entries from our new Climate Crisis Timeline. Our timeline traces its roots of crisis from European colonial expansion and racial capitalism to present-day fossil fuel industry and government projects that exploit the Earth in the name of maximum profit {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 47     On November 3, 2023, the mediareported that a San Jose Policeengaged in racist text messages. SanJose Police Chief Anthony Matastated the text messages werediscovered during anotherinvestigation. The Officer, MarkMcNamara resigned immediatelyafter the text messages were foundby the department. The recent revelation of racist text messages sent by a San Jose police officer has sparked outrage and demands for accountability from the community. The discovery of these reprehensible messages has once again brought issues of racism and accountability within law enforcement to the forefront. Officer Mark McNamara's resignation following the discovery of the racist texts is a step in the right direction, but it does not absolve him of responsibility for his actions. The fact that McNamara was involved in the shooting of K'aun Green in 2022 adds another troubling layer to this situation. The shooting of an innocent bystander, followed by the revelation of racist sentiments expressed by the same officer, raises serious concerns about bias {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 48     and misconduct within the San Jose Police Department. The implications of these text messages extend beyond the actions of one individual. The involvement of another officer and a former officer who received these messages raises questions about the department's culture and the extent of racial bias within its ranks. The refusal of the city to release the names of these individuals only fuels suspicion and undermines transparency. The San Jose/Silicon Valley Branch of the NAACP's demand for the names of these individuals under the California Public Records Act is a crucial call for transparency and accountability. It is essential that those who share the same views as McNamara and failed to report his racist bias are held to account for their complicity. This is not only a matter of individual actions, but also a reflection of the integrity and trustworthiness of the entire law enforcement system. In light of these troubling revelations, immediate and comprehensive action is needed to address the deep-seated issues highlighted by this incident. First and foremost, the active officer implicated in the receipt of the racist messages should be removed from service pending a thorough investigation. Any officer found to have exhibited or tolerated racist behavior must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. Furthermore, the demand for the decertification of all three individuals involved in this matter is a necessary step to prevent them from working in law enforcement in the future. The impact of their racist attitudes and actions cannot be underestimated, and allowing them to remain in positions of authority would endanger the public and undermine trust in law enforcement. Additionally, a review of all cases involving these officers is essential to ensure that justice is served. The integrity of past investigations and the rights of those affected by these officers' actions must be upheld. If any misconduct or bias is found to have influenced previous cases, appropriate measures should be taken to rectify the situation and ensure the fair treatment of all individuals involved. Beyond these immediate actions, there needs to be a thorough examination of the broader institutional culture within the San Jose Police Department. Addressing issues of racism, bias, and accountability requires a sustained and comprehensive effort to enact meaningful change. This includes implementing anti-bias training, promoting diversity within the department, and fostering a culture of accountability and transparency. Furthermore, fostering stronger partnerships with the community, including organizations like the NAACP, can help build trust and accountability within law enforcement. Engaging in open dialogue, actively listening to the concerns of the community, and working collaboratively to address systemic issues are essential steps toward creating a more just and equitable law enforcement system. The revelations of racist text messages within the San Jose Police Department are deeply troubling and demand swift and decisive action. Accountability, transparency, and a commitment to addressing systemic issues of racism and bias are crucial to restoring trust and justice within the community. It is only through a concerted effort to confront these challenges the department can begin to rebuilt its integrity and ensure the fair and equitable treatment of all individuals. Pastor Jethroe Moore II, PresidentSean Allen 3rd Vice President, Legal Redress Chair {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 49     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 50     Mission College's Kwanzaa Celebration: December 6, 2023; 11:00am - 2:00pm; Freeberg Hospitality Management Building; Free Parking -- Lot C. There is a worldwide celebration of Kwanzaa on its 57th anniversary coming up in December 2023. Mission College, Santa Clara, CA. is celebrating and its 15th anniversary December 6, 2023; 11:00am - 2:00pm; Freeberg Hospitality Management Building; FREE EVENT; Free Parking -- Lot C. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 51     Call for Nominations: Quintessential Servant Leadership Award Dear San Jose Silicon Valley Community, The San Jose Silicon Valley Branch NAACP is thrilled to announce the annual African American Flag Raising Event Community Awards. This year, we are proud to present: the Quintessential Servant Leadership Award, dedicated to remembering Charles (Chuck) Alexander. The Quintessential Servant Leadership Award aims to recognize an individual who exemplifies the qualities of a servant leader. This leadership style is characterized by a genuine desire to develop leadership qualities in others. It requires individuals to demonstrate empathy, active listening, stewardship, and a deep commitment to the personal growth of those around them. Servant leaders embody compassion, character, and competence, which form the {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 52     foundation of trust. By embracing honesty, transparency, and accountability, they establish authentic influence that motivates and inspires their teams. Through their leadership, they create an environment where team members can engage in sincere and meaningful exchanges with both leaders and peers. Nominations for the Quintessential Servant Leadership Award are now open. We encourage you to nominate exceptional individuals who have demonstrated remarkable servant leadership qualities within our community. Together, let us celebrate those who have selflessly dedicated themselves to serving others and fostering the growth and development of those around them. Please submit your nominations by January 15th, 2024. We look forward to receiving your recommendations and recognizing the outstanding contributions of servant leaders within our San Jose Silicon Valley community. send nominations to moore2j@att.net/ victoria.mcdowell@sjsu.edu Thank you for your continued support. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 53     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 54     THE HISTORY OF OMEGA PSI PHIFRATERNITY, INC. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. is the first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of a historically black college. On the evening of November 17, 1911, Omega Psi Phi was founded inside the Science Building (later renamed Thirkield Hall) at Howard University located in Washington, D.C. The founders were three undergraduates — Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. Joining them was their faculty adviser, Ernest Everett Just. From the initials of the Greek phrase meaning, “friendship is essential to the soul“, the name Omega Psi Phi was derived. That phrase was selected as the motto. Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance and Uplift were adopted as Cardinal Principles.CIVIL RIGHTS Roy Wilkins – Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.Jesse Jackson- Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, National Rainbow Coalition.Vernon Jordan – Noted Attorney and Former Executive Director of the National UrbanLeague.Ernest Green – Civil Rights Activist – Little Rock 9Benjamin Hooks – Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the mosteffective of all civil rights organizations.Wiley Branton – Attorney of the “Little Rock Nine” and former Dean of Howard UniversitySchool of Law.Oliver Hill – Civil Rights attorney whose work against racial discrimination helped end thedoctrine of “separate but equal”. 1999 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.Bayard Rustin – Civil rights organizer and activist and leader for Social movements. He organized the Freedom Rides and served as an organizer for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 55     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 56     What: A Season of Black Art Event: Celebrate Black Theatre and Film -Celebrating the Craftsmen & Women of Black Expression on Stage and Screen; From the AAACC Hall of Culture hosted Films to samples of new theatre productions from local SF/Bay Area companies in the Historic Buriel Clay Theater, the Narratives of Black Lives Explode in a Continuum of Awe-inspiring Entertainment and Enlightenment! When: Saturday, December 9, 2023 from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm Where: AAACC at 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Space is limited! Registration in advance is highly encouraged. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 57     Corruption and Rights Abuses Are Flourishing in Lithium Mining Across Africa, a New Report Finds The global clean energy transition could be a game changer for Africa, but exploitation of miners continues as many foreign mining companies ignore local opposition. By Katie Surma On a Sunday afternoon in March 2023, Darlington Vito was shot in the head outside an industrial lithium mine in Masvingo Province, Zimbabwe. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 58     A subsistence miner, he had been searching for chunks of ore in a rubble pile when a security guard at the mine site fired his weapon without warning, family members and local human rights activists said in interviews. Vito died a week later from his injuries. For Vito and other locals living near the mine, the global lithium boom brought the promise of economic opportunity to the poverty-stricken region. Global demand for lithium, a lightweight metal used in electric vehicles, mobile phones and energy storage systems, is expected to increase fortyfold from 2020 to 2040, as the world moves away from fossil fuels and toward renewable sources of energy to mitigate climate change. READ MORE Crown Royal believes that it's not about what you have, but what you give and how you give it. That's why Crown Royal is honored to partner with Packages From Home to turn donated Crown Royal Bags into care packages for active American military heroes around the world. JOIN THE PURPLE BAG PROJECT AND PACK A BAG FOR FREE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 59     SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY NAACP COMMUNITY MEETING Time: November 30, 2023 06:30 PM Pacific Time Featuring African American Cultural Center! WALTER WILSON Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfuqtrj0vG91ovwpTAOiQ6WGzlRNXPAXy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 60     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 61     Learn about the different ways the tobacco industry targets the hip-hop community. Learn about the history and role of hip-hop culture and strategies on how to combat big tobacco. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 62     Rethinking Thanksgiving Celebrations: Native Perspectives on Thanksgiving The "First Thanksgiving" is often portrayed as a friendly harvest celebration where Pilgrims and generic, nameless Indians came together to eat and give thanks. This story is a myth that was sparked in the mid-1800s when English accounts of the 1621 harvest event resurfaced and fueled the American imagination. Romanticized paintings and stereotypical images of "Pilgrims" and "Indians" celebrating the "First Thanksgiving" became part of the national nostalgia and Manifest Destiny sentiment as the United States pushed west. Sarah Josepha Hale, an influential editor of a magazine called Godey's Lady's Book, led a campaign for a national Thanksgiving holiday, and the "First Thanksgiving" myth played into her agenda. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln declared a national Thanksgiving in November to celebrate gratitude and unity amidst the turmoil of the Civil War. In the decades that followed, the "First Thanksgiving" myth and the national holiday evolved into a foundational, national story reinforced by memorials, holiday marketing, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 63     literature, and school curriculums. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 64     HOW IT WORKS: 1. California and Hawaii citizens submit a signed "Civil & Human Rights Complaint" (CHRC) Form to their local NAACP Branch. 2. The local Branch submits the received CHRC form to their Legal Redress committee upon seeing "Racial Discrimination" or "Racial Harassment" triggers on the form. 3. The local Branch's Legal Redress Committee conducts an investigation and determines whether or not an attorney needs to be consulted. a. If it is determined that an attorney does not need to be involved, the Branch's Legal Redress Committee shall resolve the issue internally. b. If it is determined that an attorney should be consulted, the Branch's Legal Redress Committee shall refer the Complainant to the State Conference by filling out an NAACP CA/HI Stop the Hate Case Synopsis Form. The State will then refer the Complainant to a contracted law firm and pay for the consultation between the Complainant and the firm. After a referral has been made and consultation has taken place, the decision to take on the Complainant's case rests solely {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 65     with the firm. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Currently, Californians who are/were the victims of racial harassment or discrimination in employment, housing, and other situations that violate their civil rights. We are actively looking for law firms in additional areas of practice, and we welcome recommendations from Branches on new law practice areas that could be included. This information can also be found on the State Conference's website under the "Legal Redress" tab. Please feel free to get in touch with me with any questions or concerns. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 66     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 67     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 68     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 69     Vol. 29 No. 15 – CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DISCLOSURE OF OFFICERS’ NAMES CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DISCLOSURE OF OFFICERS’ NAMES Acting in the case of Long Beach Police Officers Association v. City of Long Beach (2014 Cal. LEXIS 3757 (May 29, 2014)), the California Supreme Court, on a 6-1 vote, has held that the public interest in disclosure of the names of officers in an OIS will, as a general rule, outweigh in the privacy interest of the officers in having their names withheld. History  On December 12, 2010, officers of the Long Beach Police Department were involved in the fatal shooting of an intoxicated man who pointed an apparent handgun at them. (Though said by officers to have been pointed as though — and appearing to them to be — a firearm, the device was later learned to have been a hose spray nozzle.) The Los Angeles Times made a Public Records Act (CPRA) request for release by the City of the names of the involved officers, as well as those involved in shootings in the preceding several years. The Long Beach POA sought to enjoin the City from releasing the names, an effort supported by the City. They maintained that the Police Department historically treated the names of officers under investigation as personnel records not subject to disclosure, and that disclosure of names of shooting-involved officers would endanger their safety. The Los Angeles Times argued that under the CPRA the public interest in knowing the names of involved officers outweighed the privacy interest of the officers. After the trial court denied injunctive relief, the POA and the City appealed without success before the Court of Appeal, and the California Supreme Court granted review. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 70     2024 MLK Commemorative Transportation Each year the Foundation partners with local and regional transportation agencies to provide commemorative transportation to and from the celebration events. The NorcalMLK Foundation's MLK Transportation Program, in collaboration with Bay Area transit systems including Caltrain, BART SFMTA, and Golden Gate Ferries, is a vital initiative that removes barriers to participation in our MLK Celebration events. On the federal holiday commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this program provides thousands of individuals and families across the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California region with a remarkable opportunity to attend our events free of transit fare charges. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 71     ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 72     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 73     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 74     Mass Supervision Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom Vincent Schiraldi With a foreword by Bruce Western The most comprehensive critique of probation and parole—and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both—from the former Probation Commissioner of New York City {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 75     We obtained data on 58 California sheriff's departments. SCORECARD AT A GLANCE AVERAGE FOR 4 SECTIONS: 34% Scores range from 0-100% comparing counties with 100-250k population. Counties with higher scores spend less on policing, use less force, are more likely to hold officers accountable and make fewer arrests for low-level offenses. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 76     2024 King Holiday Observance Calendar of Events The 2024 King Holiday Observance Calendar of Events encompasses experiences to remind global citizens of our capacity to create the Beloved Community, and to help us develop strategies for shifting the cultural climate in key areas of our lives. Share the schedule on social media using the hashtags #KHO2024 #MLKDay2024 #TheKingCenter Detailed Schedule {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 77     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 78     Register at https://sdpconference.info/2024-conference/ The 2024 conference will be convened at the Palmer House Hotel, Monday, February 19 – Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Chicago, IL. The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2024 Conference will include… Opening conference worship service at the Palmer House hotel Renowned African American preachers, theologians, and activists Informed teaching and educational opportunities through various breakout sessions including Connecting the Dots: Racism, Ecojustice and the Wealth Gap General Secretary's Luncheon & Ella Jo Baker Awards {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 79     “Beautiful Are The Feet” Honoree Signature Event “Where Legacy Meets Future: ReImagine, ReThink, and ReInvent” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 80     Website History Events Youth ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 81     Drop Us A Line Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: +1 (408) 898-6985 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163, Milpitas, CA 95035 Unsubscribe hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by moore2j@att.net powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 82     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Zelkha, Mila; Raj Jayadev; Roberta Ahlquist; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Barberini, Christopher; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; yudof@law.berkeley.edu Subject:Support for cease-fire grows in the face of white wing opposition Date:Thursday, November 16, 2023 2:00:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. THREE-HUNDRED THIRTY delegates to the Democratic National Convention who backed Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., in his 2016 and 2020 presidential bids sent a letter to the senator urging him to introduce a resolution for a ceasefire in Gaza. The letter, sent on Wednesday, urges Sanders to introduce a Senate companion bill to a ceasefire resolution introduced last month in the House of Representatives. The Sanders convention delegates also called on him to support an end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza, the occupation of Palestinian land, U.S. military funding for war crimes against Palestinians, and the expansion of Israeli settlements. “Palestinians require more than just a ‘humanitarian pause.’” “We’ve progressed beyond the stage of seeking mere condemnations or symbolic gestures,” the delegates wrote. “We concur with your assertion that these ‘unspeakable crimes’ must cease and that ‘the bombs and missiles from both sides’ should be halted. But Palestinians require more than just a ‘humanitarian pause.’” The House resolution was introduced by by Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.; Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.; André Carson, D-Ind.; Summer Lee, D-Pa.; and Delia Ramirez, D-Ill. The House resolution now has 18 co-sponsors. So far, at least 31 members of Congress, including Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., have come out in favor of a ceasefire — although Durbin and others conditioned their calls on the release of Israeli prisoners in Gaza. The letter comes three weeks after hundredsof Sanders presidential campaign alumni sent a letter urging the senator to back a ceasefire. Since that letter’s release, Sanders has all but supported a ceasefire: calling for a humanitarian pause; to “stop the bombing”; and saying Congress, the Biden administration, and the world “must take action.” MOST READ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 83     “We Need Him Now, More ThanEver” Sanders’s delegates delivered the letter to the Vermont senator one day after more than 115 former staffers for President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama — including former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain and former Treasury Secretary and Harvard University President Lawrence Summers — applauded Biden for his “staunch support of Israel.” The former top administration officials lauded Biden’s proposed $14.3 billion in military aid for Israel. It also follows a decision by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D. N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., to join Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, at Tuesday’s March for Israel in Washington, D.C., where the quartet proclaimed, “We stand with Israel.” I Joined Gaza’s Trail of Tears and Displacement Hind Khoudary Anti-Defamation League Maps Jewish Peace Rallies With Antisemitic Attacks Micah Lee Blowback: How Israel Went From Helping Create Hamas to Bombing It Mehdi Hasan, Dina Sayedahmed {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 84     Hours later, Israel invaded Al-Shifa hospital, the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital, where thousands of displaced and injured civilians were trapped, including dozens of premature babies. Wednesday is the fifth consecutive day that the Gaza Ministry of Health has been unable to update its death toll, owing to a lack of fuel and power that has totaled the health care system, making tallying the dead and communications nearly impossible. The last time the ministry updated the death toll, on Friday, Israel had killed 11,078 people. “As a Jewish person of conscience watching Israeli genocide in real time, I say, not in my name, not with my tax dollars, shall Israel bomb and deprive a trapped population, half of them children, of water, food, medicine and fuel,” said Marcy Winograd, a 2020 Sanders delegate from California’s 24th congressional district, and a co-founding member of the Los Angeles chapter of Jewish Voice for Peace. “As a Jewish member of Congress, Senator Sanders’ voice would be particularly persuasive in demanding an end to Israel’s violations of international law that shock the world to leave us feeling unmoored from our own humanity.” Related Dick Durbin, AIPAC’s First Successful Recruit, Becomes FirstSenator to Call for Gaza Ceasefire The latest letter adds to a growing opposition among Democrats against unconditional U.S. support for Israel. Over a dozen former Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., campaign staffers, 411 current congressional staffers, 400-plus current Biden administration employees, 500- plusformer Biden campaign alumni, 133 Obamastaffers and appointees, and 260 former presidential campaign staffers for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., issued statements demanding support for a ceasefire. More have since signed on. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 85     “From coastal cities to rural valleys like mine, millions of young people turned their attention to politics for the first time in 2016 and 2020 because we shared Bernie’s vision for peace and justice,” said Taran Samarth, a student organizer and 2020 Sanders delegate from Pennsylvania. “We need him now, more than ever, to champion those values once more and call for a ceasefire in the face of the Biden administration’s unconditional support for the collective punishment of the Palestinian people. https://theintercept.com/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 86     From:WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto To:Chuck Jagoda Cc:Linda Jolley; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Aram James; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; Jensen, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Hornung, Joel; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Tuesday, November 14, 2023 8:37:05 AM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. excellent, as always! Judy A On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 4:30 PM Chuck Jagoda <jagodachuck@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Linda and Aram! I agree with you both. Israel is doing a very good job of imitating the Nazis— inhuman crime by inhuman crime. Linda have you seen Jack? Love to all, Chuck On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 4:25 PM Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com> wrote: Aram - Right after the Hamas attack I began studying the background extensively. It is clear to me that your Post letter is right on target. And I am so proud of you for reaching out to city councils and so many individuals! Let there be a nation-wide uprising to put down the bullshit our government has fed us for 75 years, and stop funding the terrorist nation of Israel! Linda Jolley On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 02:09:34 PM PST, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 87     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 88     From:Aram James To:Angie, Palo Alto Renters Association; Council, City; Diana Diamond; District7@sanjoseca.gov; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Lewis James; Lewis james; Palo Alto Free Press; Reifschneider, James; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Sean Webby; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Cindy Chavez; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; supervisor.ellenberg+newsletter@bos.sccgov.org Subject:The Israel as Disneyland myth Date:Tuesday, November 14, 2023 12:16:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Raised to see Israel as a ‘Jewish Disneyland’, two US film-makers are telling a different story https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/12/israelism-documentary-american-jewish- israel-palestine-conflict {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 89     From:Chuck Jagoda To:Linda Jolley Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Aram James; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; Jensen, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Hornung, Joel; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 4:30:48 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from jagodachuck@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Linda and Aram! I agree with you both. Israel is doing a very good job of imitating the Nazis— inhuman crime by inhuman crime. Linda have you seen Jack? Love to all, Chuck On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 4:25 PM Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com> wrote: Aram - Right after the Hamas attack I began studying the background extensively. It is clear to me that your Post letter is right on target. And I am so proud of you for reaching out to city councils and so many individuals! Let there be a nation-wide uprising to put down the bullshit our government has fed us for 75 years, and stop funding the terrorist nation of Israel! Linda Jolley On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 02:09:34 PM PST, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 90     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 91     From:Linda Jolley To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda; Aram James Cc:AramJames Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 4:25:31 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png You don't often get email from lindajolley9@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Aram - Right after the Hamas attack I began studying the background extensively. It is clear to me that your Post letter is right on target. And I am so proud of you for reaching out to city councils and so many individuals! Let there be a nation- wide uprising to put down the bullshit our government has fed us for 75 years, and stop funding the terrorist nation of Israel! Linda Jolley On Monday, November 13, 2023 at 02:09:34 PM PST, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 92     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 93     From:Linda Jolley To:dmpaloalto@gmail.com; Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda; Dave Price Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 3:56:22 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png You don't often get email from lindajolley9@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Your level of perfection leaves me speechless, a r a m. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:46 PM, D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> wrote: You have made some excellent points; very well put. -Danielle Martell, Palo Alto ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM Subject: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 To: <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com> <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>, April Wagner <april.wagner@cityofpaloalto.org>, Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org>, Bryan Gobin <appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com>, Cecilia Taylor <cmrstaylor@gmail.com>, Cerise Castle <cerise@knock.la>, Cindy Chavez <cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org>, CityCouncil <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com>, Daniel Barton <dbarton@nbo.law>, Dave Price <price@padailypost.com>, David S. Norris <dsnorris@menlopark.gov>, Diana Diamond <dianaLdiamond@gmail.com>, Don Austin <daustin@pausd.org>, Donna Wallach <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com>, DuJuan Green <dujuang@sbcglobal.net>, EPA Today <epatoday@epatoday.org>, Ed Lauing <elauing@equitysearchpartners.com>, Emily Mibach <emibach@padailypost.com>, Enberg, Nicholas <nicholas.enberg@cityofpaloalto.org>, <Eric.Jensen@cityofpaloalto.org>, GRP-City Council <council@redwoodcity.org>, Gennady Sheyner <GSheyner@paweekly.com>, Greer Stone <gstone22@gmail.com>, Greg Tanaka <greg@gregtanaka.org>, Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>, Jeff Moore <moore2j@att.net>, Joe {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 94     Simitian <info@joesimitian.com>, Joe Simitian <joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org>, <Joel.Hornung@cityofpaloalto.org>, Jose Valle <jvalle1800@gmail.com>, Josh Becker <becker.josh@gmail.com>, Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>, KEVIN JENSEN <KP14him@aol.com>, Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com>, Karen Holman <rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com>, Lewis james <alphonse9947@gmail.com>, Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com>, Maelin Aquino <maquino@asianlawalliance.org>, Megan James <meganjz@juno.com>, Mila Zelkha <mila.zelkha@gmail.com>, Minka Van Der Zwaag, <minka.vanderzwaag@cityofpaloalto.org>, Paul Bains <pbains7@projectwehope.com>, Paul George @ PPJC <peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com>, Raj Jayadev <raj@siliconvalleydebug.org>, Randy Higgins <randall.higgins@gmail.com>, Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com>, Reifschneider, James <james.reifschneider@cityofpaloalto.org>, Representative Eshoo <ca16aeima@mail.house.gov>, Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org>, Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>, Salem Ajluni <ajluni@hotmail.com>, Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com>, Shana Segal <voteshanasegal@gmail.com>, Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org>, Stump, Molly <molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org>, Sue Dremann <sdremann@paweekly.com>, Supervisor Otto Lee <supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org>, Supervisor Susan Ellenberg <supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org>, Tom DuBois <tom.dubois@gmail.com>, Vara Ramakrishnan <vara@acm.org>, WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto <wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com>, Zachary.Perron@CityofPaloAlto.org <zachary.perron@cityofpaloalto.org>, alisa mallari tu <alisa@justlikefamily.com>, <christopher.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org>, chuck jagoda <jagodachuck@gmail.com>, <citycouncil@mountainview.gov>, <craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org>, <cromero@cityofepa.org>, dennis burns <dennis.r.burns@gmail.com>, <districtattorney@sfgov.org>, <editor@paweekly.com>, <eric.figueroa@cityofpaloalto.org>, <friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com>, ladoris cordell <ladoris@judgecordell.com>, <rabrica@cityofepa.org>, walter wilson <walterlwilson@hotmail.com>, yolanda <yolanda@rocketmail.com> {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 95     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 96     From:D Martell To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda; Dave Price Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 3:46:53 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. You have made some excellent points; very well put. -Danielle Martell, Palo Alto ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM Subject: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 To: <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com> <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>, April Wagner <april.wagner@cityofpaloalto.org>, Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org>, Bryan Gobin <appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com>, Cecilia Taylor <cmrstaylor@gmail.com>, Cerise Castle <cerise@knock.la>, Cindy Chavez <cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org>, CityCouncil <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com>, Daniel Barton <dbarton@nbo.law>, Dave Price <price@padailypost.com>, David S. Norris <dsnorris@menlopark.gov>, Diana Diamond <dianaLdiamond@gmail.com>, Don Austin <daustin@pausd.org>, Donna Wallach <donnaisanactivist@gmail.com>, DuJuan Green <dujuang@sbcglobal.net>, EPA Today <epatoday@epatoday.org>, Ed Lauing <elauing@equitysearchpartners.com>, Emily Mibach <emibach@padailypost.com>, Enberg, Nicholas <nicholas.enberg@cityofpaloalto.org>, <Eric.Jensen@cityofpaloalto.org>, GRP- City Council <council@redwoodcity.org>, Gennady Sheyner <GSheyner@paweekly.com>, Greer Stone <gstone22@gmail.com>, Greg Tanaka <greg@gregtanaka.org>, Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>, Jeff Moore <moore2j@att.net>, Joe Simitian <info@joesimitian.com>, Joe Simitian <joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org>, <Joel.Hornung@cityofpaloalto.org>, Jose Valle <jvalle1800@gmail.com>, Josh Becker <becker.josh@gmail.com>, Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>, KEVIN JENSEN <KP14him@aol.com>, Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com>, Karen Holman <rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com>, Lewis james <alphonse9947@gmail.com>, Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com>, Maelin Aquino <maquino@asianlawalliance.org>, Megan James <meganjz@juno.com>, Mila Zelkha <mila.zelkha@gmail.com>, Minka Van Der Zwaag, <minka.vanderzwaag@cityofpaloalto.org>, Paul Bains <pbains7@projectwehope.com>, Paul George @ PPJC <peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com>, Raj Jayadev <raj@siliconvalleydebug.org>, Randy Higgins <randall.higgins@gmail.com>, Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com>, Reifschneider, James {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 97     <james.reifschneider@cityofpaloalto.org>, Representative Eshoo <ca16aeima@mail.house.gov>, Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org>, Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>, Salem Ajluni <ajluni@hotmail.com>, Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com>, Shana Segal <voteshanasegal@gmail.com>, Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org>, Stump, Molly <molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org>, Sue Dremann <sdremann@paweekly.com>, Supervisor Otto Lee <supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org>, Supervisor Susan Ellenberg <supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org>, Tom DuBois <tom.dubois@gmail.com>, Vara Ramakrishnan <vara@acm.org>, WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto <wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com>, Zachary.Perron@CityofPaloAlto.org <zachary.perron@cityofpaloalto.org>, alisa mallari tu <alisa@justlikefamily.com>, <christopher.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org>, chuck jagoda <jagodachuck@gmail.com>, <citycouncil@mountainview.gov>, <craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org>, <cromero@cityofepa.org>, dennis burns <dennis.r.burns@gmail.com>, <districtattorney@sfgov.org>, <editor@paweekly.com>, <eric.figueroa@cityofpaloalto.org>, <friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com>, ladoris cordell <ladoris@judgecordell.com>, <rabrica@cityofepa.org>, walter wilson <walterlwilson@hotmail.com>, yolanda <yolanda@rocketmail.com> {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 98     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 99     From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Jose Valle Cc:Aram James; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 3:11:23 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Strong piece. Many thanks, Roberta On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 3:08 PM Jose Valle <jvalle1800@gmail.com> wrote: right on! On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 100     -- Con Safos, Jose Valle Silicon Valley De-Bug {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 101     (408) 661-2604 "The union's survival, its very existence, sent out a signal to all Hispanics that we were fighting for our dignity. That we were challenging and overcoming injustice, that we were empowering the least educated among us, the poorest among us. The message was clear. If it could happen in the fields, it could happen anywhere" - Cesar E. Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, November 9, 1984, San Francisco, CA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 102     From:Jose Valle To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Re: Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 3:08:44 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from jvalle1800@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. right on! On Mon, Nov 13, 2023 at 2:09 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 103     -- Con Safos, Jose Valle {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 104     Silicon Valley De-Bug (408) 661-2604 "The union's survival, its very existence, sent out a signal to all Hispanics that we were fighting for our dignity. That we were challenging and overcoming injustice, that we were empowering the least educated among us, the poorest among us. The message was clear. If it could happen in the fields, it could happen anywhere" - Cesar E. Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, November 9, 1984, San Francisco, CA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 105     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Maelin Aquino; Megan James; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev; Randy Higgins; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Representative Eshoo; Richard Konda; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Cease-fire now -Daily Post, Nov, 13, 2023 Date:Monday, November 13, 2023 2:09:44 PM Attachments:D3F4F574-10D1-4FD1-B693-7982E0B77D4B.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 106     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 107     From:walter wilson To:Sheriff Transparency; Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Daniel Kottke; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Maelin Aquino; Raj Jayadev; Reifschneider, James; Richard Konda; Sean Allen; Stump, Molly; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com Subject:Re: Police chief and union head resignations called for Date:Sunday, November 12, 2023 5:28:22 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from walterlwilson@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Who is the founder and leadership in this group who wrote this letter? Walter Sent from Outlook From: Sheriff Transparency <sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2023 5:00 PM To: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Cc: <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com> <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; April Wagner <april.wagner@cityofpaloalto.org>; Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org>; CityCouncil <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com>; Daniel Barton <dbarton@nbo.law>; Daniel Kottke <daniel.k@earthlink.net>; Don Austin <daustin@pausd.org>; DuJuan Green <dujuang@sbcglobal.net>; EPA Today <epatoday@epatoday.org>; Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>; Jeff Moore <moore2j@att.net>; Jose Valle <jvalle1800@gmail.com>; Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>; KEVIN JENSEN <KP14him@aol.com>; Maelin Aquino <maquino@asianlawalliance.org>; Raj Jayadev <raj@siliconvalleydebug.org>; Reifschneider, James <james.reifschneider@cityofpaloalto.org>; Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org>; Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com>; Stump, Molly <molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org>; Vara Ramakrishnan <vara@acm.org>; Veenker, Vicki <Vicki.Veenker@cityofpaloalto.org>; Zachary.Perron@CityofPaloAlto.org <zachary.perron@cityofpaloalto.org>; christopher.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org <christopher.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org>; chuck jagoda <jagodachuck@gmail.com>; craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org <craig.lee@cityofpaloalto.org>; cromero@cityofepa.org <cromero@cityofepa.org>; dennis burns <dennis.r.burns@gmail.com>; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org <kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org>; rabrica@cityofepa.org <rabrica@cityofepa.org>; stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com <stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com>; walter wilson <walterlwilson@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: Police chief and union head resignations called for Hi Aram, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 108     While we will hold comment on the latest with the Antioch PD with this article, we will say that maybe it's time for our group to align and join forces with other Bay Area groups. WE have for a long time, and particularly since Sheriff Jonsen got elected, that the community needs to focus on the leaders of the Departments, especially those with a sordid past who are or potentially can be a problem. Our attempts to call attention to the very issue that you can remove, fire, charge, and decertify street cops or jail deputies, but the real problem remains in the leadership who will replace the dirty ones with others who are just as bad. Leadership needs to take immediate and swift action. Leaders need to acknowledge the problem they have and promise the community that these issues will not be tolerated and swift action will be the norm. Leadership needs to continue to remind the community that they are constantly monitoring and reviewing the issues that would pose a problem and not sit on it or move it under the carpet. We have found several police chiefs and sheriffs across the USA whose own past, whether riddled with civil or criminal issues or worse, both, are serving without anyone calling attention to them. These are the same leaders who pose the real problem along with their officers who are a menace and danger to our communities. It's hard for them to take action or listen to the community especially when they have backgrounds or are poor decision makers, sometimes worse than their officers. Hypocrisy is detrimental to their mentalities and egos. We applaud SJPD Chief Mata and other astute leaders for their swift actions and for speaking up with our communities that the problems will not be tolerated. Members of our group have communicated with Chief Mata and his leadership and they listen very well and are aware that the community will no longer tolerate Chiefs and Sheriffs taking a back seat. Our group is confident that the SJPD will continue to move forward with cleaning their house and taking care of the problems front and center very quickly. In addition, we hope that officers' actions will be closely scrutinized before siding with Dept policies as in the Antioch cases. We also have to keep in mind that Officers terminated too quickly without full justification or due process, could get their jobs back through civil service appeal. If this happens, decertifying becomes next to impossible. Just as defendants' cases during court trials are dismissed due to a technicality or wrongdoing by the judicial system, it's not common that they are ever tried again. Everyone knows what our group focus is and we hope to expand that focus within the Bay Area and to other groups in California and across the Nation. Either the current Chiefs, Sheriffs, and their leadership resign or retire, or their backgrounds or previous poor decisions will be brought out and scrutinized, and whether they are fit to serve their Depts and the community. ~SCCSTG {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 109     On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 9:41 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: . Police chief and union head resignations called for https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=25f8e1f3-1155- 43ae-bcad-b39bd46f1312&appcode=SAN252&eguid=deb3d9a3-4d37-4312-a3f7- ac2cea1f1439&pnum=40# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 110     From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Aram James; Gerry Gras; Rebecca Eisenberg; Ann Berlak; Anne Hudson Subject:Fwd: Protest guide and legal rights for advocating for Palestinian people Date:Sunday, November 12, 2023 5:27:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Bojana <bbbbden@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 8:13 PM Subject: Protest guide and legal rights for advocating for Palestinian people To: Bojana <bbbbden@gmail.com> In case you or anyone you know is speaking up/standing up for Palestinian lives and peaceful ceasefire protests . It’s sad that this is needed. November 1, 2023 Know your rights when rallying for justice. EDITOR'S NOTE Good morning, and happy Wednesday! As communities around the country mobilize and show solidarity with Palestine, they are being met with pushback and condemnation, including losing jobs and doxxing. In today's newsletter, we put together resources to help protect those speaking out. Want to listen to this newsletter? Here’s a link to today’s issue! Our newsletter is possible because of our readers. Here's how you can help us stay sustainable: Make a one-time or monthly donation on {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 111     our website, PayPal or Venmo (@antiracismdaily) Sponsor an upcoming issue Share the newsletter with your friends In solidarity, Team ARD TAKE ACTION Sign up for our one-hour workshop on advocating safely and effectively. Follow Palestinian Legal to learn more about your rights in supporting Palestine and Palestinian people. Use these resources from the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights to guide your advocacy efforts. Use and share our protest guide to ensure you’re protesting safely and effectively. Register here for The ARD online action hour tomorrow, 11/2, to demand Congress support a ceasefire. GET EDUCATED By Nicole Cardoza Lee (she/her) Individuals, especially students, are receiving blowback for speaking against the attack on Palestinian people at their workplaces and schools. And as the attacks on Gaza continue (as of writing on 10/31, there have been over 8,000 confirmed deaths of Palestinian people, and internet and cellular service is gradually returning in Gaza after being cut off for 36 hours), more people will likely be inspired to speak out. This is most acute on Harvard’s campus, where students whose organizations {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 112     signed onto a statement condemning Israel for its occupation of Palestine are now facing an intense doxing campaign initiated by the conservative organization Accuracy in Media. The group has created a site listing these students as antisemitic, and a truck with the faces and names of students is driving around campus, referring to each as “Harvard’s Leading Antisemites.” Now, students fear for their safety (Teen Vogue). Ryna Workman, a student at NYU Law School, lost a job offer and was suspended after they expressed solidarity with Palestine (hear their story on Democracy Now). Suppression is happening in corporate spaces, too. Writers like Nathan Thrall and Viet Thanh Nguyen have had events canceled for writing or sharing about Palestinian oppression. A hotel in Houston has canceled a conference scheduled for next week hosted by the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (CNN). The Boston Palestine Film Festival was forced to cancel its live screenings (WBUR). And executives have been suspended or fired for sharing pro-Palestinian statements (The Guardian). This type of suppression isn’t new and is even codified by law in some states. Twenty-seven states have adopted laws or policies that penalize businesses, organizations, or individuals that engage in or call for boycotts against Israel (HRW). And similar practices are unfolding across the world. Since the armed action by Palestinian groups on October 7, France, Germany, Hungary, and Austria have banned pro-Palestine protests and are arresting those who defy the order. In Britain, Palestinian flags and slogans are considered threats to public safety (Jewish Currents). On October 26, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution condemning “antisemitic rhetoric” on college campuses; however, it associates solidarity with Palestine as support for Hamas and anti-Israel criticism as antisemitism. And some legislators are calling for pro-Palestinian student groups to be investigated for possible terrorism ties. Palestinians feel silenced and discriminated against, and pro-Palestine supporters feel unheard (Reuters). Since then, leaders and organizations have put together resources to help protect those speaking out. Here are some highlights, including links for more information. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 113     Is it antisemitic to call for a ceasefire or advocate for the liberation of Palestine? It’s not antisemitic to name the oppression of Palestinian people by the Israeli government. It is antisemitic to call for violence against Jewish people, blame Jewish people for the decisions of the Israeli government, or speak disparagingly against Jewish people (Palestinian Rights). Can I raise funds for Palestinian groups? It is legal to raise charitable funds and donations for Palestinians affected by the occupation. It is not legal to raise funds for militant groups the U.S. government classified as "terrorist" organizations. All of the widely circulated fundraising campaigns for Palestine are legal—including the ones we’ve shared in the newsletter. (Palestinian Rights). Can my college take action against me for sharing my perspective? If you go to a public college, as long as your language doesn’t directly harm students (see the next question), you have a right to express your opinion. Courts have upheld students’ rights to wear things like an anti-war armband, an armband opposing the right to get an abortion, and a shirt supporting the LGBTQ community (ACLU). Are my political viewpoints antisemitic? Some groups have filed Title VI complaints alleging that Palestine activism amounts to discrimination or harassment against Jewish students. These complaints have so far been dismissed by the Department of Education (DOE), which has made clear that expression of political viewpoints, standing alone, is not “harassment” and does not create a hostile educational environment under Title VI. If you’re organizing a conversation or rally, it’s important to ensure that all parties participating agree to abide by these, too (Palestinian Rights). What can I do about threatening or hateful messages on email or social media because I support Palestinian rights? You might be able to find support on campus or at your workplace. But legally, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 114     hate speech can’t be punished by public universities or law enforcement unless it reaches the level of legal “harassment.” I hope these resources can help you understand the risk of speaking out for your own safety. But it’s important to remember that the lives of Palestinian people are at stake. If you have the capacity to take the risk, it’ll help to shift the narrative and, hopefully, end the genocide. We need every voice to support the movement for justice and liberation. Amplify Your Impact Become an Anti-Racism Daily amplifier. Invite your friends and coworkers to sign up to the ARD newsletter and get rewarded with exclusive swag. Share with a friend You currently have 0 referrals. Check your status here. You are only 3 referrals away from receiving a nice reward! KEY TAKEAWAYS People are being punished for speaking up for Palestine and Palestinian people at schools, workplaces and events. Criticizing the political decisions of Israel is not antisemitism. Use the tools outlined here to understand your rights when rallying for {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 115     Palestine and take action most effectively. READ MORE Death threats, doxxing and suspensions from school (NBC News) Israel-Hamas war: Harassment, doxing rise amid conflict in Gaza (WHYY) Ontario doctor suspended, his address published after pro-Palestinian social media posts (CBC) {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 116     From:Sheriff Transparency To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Daniel Kottke; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Maelin Aquino; Raj Jayadev; Reifschneider, James; Richard Konda; Sean Allen; Stump, Molly; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com; walter wilson Subject:Re: Police chief and union head resignations called for Date:Sunday, November 12, 2023 5:00:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Aram, While we will hold comment on the latest with the Antioch PD with this article, we will say that maybe it's time for our group to align and join forces with other Bay Area groups. WE have for a long time, and particularly since Sheriff Jonsen got elected, that the community needs to focus on the leaders of the Departments, especially those with a sordid past who are or potentially can be a problem. Our attempts to call attention to the very issue that you can remove, fire, charge, and decertify street cops or jail deputies, but the real problem remains in the leadership who will replace the dirty ones with others who are just as bad. Leadership needs to take immediate and swift action. Leaders need to acknowledge the problem they have and promise the community that these issues will not be tolerated and swift action will be the norm. Leadership needs to continue to remind the community that they are constantly monitoring and reviewing the issues that would pose a problem and not sit on it or move it under the carpet. We have found several police chiefs and sheriffs across the USA whose own past, whether riddled with civil or criminal issues or worse, both, are serving without anyone calling attention to them. These are the same leaders who pose the real problem along with their officers who are a menace and danger to our communities. It's hard for them to take action or listen to the community especially when they have backgrounds or are poor decision makers, sometimes worse than their officers. Hypocrisy is detrimental to their mentalities and egos. We applaud SJPD Chief Mata and other astute leaders for their swift actions and for speaking up with our communities that the problems will not be tolerated. Members of our group have communicated with Chief Mata and his leadership and they listen very well and are aware that the community will no longer tolerate Chiefs and Sheriffs taking a back seat. Our group is confident that the SJPD will continue to move forward with cleaning their house and taking care of the problems front and center very quickly. In addition, we hope that officers' actions will be closely scrutinized before siding with Dept policies as in the Antioch cases. We also have to keep in mind that Officers terminated too quickly without full justification or due process, could get their jobs back through civil service appeal. If this happens, decertifying becomes next to impossible. Just as defendants' cases during court trials are dismissed due to a technicality or wrongdoing by the judicial system, it's not common that they are ever tried again. Everyone knows what our group focus is and we hope to expand that focus within the Bay Area and to other groups in California and across the Nation. Either the current Chiefs, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 117     Sheriffs, and their leadership resign or retire, or their backgrounds or previous poor decisions will be brought out and scrutinized, and whether they are fit to serve their Depts and the community. ~SCCSTG On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 9:41 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: . Police chief and union head resignations called for https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=25f8e1f3-1155- 43ae-bcad-b39bd46f1312&appcode=SAN252&eguid=deb3d9a3-4d37-4312-a3f7- ac2cea1f1439&pnum=40# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 118     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Daniel Kottke; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Maelin Aquino; Raj Jayadev; Reifschneider, James; Richard Konda; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; Stump, Molly; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; stephen.connolly@oirgroup.com; walter wilson Subject:Police chief and union head resignations called for Date:Sunday, November 12, 2023 9:41:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. . Police chief and union head resignations called for https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=25f8e1f3-1155- 43ae-bcad-b39bd46f1312&appcode=SAN252&eguid=deb3d9a3-4d37-4312-a3f7- ac2cea1f1439&pnum=40# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 119     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Call for Nominations: Quintessential Servant Leadership Award Date:Saturday, November 11, 2023 10:22:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 120     The San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP pays tribute to our courageous service members who make the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives in service of a cause greater than themselves — the protection of our country and its highest ideals. Throughout history, generations of Black Americans have made this selfless sacrifice, driven by the hope that their service would reflect their humanity and pave the way to true freedoms and equality for themselves and their loved ones. While the hopes of these heroes have not yet been fully realized, let their extraordinary courage serve as inspiration to us all. Let us renew our commitment to the advocacy work necessary to ensure that America unequivocally prioritizes the principles they fought to uphold so we may achieve a more just and equitable nation for all. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 121     One love! What about the one heart? One heart! What about the—Let's get together and feel alright As it was in the beginning (One love!) So shall it be in the end (One heart!) Alright! Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright Let's get together and feel alright One more thing! Let's get together to fight this holy Armageddon (One love!) So when the man comes there will be no, no doom (one song!) Have pity on those whose chances grows thinner There is no hiding place from the Father of Creation {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 122     Singing! Bob Marley & The Wailers The San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP supports the calls for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Palestinian conflict. We believe that the ongoing violence and loss of innocent lives on both sides must come to an end. We urge all parties involved to prioritize dialogue, diplomacy, and a peaceful resolution to the conflict. It is essential that all hostilities cease, allowing for humanitarian aid to reach those affected and for both Israelis and Palestinians to live in safety and security. We recognize the deep-rooted grievances and complexities surrounding the conflict and understand that a lasting solution will require substantial efforts. Therefore, we encourage all stakeholders to engage in earnest negotiations in order to address the underlying causes of the conflict. The lives of Israelis and Palestinians are equally valuable, and it is crucial that every effort is made to protect the lives and rights of civilians. We call upon all parties to exercise restraint and respect international humanitarian law, ensuring the well-being of innocent individuals caught in the midst of the conflict. By advocating for a ceasefire, we affirm our commitment to peace, reconciliation, and justice. We stand in solidarity with all those affected by the violence and support initiatives that bring about a just and lasting peace for Israelis and Palestinians alike. Rev. Jethroe Moore II, President {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 123     END THE PERSECUTION OF PRO- PALESTINE STUDENTS! On September 12th, 2023, 18-year-old San Jose State University freshman Omar Ramaha had a verbal exchange with a group of Zionists who were tabling on campus. He rightfully expressed criticism of the state of Israel and their campaign of murder against the Palestinian people. He spoke respectfully and truthfully in defense of victims of genocide, and asked the people tabling a simple question, “Are you aware that you are supporting a country that kills people?” In response to this, the girl told him that she does not care about those lives lost. Such an insensitive response was clearly spoken with the intent to provoke Omar, a Palestinian student who believes in basic human rights. He said nothing about Jewish people or Judaism. An hour later, he was arrested and jailed for battery and a hate crime for allegedly tossing a Capri Sun towards the Zionists (He tossed it in their general direction as he was removing himself from the situation). SJSU has suspended {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 124     him without giving him the chance to share his account of what occurred. SJSU Vice President of Student Affairs Patrick Day, and Chief Diversity Officer Dawn Lee also sent out an email to the entire student body on September 29th, misrepresenting what occurred as an anti-Semitic hate crime and making Omar even more of a target. They sent this email to the whole school before Omar even got the chance to tell his side, or attempt to defend himself. There is a difference between Anti-Semitism, and Anti-Zionism. Omar was not anti-semetic, and to frame him as so is simply unjust defamation from our school leaders. READ MORE To: San José City Council Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, ℅ DA Jeff Rosen San José Police Department, ℅ Chief Anthony Mata Date: 11/08/2023 Subject: Former Officer Mark McNamara Council Members, DA Rosen, and Chief Mata: We write to you on behalf of our members and the undersigned organizations regarding the revelations of profoundly racist statements by former officer Mark McNamara, who is apparently under at least one separate criminal investigation. We are especially concerned that many of the statements were made about and immediately following former officer McNamara having shot an innocent 20-year-old Black Contra Costa College student (Kaun Green), who had actually disarmed a violent patron moments earlier. Though McNamara’s statements have been rightly condemned by many of you and others since the story broke, we believe that several steps need to be taken to ensure the safety of our constituent public, and justice for those impacted and threatened by former officer McNamara. We understand that while Officer McNamara resigned, the City of San José should {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 125     not be absolved from responsibility for the culture that bred, nurtured, and sustained such racism. In response, we join our colleagues in demanding the following: First, we demand an open investigation into all cases involving former officer McNamara and any other officers, named or unnamed, on the text strings currently under scrutiny. This should especially include the shooting of Mr. Green, and any other case involving the use of force. Further, we demand that any criminal cases that involved former officer McNamara be dropped immediately. Second, we demand that the City of San José initiate the decertification process of Officer McNamara under CA Penal Code 13510.8 to prevent him from serving as a law enforcement officer elsewhere in the state of California in the interest of public safety. In 2021, the California legislature passed SB 2, the Kenneth Ross Decertification Act, that gave the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training the power to decertify, and the City should begin this process. Third, we demand that the City of San José immediately submit to all demands of Mr. Green’s civil litigation. We thank you very much for your time and look forward to your response on this pressing matter. Sincerely on behalf of the NAACP of San José and Silicon Valley, Silicon Valley DeBug, and the Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet, Rev. Jethroe Moore II President, NAACP of SJ/SV William Armaline, Ph.D. Criminal Justice Chair, NAACP of SJ/SV Raj Jayadev Organizer, Silicon Valley De-Bug Chandra Jacquez Organizer, Silicon Valley De-Bug Jahmal Williams Co-Chair, Black Leadership Kitchen Cabinet Richard Konda Chairperson, Coalition for Justice and Accountability Executive Director, Asian Law Alliance Walter Wilson African American Cultural Center {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 126     LOSING MEDICAID: AN EQUITY DISASTER #HandsOffOurHealthcare The "Hands Off Our Healthcare: Keeping Families Covered" campaign is twofold and advocates that the most vulnerable members of our community receive the necessary health coverage they deserve. The first campaign phase is a MedicaidUnwinding Research Report (attached) that launched on Monday, November 6th. The second phase is our Civil Rights Medicaid Scorecard, scheduled for release next Monday, November 13th. PHASE 1: Six-Month Look into Medicaid Unwinding Research Report The first phase of the campaign is a research report developed from a coalition of human and civil rights organizations. President Derrick Johnson participated on the national press conference call, and this is what he highlighted related to the research report: In December 2022, the NAACP and other leading civil rights organizations, released a report to urge Congress to take immediate action and prevent the public health crisis we are currently facing. They did nothing. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 127     Three-quarters of the people who lost Medicaid may have been eligible. They were terminated for procedural reasons. This crisis has already impacted more than 10 million people - a majority of whom come from Black and other vulnerable communities. Politicians must take their hands off our healthcare to make healthcare for all a reality. We are urging Governors to pause procedural Medicaid terminations, and use an automated Medicaid enrollment renewal process moving forward so eligible people get the coverage they deserve. During the press call, Rep. Jill Tokuda (D-HI) expressed the importance of elected officials addressing this health coverage crisis head-on to ensure that those eligible for Medicaid coverage—especially from Black and brown communities—remain covered. PHASE 2: Civil Rights Medicaid Scorecard Next week, we will be releasing the second part which is our Civil Rights Medicaid Scorecard. As a reminder, the scorecard will assess each governor's performance in providing Medicaid coverage to their state's residents. Ultimately, states and their respective governors are evaluated based on their commitment to safeguarding the health of our communities by ensuring continued health coverage for all eligible individuals. Grades are pass, fail, or incomplete. We look forward to building on the momentum of such an important and necessary campaign, and will be updating you regarding the next phase. More to come! In Unity, Yumeka {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 128     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 129     This Veteran's Day, we stand together to honor the extraordinary contributions of our veterans and acknowledge their sacrifices to our nation. In keeping with this spirit, we honor the sacrifices of the hundreds of Port Chicago Sailors who died in the Port Chicago disaster of July 17, 1944, and those sailors who risked their lives standing up for racial equality and workers' rights. On October 3rd, the City of Emeryville unanimously passed a resolution supporting efforts to exonerate the civil rights pioneers {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 130     known as the Port Chicago 50. Just this week, the City of Berkeley, led by Council Member Sophie Hahn, became one of 13 cities across Alameda and Contra Costa counties to support justice for the Port Chicago sailors. Watch the video below: These 13 Bay Area cities now stand alongside Senator Alex Padilla and the late Senator Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Representatives Mark DeSaulnier, Rep. Barbara Lee, and Rep. John Garamendi, Contra Costa Mayors Conference, Contra Costa Board of Supervisors, and National NAACP in urging the United States Navy to clear the records of the sailors. Our organization has communicated this overwhelming support with the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, and we have received confirmation from multiple sources that Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro is aware of our collective efforts and is continuing to track this important national issue. Special thank you to NAACP's Executive Team Dr. Antwanisha Williamson-Berlus and Jeff Moore, Friends of Port Chicago National Memorial President Reverend Diana McDaniel, and Port Chicago Task Force Chair Jonathan U. Lee for speaking at the NAACP California Hawaii State Conference in support of justice for the sailors of Port Chicago. To stay up to date on the latest news and events, visit Port Chicago50.com. For more details on Berkeley's efforts to support justice for the sailors, please refer to Berkeley Council Member Sophie Hahn's newsletter included below. Thank you for joining us in honoring our veterans and seeking justice for the brave Americans who served their country at Port Chicago Naval Magazine, California. Warm regards, Yulie Padmore Port Chicago Alliance, Editor Contra Costa County Bar Association Port Chicago Task Force, Member portchicago50.com +1-510-967-8780 IG: PortChicago50 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 131     yuliepadmore@gmail.com Call for Nominations: Quintessential Servant Leadership Award Dear San Jose Silicon Valley Community, The San Jose Silicon Valley Branch NAACP is thrilled to announce the annual African American Flag Raising Event Community Awards. This year, we are proud to present: the Quintessential Servant Leadership Award, dedicated to remembering Charles (Chuck) Alexander. The Quintessential Servant Leadership Award aims to recognize an individual who exemplifies the qualities of a servant leader. This leadership style is characterized by a genuine desire to develop leadership qualities in others. It requires individuals to demonstrate empathy, active listening, stewardship, and a deep commitment to the personal growth of those around them. Servant leaders embody compassion, character, and competence, which form the foundation of trust. By embracing honesty, transparency, and accountability, they establish authentic influence that motivates and inspires their teams. Through their leadership, they create an environment where team members can engage in sincere and meaningful exchanges with both leaders and peers. Nominations for the Quintessential Servant Leadership Award are now open. We encourage you to nominate exceptional individuals who have demonstrated remarkable servant leadership qualities within our community. Together, let us celebrate those who have selflessly dedicated themselves to serving others and fostering the growth and development of those around them. Please submit your nominations by January 15th, 2024. We look forward to receiving your recommendations and recognizing the outstanding contributions of servant leaders within our San Jose Silicon Valley community. send nominations to moore2j@att.net/ victoria.mcdowell@sjsu.edu Thank you for your continued support. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 132     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 133     Veterans Day Message from NAACP CA/HIArmed Services and Veterans Affairs Chair, Dr. Antwanisha Williamson-Berlus By NAACP | November 10, 2023 | CA/HI State Conference NAACPNews, General | No Comments Dear Veterans, On this special Veterans Day, I, Antwanisha, am honored to extend our heartfelt appreciation on behalf of the NAACP California Hawaii State Conference Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committee. We would like to acknowledge the incredible dedication, sacrifice, and resilience demonstrated by all veterans, with a special emphasis on black veterans and veterans of color. Throughout history, black veterans and veterans of color have faced immense challenges within the military, including racism, segregation, sexism, and various other disparities. Despite these obstacles, these brave individuals have served our nation proudly, displaying an unwavering commitment to protect and defend the freedoms we hold dear. READMORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 134     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 135     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 136     Two Jewish American friends take a stand for the liberation of the Palestinian people. My dear friend Donna Wallach is the most courageous activist I’ve ever known. She spent years living in the occupied territories to support the Palestinian struggle for freedom from the Israeli occupiers. Back home she has relentlessly fought to bring the plight of the Palestinian people to all who would listen with an open heart. We had a chance meeting at today’s rally and march. It was so good to see her after so many years. (The march and rally took place Saturday Nov 4, 2023, at the Civic Center in San Francisco) {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 137     SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY NAACP COMMUNITY MEETING Time: November 30, 2023 06:30 PM Pacific Time Featuring African American Cultural Center! WALTER WILSON Register in advance for this meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZApfuqtrj0vG91ovwpTAOiQ6WGzlRNXPAXy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 138     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 139     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 140     What It’s Like to Take Over the Statue of Liberty Hundreds of Jewish Voice for Peace members calling for a Gaza cease- fire occupied the pedestal of the statue. This is how it happened. SOPHIE HURWITZ A ferry full of tourists headed to the Statue of Liberty stopped dead in the water at 1:15 PM on Monday. Lines of visitors hoping to enter the base of the statue came to a halt. A situation was unfolding on Liberty Island, they were told, and they wouldn’t be visiting the statue until it was resolved. On the island, a few hundred yards away, about 400 protesters with Jewish Voice for Peace occupied the base of the statue. They held the entire space for just under an hour and then marched back down, commanding the attention of everyone on the island. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 141     READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 142     HOW IT WORKS: 1. California and Hawaii citizens submit a signed "Civil & Human Rights Complaint" (CHRC) Form to their local NAACP Branch. 2. The local Branch submits the received CHRC form to their Legal Redress committee upon seeing "Racial Discrimination" or "Racial Harassment" triggers on the form. 3. The local Branch's Legal Redress Committee conducts an investigation and determines whether or not an attorney needs to be consulted. a. If it is determined that an attorney does not need to be involved, the Branch's Legal Redress Committee shall resolve the issue internally. b. If it is determined that an attorney should be consulted, the Branch's Legal Redress Committee shall refer the Complainant to the State Conference by filling out an NAACP CA/HI Stop the Hate Case Synopsis Form. The State will then refer the Complainant to a contracted law firm and pay for the consultation between the Complainant and the firm. After a referral has been made and consultation has taken place, the decision to take on the Complainant's case rests solely {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 143     with the firm. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: Currently, Californians who are/were the victims of racial harassment or discrimination in employment, housing, and other situations that violate their civil rights. We are actively looking for law firms in additional areas of practice, and we welcome recommendations from Branches on new law practice areas that could be included. This information can also be found on the State Conference's website under the "Legal Redress" tab. Please feel free to get in touch with me with any questions or concerns. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 144     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 145     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 146     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 147     Governor Youngkin Accedes to Virginia NAACP Records Requests, Documents Show Voting Rights Withheld from Thousands Without Explanation or Justification “Our investigation has revealed the grave injustice Governor Youngkin is inflicting upon Virginia’s returning citizens, who are disproportionately Black Virginians,” said Virginia NAACP President Robert N. Barnette, Jr. “This cannot be allowed to continue—we demand that the governor end this discriminatory policy and restore the rights of all current and future applicants without equivocation and without further delay.” READ MORE Is Tommy Tuberville the Most Ignorant Man in D.C.? How the college football coach turned MAGA senator did the impossible and united Congress — by pissing everybody off BY CAMERON JOSEPH Tommy Tuberville’s Republican colleagues had finally had it with him. For months, the Alabama senator and former college football coach has blocked the confirmation of hundreds of senior military officers because he’s mad about a Pentagon policy that ensures soldiers have abortion access. The group of anti-abortion Republicans had worked with him since February to try to find a solution. They’d flattered his ego. They’d mostly defended him in public as his game of chicken stretched nine months, punishing hundreds of senior service members who have no say over the policy and hurting U.S. military readiness at a time of global chaos. READ MORE ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 148     ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 149     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 150     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 151     Mass Supervision Probation, Parole, and the Illusion of Safety and Freedom Vincent Schiraldi With a foreword by Bruce Western The most comprehensive critique of probation and parole—and a provocative and compelling argument for abolishing both—from the former Probation Commissioner of New York City {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 152     A Quarter of Federal Courts Have Only Ever Had White Judges By Rakim Brooks November 6, 2023 As we’ve said here before, President Joe Biden has made great strides to diversify our federal courts. Many of his nominees have been heralded as historic “firsts.” We now have the first Latina to serve as a federal judge in the state of Illinois, Nancy Maldonado, and the first South Asian woman to serve on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Loren L. AliKhan. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 153     2024 King Holiday Observance Calendar of Events The 2024 King Holiday Observance Calendar of Events encompasses experiences to remind global citizens of our capacity to create the Beloved Community, and to help us develop strategies for shifting the cultural climate in key areas of our lives. Share the schedule on social media using the hashtags #KHO2024 #MLKDay2024 #TheKingCenter Detailed Schedule {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 154     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 155     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 156     Register at https://sdpconference.info/2024-conference/ The 2024 conference will be convened at the Palmer House Hotel, Monday, February 19 – Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Chicago, IL. The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2024 Conference will include… Opening conference worship service at the Palmer House hotel Renowned African American preachers, theologians, and activists Informed teaching and educational opportunities through various breakout sessions including Connecting the Dots: Racism, Ecojustice and the Wealth Gap {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 157     General Secretary's Luncheon & Ella Jo Baker Awards “Beautiful Are The Feet” Honoree Signature Event “Where Legacy Meets Future: ReImagine, ReThink, and ReInvent” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 158     Website History Events Youth ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 159     Drop Us A Line Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: +1 (408) 898-6985 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163, Milpitas, CA 95035 Unsubscribe hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by moore2j@att.net powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 160     From:Aram James To:Council, City; Dennis Upton; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Jensen, Eric; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson Subject:Re: The War on Gaza and Israel’s Fascism Debate – Verso Date:Saturday, November 11, 2023 1:24:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 11:25 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: The War on Gaza and Israel’s Fascism Debate – Verso https://www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/the-war-on-gaza-and-israel-s-fascism-debate {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 161     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Barton; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Hornung, Joel; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Linda Jolley; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Pacific GrovePD; ParkRec Commission; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:More on racist text scandal Date:Thursday, November 9, 2023 10:51:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. More on racist police text scandal https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/09/san-jose-cop-who-wrote-racist-texts-should-face- steeper-punishment-say-black-community-leaders {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 162     From:Aram James To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Lewis james; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Zelkha, Mila Subject:Condemn Israel for war crimes and genocide Date:Monday, November 6, 2023 8:48:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 163     From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City; Planning Commission; Human Relations Commission; Historic Resources Board; Architectural Review Board Subject:You"re Invited - Holiday Party - 12/2 Date:Monday, November 6, 2023 6:31:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council, Commission, and Board Members Thank you for your service, attention to detail, patience, and expertise on so many issues. You all help make Palo Alto a great place to live. I wanted to extend a special invite to the Palo Alto Forward Holiday Party on Friday, December 1. Festivities begin at 6:00 p.m. There will be amazing food (catered by local favorite Chef Julian of The Redwood) and great company. You can RSVP here (party details are at the RSVP link) or just respond to this email. We would love to have you there to celebrate the year and all good things to come. Warmly, Amie Ashton Executive Director, Palo Alto Forward 650-793-1585 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 164     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donald Mendoza; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Kou, Lydia; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Spieckerman, Damian; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Zelkha, Mila; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:march & rally in support of the Palestinian people Nov 4, 2023. ( San Francisco, Civic Center) Date:Saturday, November 4, 2023 9:55:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 165     From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Palo Alto Free Press; Randy Higgins; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Supervisor Otto Lee; Tim; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:‘I hate Black people’: San Jose officer in controversial police shooting resigns over racist texts Date:Saturday, November 4, 2023 10:22:52 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ‘I hate Black people’: San Jose officer in controversial police shooting resigns over racist texts https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/11/03/i-hate-black-people-san-jose-officer-in- controversial-police-shooting-resigns-over-racist-text-discovery/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 166     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jack Ajluni; Jethroe Moore II; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott- Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Mata, Anthony; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; ParkRec Commission; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; bob nunez; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; yolanda Subject:Re: Reinstate Dr. Zaki Masoud at NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital Date:Thursday, November 2, 2023 11:26:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I just signed the petition "Reinstate Dr. Zaki Masoud at NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital" and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 150,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here: https://chng.it/gcSW9sBWyj Thanks, Aram {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 167     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Lauing, Ed; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Kou, Lydia; Mata, Anthony; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; ParkRec Commission; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; editor@almanacnews.com; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; rabrica@cityofepa.org; walter wilson; yolanda Subject:Re: March for Palestine • Harvest Fair Returns! • Climate Action Events • And more... Date:Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:10:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 4:30 PM Peninsula Peace and Justice Center <ppjc@peaceandjustice.org> wrote: West Coast Mass March forPalestineSaturday, November 4, 1:00 PMCivic Center, San FranciscoEvent Web Page Sponsors: Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM);Arab Resources and Organizing Center {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 168     web-banner-980x411 image (AROC); U.S. Palestinian Community Network(USPCN); Act Not to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER); Al-Awda; NorCal Sabeel; Party forSocialism and Liberation (PSL); California Coalition for Worker Power (CCWP); OaklandEducation Association (OEA); Queers Undermining Israeli Terror (QUIT); TeachingPalestine; Art Focus; International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network (IJAN); Workers WorldParty (WWP); Jewish Voices for Peace Bay Area (JVP); Council on American-Islamic Relations(CAIR); Union of Palestinian American Women (UPAW)   New from PPJC!Peace & Social Justice Harvest FairSunday, November 1911:00 AM - 2:00 PMFellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church1140 Cowper Street, Palo AltoEvent Web Page Promote Fair Trade • Reduce your carbonfootprint • Celebrate the wonderful workbeing done by local organizations •Enjoy free food and beverages • Havefun! Sponsored by First PresbyterianChurch and Peninsula Peace and JusticeCenter   Fridays For Future Climate VigilFriday, November 3, 12:00 NoonPalo Alto Civic Center, King Plaza, 250 Hamilton Avenue,Palo Alto How are you feeling about climate change? In associationand solidarity with the global Fridays for Future movement,Fridays For Future Palo Alto conducts a climate strike everyFriday in front of Palo Alto City Hall. This Friday, KimberlyWiefling will facilitate her popular Creating-A-Vision Workshop, in which we willenvision life in Palo Alto in the year 2040. More...   Silent Vigil for Peace in Israel/Palestine {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 169     Friday, November 3, 12:00 NoonEl Camino Real & Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto This Friday, members of Women's Int'l League for Peace &Freedom - Peninsula/Palo Alto Chapter grieve that the needarises again, to stand against the violence of war, with theterrible attacks of Hamas against Israelis, soldiers, womenand children alike, and taking hostages; and thesubsequent bombardment and counter attacks in Gaza, killing Hamasmembers/sympathizers and innocent civilians, women and children alike. More...   Goodbye Gas, Hello EVs!Thursday, November 2, 7:00 PMVirtual Event - Register Here Everyone’s talking about electric vehicles: they cost less tofuel and maintain, and they fight climate change. Come tothis webinar to learn why EVs are all the rage and how to goelectric. Join a breakout room after the main presentation toask about a specific model you're eyeing. RSVP now to getin on the EV action! More...   Transforming Communities 2023: A Program on Single-Payer Health CareWednesday, November 8, 5:00 PMWashington Square Hall, Room 109, San Jose State Univ.,San Jose - RSVP SJSU's College of Health and Human Sciences and HumanRights Institute 2023 Transforming Communities programis partnering with the Santa Clara County Single PayerHealth Care Coalition to screen the documentary Healing US, a compelling newdocumentary on the human, moral and material cases for a single-payerhealthcare system for all Americans. Panel discussion to follow. More...   Catch up with latest from PeaceAndJustice.org   Video: Emergency Gaza Webinar with Prof. JoelBeinin Recorded on October 19, already watched by1500+ people. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 170     The Rhetoric of War and Genocide Is on Displayby US and Israeli Media The U.S. and Israel aresecuring their populations’ support for Israel’sbombardment through calculating rhetoric andsupportive media systems. They aremanufacturing consent for violence. Gaza bombing adds to the generations ofPalestinians displaced from their homes Palestinian refugees represent the longestprotracted refugee situation in modern history.For 75 years now, they have been forced to live asa stateless population without the ability toreturn to their homeland. Don’t Silence Palestinian Voices "An estimated10,000 of us showed up — it was a historiccommunity call for peace. Yet it was noticeablyabsent from local news coverage. Just theprevious week, a smaller rally in support of theIsraeli government was covered by a swath oflocal news outlets." {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 171     400,000+ US Citizens to Top Democrats: FixSupreme Court Corruption “It’s time for Senateleaders to step in and do something,” said onecampaigner. “If the court cannot act in an ethicalmanner and put the will of the people over theirwealthy benefactors, then Congress must actnow.”   Please support our work with a contribution. Thank you. 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Norris; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Ortega, Javier; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Representative Eshoo; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Burt, Patrick Subject:Re: Affirming resolution passed by Alameda County Democrat Central Committee on Wed 1st Nov Date:Wednesday, November 1, 2023 11:28:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 10:47 PM Donna Wallach <cats4jazz@gmail.com> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Donna Wallach <cats4jazz@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 10:28 PM Subject: Affirming resolution passed by A CDC in Wed 1st Nov To: Donna Wallach <cats4jazz@gmail.com> -- Books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html "The Hundred Years War on Palestine" by Rashid Khalidi "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Illan Pappe Other important websites to visit http://www.ifamericansknew.org https://wearenotnumbers.org/ https://electronicintifada.net/ https://www.palestinechronicle.com End the illegal Blockade/Siege/collective punishment on Gaza! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 174     Tear down all the Apartheid Walls in West Bank & Gaza! Tear down all the illegal checkpoints throughout the West Bank! End the illegal War Criminal Settler-Colonial Apartheid Terrorist Israeli Occupation of all of Historic Palestine! Right to Return to their homes and land in Historic Palestine for all Palestinians! End all U.S. aid to Israel Free Palestine! Long Live Palestine! Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Campaigns! http://www.bdsmovement.net http://www.WhoProfits.org http://www.pacbi.org Support Solidarity with the Freedom Flotilla - We will sail until Palestine is Free! https://freedomflotilla.org/ Support ISM volunteers in West Bank and Gaza Strip! http://www.palsolidarity.org Donna Wallach cats4jazz@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (cell) 408-569-6608 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 175     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Angel, David; Angie Evans; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Douglas A. Murray; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Mata, Anthony; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick Subject:Watch "Dr. Richey Breaks Down The TRUE History Between Israel & Palestine" on YouTube Date:Tuesday, October 31, 2023 11:59:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/sG58m1Cbxxo?si=UJ_fNxOIjV-CNCcl {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 176     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Daniel Kottke; Dennis Upton; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Jensen, Eric; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Lewis james; Kou, Lydia; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; ParkRec Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; dennis.burns@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick Subject:IIan Pappe’s groudbreakihg book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Date:Tuesday, October 31, 2023 11:01:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ilan Pappe’s groudbreakihg book The Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestine Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking book revisits the formation of the State of Israel. Between 1947 and 1949, over 400 Palestinian villages were deliberately destroyed, civilians were massacred and around a million men, women, and children were expelled from their homes at gunpoint. Denied for almost six decades, had it happened today it could only have been called "ethnic cleansing". Decisively debunking the myth that the Palestinian population left of their own accord in the course of this war, Ilan Pappe offers impressive archival evidence to demonstrate that, from its very inception, a central plank in Israel’s founding ideology was the forcible removal of the indigenous population. Indispensable for anyone interested in the current crisis in the Middle East. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 177     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Diana Diamond; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Lauing, Ed; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Zelkha, Mila; Palo Alto Renters" Association; ParkRec Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Sean Allen; Seelam Reddy; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; yolanda Subject:Watch "Israeli Historian Ilan Pappé on Gaza War, Hostages & the Context Behind Current Violence" on YouTube Date:Tuesday, October 31, 2023 10:08:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/yK7jckzam5c?si=XhEjLFD54DSbUtXB {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 178     From:Office of Supervisor Susan Ellenberg To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Happy Halloween - Read Our October Newsletter! Date:Tuesday, October 31, 2023 10:51:16 AM You don't often get email from supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings D4 residents & friends - Kind of spooky how fast the year goes, right?! I hope you had a fun Halloween & meaningful Día de los Muertos if you celebrated either or both. As we head into the holiday season, please bear in mind that while for some these months are filled with joy, others may be experiencing stress, sadness or anxiety – I urge you to take care of yourselves and your loved ones. Parade of Champions We did a new thing this year. My team has proudly participated in the City of Santa Clara’s Parade of Champions since its reconstitution in 2019 but this year we also recognized our own district 4 champions who were honored with certificates, sashes and the opportunity to join the D4 team as we walked in the parade. Check out the first and awesome D4 Champions here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 179     Brooke Ramirez - Cambell Resident and Volunteer - Brooke is the point person for Campbell Parade Bunnies and Bonnets. Neighbors say she is the heart and soul of this beloved tradition and works tirelessly to make sure everyone enjoys the event. Maria Ines Ortega - Vice President of Cadillac Winchester Neighborhood Organization - Maria served as the CWNA President for 5 years and has always been an advocate for her community. She also visits Westmont and Monroe schools, where she meets with staff to discuss ways to prevent bullying and violence. Edward Saum - President of Shasta Hanchett Neighborhood Association - Ed hosts meetings to strategize how to better his community. He does an incredible job of keeping residents informed of services and events happening around the neighborhood. De Anna Mirzadegan - President of the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association - De Anna is a natural and effective connector. Under her leadership, WGNA has hosted amazing events including National Night Out, Movie Nights, and the unveiling of the Illuminated Clock in Willow Glen. Vince Navarra - President of Hamman Park Neighborhood Association - Vince is never afraid to speak up about issues in the neighborhood. He organizes litter pickups and maintains the park. This year he brought the community together for a picnic in the park! Dr. Nira Singh - Dr. Nira Singh accepted a community award for AACI. AACI is one of the largest community-based organizations advocating for and serving marginalized communities in SCC. Recently we have collaborated with AACI, to provide health fairs in our District, and {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 180     overall, they do great work for our community. Scroll down to see pictures from our D4 Champions ceremony! Grail Family Services 2023 GFS Siempre Award Supporting all children and families has been and always (siempre!) will be one of my focal points to measure my office’s success. I was honored to receive the 2023 Grail Family Services Award which recognizes the work my office has done to support the wellbeing of children and families throughout the county. State Grant for $500,000 to Fund Four Faith-Based Reentry Resource Center Children and families with incarcerated family members are often invisible victims of our justice system. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in 2016, more than half were parents. To better assist these families in our County, State Senator Aisha Wahab championed the successful allocation of $500,000 to fund four fellowships at our County’s four Faith-Based Reentry Resource Centers. These fellowships will develop programs for our reentry clients' children such as tutoring, counseling, and extracurricular activities. These children need to know they are valued. We have a responsibility to support these children, especially in cases where their parents also need assistance. These funds will expand our efforts to support our reentry programs as well as provide enhanced childcare in challenging times. President Biden Visits Santa Clara County {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 181     I enjoyed a second opportunity to greet President Biden when he landed on the Moffett Field tarmac earlier this month. These moments certainly offer exciting photo opps, but they also afford me an opportunity to elevate the work of local government (he acknowledged that local electeds have the toughest jobs and I agreed, though allowed that his work is important, too). During our first encounter, I thanked him for his executive orders around childcare as economic stability. This time, I expressed appreciation for the new federal Office of Gun Violence Prevention and shared some of the work we are doing right here. Both times, the President was warm and gracious and truly made the moments quite memorable. Special Olympics Northern California My position as Board President sends me to many different places and gives me the opportunity to speak to a myriad of different people. Although I am honored to participate in all of these events and programs, there are some moments that touch me in a deeper way. My interview with a Special Olympics Northern California (SONC) athlete/journalist was one of those moments. SONC offers free year-round programs for children and adults with intellectual disabilities as well as training and competitions for 11 sports. The impact of these programs is tremendous, and I loved being interviewed on their fan favorite series, The Special Report. Angela Page did a great job and I encourage everyone to watch our episode and follow the great work SONC continues to do across Northern California! Blog Post: Community-Centered Solutions In this month's blog post I give some insight to the work put into creating a {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 182     health fair with AACI and the importance that community voices have when creating policy. Give it a read on Medium! Until next month, be well. And if you need anything, I and my team are here to provide assistance and support. Warmly, Susan Ellenberg Board President Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 4 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 183     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 184     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 185     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 186     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 187     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 188     70 West Hedding East Wing, 10th Floor San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 299-5040 Email Supervisor Ellenberg District 4 Website {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 189     Unsubscribe from future messages. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 190     From:Aram James To:Angel, David; Angie, Palo Alto Renters Association; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; D Martell; Dennis Upton; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donald Mendoza; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Ortega, Javier; Otto Lee; Palo Alto Free Press; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Redwood City City Council; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Ruben Abrica; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis.burns@cityofpaloalto.org; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; libor.jany@latimes.com; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick Subject:Oakland teachers" association deletes post calling for "unequivocal support" for Palestine Date:Monday, October 30, 2023 8:32:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Oakland teachers' association deletes post calling for 'unequivocal support' for Palestine https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/oakland-teachers-association-deletes-post-calling-for- unequivocal-support-for-palestine/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 191     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Clerk, City; D Martell; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Mata, Anthony; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Myra Xu; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Reifschneider, James; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Susan Hayase; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; districtattorney@sfgov.org; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org Cc:Art Tyree; Chuck Jagoda; JoAnnJolley; comments@whitehouse.gov Subject:Re: ready to throw you out Date:Sunday, October 29, 2023 5:13:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. Hi Linda, You have written a powerful letter to members of our government. Thank you so much! Aram On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 4:46 PM Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com> wrote: Mr. Biden et al - We The People now recognize the U.S. as a terrorist state like Israel. Millions of us now want to throw you all out of office for 70 years of crimes against the Palestinian people, and for lying to us about the true nature of Israeli aggression against Palestinians. The general public now sees you for what you are, and will no longer allow you to confiscate our tax dollars for the purpose of slaughtering innocent civilians and expanding the ruthless state of Israel. Get out while you can! Linda Jolley Palo Alto, CA 650-630-3021 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 192     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angie Evans; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Gennady Sheyner; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Mata, Anthony; O"Neal, Molly; Ortega, Javier; Palo Alto Renters" Association; ParkRec Commission; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Barberini, Christopher; Lee, Craig; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; Burt, Patrick Subject:Re: Police who expose misconduct by fellow officers face retaliation Date:Saturday, October 28, 2023 10:51:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Behind the Blue Wall of Silence A USA TODAY investigation exposes a culture of retaliation against police whistleblowers On Sat, Oct 28, 2023 at 9:13 AM Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com> wrote: https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2021/12/09/blue-wall-police- misconduct-whistleblower-retaliation/8836387002/ Sent from my iPhone {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 193     From:Aram James To:Council, City; David Angel; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Lewis james; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Sean Webby; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Zelkha, Mila; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns Date:Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:38:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. S. QUIETLY EXPANDS SECRET MILITARY BASE IN ISRAEL Government documents pointing to construction at a classified U.S. base offer rare hints about a little noted U.S. military presence near Gaza. https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 194     From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gail Smith; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Jethroe Moore II; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Palo Alto Renters" Association; ParkRec Commission; Paul George @ PPJC; Planning Commission; Rosen, Jeff; Sameena@Secure-Justice.org; Sarah E. Sandoval; Sean Allen; Sean Webby; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Cindy Chavez; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; alisa mallari tu; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; james pitkin; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael; ssciolla@paweekly.com Date:Saturday, October 28, 2023 12:22:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://theintercept.com/2023/10/27/secret-military-base-israel-gaza-site-512/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 195     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Bill Johnson; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; David S. Norris; Dennis Upton; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donald Mendoza; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Kou, Lydia; Mata, Anthony; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Palo Alto Renters" Association; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Spieckerman, Damian; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; alisa mallari tu; bob nunez; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Burt, Patrick; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:Opinion: My beloved Gaza of crowded markets and vibrant cafes is gone, demolished and a place of grief Date:Friday, October 27, 2023 10:18:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Opinion: My beloved Gaza of crowded markets and vibrant cafes is gone, demolished and a place of grief https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-27/gaza-israel-bombing-homes-families- memories {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 196     From:Chuck Jagoda To:Aram James Cc:D Martell; Binder, Andrew; CDSpieckerman@solanocounty.com; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Shikada, Ed; GSheyner@paweekly.com; KP14him@aol.com; Kou, Lydia; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; alphonse9947@gmail.com; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; Wagner, April; becker.josh@gmail.com; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Council, City; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dangel@da.sccgov.org; daniel.k@earthlink.net; daustin@pausd.org; dbarton@nbo.law; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; epatoday@epatoday.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; greg@gregtanaka.org; gstone22@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Reifschneider, James; jamespitkin777@yahoo.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; judgecordell@icloud.com; Tannock, Julie; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; kathy8420@qq.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; Foley, Michael; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; moore2j@att.net; pastor@universityamez.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; sdremann@paweekly.com; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; yolanda@rocketmail.com; Perron, Zachary Subject:Re: City Council declares support for Palestinians Date:Friday, October 27, 2023 8:08:21 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from jagodachuck@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. How did they get so hip, sophisticated, and MORAL? On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 6:25 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, very exciting! On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, yes, yes! Richmond proud! On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 4:17 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:City Council declares support for Palestinians Today’s Mercury News (Oct 26, 2023) City Council declares support for Palestinians https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=019f2c01- b39f-49b6-9eb2-999b211ebafe&appcode=SAN252&eguid=a2f53665-5b34-4417-a0af- f485d3fc63b4&pnum=29# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 197     From:Aram James To:D Martell Cc:Binder, Andrew; CDSpieckerman@solanocounty.com; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Shikada, Ed; GSheyner@paweekly.com; KP14him@aol.com; Kou, Lydia; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; alphonse9947@gmail.com; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; Wagner, April; becker.josh@gmail.com; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Council, City; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dangel@da.sccgov.org; daniel.k@earthlink.net; daustin@pausd.org; dbarton@nbo.law; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; epatoday@epatoday.org; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; greg@gregtanaka.org; gstone22@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; jagodachuck@gmail.com; Reifschneider, James; jamespitkin777@yahoo.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; judgecordell@icloud.com; Tannock, Julie; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; kathy8420@qq.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; Foley, Michael; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; moore2j@att.net; pastor@universityamez.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; sdremann@paweekly.com; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; yolanda@rocketmail.com; Perron, Zachary Subject:Re: City Council declares support for Palestinians Date:Thursday, October 26, 2023 6:25:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Yes, very exciting! On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 5:20 PM D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> wrote: Yes, yes, yes! Richmond proud! On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 4:17 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:City Council declares support for Palestinians Today’s Mercury News (Oct 26, 2023) City Council declares support for Palestinians https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=019f2c01- b39f-49b6-9eb2-999b211ebafe&appcode=SAN252&eguid=a2f53665-5b34-4417-a0af- f485d3fc63b4&pnum=29# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 198     From:Aram James To:moore2j@att.net; sallen6444@yahoo.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; becker.josh@gmail.com; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; alphonse9947@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; ajluni@hotmail.com; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; angiebevans@gmail.com; council@redwoodcity.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; info@joesimitian.com; Hornung, Joel; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; ANTHONY.MATA@sanjoseca.gov; pastor@universityamez.com; Kou, Lydia; vara@acm.org; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Foley, Michael; epatoday@epatoday.org; jagodachuck@gmail.com; cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org Subject:Israel accuses U.N. chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack ‘didn’t happen in a vacuum’ Date:Thursday, October 26, 2023 5:59:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel accuses U.N. chief of justifying terrorism for saying Hamas attack ‘didn’t happen in a vacuum’ https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-10-25/israel-accuses-un-chief-of-justifying- terrorism-for-saying-hamas-attack-didnt-happen-in-a-vacuum {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 199     From:D Martell To:Aram James Cc:sallen6444@yahoo.com; moore2j@att.net; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Council, City; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; judgecordell@icloud.com; sdremann@paweekly.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; CDSpieckerman@solanocounty.com; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; Planning Commission; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; KP14him@aol.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; jagodachuck@gmail.com; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; Perron, Zachary; Tannock, Julie; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; ParkRec Commission; pastor@universityamez.com; kathy8420@qq.com; Kou, Lydia; becker.josh@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; daniel.k@earthlink.net; yolanda@rocketmail.com; GSheyner@paweekly.com; greg@gregtanaka.org; gstone22@gmail.com; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; jamespitkin777@yahoo.com; daustin@pausd.org; dangel@da.sccgov.org; dbarton@nbo.law; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April Subject:Re: City Council declares support for Palestinians Date:Thursday, October 26, 2023 5:20:58 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from dmpaloalto@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Yes, yes, yes! Richmond proud! On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 4:17 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:City Council declares support for Palestinians Today’s Mercury News (Oct 26, 2023) City Council declares support for Palestinians https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=019f2c01-b39f- 49b6-9eb2-999b211ebafe&appcode=SAN252&eguid=a2f53665-5b34-4417-a0af- f485d3fc63b4&pnum=29# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 200     From:Aram James To:sallen6444@yahoo.com; KP14him@aol.com; moore2j@att.net; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; council@redwoodcity.org; Council, City; Tanaka, Greg; gstone22@gmail.com; Dubrea.Sanders@asm.ca.gov; tom.dubois@gmail.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; denkafer1@yahoo.com; becker.josh@gmail.com; goinsrayl@gmail.com; raj@siliconvalleydebug.org; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; jagodachuck@gmail.com; Burt, Patrick; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; GSheyner@paweekly.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; jvalle1800@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; daniel.k@earthlink.net; dmpaloalto@gmail.com; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael; Human Relations Commission; info@paloaltorenters.org; alphonse9947@gmail.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@da.sccgov.org; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; dsnorris@menlopark.gov Subject:Dave Chappelle wades into the Israel-Hamas war - Los Angeles Times Date:Thursday, October 26, 2023 4:35:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Dave Chappelle wades into the Israel-Hamas war - Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-10-23/dave-chappelle-israel-hamas- war-boston {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 201     From:Aram James To:sallen6444@yahoo.com; moore2j@att.net; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Council, City; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; judgecordell@icloud.com; sdremann@paweekly.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; CDSpieckerman@solanocounty.com; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; Planning Commission; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; KP14him@aol.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; jagodachuck@gmail.com; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; Perron, Zachary; Tannock, Julie; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; ParkRec Commission; pastor@universityamez.com; kathy8420@qq.com; Kou, Lydia; becker.josh@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; daniel.k@earthlink.net; dmpaloalto@gmail.com; yolanda@rocketmail.com; GSheyner@paweekly.com; greg@gregtanaka.org; gstone22@gmail.com; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; jamespitkin777@yahoo.com; daustin@pausd.org; dangel@da.sccgov.org; dbarton@nbo.law; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April Subject:City Council declares support for Palestinians Date:Thursday, October 26, 2023 4:18:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council declares support for Palestinians Today’s Mercury News (Oct 26, 2023) City Council declares support for Palestinians https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=019f2c01-b39f- 49b6-9eb2-999b211ebafe&appcode=SAN252&eguid=a2f53665-5b34-4417-a0af- f485d3fc63b4&pnum=29# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 202     From:Aram James To:julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; ajluni@hotmail.com; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; moore2j@att.net; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; KP14him@aol.com; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; tom.dubois@gmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; GSheyner@paweekly.com; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; becker.josh@gmail.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; alisa@justlikefamily.com; vara@acm.org; sajluni@yahoo.com; jaxpolo@gmail.com; raj@siliconvalleydebug.org; goinsrayl@gmail.com; gstone22@gmail.com; Hornung, Joel; Jensen, Eric; Figueroa, Eric; Perron, Zachary; daniel.k@earthlink.net; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; angiebevans@gmail.com; Shikada, Ed; shayase@onemain.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; SupeChavezNews@bos.sccgov.org; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; Reifschneider, James; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; Wagner, April; jagodachuck@gmail.com; bcartwright@padailypost.com; Council, City; pastor@universityamez.com; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; editor@paweekly.com; sdremann@paweekly.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; Binder, Andrew; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; vote@sallylieber.org; Foley, Michael; judgecordell@icloud.com; Tannock, Julie; Human Relations Commission; miguel.rodriguez@pdo.sccgov.org; jimofalltrades@hotmail.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; walterlwilson@hotmail.com; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; jvalle1800@gmail.com; Zelkha, Mila; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; council@redwoodcity.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; CDSpieckerman@solanocounty.com; dbarton@nbo.law; daustin@pausd.org; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; bnunez51@yahoo.com; dangel@da.sccgov.org; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; dmpaloalto@gmail.com; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; jamespitkin777@yahoo.com; cromero@cityofepa.org; Lee, Craig; brad_imamura@yahoo.com; greg@gregtanaka.org; admin@siblingcitiesusa.org Subject:California city first in U.S. to officially back Palestinians, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ Date:Wednesday, October 25, 2023 10:56:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. California city first in U.S. to officially back Palestinians, accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-25/california-city-first-in-nation-to-support- palestinians-in-gaza-with-resolution-accusing-israel-of-ethnic-cleansing {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 203     From:Aram James To:Lythcott-Haims, Julie; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; denkafer1@yahoo.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; lydiakou@gmail.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Human Relations Commission; jagodachuck@gmail.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu Subject:Harvard Creates Task Force for Doxxed Students Amid Backlash Over Israel Statement Date:Wednesday, October 25, 2023 7:58:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Harvard Creates Task Force for Doxxed Students Amid Backlash Over Israel Statement https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/10/25/doxxing-task-force/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 204     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Bill Johnson; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; David Angel; Dennis Upton; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Lydia Kou; Mata, Anthony; Palo Alto Free Press; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Representative Anna G. Eshoo; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sameena@Secure-Justice.org; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Sue Dremann; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; alisa mallari tu; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; vote@sallylieber.org; walter wilson Subject:Re: Richmond City Council: Thank You for the Proposed Resolution (Item R-1) in Support of the People of Gaza Date:Monday, October 23, 2023 8:37:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Salem, Thank you so much for your on-the-mark letter to the Richmond City Council. Best, Aram On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 7:51 PM Salem Ajluni <ajluni@hotmail.com> wrote: Dear Richmond City Council Members, Thank you for the proposed resolution (Item R-1) slated for consideration by the Council at its meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, 24 October. Your resolution (attached) is sensitive to the plight of the Palestinian victims of the massive violence meted out by the armed forces of the State of Israel in Gaza. At the same time, Item R-1 emphasizes the inherent human value and human rights of all people, including those people living in places whose governing authorities engage in the illegitimate use of violence. Congratulations. It has come to my attention that the Jewish Community Relations Council, a well-funded pro-Israel organization, has mounted a campaign against Item R- 1. Their opposition centers on the "trauma and vulnerability of the local Jewish community" stemming from the "Israel-Hamas conflict"; claiming that the "local Jewish community is feeling unsafe and scared;" and "the resolution's lack of empathy for Jews." Needless to say, the principal victims of the two-decade old "war on terrorism" unleashed in the wake of the 9-11-2001 attacks on the U.S., have been innocent Muslim-Americans. If any community is feeling vulnerable and {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 205     stigmatized these days, it is likewise Arabs and Muslims. Don't be intimidated by those who would deny this fundamental reality. Solidarity, Salem Ajluni San Jose, CA (P.S. I have bcc'd this message to friends who might be interested in commenting on this important initiative or in attending the meeting tomorrow at 4:30 p.m.) {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 206     From:Valenzuela, Brittany To:Valenzuela, Brittany Subject:Reminder: City of Palo Alto CDBG & CDBG-CV PY2024-25 Pre-Proposal Conference Date:Monday, October 23, 2023 2:22:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Interested Individuals, Agencies, and Social Services, As a friendly reminder, the Pre-Proposal Conference is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 26, 2023, via a Zoom meeting. All proposers intending to submit a CDBG Program Year 2024-2025 Application are encouraged to attend the virtual Pre-Proposal Conference: Meeting Link: https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/86091179451 Meeting ID: 860 9117 9451 Join by Phone: 1(669) 900-6833 Regards, Brittany Valenzuela | Planner 3760 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 270 | Long Beach, CA 90806 | [O] 562-753-2834 | brittany.valenzuela@mbakerintl.com | www.mbakerintl.com {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 207     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Cultural appropriation don"t take our Posada Date:Monday, October 23, 2023 6:37:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 208     SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY NAACP COMMUNITY MEETING Time: Oct 25, 2023 06:30 PM Pacific Time Featuring Chuck Cantrell - "Canaries in the Economic MineField: Will We Survive this" Carmen Brammer - "Aging in the African/African Ancestry Community" Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87224685903?pwd=vccwn3k9c8J5OwDpz4x4hn5tQntgmu.1 Meeting ID: 872 2468 5903 Passcode: 106885 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 209     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 210     Cultural appropriation don't take our Posada The celebration, known as posada, is a traditional religious festival celebrated in Mexico to honor the journey of Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem. It starts on December 16th and continues until Christmas Eve. The festival typically includes a procession of carolers led by a child dressed as an angel, as well as food, warm drinks, and piñatas. Posadas first began as a way for Spaniards to share Christmas traditions with the native people of Mexico. Over time, Mexican households and neighborhoods embraced the tradition, making it a part of their own celebrations. In the Washington/Guadalupe community, there has been ongoing debate about who should plan the posada. Madre-A-Madre, an independent organization, has historically led the event. The organization aims to empower low-income Spanish-speaking women of color living in the community. Maria Hernandez, the President of Madre-A-Madre, believes that it is essential for the Spanish-speaking women of the community to take a leading role in organizing the posada. After discussions, Madre-A-Madre decided unanimously to hold the posada on December 15th to accommodate other December events. Hernandez hopes that other organizations can come together to build bridges and unify the community. However, there seems to be a lack of inclusivity in the planning process, as evidenced by a meeting scheduled by the City of San Jose that excluded Maria Hernandez and another leader from Madre-A-Madre. The meeting was attended by three white men: Hal Spangenberg, PRNS Division Director; James McCaskill, Senior Director at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County; and Brett Bymaster, Executive Director at Healing Grove. Brett Bymaster attended the meeting but chose not to speak on behalf of the women of color who were not invited. He expressed disappointment regarding their exclusion. Self-determination is a universal human desire, and every culture seeks to exercise control over their own traditions and customs. It is important to recognize and respect the voices and leadership of the Spanish-speaking women of color within the Washington/ Guadalupe community in planning the posada. By fostering inclusivity and unity, the community can come together to celebrate this cherished tradition. Additionally, it would be beneficial for all organizations involved in the planning of the posada to come together and collaborate. By working together, they can establish a more inclusive and unified approach to organizing the celebration. This would allow for diverse perspectives to be represented and for a more representative and inclusive event to take place. Ultimately, the goal should be to create an environment where all stakeholders have a say in organizing the posada, and where the traditions and customs of the Spanish-speaking women of color are respected and celebrated.  Rev.Jethroe Moore II, President {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 211     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 212     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 213     SEE YOU IN VEGAS! The NAACP National Convention is an empowering and immersive experience held each year to celebrate our community's collective power. The Convention attracts innovative change-makers, thought-leaders, entrepreneurs, scholars, entertainers, influencers, and creatives to network and exchange ideas. We gather, collectively, to foster our intergenerational approach to advocacy. Main stage discussions, luncheons, and the experience hall connect activists, allies, and entrepreneurs from varying backgrounds who are all committed to the same thing: thriving together. See you in LAS VEGAS for the 115th NAACP National Convention! As the autumn leaves fall to the ground, we’re already heating up what’s to come for the 115th NAACP National Convention. The 2024 conference will take place from July 13-17 and will feature a host of exciting panels, activations, opportunities to network and be inspired, and more. Thousands of {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 214     like-minded individuals from across the country — all dedicated to the fight for social justice and equity — will gather for an experience like none other. We’ll exchange ideas. We’ll strategize. We’ll have a good time, too. Mark your calendars now and stay tuned as more details will be announced in the coming months including registration and hotel information, a schedule of events, guest speakers, and more. Get ready, because this Convention will be like nothing you’ve ever seen. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 215     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 216     As we mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we celebrate and honor those whose lives have been touched by the disease. We also want to shine a light on how breast cancer disproportionately affects Black women — because being as informed as possible can save our lives. Did you know that Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at a younger age than white women? Visit our Instagram page to learn more facts and tips and share this vital information with your network. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 217     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 218     Study Finds 16% Increased Infant Mortality in States that Restrict Abortion The study also found that the mortality rate for Black infants was more than twice that of white infants. By Zane McNeill , TRUTHOUT States with abortion restrictions suffer a 16 percent increase in infant mortality rate,according to a new study published in theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine. “What’s also notable is that the data is pre-Dobbs — it came from 2014–2018. That means these numbers are likely to get much, much worse,” abortion advocate Jessica Valenti said. The United States has the highest infant and maternal mortality rates out of any other high-income country and, in 2021, the infant mortality rate in the U.S. was 5.4 deaths per 1,000 live births. This research supportsprevious studies that have found that abortion restrictions are linked to increased maternal and infant death rates which disproportionately affect Black communities. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 219     Don't Miss Your Chance To Join The Fight! Engage Our Communities YOUR WAY! AMPLIFY's Community Engagement Award Activities (CEAA) are back! Over the past five years, we have worked with 30 community and faith-based organizations to educate and inform our African American/Black California communities regarding the social justice issue surrounding commercial tobacco and policy change. The chosen candidates will conduct a community-based activity of their choice that will increase commercial tobacco knowledge and empower our communities. Info Session Registration Application {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 220     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 221     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 222     VOTE EARLY DAY! We are proud to be partnering with Vote Early Day (October 26) and we are encouraging every single one of our members to make a plan and vote early or on election day. We are asking units to host events now until election day to mobilize the Black youth vote. Sign up here to share the time and date of GOTV activation. We want to amplify all GOTV efforts across social media! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 223     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 224     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 225     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 226     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 227     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 228     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 229     GOING ALL-IN FOR ISRAEL MAY MAKE BIDEN COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE Human rights lawyers warned Biden that his unconditional support for the war on Gaza may implicate the U.S. in Israel’s crimes. Alice Speri THE U.S. GOVERNMENT may be complicit under international law in Israel’s unfolding genocide of the Palestinian people, a group of legal scholars warned the Biden administration and the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Lawyers at the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the dire warning to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a 44- page emergency brief on Wednesday, on the heels of Biden’s trip to the Middle East. There, Biden reiterated his administration’s unwavering support for Israel — even as the Israeli government wages an unprecedented bombing campaign on the occupied Gaza Strip in retaliation for a horrific attack by Hamas that killed more than 1,400 Israeli citizens. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 230     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 231     We will be holding the HBCU fall caravan here on our campus on November 1st from 4- 7:30 PM. This is a free event and all students and parents are welcome. For senior students, we encourage them to bring transcripts with them as they will be admitted on the spot when talking to the admission representative. In preparation, we would like to make sure students are informed of this free opportunity. The CCC to HBCU Caravan is a series of HBCU transfer fairs hosted throughout the state featuring admissions representatives from our partner HBCUs. Students from any campus can attend the events and counselors and other CCC colleagues are encouraged to attend as well. Some HBCU partners will provide on-site admission and scholarships. Please feel free to pass this info on to all students and encourage them to register with the QR Code for the event. Claudia Barbosa-Daniels 408-274-7900 ext. 6534 Umoja-AFFIRM Program Coordinator, Counselor & Instructor ‌ ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 232     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 233     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 234     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 235     Why is the U.S. moving its embassy to Jerusalem? By Stephen Farrell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States opens its new embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, a move that has delighted Israel and infuriated Palestinians. On Monday, road signs directing traffic there went up around the neighborhood where it will be situated, and next week’s opening ceremony is timed to coincide with Israel’s 70th anniversary. The initiative was driven by President Donald Trump, after he broke last year with decades of U.S. policy by recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 236     Top GOP Candidate For N.C. Governor Has A History Of Demeaning Successful Women Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson said Michelle Obama emanates “the stench of human waste," called Taylor Swift “Trailer Shift," and likened Nancy Pelosi to Adolf Hitler. By Jennifer Bendery North Carolina GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson is known for having a long history of peddling conspiracy theories. It turns out he’s got a long history of something else, too: demeaning successful women. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 237     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 238     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 239     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 240     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 241     Register at https://sdpconference.info/2024-conference/ The 2024 conference will be convened at the Palmer House Hotel, Monday, February 19 – Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Chicago, IL. The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2024 Conference will include… Opening conference worship service at the Palmer House hotel Renowned African American preachers, theologians, and activists Informed teaching and educational opportunities through various breakout sessions including Connecting the Dots: Racism, Ecojustice and the Wealth Gap {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 242     General Secretary's Luncheon & Ella Jo Baker Awards “Beautiful Are The Feet” Honoree Signature Event “Where Legacy Meets Future: ReImagine, ReThink, and ReInvent” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 243     Website History Events Youth ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 244     Drop Us A Line Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: +1 (408) 898-6985 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163, Milpitas, CA 95035 Unsubscribe hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by moore2j@att.net powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 245     From:Aram James To:sallen6444@yahoo.com; moore2j@att.net; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; Lauing, Ed; becker.josh@gmail.com; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; ladoris@judgecordell.com; Binder, Andrew; KP14him@aol.com; Jensen, Eric; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; alphonse9947@gmail.com; ajluni@hotmail.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; dianaLdiamond@gmail.com; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; daustin@pausd.org; jaxpolo@gmail.com; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; javier.ortega@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; vara@acm.org; Council, City; Perron, Zachary; jagodachuck@gmail.com; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; Figueroa, Eric; cerise@knock.la; lydiakou@gmail.com; pastor@universityamez.com; Human Relations Commission; caitlin.a.james@gmail.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; Shikada, Ed; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; kathy8420@qq.com; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; cromero@cityofepa.org; raj@siliconvalleydebug.org; Burt, Patrick; walterlwilson@hotmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; dmpaloalto@gmail.com; Gardener, Liz; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; Wagner, April; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; dpine@smcgov.org; yolanda@rocketmail.com; council@redwoodcity.org; gstone22@gmail.com; greg@gregtanaka.org Subject:Israel’s Culture of Deceit Date:Sunday, October 22, 2023 11:24:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel’s Culture of Deceit https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/israels-culture-of-deceit? publication_id=778851&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=1pa4g9 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 246     From:Aram James To:alphonse9947@gmail.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Sameena@secure-justice.org; Shikada, Ed; Zelkha, Mila; GSheyner@paweekly.com; swebby@dao.sccgov.org; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; becker.josh@gmail.com; SupeChavezNews@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; sdremann@paweekly.com; judgecordell@icloud.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; admin@siblingcitiesusa.org; Lauing, Ed; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; dmpaloalto@gmail.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; Foley, Michael; miguel.rodriguez@pdo.sccgov.org; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; KP14him@aol.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; kathy8420@qq.com; Council, City; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; hrwsv@hrw.org Subject:GOING ALL-IN FOR ISRAEL MAY MAKE BIDEN COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE Date:Sunday, October 22, 2023 2:44:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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GOING ALL-IN FOR ISRAEL MAY MAKEBIDEN COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE https://theintercept.com/2023/10/19/israel-gaza-biden-genocide-war-crimes/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 247     From:Aram James To:Lythcott-Haims, Julie; dangel@da.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; jethroemooreii@gmail.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; Human Relations Commission; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; hrwsv@hrw.org; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; council@redwoodcity.org; Perron, Zachary; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org; dsnorris@menlopark.gov Subject:Dozens of students stage walk out at Harvard in solidarity with Palestinians Date:Saturday, October 21, 2023 2:08:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dozens of students stage walk out at Harvard in solidarity with Palestinians https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/boston/news/walkout-harvard-university-solidarity- palestinians/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 248     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Damon Silver; Daniel Barton; Dave Price; David Angel; David S. Norris; Diana Diamond; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Lydia Kou; O"Neal, Molly; Ortega, Javier; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Stump, Molly; Supervisor Cindy Chavez; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Figueroa, Eric; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:Fwd: Brendon Woods posted: This statement should not be controversial. Ca... Date:Saturday, October 21, 2023 1:30:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Brendon Woods is the Public Defender for Alameda County Brendon Woods @BrendonWoodsPD This statement should not be controversial. Calling for an end to human suffering and violence should not be controversial, but I imagine it will be. We need a ceasefire now. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 249     Brendon Woods's Photo 1 4 18 Brooke Jenkins 謝安宜@BrookeJenkinsSF Thank you to the North Beach residents who joined our Public Safety Town Hall last night. I am a District Attorney that believes we have to enforce our laws & make sure there is accountability so we can get back to living in a safe city. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 250     5 8 72 Marc Berman's Photo Marc Berman's Photo Marc Berman @AsmMarcBerman I had the chance to attend @codeorg’s 10th anniversary celebration. They’ve done amazing work expanding access to computer science education, especially for women & communities of color, and I’ve been proud to partner with them on legislation to do that in CA. More to come! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 251     Marc Berman's Photo Marc Berman's Photo 1 1 6 15 24 860 1 3 derek guy @dieworkwear "why are clothes all made from synthetics now?" asks a man who wears clothes four sizes too small ABC7 News @abc7newsbayarea While the FDA has found that the ingredient is safe to use, many doctors have questioned phenylephrine's effectiveness for years. abc7ne.ws/3FvSWoR CNN @CNN JUST IN: Pro-Trump attorney Kenneth Chesebro, who helped craft the 2020 fake elector plot, pleads guilty in Georgia election subversion case cnn.it/3Q6vx2b {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 252     320 240 1K Help | Privacy | Reset password | Download app We sent this email to @Aramjames2. Unsubscribe X Corp. 1355 Market Street, Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94103 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 253     From:Aram James To:alphonse9947@gmail.com; becker.josh@gmail.com; moore2j@att.net; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; sallen6444@yahoo.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; SupeChavezNews@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; michelle.osorio@bos.sccgov.org; javier.ortega@bos.sccgov.org; ajluni@hotmail.com; jaxpolo@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Council, City; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; Veenker, Vicki; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; vara@acm.org; pastor@universityamez.com; Kou, Lydia; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; greg@gregtanaka.org; council@redwoodcity.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; rebecca@privateclientlegal.com; ladoris@judgecordell.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; KP14him@aol.com; Robert.Jonson@shf.sccgov.org; dangel@da.sccgov.org; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; cmrstaylor@gmail.com Subject:IF NOT NOW: We"re mobilizing thousands of American Jews to join us in demanding Biden and all of our elected officials implement a ceasefire NOW Date:Friday, October 20, 2023 7:12:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Unless we act, our grief will be weaponized to justify the Israeli military's genocide of Palestinian people in Gaza. Judaism teaches us that to save a life is to save the world. That's why even as we grieve for our Israeli and Palestinian loved ones, we are throwing ourselves into the cogs of the war machine to save every life we can. We're mobilizing thousands of American Jews to join us in demanding Biden and all of our elected officials implement a ceasefire NOW. We will not allow them or the Israeli government to carry out a genocide in our name. We will channel our grief towards securing a future where all Palestinians, Israelis, and Jews are safe. Will you join us and help stop a genocide? If https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/our-campaigns {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 254     From:Rebecca Eisenberg To:Aram James Cc:Angie Evans; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Diana Diamond; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; dennis burns; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; walter wilson Subject:Re: Gaza Emergency Webinar Tonight! + Ceasefire Petition + Peace in Israel/Palestine Vigil + More... Date:Friday, October 20, 2023 7:09:29 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from reisenberg@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Perhaps one could protest Egypt too because Palestinians just as easily could enter the country on their southern border -- Egypt. And perhaps someone could point out that Hamas operates its military bases entirely out of residential buildings, schools, and mosques. Israel cannot aim at Hamas without aiming at the Palestinians that Hamas uses as human shields. Maybe someone could step in and save Palestinians from the terrorists who took over their country by military coup in 2007? The terrorists who steal 1/3 of all international aid, the majority of which is provided by Israel? Or maybe someone could cut off the weapons pipeline from Iran to Hamas using crypto? And maybe someone could point out that the Hamas monsters actually targeted the pacifist communes (Kibbutzim) that was home to the vast number of Israelis providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians? (Egyptians provide no humanitarian aid.). Among the 1500 murdered individuals -- individuals who were not killed in a bombing but rather were hunted down in their homes, the children beheaded, the women and girls raped and often abducted -- among those individuals were hundreds of Israelis that had beenferrying Palestinians for decades to Israeli hospitals, given that hospitals in Gaza were insufficient due to Hamas stealing their resources and using their hospitals as military bases. Honestly, at this point I have given up on gentiles taking the time to see this massive rampage for what it was: a massive murder and rape rampage that targeted Jews for thepurposes of killing Jews and especially targeted Jewish (or Jewish-looking) women and girls from infancy to 90s for abduction, sexual assault, rape, and celebration over the used up bodies as spoils of war. While you continue to blame the Jews for the harms caused by Hamas, I am focussed on retaining any last remaining hope of rescuing the 250 Jews (of numerous nationalities,and many non-Jews) who were abducted by Hamas monsters, the majority of whom were women and young girls. These victims never were "hostages" -- they were taken to use for rape and torture as spoils of war. Not ONE has been returned. Not ONE has been proven to be alive. For many of them, their best hope is a swift death. Parents and other loved ones, including several in my extended family (although Jews tend to view all of us as family of each other) will never receive any part of their raped and murdered babies. Aram, please do me the favor of taking me off the list when you circulate these triggering and hateful emails. There is and was no justification for the hundreds of rapes and murders that Hamas sociopaths did on the best and favorite Jewish Holiday which is now ruined forever - Simchat Torah. Blaming Jews for their abductions, murder, beheadings, and so much rape is equivalent to blaming Jews for the actions of the Holocaust. Get your head on straight and if you continue to forward emails that continue tojustify the unprecedented terror attacks on so so so many people who were sleeping in their beds or dancing at a peace rave and praying at shul, LEAVE ME OUT. Sincerely, Rebecca On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:07 PM Peninsula Peace and Justice Center <ppjc@peaceandjustice.org> wrote: Tonight from PPJC! Activist Community Calendar Follows Below webinar-gaza-logo-high-1080x635 image Thursday, October 19, 7:00 PM {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 255     Zoom Webinar • Registration Required Click here to register A conversation withJOEL BEININ Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History andProfessor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University “After keeping Gaza’s residents on the precipice of a humanitarian disaster fornearly two decades, Israel has decided to drop them into the deepest possibleabyss. Amid the understandable public atmosphere of outrage, nausea, anddisgust following the unprecedented, horrifying massacre and kidnappings ofIsraelis (as well as foreign citizens), the Israeli government ordered the electricityand water it sells to the besieged strip to be shut off, and is preventing anysupplies from entering the enclave. Nothing is going in or out of Gaza via theIsraeli crossings — not people, not goods, and not emergency supplies.” ~ AmirRotem, +972 Magazine For this special, “emergency” webinar, we welcome one of the country’s leadinghistorians on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor ofMiddle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. Beinin’s research and writingfocus on the social and cultural history and political economy of modern Egypt,Palestine, and Israel and on US policy in the Middle East. He has written or editedtwelve books. His articles have been published in leading scholarly journals inEnglish and French as well as South Atlantic Quarterly, Socialist Register,Carnegie Papers, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Middle East Report, andThe Los Angeles Review of Books. He has been interviewed on Al-Jazeera TV, BBCradio, Skye TV, Radio France International, Australian and US National PublicRadio, and many other TV and radio programs throughout the world as well bythe global print media. Click here to register for the webinar. Take action! Jewish Voice for Peace is collecting signatures on a petition callingon Pres. Biden to demand and facilitate an immediate ceasefire and to refrainfrom sending any more weapons to the Israeli government. Over 45,000 peoplehave already signed. Click here to read and sign the petition. Fridays For Future Climate VigilFriday, October 20, 12:00 NoonPalo Alto Civic Center, King Plaza, 250 Hamilton Avenue,Palo Alto How are you feeling about climate change? In associationand solidarity with the global Fridays for Futuremovement, Fridays For Future Palo Alto conducts a climatestrike every Friday in front of Palo Alto City Hall. This Friday,Kimberly Wiefling will facilitate her popular Creating-A-Vision Workshop, inwhich we will envision life in Palo Alto in the year 2040. More...   Silent Vigil for Peace in Israel/PalestineFriday, October 20, 12:00 NoonEl Camino Real & Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto This Friday, members of Women's Int'l League for Peace &Freedom - Peninsula/Palo Alto Chapter grieve that the needarises again, to stand against the violence of war, with theterrible attacks of Hamas against Israelis, soldiers, womenand children alike, and taking hostages; and thesubsequent bombardment and counter attacks in Gaza, killing Hamasmembers/sympathizers and innocent civilians, women and children alike. More...   United Nations Association Film FestivalOctober 19 through October 29Various Locations in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, SanFrancisco, Stanford UniversityClick here for the full schedule We are delighted to announce the 26th UNAFF (UnitedNations Association Film Festival), which was founded in1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic inconjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declarationof Human Rights. This year’s theme SOLUTIONS continues our enduring devotionto the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebratesits 75th anniversary this year, with an emphasis on strategies and approachesthat offer solutions to the world's current burning problems. More...   Welcome Mme. Mildred Aristide to the Bay AreaSaturday, October 21, 3:00 - 5:00 PMFirst Presbyterian Church of Oakland2619 Broadway, Oakland Haiti Action Committee is honored to announce that Mme.Mildred Aristide, the former First Lady of Haiti and amember of the Board of Administration of the University of {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 256     the Dr. Aristide Foundation (UNIFA), will be coming soon tothe Bay Area to discuss the remarkable work of UNIFAamidst the deepening crisis in Haiti. Endorsed by Peninsula Peace and JusticeCenter. More...   Report from Chile on the 50th Anniversary of the US AFL-CIO Supported CoupSaturday, October 28, 2:00 - 4:00 PMSan Jose Peace and Justice Center48 S. 7th Street, San Jose Lisa Milos, a Chilean American and member of UPTE UCSF(University Professional and Technical Employees,University of California San Francisco) went to Chile to joinin the commemoration events. Lisa will report on whathappened during the commemoration and the lessons for today and Chile. Co-sponsored by: Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO InternationalOperations, WorkWeek Radio, San Jose Peace and Justice Center. More...   Please support our work with a contribution. Thank you. Peninsula Peace and Justice Centerppjc@peaceandjustice.org peaceandjustice.org | www.facebook.com/penin.pjc https://youtube.com/ppjcvideo (650) 326-8837    Peninsula Peace and Justice Center | 4546 El Camino Real B10- 335, Los Altos, CA 94022 Unsubscribe abjpd1@gmail.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by ppjc@peaceandjustice.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:07 PM Peninsula Peace and Justice Center <ppjc@peaceandjustice.org> wrote: Tonight from PPJC! Activist Community Calendar Follows Below {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 257     webinar-gaza-logo-high-1080x635 image Thursday, October 19, 7:00 PM Zoom Webinar • Registration Required Click here to register A conversation withJOEL BEININ Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History andProfessor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University “After keeping Gaza’s residents on the precipice of a humanitarian disaster fornearly two decades, Israel has decided to drop them into the deepest possibleabyss. Amid the understandable public atmosphere of outrage, nausea, anddisgust following the unprecedented, horrifying massacre and kidnappings ofIsraelis (as well as foreign citizens), the Israeli government ordered the electricityand water it sells to the besieged strip to be shut off, and is preventing anysupplies from entering the enclave. Nothing is going in or out of Gaza via theIsraeli crossings — not people, not goods, and not emergency supplies.” ~ AmirRotem, +972 Magazine For this special, “emergency” webinar, we welcome one of the country’s leadinghistorians on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor ofMiddle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. Beinin’s research and writingfocus on the social and cultural history and political economy of modern Egypt,Palestine, and Israel and on US policy in the Middle East. He has written or editedtwelve books. His articles have been published in leading scholarly journals inEnglish and French as well as South Atlantic Quarterly, Socialist Register,Carnegie Papers, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Middle East Report, andThe Los Angeles Review of Books. He has been interviewed on Al-Jazeera TV, BBCradio, Skye TV, Radio France International, Australian and US National PublicRadio, and many other TV and radio programs throughout the world as well bythe global print media. Click here to register for the webinar. Take action! Jewish Voice for Peace is collecting signatures on a petition callingon Pres. Biden to demand and facilitate an immediate ceasefire and to refrainfrom sending any more weapons to the Israeli government. Over 45,000 peoplehave already signed. Click here to read and sign the petition. Fridays For Future Climate VigilFriday, October 20, 12:00 NoonPalo Alto Civic Center, King Plaza, 250 Hamilton Avenue,Palo Alto How are you feeling about climate change? In associationand solidarity with the global Fridays for Future movement,Fridays For Future Palo Alto conducts a climate strike everyFriday in front of Palo Alto City Hall. This Friday, KimberlyWiefling will facilitate her popular Creating-A-Vision Workshop, in which we willenvision life in Palo Alto in the year 2040. More...   Silent Vigil for Peace in Israel/PalestineFriday, October 20, 12:00 Noon {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 258     El Camino Real & Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto This Friday, members of Women's Int'l League for Peace &Freedom - Peninsula/Palo Alto Chapter grieve that the needarises again, to stand against the violence of war, with theterrible attacks of Hamas against Israelis, soldiers, womenand children alike, and taking hostages; and thesubsequent bombardment and counter attacks in Gaza, killing Hamasmembers/sympathizers and innocent civilians, women and children alike. More...   United Nations Association Film FestivalOctober 19 through October 29Various Locations in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, SanFrancisco, Stanford UniversityClick here for the full schedule We are delighted to announce the 26th UNAFF (UnitedNations Association Film Festival), which was founded in1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic inconjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declarationof Human Rights. This year’s theme SOLUTIONS continues our enduring devotionto the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebratesits 75th anniversary this year, with an emphasis on strategies and approachesthat offer solutions to the world's current burning problems. More...   Welcome Mme. Mildred Aristide to the Bay AreaSaturday, October 21, 3:00 - 5:00 PMFirst Presbyterian Church of Oakland2619 Broadway, Oakland Haiti Action Committee is honored to announce that Mme.Mildred Aristide, the former First Lady of Haiti and amember of the Board of Administration of the University ofthe Dr. Aristide Foundation (UNIFA), will be coming soon tothe Bay Area to discuss the remarkable work of UNIFAamidst the deepening crisis in Haiti. Endorsed by Peninsula Peace and JusticeCenter. More...   Report from Chile on the 50th Anniversary of the US AFL-CIO Supported CoupSaturday, October 28, 2:00 - 4:00 PMSan Jose Peace and Justice Center48 S. 7th Street, San Jose Lisa Milos, a Chilean American and member of UPTE UCSF(University Professional and Technical Employees,University of California San Francisco) went to Chile to joinin the commemoration events. Lisa will report on whathappened during the commemoration and the lessons for today and Chile. Co-sponsored by: Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations,WorkWeek Radio, San Jose Peace and Justice Center. More...   Please support our work with a contribution. Thank you. Peninsula Peace and Justice Centerppjc@peaceandjustice.org peaceandjustice.org | www.facebook.com/penin.pjc https://youtube.com/ppjcvideo (650) 326-8837    Peninsula Peace and Justice Center | 4546 El Camino Real B10-335, Los Altos, CA 94022 Unsubscribe abjpd1@gmail.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by ppjc@peaceandjustice.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 259     From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Diana Diamond; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Rebecca Eisenberg; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; dennis burns; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; walter wilson Subject:Re: Gaza Emergency Webinar Tonight! + Ceasefire Petition + Peace in Israel/Palestine Vigil + More... Date:Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:47:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:07 PM Peninsula Peace and Justice Center <ppjc@peaceandjustice.org> wrote: Tonight from PPJC! Activist Community Calendar Follows Below {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 260     webinar-gaza-logo-high-1080x635 image Thursday, October 19, 7:00 PM Zoom Webinar • Registration Required Click here to register A conversation withJOEL BEININ Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History andProfessor of Middle East History, Emeritus, Stanford University “After keeping Gaza’s residents on the precipice of a humanitarian disaster fornearly two decades, Israel has decided to drop them into the deepest possibleabyss. Amid the understandable public atmosphere of outrage, nausea, anddisgust following the unprecedented, horrifying massacre and kidnappings ofIsraelis (as well as foreign citizens), the Israeli government ordered the electricityand water it sells to the besieged strip to be shut off, and is preventing anysupplies from entering the enclave. Nothing is going in or out of Gaza via theIsraeli crossings — not people, not goods, and not emergency supplies.” ~ AmirRotem, +972 Magazine For this special, “emergency” webinar, we welcome one of the country’s leading {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 261     historians on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History and Professor ofMiddle East History, Emeritus at Stanford University. Beinin’s research and writingfocus on the social and cultural history and political economy of modern Egypt,Palestine, and Israel and on US policy in the Middle East. He has written or editedtwelve books. His articles have been published in leading scholarly journals inEnglish and French as well as South Atlantic Quarterly, Socialist Register,Carnegie Papers, The Nation, Le Monde Diplomatique, Middle East Report, andThe Los Angeles Review of Books. He has been interviewed on Al-Jazeera TV, BBCradio, Skye TV, Radio France International, Australian and US National PublicRadio, and many other TV and radio programs throughout the world as well bythe global print media. Click here to register for the webinar. Take action! Jewish Voice for Peace is collecting signatures on a petition callingon Pres. Biden to demand and facilitate an immediate ceasefire and to refrainfrom sending any more weapons to the Israeli government. Over 45,000 peoplehave already signed. Click here to read and sign the petition. Fridays For Future Climate VigilFriday, October 20, 12:00 NoonPalo Alto Civic Center, King Plaza, 250 Hamilton Avenue,Palo Alto How are you feeling about climate change? In associationand solidarity with the global Fridays for Future movement,Fridays For Future Palo Alto conducts a climate strike everyFriday in front of Palo Alto City Hall. This Friday, KimberlyWiefling will facilitate her popular Creating-A-Vision Workshop, in which we willenvision life in Palo Alto in the year 2040. More...   Silent Vigil for Peace in Israel/Palestine {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 262     Friday, October 20, 12:00 NoonEl Camino Real & Embarcadero Rd, Palo Alto This Friday, members of Women's Int'l League for Peace &Freedom - Peninsula/Palo Alto Chapter grieve that the needarises again, to stand against the violence of war, with theterrible attacks of Hamas against Israelis, soldiers, womenand children alike, and taking hostages; and thesubsequent bombardment and counter attacks in Gaza, killing Hamasmembers/sympathizers and innocent civilians, women and children alike. More...   United Nations Association Film FestivalOctober 19 through October 29Various Locations in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, SanFrancisco, Stanford UniversityClick here for the full schedule We are delighted to announce the 26th UNAFF (UnitedNations Association Film Festival), which was founded in1998 by Stanford educator and film critic Jasmina Bojic inconjunction with the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declarationof Human Rights. This year’s theme SOLUTIONS continues our enduring devotionto the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which celebratesits 75th anniversary this year, with an emphasis on strategies and approachesthat offer solutions to the world's current burning problems. More...   Welcome Mme. Mildred Aristide to the Bay AreaSaturday, October 21, 3:00 - 5:00 PMFirst Presbyterian Church of Oakland2619 Broadway, Oakland Haiti Action Committee is honored to announce that Mme.Mildred Aristide, the former First Lady of Haiti and amember of the Board of Administration of the University ofthe Dr. Aristide Foundation (UNIFA), will be coming soon tothe Bay Area to discuss the remarkable work of UNIFAamidst the deepening crisis in Haiti. Endorsed by Peninsula Peace and JusticeCenter. More...   Report from Chile on the 50th Anniversary of the US AFL-CIO Supported CoupSaturday, October 28, 2:00 - 4:00 PMSan Jose Peace and Justice Center48 S. 7th Street, San Jose Lisa Milos, a Chilean American and member of UPTE UCSF(University Professional and Technical Employees,University of California San Francisco) went to Chile to joinin the commemoration events. Lisa will report on whathappened during the commemoration and the lessons for today and Chile. Co-sponsored by: Labor Education Project on AFL-CIO International Operations, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 263     WorkWeek Radio, San Jose Peace and Justice Center. More...   Please support our work with a contribution. Thank you. Peninsula Peace and Justice Centerppjc@peaceandjustice.org peaceandjustice.org | www.facebook.com/penin.pjc https://youtube.com/ppjcvideo (650) 326-8837    Peninsula Peace and Justice Center | 4546 El Camino Real B10-335, Los Altos, CA 94022 Unsubscribe abjpd1@gmail.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by ppjc@peaceandjustice.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 264     From:Nat Fisher To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Re: Notice for Human Relations Commission Special Meeting Agenda Date:Thursday, October 19, 2023 12:45:16 PM You don't often get email from sukiroo@hotmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. I could not get the agenda for the HRC. All I could get was the agenda for Planning and Transporation. I tried several different ways but nothing worked. Could you send me your agenda? Or is it the same as PTC's? ​Natalie ​​ From: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2023 9:28 AM To: sukiroo@hotmail.com <sukiroo@hotmail.com> Subject: Notice for Human Relations Commission Special Meeting Agenda     Notice for Human Relations Commission Special Meeting Agenda   Agenda posted as of October 18, 2023 Upcoming Human Relations Commission Special Joint Meeting with the Planning & Transportation Commission {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 265     Held in person and by virtual teleconference through Zoom October 25, 2023, Human Relations Commission Special Meeting Agenda Packet Learn more about the Human Relations Commission, their responsibilities, watch previous meetings, and gain previous meeting agendas and minutes here. Resources for Hybrid Meeting Attendance Hybrid meetings offer the public the flexibility of attending either virtually/remotely by using Zoom or in-person at City Hall. The new hybrid-style meetings will take place in the City Council Chambers at City Hall for all boards, commission, committee, and City Council meetings. City Hall HVAC system operations have been enhanced in alignment with CDC recommendations, and supplemental HEPA filtration will be provided in the Chambers to further improve indoor air quality. Face masks and social distancing are strongly recommended. All members of the public who wish to speak during the Human Relations Commission meeting will be able to do so, regardless of whether they are present in chambers or participating by Zoom. Members of the public who wish to comment through writing may email hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. All public emails to the Commission are uploaded to the public letters to Parks and Recreation Commission webpage prior to the meeting. Commission meetings will continue to be broadcast and streamed live on the City’s YouTube channel, Channel 26 or 29 on cable TV, on the Midpen Media Center's website, and via Zoom as listed on the agenda. Pursuant to AB 361, Palo Alto City Council, Board, and Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. The meeting will be broadcasted on Cable TV Channel 26, live on the City of Palo Alto's YouTube Channel, and Midpen Media Center. Members of the public who wish to participate by computer or phone can find the instructions at the beginning and end of each agenda. To ensure participation in a particular item, we suggest calling in or connecting online 15 minutes before the item you wish to speak on. City of Palo Alto | Commission Agendas Office of Human Services | 4000 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Unsubscribe sukiroo@hotmail.com {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 266     Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by hrc@cityofpaloalto.org powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 267     From:Aram James To:pastor@universityamez.com; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; Human Relations Commission; ParkRec Commission; Council, City; alphonse9947@gmail.com; ajluni@hotmail.com; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; moore2j@att.net; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jagodachuck@gmail.com; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Molly.ONeal@pdo.sccgov.org; damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org; greg@gregtanaka.org Subject:PRO-PALESTINE NYU LAW STUDENT SPEAKS OUT AFTER JOB OFFER WAS RESCINDED Date:Thursday, October 19, 2023 9:52:10 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. PRO-PALESTINE NYU LAW STUDENTSPEAKS OUT AFTER JOB OFFER WASRESCINDED https://theintercept.com/2023/10/16/pro-palestine-students-campus-gaza-war/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 268     From:Aram James To:JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; moore2j@att.net; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; becker.josh@gmail.com; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; Human Relations Commission; pastor@universityamez.com; Lauing, Ed; jaxpolo@gmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; sajluni@yahoo.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; libor.jany@latimes.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com Subject:Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead Date:Wednesday, October 18, 2023 11:03:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Gaza conflict spills into the West Bank as settler attacks and clashes leave dozens of Palestinians dead https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/middleeast/west-bank-settler-attacks-israel-cmd-intl {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 269     From:Aram James To:becker.josh@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; moore2j@att.net; sallen6444@yahoo.com; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; ROBERT.GREENE@latimes.com; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; jaxpolo@gmail.com; sajluni@yahoo.com; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; District1@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov; jagodachuck@gmail.com; Lauing, Ed; pastor@universityamez.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Zelkha, Mila; BNash@menlopark.org; cmrstaylor@gmail.com Subject:US vetoes Security Council call for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel-Hamas war Date:Wednesday, October 18, 2023 9:57:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. US vetoes Security Council call for ‘humanitarian pause’ in Israel-Hamas war https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/18/europe/us-veto-security-council-israel-gaza-war-intl {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 270     From:Aram James To:julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; Burt, Patrick; pastor@universityamez.com; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; becker.josh@gmail.com; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com; GSheyner@paweekly.com; appeal.bryan.gobin@gmail.com; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; denkafer1@yahoo.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; moore2j@att.net; Human Relations Commission; council@redwoodcity.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; sajluni@yahoo.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; judgecordell@icloud.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; daustin@pausd.org; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; lyfong@pacbell.net; rebecca@privateclientlegal.com; Reifschneider, James Subject:Israel appears to be on the verge of ethnic cleansing in Gaza | US news | The Guardian Date:Tuesday, October 17, 2023 8:44:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel appears to be on the verge of ethnic cleansing in Gaza | US news | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/israel-gaza-mass-evacuation-ethnic- cleansing https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/israel-gaza-mass-evacuation-ethnic- cleansing {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 271     From:Aram James To:Council, City; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Kou, Lydia; Palo Alto Renters" Association; ParkRec Commission; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Re: Fw: [PSN] Electronic Intafada: Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says Date:Monday, October 16, 2023 10:06:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 11:15 PM To: PSN Bay Area Subject: Re: [PSN] Electronic Intafada: Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says Any hostage crisis lasts days, if not weeks or even months. It involves long negotiations, even if as a ruse. This one ended in hours. That can only happen if IDF just fired blindly to ensure nobody is abducted. On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 10:52:41 PM PDT, 'aamirq' via Palestine Solidarity Network <palestine_solidarity_network@googlegroups.com> wrote: Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says Israeli forces shot their own civilians, kibbutz survivor says Palestinian fighters treated Israeli captives "humanely," recalls Yasmin Porat. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Palestine Solidarity Network" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to palestine_solidarity_network+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/palestine_solidarity_network/1119455119.8498897.1697435554726%40mail.yahoo.com. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 272     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Donna Wallach; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; HRW Silicon Valley; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; ParkRec Commission; Raj Jayadev; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; jaxpolo@yahoo.com; ladoris cordell Subject:Re: Colombian President likened Israeli attack on Palestinians to the nazis Date:Monday, October 16, 2023 5:00:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Oct 16, 20,23 at 4:52 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Colombian President likened the Israeli attack on Palestinians to the Nasis attack on Jews in World War 2. The Colombian Foreign Minister expels the Israeli ambassador On Monday, Colombian Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva asked the Israeli ambassador in Bogota to "apologize and leave," after Israeli diplomacy responded to statements by President Gustavo Petro in which he addressed the war waged by Israel. The Colombian president likened the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip to the Nazis' persecution of Jews during World War II. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 273     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Israel Palestine and Me Standing up for compassion Date:Sunday, October 15, 2023 10:05:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 274     2023 Black Resistance Past, Present,& Future {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 275     FREEDOM GALA I wanted to take a moment to express my deepest gratitude for inviting me to the 68th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala. It was truly an incredible evening filled with familiar faces and memorable moments. First and foremost, I must say that the performances by Tiffany Austin, Victoria McDowell Rayland, and the poetry recital by Elaina Thomas were absolutely captivating. Their talents added an incredible energy to the event, and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of their performances. I would also like to extend my heartfelt appreciation to all the awardees who were recognized at the Gala. Their dedication and contributions to the community are truly inspirational, and it was an honor to be in their presence. A special thank you goes out to DJ Mr. Henry Nicholas for keeping the music going and creating such a lively atmosphere throughout the evening. Additionally, I would like to express my gratitude to the photographer, AJ, for capturing the beautiful moments and memories of the Gala. It's always wonderful to have these lasting reminders of such a {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 276     special event. Lastly, I want to commend Mrs. Christal Beck for her hard work on the program. The seamless organization and attention to detail truly made the Gala a success. To the entire Gala committee, I want to acknowledge your dedication and efforts in making this event possible. Your commitment to creating a memorable and meaningful experience for all of us is truly appreciated. Once again, thank you to everyone involved in making the 68th Annual Freedom Fund Awards Gala an unforgettable evening. It was an honor to be a part of this event and witness the incredible support and love of our community. With warmest regards,Links to download images from the Awards CeremonyYour photos are ready to download! We’ve packaged them up all nice andcozy, all you have to do is click the download links below. If you’re downloading these to your smartphone, you may be asked to installthe SmugMug app so we can add your photos directly into your device’s photoapp. https://smugmug.link/uyEiRFsdMnnygbRL8 https://smugmug.link/sji9tEFYJaSavSWMA https://smugmug.link/wm9RVmbV1q5QsL1M7 https://smugmug.link/wm9RVmbV1q5QsL1M7 Having trouble opening your downloaded files? Check out our Thank you all for the opportunity to capture the Ceremony, I had a wonderful time. aj, Feurtado Productions {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 277     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 278     SAN JOSE SILICON VALLEY NAACP COMMUNITY MEETING Time: Oct 25, 2023 06:30 PM Pacific Time Featuring Chuck Cantrell - "Canaries in the Economic MineField: Will We Survive this" Carmen Brammer - "Aging in the African/African Ancestry Community" Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87224685903? pwd=vccwn3k9c8J5OwDpz4x4hn5tQntgmu.1 Meeting ID: 872 2468 5903 Passcode: 106885 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 279     Two truths and countless sorrows in Israel and Gaza "Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good." -- Romans 12:21 JIM WALLIS Soul wrenching. Horrific. Inhuman. Grotesque. Calculated brutality. Murder. Massacre. Utter Evil. All true words. But words are inadequate to describe the atrocities Hamas unleashed against thousands of civilians and vulnerable families in Israel, compounded by the terror of 150 men, women and children held hostage and threatened with execution. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 280     I keep watching reports of the bodies being found of civilians including women, children, toddlers, and babies, slaughtered by Hamas terrorists going house to house in kibbutzim and small towns near the Gaza border in coordinated and premeditated attacks. And I have watched the grief of parents whose teenaged children were among the hundreds of young people gunned down or kidnapped at a music festival. No cause could ever justify such barbarism against innocent people. If you don’t feel the depth of the sorrow that was caused in Israel over the last few days, imagine your own children being mercilessly killed or kidnapped. Because the Hamas terrorists would do that to any American family and to your children, if they could, because America has supported Israel in perpetrating the oppression of the Palestinian people. But let’s be clear at this moment: the deliberate destruction of civilians, from any and all sides, is the definition of terrorism – period. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 281     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 282     Homecoming is in full effect! Howard University's homecoming week will begin with a special edition of Dark & Lovely's Mentorship Masterclass series on October 17 at 6 PM ET and will include giveaways! This is a hybrid program and you can register here. Come hear from Yandy Smith-Harris, Jessica Brown, Nia Naylor and Tenaj Ferguson as they delve into all things Black Girl Magic! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 283     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 284     Israel Palestine and Me Standing up for compassion JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS Like you, perhaps, I have a fairly cursory understanding of the very complicated history of the Middle East and its people. In these last few days since the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas launched a horrific surprise attack on the people of Israel, I've been trying to say what’s in my heart. Yet, dear friends are telling me that the way I’ve chosen to respond is offensive. I’m not pleased by this, certainly not proud of it, nor am I trying to incur your support by saying this. I’m just saying that if someone like me (good with words, leads from the heart, highly educated) is “getting it wrong,” or is not fully understanding the situation, then perhaps that’s happening to you too, and if so, you’re not alone. I’ll pause and say I don’t even necessarily have the right icon for this post. I’ve chosen one that – to me – represents compassion. It’s the best I’ve got. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 285     Don't Miss Your Chance To Join The Fight! Engage Our Communities YOUR WAY! AMPLIFY's Community Engagement Award Activities (CEAA) are back! Over the past five years, we have worked with 30 community and faith-based organizations to educate and inform our African American/Black California communities regarding the social justice issue surrounding commercial tobacco and policy change. The chosen candidates will conduct a community-based activity of their choice that will increase commercial tobacco knowledge and empower our communities. Info Session Registration Application {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 286     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 287     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 288     VOTE EARLY DAY! We are proud to be partnering with Vote Early Day (October 26) and we are encouraging every single one of our members to make a plan and vote early or on election day. We are asking units to host events now until election day to mobilize the Black youth vote. Sign up here to share the time and date of GOTV activation. We want to amplify all GOTV efforts across social media! Two Peoples, One Land Two peoples, one land, Three faiths, one root, One earth, one mother, One sky, one beginning, one future, one destiny, One broken heart, One God. We pray to You: Grant us a vision of unity. May we see the many in the one and the one in the many. May you, Life of All the Worlds, Source of All Amazing Differences help us to see clearly. Guide us gently and firmly toward each other, toward peace. - Rabbi Sheila Weinberg {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 289     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 290     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 291     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 292     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 293     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 294     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 295     We will be holding the HBCU fall caravan here on our campus on November 1st from 4- 7:30 PM. This is a free event and all students and parents are welcome. For senior students, we encourage them to bring transcripts with them as they will be admitted on the spot when talking to the admission representative. In preparation, we would like to make sure students are informed of this free opportunity. The CCC to HBCU Caravan is a series of HBCU transfer fairs hosted throughout the state featuring admissions representatives from our partner HBCUs. Students from any campus can attend the events and counselors and other CCC colleagues are encouraged to attend as well. Some HBCU partners will provide on-site admission and scholarships. Please feel free to pass this info on to all students and encourage them to register with the QR Code for the event. Claudia Barbosa-Daniels 408-274-7900 ext. 6534 Umoja-AFFIRM Program Coordinator, Counselor & Instructor ‌ ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 296     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 297     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 298     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 299     It is time to call out genuine faith―specifically the “Christian” in White Christian Nationalism―inviting all who can be persuaded to reject and help dismantle a false gospel that propagates white supremacy and autocracy. Wallis turns our attention to six iconic texts at the heart of what genuine biblical faith means and what Jesus, in the gospels, has called us to do. It is time to ask anew: do we believe these teachings or not? {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 300     This week marks the 10th angel anniversary for Miriam Carey a 34- year-old mother and dental hygienist who was tragically killed by U.S. Capitol officers in Washington, D.C when she accidentally went past a security checkpoint near the White House after she made a wrong turn in an unfamiliar area. On this day, and every angel anniversary for Black women, girls, and femmes who have been killed by police, we renew our commitment to bringing awareness to these often invisible names and stories. Read more about AAPF’s #SayHerName Campaign here. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 301     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 302     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 303     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 304     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 305     Register at https://sdpconference.info/2024-conference/ The 2024 conference will be convened at the Palmer House Hotel, Monday, February 19 – Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Chicago, IL. The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2024 Conference will include… Opening conference worship service at the Palmer House hotel Renowned African American preachers, theologians, and activists Informed teaching and educational opportunities through various breakout sessions including Connecting the Dots: Racism, Ecojustice and the Wealth Gap {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 306     General Secretary's Luncheon & Ella Jo Baker Awards “Beautiful Are The Feet” Honoree Signature Event “Where Legacy Meets Future: ReImagine, ReThink, and ReInvent” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 307     Website History Events Youth ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 308     Drop Us A Line Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: +1 (408) 898-6985 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163, Milpitas, CA 95035 Unsubscribe hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by moore2j@att.net powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 309     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; Council, City; Damon Silver; Dave Price; DuJuan Green; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; O"Neal, Molly; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Ruth Silver Taube (rsilvertaube@scu.edu); Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; Zelkha, Mila; chuck jagoda; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; moore2j@att.net; yolanda Subject:Re: vallejo-arrest-over-stolen-merchandise Date:Sunday, October 15, 2023 2:30:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. vallejo-arrest-over-stolen-merchandise A https://www.ktvu.com/news/viral-video-of-vallejo-arrest-over-stolen-merchandise {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 310     From:Aram James To:Damon Silver; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; Jeff Moore; O"Neal, Molly; Sameena@secure- justice.org; Sean Allen; Zelkha, Mila; ajluni@hotmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; council@redwoodcity.org; daustin@pausd.org; denkafer1@yahoo.com; dennis burns; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; editor@paweekly.com; editor@almanacnews.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; jagodachuck@gmail.com; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; jvalle1800@gmail.com; ladoris@judgecordell.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Stump, Molly; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com; shayase@onemain.com; swebby@dao.sccgov.org; vara@acm.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com Subject:Re: Stand with the Children of Gaza Statement Date:Saturday, October 14, 2023 11:13:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 11:11 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Stand with the Children of Gaza Statement https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFMI8hsXKpsS6tF- UOC9iLflpDnKsop_BWu1zuulzq8elGZA/viewform {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 311     From:Aram James To:council@redwoodcity.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Human Relations Commission; jagodachuck@gmail.com; ladoris@judgecordell.com; Council, City; ajluni@hotmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; epatoday@epatoday.org; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; jvalle1800@gmail.com; vara@acm.org; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; denkafer1@yahoo.com; sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com; Lauing, Ed; editor@almanacnews.com; editor@paweekly.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; daustin@pausd.org; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; Stump, Molly; shayase@onemain.com; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Sameena@secure-justice.org; swebby@dao.sccgov.org; Shikada, Ed; seanchiba650@gmail.com Subject:Stand with the Children of Gaza Statement Date:Saturday, October 14, 2023 11:11:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Stand with the Children of Gaza Statement https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFMI8hsXKpsS6tF- UOC9iLflpDnKsop_BWu1zuulzq8elGZA/viewform {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 312     From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Lewis james; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; ladoris cordell Subject:Re: Watch "Israel Urges Over A Million Palestinians To Complete IMPOSSIBLE Evacuation" on YouTube Date:Saturday, October 14, 2023 2:11:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 1:29 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 1:26 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://youtu.be/D7Fekew0Vws?si=zMyivUHsDUmVR9bw {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 313     From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Lewis james; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; ladoris cordell Subject:Re: Watch "Israel Urges Over A Million Palestinians To Complete IMPOSSIBLE Evacuation" on YouTube Date:Saturday, October 14, 2023 1:30:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 1:26 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://youtu.be/D7Fekew0Vws?si=zMyivUHsDUmVR9bw {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 314     From:Aram James To:becker.josh@gmail.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; moore2j@att.net; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; pastor@universityamez.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; vara@acm.org; jvalle1800@gmail.com; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; Veenker, Vicki; Lauing, Ed; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; gstone22@gmail.com; Tanaka, Greg; GSheyner@paweekly.com; Foley, Michael; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com Subject:thought you’d be interested. Date:Friday, October 13, 2023 8:24:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The largest morgue in Gaza is overflowing as attacks intensify https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=449bf056-bbcf- 4ef3-94d5-2994f997d2b1&appcode=SAN252&eguid=da1212ab-7d91-46a0-ae68- 4542ea112af2&pnum=18# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 315     From:Prem Pariyar To:Lalita du Perron Cc:Human Relations Commission; Tarina Mand; Thenmozhi Soundararajan; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Re: Thank you again and here are contacts to Stanford, SABA, and National Association for Social Workers Date:Friday, October 13, 2023 11:09:14 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from premgentleman@gmail.com. Learn why thisis important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you so much for connecting us. I am more than happy to have conversation about caste and my personal experience as a caste oppressed community member and future plan to address this issue as the Alameda County HR commissioner. Please feel free to connect. Best regards, Prem On Fri, Oct 13, 2023 at 10:52 AM Lalita du Perron <lalita@stanford.edu> wrote: Thank you for connecting us, Thenmozhi. The faculty and staff at the Center for South Asia at Stanford are always happy and ready to answer any questions you may have about caste or other matters. Feel free to reach out any time. Best wishes, Lalita -------- Lalita du Perron, PhD Associate Director Center for South Asia Interim Associate Director {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 316     Center for African Studies Stanford University 124C Encina Commons 615 Crothers Way Stanford, CA, 94305 T: 650.723.0096 pronouns: she/they (why share pronouns?) website: https://southasia.stanford.edu I acknowledge that the Stanford campus is located within the traditional territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. This land was never ceded. From: Thenmozhi Soundararajan <thenmozhi@equalitylabs.org> Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 6:35 PM To: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>, Lalita du Perron <lalita@stanford.edu>, Prem Pariyar <premgentleman@gmail.com>, Tarina Mand <tarinamand228@gmail.com> Cc: Van Der Zwaag, Minka <Minka.VanDerZwaag@cityofpaloalto.org>, kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org <kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Thank you again and here are contacts to Stanford, SABA, and National Association for Social Workers Dear HRC staff and Chair Smith, Thank you so much for reaching out. I know that in the discussion it was shared that the recommendation was to work on a co-designed process for a future conversation on caste. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 317     And here are some of the folks I mentioned. Lalita Du Perron of Stanford Center for South Asian Studies Tarina Mand of the South Asian Bar Association Prem Pariyar of National Association of Social Work and Alameda County of Human Relations Additionally we can also get the folks from Stop AAPI hate to also collaborate and they have experience working at municipal and county levels on issues of Asian Hate. All of them are cc'd here and we look forward to building a safe, compassionate process to discussing and ending caste discrimination in the city. Thank you, Thenmozhi Soundararajan Fellow Stanford Center for South Asian Studies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 318     From:Lalita du Perron To:Thenmozhi Soundararajan; Human Relations Commission; Prem Pariyar; Tarina Mand Cc:Van Der Zwaag, Minka; kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Re: Thank you again and here are contacts to Stanford, SABA, and National Association for Social Workers Date:Friday, October 13, 2023 10:53:21 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from lalita@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for connecting us, Thenmozhi. The faculty and staff at the Center for South Asia at Stanford are always happy and ready to answer any questions you may have about caste or other matters. Feel free to reach out any time. Best wishes, Lalita -------- Lalita du Perron, PhD Associate Director Center for South Asia Interim Associate Director Center for African Studies Stanford University 124C Encina Commons 615 Crothers Way Stanford, CA, 94305 T: 650.723.0096 pronouns: she/they (why share pronouns?) website: https://southasia.stanford.edu I acknowledge that the Stanford campus is located within the traditional territory of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. This land was never ceded. From: Thenmozhi Soundararajan <thenmozhi@equalitylabs.org> {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 319     Date: Thursday, October 12, 2023 at 6:35 PM To: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>, Lalita du Perron <lalita@stanford.edu>, Prem Pariyar <premgentleman@gmail.com>, Tarina Mand <tarinamand228@gmail.com> Cc: Van Der Zwaag, Minka <Minka.VanDerZwaag@cityofpaloalto.org>, kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org <kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Thank you again and here are contacts to Stanford, SABA, and National Association for Social Workers Dear HRC staff and Chair Smith, Thank you so much for reaching out. I know that in the discussion it was shared that the recommendation was to work on a co-designed process for a future conversation on caste. And here are some of the folks I mentioned. Lalita Du Perron of Stanford Center for South Asian Studies Tarina Mand of the South Asian Bar Association Prem Pariyar of National Association of Social Work and Alameda County of Human Relations Additionally we can also get the folks from Stop AAPI hate to also collaborate and they have experience working at municipal and county levels on issues of Asian Hate. All of them are cc'd here and we look forward to building a safe, compassionate process to discussing and ending caste discrimination in the city. Thank you, Thenmozhi Soundararajan Fellow Stanford Center for South Asian Studies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 320     From:Thenmozhi Soundararajan To:Human Relations Commission; Lalita du Perron; Prem Pariyar; Tarina Mand Cc:Van Der Zwaag, Minka; kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Thank you again and here are contacts to Stanford, SABA, and National Association for Social Workers Date:Thursday, October 12, 2023 6:35:19 PM You don't often get email from thenmozhi@equalitylabs.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear HRC staff and Chair Smith, Thank you so much for reaching out. I know that in the discussion it was shared that the recommendation was to work on a co-designed process for a future conversation on caste. And here are some of the folks I mentioned. Lalita Du Perron of Stanford Center for South Asian Studies Tarina Mand of the South Asian Bar Association Prem Pariyar of National Association of Social Work and Alameda County of Human Relations Additionally we can also get the folks from Stop AAPI hate to also collaborate and they have experience working at municipal and county levels on issues of Asian Hate. All of them are cc'd here and we look forward to building a safe, compassionate process to discussing and ending caste discrimination in the city. Thank you, Thenmozhi Soundararajan Fellow Stanford Center for South Asian Studies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 321     From:Aram James To:becker.josh@gmail.com; lindajolley9@yahoo.com; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; Human Relations Commission Subject:Israel Palestine and Me Date:Thursday, October 12, 2023 3:18:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel Palestine and Me https://jlythcotthaims.substack.com/p/israel-palestine-and-me {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 322     From:Thenmozhi Soundararajan To:Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Human Relations Commission; kaloma.smith@cityofpaloalto.org; adriana.eberle@cityofpaloalto.org; katie.causey@cityofpaloalto.org; amy.hsieh@cityofpaloalto.org; michelle.kraus@cityofpaloalto.org; daryl.savage@cityofpaloalto.org; marykate.stimmler@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Concerns about the proposed discussion on caste without input from Stanford Center for South Asian Studies Date:Thursday, October 12, 2023 3:11:52 PM You don't often get email from thenmozhi@equalitylabs.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear respected members of the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission, I am writing as a concerned citizen about a proposed discussion on caste that is to occur tonight at the Human Relations meeting. This item was not put on the agenda and we are deeply concerned that the committee will be creating conditions for violence and biotory and more caste harm as there has been no consultation with Stanford experts on caste or civil rights organizations who work on caste and as a result this conversation can easily enter the realm of harm. Caste systems are complex and a sensitive topic that requires a nuanced and informed understanding of its historical, social, and civil rights dimensions. Caste is not just a cultural or personal identity but many different kinds of systems of oppression that have been entrenched for thousands of years in many parts of the world. Caste systems are found in many countries from the Burakumin of Japan to the Paekchong of Korea and the Ragyaba of Tibet, as well as the Romani people and Cagot in Europe, the Al-Akhdam in Yemen, and converted Dalit Christians in Pakistan. The Japanese caste system, for example, is rooted in Samurai culture of the Edo period. The Spanish caste system is rooted in the history of conquest and Indigenous genocide. While the origins of South Asian caste systems are disputed, it is undisputed that Indian caste systems are found across all Indian communities of religious practice. Caste-based discrimination also exists in the diaspora, as evidenced by recent reports of workplace harassment and abuse in Silicon Valley and other places. In our work at Equality Labs we have found that 1 in 4 caste oppressed people face physical/verbal violence, 1 in 3 education discrimination, 2 in 3 workplace discrimination. This research has been supported with stories in New York Times, Washington Post, Cal Matters, NPR, CNN, and NBC. That is why we request that the commission abstain from entering any decisions related to caste without the required competency of scholars, lawyers and dei experts on caste to help create a safe space for this conversation. To do anything less would create liability for the city and platform bigotry and discrimination for many.It also must include the voices and perspectives of those who have experienced and resisted caste oppression firsthand. It is not enough to rely on representatives of dominant caste groups who may have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo or minimizing the problem. Without the participation of Stanford Center for South Asian Studies, which has a track record of conducting rigorous and critical research on caste, the discussion will be incomplete, biased, and potentially harmful. I respectfully request that you postpone the discussion until you can ensure that it is inclusive, representative, and respectful of the diversity and dignity of the South Asian community. I also suggest that you consult with some of the local organizations that work on caste issues, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 323     such as Stanford Center on South Asian Studies, Asian Law Caucus, and National Association of Social Workers.They can provide you with valuable insights, resources, and guidance on how to approach this topic in a responsible and constructive manner. Please reach out directly to myself or my colleague Sana Din sana@equalitylabs.org for any follow up on this issue. Thank you for your attention and consideration. Thenmozhi Soundararajan {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 324     From:Aram James To:Jeff Moore; Rosen, Jeff; Council, City; Sean Allen; Robert. Jonsen; Josh Becker; Human Relations Commission; Lewis james Subject:Fwd: Israel responds to war crimes with even greater war crimes Date:Thursday, October 12, 2023 11:15:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: The Intercept <membership@emails.theintercept.com> Date: Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 8:03 AM Subject: Israel responds to war crimes with even greater war crimes To: <abjpd1@gmail.com> Last weekend’s massacre of Israeli civilians by Hamas is a war crime that merits clear international condemnation. Israel’s response — a full-scale siege of 2.2 million Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip — may well be an act of genocide. But you won’t read that in nearly any other U.S. news outlet. Already, the Israeli military’s attacks on Gaza have flattened residential buildings and targeted a densely populated refugee camp. Humanitarian workers in Gaza report that hospitals are completely overwhelmed by civilian casualties and that even ambulances are coming under fire. And on Monday, the Israeli defense minister ordered that all food, fuel, and electricity to Gaza be cut off in an act of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians. U.S. media are refusing to call this siege what it is: a clear violation of international law and a possible crime against humanity. The Intercept is covering the unfolding war crimes in the Gaza Strip — but sadly this reporting is a rare challenge to D.C.’s bipartisan groupthink on Israel. Will you make a donation to support our independent journalism today? {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 325     If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: DONATE $15 → DONATE $25 → DONATE $50 → DONATE $100 → DONATE ANOTHER AMOUNT → On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced plans for “a complete siege of the Gaza Strip.” He continued, “There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals, and we act accordingly.” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich declared, “It’s time to be cruel,” and Knesset member Ariel Kallner called for a “Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48,” a reference to the massacre and expulsion of more than 750,000 Palestinians upon Israel’s founding. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s warning that Gazans should “leave now because we will operate forcefully everywhere” is utterly insufficient, as Israel itself has imposed an air, land, and sea blockade on the territory since 2007, trapping people in. As human rights advocates and international law experts have long warned, impunity for war crimes only leads to more. That’s why we reject the one-sided approach to reporting on this war that pervades the U.S. news media and refuse to ignore the atrocities committed by Israel. This journalism simply won’t happen without The Intercept’s reporters on the beat. Will you donate $5 today to help fund this vital reporting? STAND WITH THE INTERCEPT → Thank you, The Intercept team {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 326     The Intercept’s fiscal sponsor is First Look Institute, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (tax ID number 80-0951255). The Intercept’s mailing address is: P.O. Box 27442 Washington, DC 20038 The Intercept is an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Our in-depth investigations and unflinching analysis focus on surveillance, war, corruption, the environment, technology, criminal justice, the media and more. Email is an important way for us to communicate with The Intercept’s readers, but if you’d like to stop hearing from us, click here to unsubscribe from all communications. Protecting freedom of the press has never been more important. Contribute now to support our independent journalism. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 327     From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Council, City; David S. Norris; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; Enberg, Nicholas; Gennady Sheyner; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Myra Xu; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Paul George @ PPJC; Roberta Ahlquist; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Susan Hayase; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; chuck jagoda; dennis burns; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael Subject:Re: Israel Palestine and Me Date:Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:54:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Wed, Oct 11, 2023 at 10:43 AM Julie Lythcott-Haims from Julie’s Pod <jlythcotthaims@substack.com> wrote: Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Here’s your latest newsletter from Julie’s Pod! Israel Palestine and Me Standing up for compassion. JULIE LYTHCOTT-HAIMS OCT 11 READ IN APP Like you, perhaps, I have a fairly cursory understanding of the very complicated history of the Middle East and its people. In these last few days since the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas launched a horrific surprise attack on the people of Israel, I've been trying to say what’s in my heart. Yet, dear friends are telling me that the way I’ve chosen to respond is offensive. I’m not pleased by this, certainly not proud of it, nor am I trying to incur your support by saying this. I’m just saying that if someone like me (good with words, leads from the heart, highly {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 328     educated) is “getting it wrong,” or is not fully understanding the situation, then perhaps that’s happening to you too, and if so, you’re not alone. I’ll pause and say I don’t even necessarily have the right icon for this post. I’ve chosen one that – to me – represents compassion. It’s the best I’ve got. Here’s where I am: I know that modern Israel is the one homeland that Jews have, and that Jews are some of the most despised people on the planet due to anti- Semitism across the millennia and around the globe. I married into a Jewish family. My mother-in-law is Orthodox. I sleep with a Jewish man. My children are half Jewish. I love Jewish people. I have learned so much from them as they’ve welcomed me into their homes and synagogues, and invited me to participate in their culture, traditions, and rituals. I know that the experiences of the African diaspora (of which I am a member) and the Jewish diaspora are similar in many respects, as we’ve continually tried to make our way and thrive as peoples, despite the hatreds and prejudices levied against us. I’ll add that I love people of all backgrounds. And that I abhor colonialism, which is the scourge that plundered the riches and people of the Global South and elsewhere to pad the pockets of the colonizers, and led to the exploitative oppression of capitalism that rules the Globe today. Maybe you didn’t expect that here, but it’s relevant to this conversation. Because I know that back in 1947 (this is a brief and cursory history and reflects my understanding…) in the wake of The Holocaust (in which 6 Million Jews were systemically murdered), the British (colonizer) created modern Israel to be a place for Jews on land that was called Palestine, that surrounds Jerusalem, a city that is the place of origin for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. When the British “owned” Palestine in the 1940s, it was populated with Jews, Palestinians, and other Arabs (both Muslim and Christian). When the British decided to make a state called Israel for Jewish people, a separate Palestinian state was not created at the same time. The Palestinians have continually sought to define their cultural and historical existence and independence and create their own independent state, and I know that they feel like second or third class citizens or worse penned into their “territories” known as the Gaza Strip and West Bank both of which border Israel {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 329     and which Israel controls. And as an African-American, I feel a strong connection to the Palestinian struggle and to the struggle of all colonized and enslaved people. One wants to go back to that colonist, Empire Britain, and tell them this was not theirs to divvy-up (this piece of land, and of course countless others). One wants to go back and unravel the stories of the Jews and Palestinians all the way back to the very first great misunderstanding, and have a proper truth and reconciliation, and I’m not sure if I mean go back to the last century, or to the century before that, or to five hundred years before, or more than a thousand. I am in favor of a two state solution where Jews and Palestinians can coexist peacefully. I am in favor of policies and practices and reconciliations that allow all humans to live in peace. Now to the present moment. To me, it is without question that last week’s attack on Israel by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas should be condemned wholly and without exception. What Hamas is doing to Israeli civilians is absolutely horrific. They are out to achieve the “final solution”(Nazi terminology for the annihilation of the Jews). I call for the protection of Jews in Israel and around the world. And to all my Jewish family and friends, and to Jews I do not even know, I stand with you and for your right to be treated with dignity, kindness, and compassion and to enjoy a safe and peaceful existence. Period. Simultaneously (and this is where I’ve been told that what I’m saying is offensive) I am also opposed to the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinian civilians in Gaza prior to this attack and after. Why must this also be spoken of now, even as Hamas is committing horrific atrocities against Jews? Because the Israeli government is responding to the terrorism wreaked by Hamas by taking its rage out on innocent people who have had nothing to do with Hamas, who can’t really get out of Gaza because it is structured to pen them in, who just want to LIVE, and who have been living in a state of oppression for so long. Hamas does NOT equal Gaza. Hamas does NOT equal Palestinian. Yet the Palestinian men, women, and children in Gaza are facing the wrath of an understandably irate Israel. Rather than stay silent right now for fear of saying the wrong thing (as too many {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 330     people are) I am choosing to use my brain, heart, spirit, and words to express my anguished compassion even if some will say I’m getting it wrong. What I’ve said is offensive to some because I appear to be equating the actions of the terrorists known as Hamas with the actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). I understand the difference between a terrorist organization and a government. Terrorism is never justified. And I also think that when a rocket destroys your home, or your body is injured by violence, or your power, water, and food supplies are cut off, it doesn’t matter who is doing it. And when our governments, particularly democracies which act as representatives of the people, respond to terrorism by harming so many more people than the terrorists themselves, we must question whether these so-called justifiable retaliations are in fact defensible. (Look at US actions in Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11.) Also, I speak to this issue because Western hearts and minds tend to preference some lives over others. (Compare Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, where Ukrainian refugees are met with open doors and compassion, whereas Syrians seeking similar refuge from war are treated like they’re the problem.) The New York Times chart below shows the deaths on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in just the most recent 15 years, with Palestinian civilians dying at a rate of at least 25:1 yet I don’t hear a mainstream collective outrage and compassion over these deaths. In Western society, unconscious bias leads to a collective shrug when Black and Brown lives are taken. So in the U.S., we say “Black Lives Matter” to implore our society to behave in ways that demonstrate that the deaths of Black and Brown people DO matter just as much as the deaths of light-skinned people do. My point is simply that Palestinians are brown-skinned people, and we should be collectively outraged over their suffering, too. From my perch here in California, I look across the U.S., and an ocean, and over years of anguish, and see mothers, fathers, children and humans of all kinds just trying to exist in peace, who do not want to be hated or mistreated or tortured, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 331     maimed, raped, or killed on the basis of their ethnicity, ancestry, or religion, or because of a decades-old or centuries old conflict that we cannot at this point go back and untangle. It is unfathomable what humans can do to each other. I have no answers. And I feel helpless. Few times in my life have made me feel more helpless than I do right now. Part of that is my age. I’m fifty-five and the optimism of my youth is giving way to the resignation that these wrongs are systemic and cyclical and endemic to the “us/them” tribalism hard-wired into us, and I fear we humans may never change. People are posting their flag pictures “I stand with Israel” and “I stand with Palestine” and to me it is more complicated than “standing with” one or the other. What I can do is stand up with my heart and spirit full of love for all humans and act toward peace. I urge you to do the same. At the very least, let your Jewish friends know that you know that what is happening to Jews in Israel must feel absolutely terrifying to them. Ask them how they are doing and hold space for them to say what they are feeling, and let them know that you are so sorry that Hamas has done these unspeakable things. ALSO let your Palestinian friends know that you are anguished over what is happening to them, their people, and their homeland, and that they deserve to live in peace and to move about freely without fear. I will end with a quote from Senator Cory Booker who was in Israel when the horror unfolded (perhaps he still is there?) and whom I hope will be President of the U.S. one day. “We who believe in peace and freedom and human rights, for Palestinians, for Israelis, for all humankind, must reject those who use terror as their weapon.” That’s something I can stand for. xo {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 332     Here’s a hug for anyone who is scared right now. If you want to learn more about the history of this conflict, I found this lengthy, accessible, well-designed historical summary at heyalma.com to be very illuminating. It’s a Jewish-run site, so with that caveat they say, “Our aim was to make these articles as unbiased and factually-based as possible; our only agenda is to make a complicated issue easier to understand. That being said, we are a Jewish website, and certain inherent biases may be at play.” What came up for you? Please feel free to say something in the comments. ⏩ If you know someone who could benefit from this piece, please share it with them: Share You've been in Julie's Pod, an online community of over 12,000 people who want to open up about our lives, be vulnerable, learn and grow, and in so doing help others learn and grow. A paid subscription gets you access to my “Dear Julie” advice column, a weekly coffee hangout on Zoom, a monthly list of recommended things, and Julie’s Pod stickers for your laptop, water bottle, or phone. Upgrade to paid here. Upgrade to paid If you left a comment on any post before today, thank you. I've probably responded. 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Upgrade to paid LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2023 Julie Lythcott-Haims3790 El Camino Real #2022, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Unsubscribe {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 334     From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Cecilia Taylor; Cerise Castle; Dave Price; Dennis Upton; Don Austin; Donna Wallach; DuJuan Green; Dubrea.Sanders@asm.ca.gov; Lauing, Ed; Jensen, Eric; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Josh Becker; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Kou, Lydia; Lydia Kou; Lythcott- Haims, Julie; O"Neal, Molly; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Raj Jayadev; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Tanaka, Greg; Team JulieforPaloAlto; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; Zelkha, Mila; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Burt, Patrick Subject:Re: Gaza Is Under Attack. Here"s How You Can Help. Date:Wednesday, October 11, 2023 10:47:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. CAIR CA Logo   Stay In Touch With Us: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 335     How You Can Help the People of Palestine Right Now The CAIR-CA staff and board express their heartfelt condolences and mourn with the families who have lost loved ones in the Israeli assault on Gaza. As most are aware, Israel has blocked entry points; cut power, water, and gas; caused communication barriers; and is bombing residential apartments to intentionally target civilians. Many of us have family members in Gaza and are being personally impacted by this horrific situation. CAIR offices across the country began taking action immediately after the start of this crisis. Since Saturday, CAIR San Francisco Bay Area has: Partnered across our chapter network to coordinate media interviews on radio, television, and newspapers to ensure Muslim and Palestinian voices are heard. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 336     Offered counsel to individuals receiving biased statements at school and work. If you need help, email info@sfba.cair.com. Contacted over 250 San Francisco Bay Area-based elected officials, urging them to adopt a balanced perspective that reflects all of their constituents, not reactive, one-sided support for Israel. Contacted over 350 school leaders across Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties, urging them to consider all students affected by the current crisis while educating them on the decades-long Israeli occupation and its devastating effects on the Palestinian people. The following are resources our team has compiled for you to use to take action, as well. Email Your Members of Congress Join over 7,000 community members across the nation that have emailed their Congressional representatives about the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza, requesting they take the following actions:  Acknowledge the loss of lives and recognize the humanity on both sides, including Palestinians and Israelis. Express support for an immediate ceasefire. Demand that the U.S. reassert its leadership role as a negotiator in pursuit of a lasting peace. This entails addressing the root causes of violence, terminating Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories, and ending the Israeli government's apartheid policies. Let's use the privilege this country affords us to hold our elected officials accountable. Email your representatives today! Act Now Bullying and Harassment Guidance With the blatantly biased news coverage of Israel's assault on Gaza and the many one-sided statements released in support of Israel, Muslims and Palestinians may find themselves the targets of bullying and discrimination—particularly in schools and universities. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 337     Students have the right to visibly practice their faith and advocate for human rights without facing harassment, threats, or punishment. See CAIR's Guidance for Students Targeted in Response to Palestine Rights Advocacy, as well as CAIR's Guide to Addressing Bullying and Bias in Schools for bullying prevention strategies for youth and their families. To report a bias incident, contact CAIR-SFBA’s Civil Rights Department at 408.986.9874 or click the button to complete an incident report. Report an Incident Response to Biased Statements For Students and Parents: Many community members have received emails from schools and universities with one-sided statements of support for Israel. These statements fail to acknowledge the dispossession of the Palestinian people under the illegal Israeli occupation or their humanity as they are bombarded and killed by Israeli forces. We know that these statements can be upsetting and hurtful. To help you respond to these messages, CAIR-CA has developed letters that you can download and customize to send to your school or university. K-12 Letter Template Higher Ed Letter Template For Employees: If your employer releases a biased statement, contact CAIR- SFBA’s Civil Rights Department at 408.986.9874 or click here for further assistance. Know Your Rights When Protesting This weekend will bring more protests in support of Palestinian human rights and we invite you to join them. Protesting is an important way to exercise your right to free speech and to make your voice heard on important issues. However, it can also be intimidating. So we encourage you to familiarize yourself with your rights before you and your loved ones go out to protest with community members. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 338     Know Your Rights Humanitarian Relief Organizations Help our brothers and sisters in Palestine by providing life-saving emergency aid during this critical time. The following is a partial list of organizations that are positioned to provide on- the-ground assistance. Islamic Relief USA Penny Appeal USA Zakat Foundation Most Importantly, Pray for the People of Palestine اذ اي ،ناكم لك يف و نيطسلف يف نيملسملا لاوحأ حلصأ مهللا .نيطسلف يف نيملسملا لاوحأ حلصأ مهللا ماركإاو لاجلا Allahuma aslih ahwal al-Muslimina fi Filistin, Allahuma aslih ahwal al- Muslimina fi Filistin wa fi kulli makan, ya Dhul-Jalali wal-Ikram Oh Allah, rectify the affairs of the Muslims in Palestine. Oh Allah, rectify the affairs of the Muslims in Palestine and in every place, oh Lord of Majesty and Bounty.   CAIR-SFBA 3160 De La Cruz Blvd., Ste. 110 Santa Clara, CA 95054   Donate   Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email   CAIR-California | 3160 De La Cruz Blvd #110, Santa Clara, CA 95054 Unsubscribe abjpd1@gmail.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by nocal@cair.com {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 339     From:Aram James To:Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Human Relations Commission; becker.josh@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; judgecordell@icloud.com; teamjulieforpaloalto@gmail.com; Veenker, Vicki; jaxpolo@gmail.com; ajluni@hotmail.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; raj@siliconvalleydebug.org; vara@acm.org; jvalle1800@gmail.com; rsvp.paloalto.2022@gmail.com; pastor@universityamez.com; kathy8420@qq.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; donnaisanactivist@gmail.com; daustin@pausd.org; jdong@paweekly.com; donald.mendoza@menlo.edu; GSheyner@paweekly.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; council@redwoodcity.org; tom.dubois@gmail.com; Foley, Michael; Lauing, Ed; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; srubenstein@sfchronicle.com; dsnorris@menlopark.gov; dangel@da.sccgov.org; lydiakou@gmail.com; Burt, Patrick; ParkRec Commission; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; Stump, Molly; Sameena@secure- justice.org; KP14him@aol.com Subject:All out for Palestine protest Oct 15, Santana Row Date:Wednesday, October 11, 2023 1:58:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 340     From:Aram James To:becker.josh@gmail.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com; alphonse9947@gmail.com; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; moore2j@att.net; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; KP14him@aol.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net; dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; miguel.rodriguez@pdo.sccgov.org; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; jaxpolo@gmail.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; Shikada, Ed; Council, City; council@redwoodcity.org; cmrstaylor@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission Subject:former-gaza-resident-gives-perspective-on-renewed-hostilities-as-death-toll-mounts Date:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 6:13:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.ktvu.com/news/former-gaza-resident-gives-perspective-on-renewed-hostilities- as-death-toll-mounts {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 341     www.arabstudiesinstitute.org info@arabstudiesinstitute.org View this email in your browser The Violence of DemandingPerfect Victims By: Noura Erakat From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Damon Silver; David Angel; David S. Norris; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Ortega, Javier; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:The Violence of Demanding Perfect Victims by Noura Erakat Date:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 4:58:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please share widely. Donna {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 342     Israeli bombs dropped on Gaza City (9 October 2023). Photo via Al Jazeera. Hamas has launched an unprecedented attack against Israel, taking aim at the apartheid and colonial regime that has subjugated Palestinians for 75 years. Western reaction and media coverage of the attack have emphasized the fallibility of Israel’s military apparatus as well as Hamas’s tactics, which have not distinguished between military and civilian targets. Few Western observers have highlighted the context of Israel’s structural violence that has condemned Palestinians to a slow death, thus missing a critical opportunity to advance a true, durable solution in the region. Two million Palestinians in Gaza, a 225-square mile Mediterranean coastal enclave, have been besieged by a comprehensive naval blockade and land siege imposed by Israel for 16 years. The UN and humanitarian organizations have condemned the blockade as illegal and described its impact as “catastrophic”. In 2015, a UN Agency predicted that Gaza would be unlivable by 2020 due to a lack of hygiene, access to clean water, and food shortages caused by Israel. It is now 2023. Today, more than a {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 343     quarter of all reported diseases in Gaza are caused by poor water quality and access. Fifty-three percent of the population is living below the poverty line and dependence on food aid for survival has increased from less than ten percent in 2000 to an estimated 70 percent in 2017. Between the fall of 2016 and the summer of 2017, 186 facilities providing health, water, sanitation, and solid waste collection services were shut down due to power shortages due to the siege and blockade On 9 October 2023, Jadaliyya co-editor, Noura Erakat, discusses Israel assault on Gaza on ABC news. Watch full interview here. Noura Erakat contextualizes Israel's indiscriminate airstrikes in Gaza on Al Jazeera. Watch full interview here. READ FULL ARTICLE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 344     Copyright © 2023 Arab Studies Institute, All rights reserved. Washington D.C. - Beirut, Lebanon T 703-688-2745 info@arabstudiesinstitute.org Books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html "The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" by Ilan Pappe {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 345     Other important websites to visit http://www.ifamericansknew.org https://wearenotnumbers.org/ https://electronicintifada.net/ End the Blockade/Siege on Gaza! Tear down the Apartheid Walls in West Bank & Gaza! End the War Criminal Israeli collective punishment on the Palestinian people! End the illegal Apartheid Israeli Occupation of all of Palestine! Right to Return to their homes and land in Palestine for all Palestinians! End all U.S. aid to Israel Free Palestine! Long Live Palestine! Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) Campaigns! http://www.bdsmovement.net http://www.WhoProfits.org http://www.pacbi.org Support Solidarity with Freedom Flotilla https://freedomflotilla.org/ Support ISM volunteers in West Bank and Gaza Strip! http://www.palsolidarity.org Donna Wallach cats4jazz@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (cell) 408-569-6608 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 346     -- "Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." Assata Shakur 2 books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. was used to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarez http://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html Free Palestine! Right of Return to Palestine for all Palestinians! Free all political prisoners! Leonard Peltier www.FreeLeonardPeltierNow.org Mumia Abu-Jamal https://bringmumiahome.com/ Julian Assange https://assangedefense.org The Holy Land Five: Shukri Abu Baker {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 347     Ghassan Elashi Mufid Abdulqader Abdulrahman Odeh Mohammad Elmezain https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-trial-and-conviction-of-the-holy-land-foundation-five/237440/ and thousands more End Solitary Confinement https://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com California Prison Focus http://newest.prisons.org/our_story End United $tates of Amerikkka invasions and occupations U.S. Government and UN Occupation Force Soldiers - Hands off Haiti! http://www.haitisolidarity.net/ Syria Solidarity Movement, Solidarity with the Syrian people https://syriasupportmovement.org Donna Wallach DonnaIsAnActivist@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbe Twitter: @PalestineWillBe (cell) 408-569-6608 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 348     From:Sheriff Transparency To:Aram James Cc:Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Damon Silver; David Angel; David S. Norris; DuJuan Green; GRP-City Council; Gennady Sheyner; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; Palo Alto Free Press; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Robert. Jonsen; Roberta Ahlquist; Rodriguez, Miguel; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; Burt, Patrick; Cindy Chavez; dave.cortese@sen.ca.gov; dave.cortese@icloud.com; Sue Dremann; Joe Simitian; suzanne.wheaton@sen.ca; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Raj; CCLEM; Jeff Rosen; Cerise Castle; ceo.admin@ceo.sccgov.org; Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org; cobreception@cob.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; BoardOperations@cob.sccgov.org Subject:Re: SPECIAL INVESTIGATION LOSING CONTROL When San Jose police confront people in mental crisis, why — so often — do they end up hurting them? Date:Tuesday, October 10, 2023 12:41:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Aram, On behalf of our group, Thank you for your understanding and sharing our perspective on mental health challenges and the changes needed with regards to how LE leaders handle their department's policies, training, and how the experts/public can continue to weigh in. We appreciate the opportunity to respond to your emails. In addition, it is dialogue such as this that we can only hope one or several Cc'ed/Bc'ed can look deeper into LE leaders backgrounds and what should be the strict norm and not the minimal acceptance of someone's past (or current status). This group was formed for that very reason. As a result of your email,those of us who have come together and some of those Cc'ed/Bc'ed whose support can give us a deeper opportunity and to expand to others of why our group exists, hence this long email. Everyone Cc'ed/Bc'ed should know by now that our transparency group has formed because of issues discovered with the current Sheriff's past (and of a few current incidents as well already in the first year). This has led to a broader scrutiny of not only the current Sheriff, but every Commander, Chief, and Sheriff in the Bay Area and beyond. Once we tackle the issues surrounding this current Sheriff, we can revisit our group's name change to reflect the broader Bay Area of LE leaders who need to be revisited, scrutinized and perhaps ousted. It is our hope that we can grow our group with additional experienced LE Officials and community members to task themselves with looking at an approach and presentation of information that would lead to policy and/or legislation (or changes, amendments, etc) with no loopholes to expose LE leaders of any wrongdoing/misconduct/secret backgrounds in our county, the bay area and across the nation and to be rid of them and/or exclude them from serving in positions that have been keeping systemic issues in LE alive and well with detrimental consequences to our communities. Our group has been informally consulting with other community groups and agencies locally and across the nation for any information we can provide on a LE Candidate or those currently serving, especially from California. We pass on information we have and allow them to vett or investigate any allegation. To date, it has been effective in that those candidates in question has not been selected or have resigned to avoid exposure of what they had been hiding in their past. Quite frankly, some of them should be charged with crimes or civil violations they committed in the past, no matter how far back it was. We formed this group almost a year ago during the last week of October 2022 after we were sent a podcast and other info about the LASD Deputy Gangs series that included the mention {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 349     of the current Sheriff. After that, we received an outpouring of information about the current Sheriff that needed to be vetted, and are still vetting the vast amount of information received and have reported the vetted information to the appropriate investigative agencies(s). We are still new at what we do as a group but experienced in what we know. It will take everyone working together including LE Officials and the rank/file to tackle the systemic issues and put an end to the mass violations of civil rights, poor training, discrimination, etc. which breed amongst the ranks in LE as either an unintended consequence OR an intended consequence of a leader WITH an unfit and biased background. Please note: we intentionally did not precede the word 'leader' with any positive adjective because they can actually have qualities of a good/great leader for LE but with a background not fit or comfortable for the public as well. Politicians, character references, general job/experience profiles, and surface or cursory personal background checks are nowhere near a satisfactory requirement for a LE leader equipped to do their job. NOR are political endorsements which quite frankly in our opinion are done to hold influence in a politician's favor and/or for favors and not balanced for the general public and many of our communities. We also want to mention that last December 2022 during a SCC BOS meeting, and when the current Sheriff was approved to be sworn in early, members of our group were accused of not doing due diligence and vetting of the current Sheriff sooner by SCC BOS Otto Lee. We will reiterate that when we received the information and allegations, it was/is our duty as former, retired, and current LE officials to vett the information so as not to rush to judgment over false or inaccurate information given to the public. Our group will not be the ones to throw accusations out there without having the information or facts to back it up. Last year, we did not have the vetted information in the time needed to confront the current Sheriff during any candidate debate meeting or any other meeting or event as SCC Rep Otto Lee had suggested. If so, we would have directly asked any candidate about negative information in front of the need-to-know voting public. Had we been able to vett the information and be able to present valid information/facts, running an aggressive ad campaign to expose the truth about a candidate's background would have been an easy and ethical task which would have in our strong opinion yielded a better outcome with the election results. We say 'better' because we are not happy with who the current Sheriff is knowing what has been presented to us and what is being investigated. Ultimately, all we asked for is that the County of Santa Clara, review/consult the information with the appropriate officials and delay the appointment until they know what needs to be resoluted and when. Our group was not asking to 'derail' th results of the election nor deny the elected candidate to serve. That is what ultimately a recall is for. We believe that Cities, Counties, and State agencies should be compelled to USE ANY/ALL AVAILABLE resources rather than just a for-profit headhunting firm, etc to rely on if they are getting the best candidate personally/professionally. Community meetings and input help as far as candidate qualities, but the public should also be able to inquire about information that should be followed up upon. We did hear during a SCC County BOS meeting of community members who did speak up but their allegation/accusation remained as such and was not questioned or further delved into by any gov't official or elected representative. More needs to be done with listening to the public even if it's just one community member who may hold information that could be detrimental to the public and our communities. We also agree that candidates for an elected position should go through an additional vetting process prior to applying as a candidate vs. leaving the 'mudslinging of potentially {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 350     false and inaccurate' or information found to be TRUE for other candidates and community groups to expose. We believe Gov't officials and our elected politicians should invite the opportunity for significant changes so that voting public and our communities as a whole are fully aware of the serious issues that plague a candidate or an appointed LE Official. Nothing in a candidate's background personally/professionally should be or remain confidential when choosing or electing a LE leader who has the power and ability to affect every life in our communities. Considering the rise of LE issues not only across the Bay Area but in this State and across the country, it will only get worse if folks do not come together and work together to tackle problems that affect ALL of us. Starting with changes in our LE leaders is an absolute MUST! Please forward/share this information as it is important to be transparent with this dialogue and the seriousness of the issues we present. ~SCCSTG On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 10:41 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 10:32 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Sheriff Transparency, Thank you for your very thoughtful and detailed analysis of complicated issues related to determining whether an officer leaving one department to lead another is generally sufficiently vetted to ensure that he/she is simply not leaving behind a sorted past with one department in hopes of avoiding deeper scrutiny with a new department. I agree that making such a critical decision should not be left to a for profit headhunter or a city manager. Or should such a decision be based on political references versus an actual deep dive into a potential chief’s past on-the-job day-to-day performance on issues related to dealing with the mentally ill, their track record with excessive force issues, gender discrimination issues, race discrimination issues, etc. Best regards, Aram On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, at 8:12 PM Sheriff Transparency <sccsherifftransparencyinfo@gmail.com> wrote: Aram, As far as we know and acknowledge, the San Jose Police Dept is making progress with this issue, and that the current Chief and command staff is always expected and willing to do better for the community and its own officers. Handling mental illness with subjects confronted, detained, in custody will always need to garner more attention with {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 351     further and ongoing discussions that should involve more community organizations who have expertise with valid and viable input. Training and changes need to be be based on research with facts and not emotions. With regards to specific police officers, you mention the current Palo Alto Chief Binder formerly from the San Jose Police Department in his previous job, our question would be what is his deeper background, in terms of his career there AND his personal life? or is this a question about how he handled mental illness training and calls as a supervisor in San Jose that could be detrimental for the Palo Alto community? As advocates for Command transparency, we are always concerned when an Officer with many years with one department leaves for another department to lead and to ensure that it is for career/community advancement vs. leaving behind a sinister past. In addition, if he was involved in any of the cases where a person with mental illness was injured or killed, one needs to ask, 'what was his involvement or lack thereof?' poor training, excessive use of force, etc? Anytime a Commander is selected to lead another Department, there should be MORE scrutiny with their backgrounds than the conventional head-hunting background. We have not seen this quite frankly. We think several police departments do get lucky with the correct candidate, however there are a lot more who lead the nation's 800,000+ LE Officers who should not be serving in those positions at all, and reducing the 'a lot more' to zero will start to see the fall of systemic problems for agencies across the nation. We are not defending or judging Chief Binder. We have not scrutinized his background nor delved into any mentally ill person cases he has handled and it is up to his superiors at the Palo Alto City Hall to determine if he had any problems in his background as a SJPD or as a PAPD Officer prior to his appointment as Chief that could reflect poorly on the Palo Alto Police Dept. and for the community. We caution that this would take an entirely different approach to in depth (deeper) background investigation vs. political character reference and someone's general work profile (which could be stellar but does not mean that person would be a great leader) and recommendation from a good or 'poorly equipped' (also known as idiots) previous Chief. We have LE in our group who have plenty of experience in background investigations to know what is looked at and have sumised the sheer number of LE who end up at other agencies with backgrounds not even fit enough to work at McDonalds. And people wonder why the systemic problems continue. We believe that the majority of (retired) police officers in our group, who state, that it will take vast collective knowledge, analysis and personal fact finding to uncover a Commander's work and personal past that was unsavory and missed/overlooked to even expose the problems they find and bring it to the attention of the City, County or State for which the Officer works for. It may also require changes in legislation to use that information to get rid of them unless it is an elected LE Official then a recall of the person voted in would be better served to protect the public. Personal (other employees, higher ups, etc) and pressure from the public to resign is also effective. We believe this was the case with the Santa Clara County DA Investigations Chief who is finally resigning from his position in December with retirement. As we seen with the former Sheriff Laurie Smith and now with Chief Reyes, it take almost an {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 352     'act of God' to get rid of them unless they resign or retire on their own under pressure. One person or a group can only hope that folks start listening and opening their eyes along with being vocal to the problems and who is behind those problems with their failure to take action because of problems of their own past, be it personal and/or professional. At this point, it is our anecdotal opinions but we have been correct everytime in our assessment as to why an agency is experiencing never ending problems with the same Commander, Chief, or Sheriff. ~SCCSTG On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 2:30 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Sunday Oct 7, 2023 FYI: This article is the headline piece in today’s San Jose Mercury News. Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder spent many many years with the San Jose Police Department before coming to the PAPD. aram LOSING CONTROL https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=6c216040- 0565-480f-9357-eea36be54c08&appcode=SAN252&eguid=6a983d1d-ce1e-4a10-aa9d- 1ce5d53f706b&pnum=1# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 353     From:Aram James To:Jethroe Moore Cc:Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Damon Silver; DuJuan Green; Freddie.Quintana@sen.ca.gov; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal, Molly; ParkRec Commission; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Rebecca Eisenberg; Roberta Ahlquist; Rodriguez, Miguel; Rosen, Jeff; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Susan Hayase; Vara Ramakrishnan; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; chuck jagoda; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; Burt, Patrick Subject:Open Letter to UN Security Council: Member States Must Address Root Causes of Palestinian Struggle, and Protect the Palestinian People from Retaliatory Israeli Attacks Date:Sunday, October 8, 2023 8:46:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Rev Moore: Here is a compelling document sent my way by my friend and long time human rights activist Donna Wallach. See what you think. Date: 8 October 2023 Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre forHuman Rights call on the UN Security Council to address root causes andprotect the Palestinian people from Israeli attacks. As Member States of the UNSecurity Council (UNSC) convene to discuss the events unfolding on both sidesof the Green Line in Palestine, which started on 7 October 2023, Member Statesmust consider Israel’s 75-year settler-colonial apartheid regime, 56-year illegaloccupation, and 16-year unlawful blockade and closure of the Gaza Strip as theroot causes of the Palestinian plight. UN Member States hold primaryresponsibility for the violence in Palestine through their inaction and complicityin Israel’s systematic and widespread violations, and must protect the Palestinianpeople against Israeli retaliatory attacks. On 7 October 2023, Palestinian armed groups in the occupied Gaza Strip carriedout a number of military operations. Israel has been waging war against theGaza Strip since its illegal occupation in 1967, and for over 16 years hasdeclared the entire Gaza Strip a “hostile entity”, imposing a land, air andmaritime closure, and subjugating Palestinians therein to measures of collectivepunishment, in violation of international law. In this time, Israel has carried outat least seven massive military offensives since2008, which have rendered theGaza Stripuninhabitable. Between 2010 and 2019, the UN Office for theCoordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) recorded 3,624 Palestinians and203 Israelis killed, and 103,207 Palestinians and 4,642 Israelis injured, in thedecade. While third States are fast condemning the military actions of Palestinian armedgroups, UNSC Member States need to be reminded of the number of missedoccasions they had to prevent the escalation of violence. For decades, since itestablished its illegal occupation, Israel has failed to uphold its duties asOccupying Power, has entrenched its settler-colonial apartheid regime, preventedthe Palestinian people from exercising their right to self-determination andreturn, and has been committing systematic and widespread human rights {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 354     violations, amounting to international crimes, against the Palestinian people. The past two years have been marked as the bloodiest of Israeli violence sincethe second Intifada. Between January 2022 and 30 September 2023, Israelioccupying forces (IOF) and settlers killed 426 Palestinians, including 89 children in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT).[1] As of 19 September 2023, Israelarbitrarily arrested5,200 Palestinians, including 170 children, and 1,264Palestinians are currently held arbitrarily under administrative detention.Between 2022 and 30 June 2023, OCHArecorded 1,449 settler attacks, whileIsraeli occupying authorities demolished 436 Palestinian homes, forciblydisplacing 1,660 Palestinians, half of whom are children. The International Court of Justice, in its Advisory Opinion on the LegalConsequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied PalestinianTerritory (2004), called on third States to uphold their international obligations,including through non-recognition of Israel’s wrongful acts, including theobligation to not contribute to the internationally wrongful acts and theobligation to cooperate to bring the illegal acts to an end. Two decades later, theWall not only still stands, it has been expanded to appropriate more Palestinianland, creating facts on the ground which have become a fait accompli, defacto annexation. Meanwhile, third States have largely turned a blind eye to theirobligations to bring to an end any impediment resulting from the construction ofthe wall, as well as other violations, which operate to deny the exercise by thePalestinian people of its inalienable right to self-determination. The failure by third States to uphold the ICJ’s advisory opinion, as well as thenumerous UN resolutions, has resulted in Israel’s aggressive and unrestrainedconstruction of illegal settlements, its entrenchment of a discriminatory apartheidregime underpinned by impunity for international crimes. For decades,Palestinians have been calling on the international community to take concreteand meaningful actions, beyond statements of condemnation, to put an end tothese violations, including imposing sanctions, arms embargoes andcountermeasures against Israel. The international community’s lack of politicalwill to hold Israel to account only emboldens Israel to continue committingcrimes against the Palestinian people as a whole. The ‘Question of Palestine’ remains the permanent responsibility of the UN. Aspreviously reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly (UNGA), “the UnitedNations has a permanent responsibility towards the question of Palestine untilthe question is resolved in all its aspects in a satisfactory manner in accordancewith international legitimacy”. Notably, the UN General Assembly decision topartition Palestine under Resolution 181 (II) into an ‘Arab’ and a ‘Jewish’ statecompletely disregarded the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.When Israel sought membership in the UN in 1949, it promised to respect allrelevant UN resolutions. However, Israel has failed to implement every relevantUN resolution, including UNGA Resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948,which requires Israel to fulfill the right of return of Palestinian refugees,displaced persons, and exiles, UNSC Resolution 478 of 1980 prohibiting Israelfrom altering the character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, andUNSC Resolution 2334 of 2016 demanding Israel to immediately and completely {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 355     cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including EastJerusalem. We remind UNSC Member States of their obligation to protect the two millionPalestinians in the Gaza Strip, who are at risk of retaliatory Israeli violence. Sofar, Israel has launched airstrikes, killing hundreds of Palestinians and woundingthousands, bombing residential buildings, has cut off electricity and asked Gazaresidents to leavethe besieged Strip, which, given the practical impossibility ofsuch, may amount to threats to commit war crimes against civilians. We oncemore reiterate our call to the UN Security Council to refer Israel’s continuingacts of aggression, including its illegal occupation of the Gaza Strip forinvestigation to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Sixteen consecutive years of Israeli closure and repeated military attacks havedriven Gaza into the brink of collapse and produced disastrous socio-economicconditions. Given the current status of Gaza’s crippled infrastructure, that doesnot allow it to cope with long periods of hostilities, Netanyahu’s reprisals willhave far reaching and grave consequences for the medical response, and mayarise in grave breaches including willfully causing great suffering to the civilianpopulation. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,and Palestinians who hold Israeli citizenship are also at risk of retaliatory IsraeliPolice andsettler violence, and punitive mass arrests. Given Israel’s decades-long illegal occupation and apartheid, the Palestinianpeople as a colonized people have a recognized right to exercise full externalself-determination and independence from colonial, foreign domination and aliensubjugation, as reaffirmed in UNGAResolution 1514 of 1960 and Resolution3246 of 1974. Accordingly, Al-Haq, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the PalestinianCentre for Human Rights call on the Member States of the UNSC to: 1. Recognize and condemn Israel’s illegal occupation, settler-colonialism,and apartheid regime as the root causes underpinning the continuous waves ofconflict in the territory; 2. Demand Israel’s immediate, unconditional and total withdrawal from theoccupied Palestinian territory, as required in UN resolutions since 1967; 3. Call for the dismantling of Israel’s settler colonial apartheid regime onboth sides of the Green Line; 4. Take concrete steps to ensure the protection of the Palestinian people,particularly in the Gaza Strip, facing retaliatory Israeli attacks; 5. Sanction Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and actsof aggression through the application of an arms embargo, economic sanctionsand countermeasures against Israel; {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 356     On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 6:31 PM Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: Please don't call them terrorist. That will never bring Peace. Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 6:14 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <reisenberg@gmail.com> wrote: The short answer: WE MUST PRIORITIZE PEACE. The longer answer -- and please forgive the length -- include thoughts I blatantly borrow from writers and thinkers who have dedicated their lives to the goal of creating peace and sustaining life and equity on the only planet we can call home: For many of us, it can be helpful to have a moral and practical framework, when it comes to saving the lives of humans in danger, as is the state of affairs in the Middle East. Some people choose religious and/or political approaches, but I find that too dogmatic while at the same time too lacking in common sense and scientific and historic basis. For me, along with millions of others worldwide (although confoundingly a surprising few in the USA), choose the framework established by the UN in creating the 17 Goals for Sustainable Government: https://www.globalgoals.org/. The Global Goals, based on countless research time, scientific studies, and first- hand human narratives, crafted by the world's leading scientists, human rights activists, community organizers, and governmental, business, and nonprofit leaders, provide a proven and rational blueprint for creating peace and saving life on this planet (the former being necessary to achieve the latter). The Goals illucidate how the world's biggest problems compound on each other: for example, the deprivation of healthcare and sanitary living conditions directly causes poverty, hunger, and disease, and the deprivation of education and representative government increases the exploitation and impoverishment of women and children, the lack of adequate employment, and the disempowerment of masses. Similarly, the continued pollution caused by exploitative businesses and lack of enforcement by the government leads directly to lack of safety from climate events, and difficulty in providing clean water, breathable air, and cultivable land. Working to reduce one problem without exception helps with the achievement of other goals. Here is how an application of the UN's Global Goals could and would approach, and I believe resolve, the escalating conflict and humanitarian crises in the Middle East (and elsewhere): {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 357     1. Eradication of poverty (goal 1). The impoverished conditions in which individuals and families are forced to live in Gaza and elsewhere throughout the Middle East (with the VAST majority of this poverty occuring in Arab countries) directly leads to terrorism, misogyny, racism and anti-semitism. Poverty is caused and exploited by corrupt governments (including Hamas, including the US, including California) that concentrate power and wealth in the hands of the wealthiest few, depriving the majority of the population of rational ability to support themselves and their families. Poverty creates a culture of desperation, violence, and xenophobia, regardless of the religion or skin color of the impoverished. Corrupt countries regularly deprive their own "citizens" of the basics of human existence, hoarding the resources and wealth in the hands of the wealthiest few on top, then they blame the deprivation of the masses on *outsiders* rather than on their own corrupt government. Those masses, deprived of any education (almost always women and girls being the most deprived) have no ability or reason to question the propaganda they are given. IMAGINE IF THESE MASSES had homes, health care, education, and sufficient food? The world would be transformed. There is no fighting amongst each other when everyone has *enough*. If the wealthiest few did not hoard resources and wealth, there would be MORE than enough for every living person on earth to have *enough*. That, as an aside, is one of the many ways that billionaires by their very existence cause immense social harm. A healthy economy would never allow such a privileged and entitled tiny segment of our society to take everything for themselves. In Gaza, an empowered Palestinian community could vote for representative leadership that could pursue sustainable conditions with humane living conditions and sufficient food, water, healthcare, childcare, and employment. With terrorists running the show (and stealing the humanitarian aid for use in creating bombs and buying weapons), peace and empowerment seem unachievable at best. 2. Ensure sustainable cities and communities (goal 11). Per above, the international community needs to do a better job of ensuring that humanitarian aid reaches the people in Gaza rather than being stolen by the terrorists in charge. With that essential aid, Palestinians could live safely, with humane housing conditions, medical care, education, and equal opportunity to work and participate in life. These rights must be given to all people regardless of religion and gender-- which is the opposite of what is happening in Islamist countries (see, e.g. Afghanistan, where the Taliban have stripped women and girls of every human right virtually without exception; where young girls from impoverished families are regularly sold to men as old as age 80). ALL people must be given agency and control over our own bodies. Cities must be built for living things, including the ecosystem and the animals, plants, and fungi that are part of the ecosystem, including humans. Public transit must be available and safe. Childcare, healthcare, and jobs must be made available to all. Communities must be inclusive and welcoming, without exception. Renewable energy sources must be affordable and available. Clean water, clean air, and healthy conditions must be available to all. Pollution must be cleaned up by the capitalists who profited from activities that made the pollution. Every person has the human right {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 358     to live in safe, clean conditions. Note that we cannot make this possible without Goal 13 - Climate Action, Goal 8 - Decent work for ALL (not just men) and living wage for all, Goal 9 - Infrastructure, Goal 12 - Responsible production & Consumption, Goal 6 - Clean Water & Sanitation, Goal 3 - Good health including for women and children, who comprise the majority of the world's population living in population (as well as the majority of US and its individuals states' people living in poverty); and Goal 2 - Zero hunger. When people are forced to focus on their most basic human needs for survival -- food, water, and shelter -- they are deprived of agency over their lives and have little ability to rise above their disempowered conditions. THIS IS NOT THE CASE IN GAZA and although Israel's current reactionary, right wing government is not effectively assisting, it should be pointed out that Israel is the largest contributor of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and it is NOT in Israel's interest that this humanitarian aid continues to be stolen and exploited for violence by Hamas and other terrorist groups. Of course, assigning blame is an ego-driven pursuit, just like revenge. What the impoverished and disempowered people in Gaza and elsewhere in Arab countries (and most non-Arab countries) need more than anything is RESOURCES and autonomy over their selves and their lives. They need SAFETY, including and especially from the terrorists that have taken control.e 3. Urgently advocate for equality on the basis of gender, religion, nationality, and race -- goals 5 (gender equality), 11 (reduce inequalities), and 4 - quality education for all people, INCLUDING girls and women, who currently are deprived of the opportunity to attend schools in a large number of "respected" nations. Religious "traditions" based in the persecution and exploitation of women must be eradicated (this includes not just Islamist hatred of women and girls, but also Orthodox Jewish hatred of women and girls. I am not being extreme here. The Orthodox men who have taken control of Israel are not terrorists like Hamas, but they do share a practice of disempowering women and girls. These Orthodox men won't even shake hands with women out of misogynist bigotry that women may be "unclean," which they (ignorantly) define as "possibly menstruating." Yet we know that their exclusion of women from positions of power have nothing to do with irrational germ-phobia related to menstruation, because they use that same excuse to exclude and disempower women of all ages, including those over age 60, who almost certainly are not menstruating, as well as any other person who identifies as female. It is about hoarding power in the hands of the few, as it is so many places on earth. And the unequal distribution of resources and power, as the Global Goals make clear, are extremely damaging to the prospects of human life on our only planet. Time and time again, the most effective way to solve and avoid conflict has always been the eradication of poverty, hunger, inequality, and exploitation. THAT is the blueprint for the overarching goal of Goal 16: Peace and Justice. The Global Goals are really a fantastic tool for this pursuit, given how the pursuit of one goal always assists in the pursuit of others (and if the pursuit of one goal is harming another goal, then the strategy is broken: for example, destroying {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 359     vulnerable eco-system in misplaced pursuit of providing clean water will only lead to less clean water, and more polluted living conditions for the most vulnerable. But cleaning up toxic waste sites and regenerating wildlife habitat will decrease climate disasters, and increase the availability of clean water, air, and ground for communities to live and thrive. Here are more examples: eradicating poverty (Goal 1), hunger (Goal 2), and housing (goal 11) will increase the health and longevity of all people (goal 4). Taking climate action (goal 13), and converting to renewable energy sources (Goal 12) will improve life on land (goal 15), and life at sea (Goal 14), as well as improve the quality of drinking water (Goal 6) and decrease hunger (goal 2) by re-empowering communities to grow food locally. Access to more food and clean water will assist in the eradication of poverty (goal 1),to create sustainable communities (goal 11). Improving the strength and quality of public education (Goal 5) and public transit (goals 9 and 11) along with CHILDCARE (goal 11) will help enable the equality of women, girls and other non-males (Goal 5) as well as reducing inequalities (Goal 10). This is why all 17 of the Global Goals, including the one so often ignored as optional (Gender Equality-goal 5) MUST be pursued to save life on this planet. Following the Global Goals framework, we CAN solve these problems, but only by BUILDING rather than tearing down. Destroying Gaza and the human beings and all other life within it WILL ONLY HARM everyone involved, including Israel. Imagine how the conditions would improve if the Humanitarian Aid given to Palestines in Gaza were not stolen by the terrorist men, including Hamas but also Hezbollah and others??? Imagine if Israel and the US spent its combined trillions of dollars (ok, almost all of that is the US's money) on ERADICATING POVERTY, PROVIDING UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE (including abortion care and family planning) and ELIMINATING POLLUTION so that all people can live in clean, safe conditions, and so the US no longer would have the highest MATERNAL death rate than all other developed country-- a death rate higher than many *developing* countries -- with the death rate in the US being highest of all when it comes to African American women, who die giving birth at crisis levels due to intentional deprivation of clean and humane conditions and women's health care. (As a reminder, the majority of people in poverty in the US (and the world) are women and children, and among those women and children, persecuted minorities are overrepresented in poverty). In economic theory, it is well established and accepted that growth and improvement is almost impossible to achieve without investment. Applied to government spending, cutting costs to social programs, especially in pursuit of violent pursuits (military spending, prisons, armed officers) almost always is proven counterproductive. Under the Global Goals framework, a proven effective alternative is to invest in people's economic, housing, health, and nutritional conditions, which leads to better public health, a more qualified workforce, more well-paid jobs, and strong communities. This involves recognizing that HELPING OTHERS ALWAYS HELPS OURSELVES! Selfish thinking never works: even the Wall Street Journal bemoaned on the front page above the fold, that the Republicans' success in killing the forgiveness of the PARTIAL amount of student loans that Biden had (reluctantly) agreed to forgive had an immediate {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 360     NEGATIVE impact on our economy -- depriving the US economy of at least ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS. (For a more comprehensive analysis, with additional facts supporting the WSJ's conclusions, can be found on Senator Elizabeth Warren's website here, here and here.) Helping the vulnerable ALWAYS helps the economy as a whole. The Global Goals clarifies this analysis for the masses of people who have trouble seeing beyond immediate personal impact to ascertain the bigger picture -- that sometimes benefits them even more. The Global Goals help explain how hard it is to SAVE THE WORLD without SAVING EACH OTHER. Without GENDER EQUALITY and CLIMATE ACTION, we cannot eliminate POVERTY and HUNGER. Without HOUSING, HEALTHCARE, AND EDUCATION, we cannot have SAFE COMMUNITIES and REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENTS. Without RESTORATIVE JUSTICE -- e.g. reparations to descendents of enslaved people, Indigenous people (who deserve their land back), descendents of Japanese- Americans forcibly incarcerated during WW2, and other groups deprived of rights, income, and opportunity in the US due to intentional policies -- we cannot have EQUALITY, SAFETY, and OPPORTUNITY for all --the BASIC rights theoretically granted in the Preamble to the US Constitution. We cannot achieve any goal through the sacrifice of another. We always have options and alternatives. There are always other means and approaches, which become more visible by considering a wider array of perspectives and (G-d forbid!) new ideas. Now is NOT the time to keep repeating the same mistakes hoping for a different result. Like war. WAR ONLY HARMS. Yet, with the same people who caused the problems 100% in charge of the "solutions," War - again- is where we are going, and the stakes keep getting higher. Civil unrest and humanitarian crises are increasing rather than decreasing in the Middle East and around the globe. Fascist and xenophobic political groups are gaining traction. Money and power is increasingly being consolidated into the hands of the few (we sure see that in Palo Alto, hello Sobrato, Castilleja, AJ Capital, among other private billionaire-run companies with outsized influence on our city). A war in Israel could easily lead to World War 3. All this over ... what? A land dispute? This is why I continue to advocate for NEW leadership and new systems of decision making and conflict resolution. Our democracy is far from representative. Decisions continue to be unduly influenced by those with the most wealth, a group often overlapping with those who have created the most planetary and social harm. Unfortunately, when people get scared, they often resort to the most counterproductive approach: they cling to sameness and fight against the systemic changes that MUST be made for people and the planet to have a fighting chance. Why can't we just say, "OK, Capitalism and Patriarchy had a long run -- (5 millennia?) -- so, now let's try something new for the next couple hundred years (assuming we have that long)?". What could {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 361     that hurt? Why not embrace a different framework, like the UN's 17 Goals for Sustainable Development? Being the world's biggest optimist that I am, I truly believe that if the human collective could unite on ONE SHARED GOAL -- e.g. SAVING THE PLANET -- we could make the huge structural changes we require to get that task done, and we can do it by building bridges rather than burning them -- and everything near them -- down to the ground. Truly, all I am advocating for is a more effective, more rational, more science- based and ethics-driven approach-- an approach that recognizes that the achievement of our heady goal is so ambitious that we need - without exception - all hands on deck, so no one can be left behind, and all people must be empowered to be their be their most actualized, educated, mindful, empowered selves, supported by strong and equitable communities in the context of peace and well-distributed resources. There is no room for resource hoarding, dick size contests, ego-driven conflicts, and -- for the love of G-d -- "Revenge" -- in a world community focused on saving our ONLY home. While the UN's 17 Goals for Sustainable Development: A Blueprint to Sustain Life on Earth likely is not the only approach to saving our planet and achieving peace, it's a good one-- and at least unquantifiably better than the current approach of solving conflicting between men by raping and murdering women. I cannot imagine one good thing that could come from escalating this conflict. Then again, I fundamentally, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, believe that human beings CAN join forces towards the most important goal that unites us all: saving our planet and all life on it. Just my two cents, of course. Best, Rebecca 415-235-8078 On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 3:08 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rebecca, Your points are all well taken and do clarify the issues for me. Now what can we do to stop, at least in this conflict, the brutal Israeli government with U.S. support from destroying what little infrastructure is left in Palestine for the 2.5 million Palestinians imprisoned with little to zero resources to survive? To stop the madness the U.S. must stop supporting the wealthy Israeli terrorist government with billions more of U.S. aid every year. It is time the U.S. demands that Israel give back all of the occupied territory to the Palestinian people. And no more aid to nuclear-armed Israel. Instead all U.S. aid now going to Israel must instead go to Palestine to rebuild hospitals and schools and other critical infrastructure destroyed repeatedly by the vile terrorist state of Isreal. In addition to U.S. aid going to the Palestinians the Israeli government must pay reparations to the Palestinians and help rebuilt the infrastructure of Palestine. And as you have suggested at least 1/2 of all leadership in both countries moving forward must be women. Okay, thanks so much for opening up this life and death conversation. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 362     Best, aram On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 1:36 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Sunday, October 8, 2023 Hi Rebecca, This is horrible. You have done a great job of researching this critical issue. Please please also research the hugely disproportionate number of Palestinian women, girls, children and men routinely murdered, raped, and subject to the worse possible war crimes by the terrorist state of Israel with the full financial support of the leading terrorist state on the planet the U.S. government. I guarantee you that by the time this current war is done 10 times as many Palestinian civilians, innocent women, children, and men will be slaughtered by Israel's forces with the full support of the USA. Best regards, Aram On Sun, Oct 8, 2023, at 1:02 PM Rebecca Eisenberg <reisenberg@gmail.com> wrote: THIS IS A WAR AGAINST WOMEN. Can we PLEASE be mindful of the sources we cite and send around here... and the subject lines we use when we forward to the group? This was not PALESTINIANS. It was HAMAS -- the misogynist and racist terrorist club that controls the Palestinians in Gaza. This was a MASSACRE at a RAVE attended by thousands of CHILDREN and young adults -- NOT an "attack on Israel" as much as a group murder and torture of tourists and students. This was not a "strike back." This was a horde of angry men seeking violence. Israel may need to be "protected" but only to the extent of that protection includes the hundreds of WOMEN AND GIRLS who RIGHT NOW are in HELL, having been dragged there by angry men. THIS IS TRIGGERING. These HUNDREDS of women and girls -- of ALL religions and nationalities -- that are being RAPED, tortured and murdered goes FAR beyond a male squirmish over real estate. Many of these women were at the Rave in order to escape the increasing stronghold of Israel's right wing misogynist government, which does not brutally rape them, but does continue to strip women and girls of rights as they entrench a formerly secular Democracy into right-wing religious propaganda. Of course this massacre took place on Shabbat during a Jewish holiday. The MEN IN CHARGE in Israel take those days off, imposing their entitlement to a "day of rest" on the millions of others who have to go without the men who control the country but cannot be bothered to delegate to women or gentiles on their 36-hours off a week. (I can say this because I am Jewish.) {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 363     This is NOT some sort of "defense of Palestinians." Actual Palestinians are being killed. These are attacks on GIRLS AND WOMEN of all religions, nationalities. and ages. This is an attack on every single girl, woman, and non-male alive. This is a war against WOMEN. For all of us who are survivors. not just of ethnic trauma (e.g. the Holocaust) but also of sexual violence, THIS IS TRIGGERING. There are thousands of armed terrorist men hiding in plain sight (guess what? Palestinians and Israelis look ALIKE) in order to kidnap and brualitize more women and girls in Israel. Can we please focus on the mission of this group? PEACE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE. Rape is war against women. I thought this was a FEMINIST group, not a group of women that takes sides in conflicts between extremist men who use women and girls as shields, bullets, pawns, and meat. Sources (reflecting inescapable bias of patriarchy): https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67046444 Mother begs for daughter SHANI LOUK kidnapped from rave https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/07/israelis-react-to- unprecedented-hamas-attack-with-disbelief (pointing out that it was WOMEN who were taken, yet still not calling it as it is.) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/hamas-israel-hostage-attack-us- palestinian-rcna119375 "Israel resident Yoni Asher said he watched on social media as a disturbing video emerged appearing to show his wife, two young daughters and mother-in-law being taken by Hamas and crammed onto the back of a vehicle." https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-israeli-women-children-seniors- taken-hostage-hamas-in-gaza-2023-10 (photos of women and girls captured, including seniors, children, and young women) https://www.businessinsider.com/credit-card-shani-louk-naked-paraded- hamas-israel-palestine-gaza-2023-10 (seeming shocked that she "may have been robbed." Is being robbed worse than being sexually assaulted? Because she almost certainly was that too.) https://nypost.com/2023/10/08/family-pleads-for-return-of-grandmother-85- taken-hostage-in-gaza/ -- 85 year old grandmother taken https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/toi-original/israeli-student- screams-dont-kill-me-as-hamas-terrorists-kidnap-her-from-rave-party- horrifying-visual/videoshow/104263381.cms Videos of young women being {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 364     carried away by angry misogynist men. THIS IS A WAR ON WOMEN. PEACE IS A FEMINIST ISSUE. On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 8:38 AM WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto <wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com> wrote:From popularresistance.org today:Israel likens the attack to 9-11 Palestinian Resistance Launches Unprecedented Attack On Israel By Tareq S. Hajjaj and Mondoweiss Editors, Mondoweiss. In the early morning hours of Saturday, October 7, the Palestinian resistance in the besieged Gaza Strip launched an unprecedented surprise multi-prong attack on Israel, including firing a barrage of rockets toward Israeli territory while simultaneously carrying out a ground offensive into nearby Israeli towns which breached the Israeli Gaza barrier and overwhelmed surrounding Israeli military posts. As of 12:30 local time, it was reported that thousands of rockets had been fired from Gaza into Israel and that Israeli air forces had targeted multiple areas across the Gaza Strip. -more- {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 365     From:Aram James To:Lewis james; chuck jagoda; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Council, City; Lauing, Ed; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; Human Relations Commission Subject:Fwd: “Those who put their faith in fire in fire their faith will be repaid ” Date:Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:56:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. “Those who put their faith in fire in fire their faith will be repaid ” On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 11:36 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna119315 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 366     From:Aram James To:Council, City; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; becker.josh@gmail.com; moore2j@att.net; sallen6444@yahoo.com; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov; Human Relations Commission; pastor@universityamez.com; voteshanasegal@gmail.com; dujuang@sbcglobal.net Subject:“Those who put their faith in fire in fire their faith will be repaid ” Date:Saturday, October 7, 2023 11:36:41 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna119315 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 367     From:Aram James To:alphonse9947@gmail.com; jaxpolo@gmail.com; ajluni@hotmail.com; Council, City; Human Relations Commission Subject:Israeli military says it is striking targets in the Gaza Strip as air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem Date:Saturday, October 7, 2023 12:32:31 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israeli military says it is striking targets in the Gaza Strip as air raid sirens sound in Jerusalem https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-says-palestinian-militants-are-infiltrating-gaza- rcna119315 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 368     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Afro-descendants in Latin America Date:Friday, October 6, 2023 8:25:31 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 369     2023 Black Resistance Past, Present,& Future {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 370     FREEDOM GALA Friday, October 6 · 5:30 – 11pm PDT HayesMansion 200 Edenvale Avenue San Jose, CA 95136 The gala serves as a platform for bringing together a diverse group of attendees, including city and state officials, corporate leaders, community activists, and other influential individuals. The power of this event lies in the collective energy and commitment of individuals like yourself, who understand the importance of supporting initiatives that address systemic issues faced by marginalized communities. Click Here {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 371     The FASTEST Growing TV News Show In The United States The Bull Pen Click Here Rashad Richey Breaks Record with Most Nominations in Atlanta Magazine’s Reader’s Choice Edition Each year, Atlanta Magazine, a popular publication serving the Greater Atlanta area, asks its readers to nominate the “Best Of” in a range of categories, from restaurants to media personalities, even bakeries. Thousands of readers participate annually and vote for their {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 372     favorites. Once the readers have voted for nominees in the first round, the publication then releases the top vote-getters. Those who make the nomination had to clear a threshold with votes acquired. Now readers have to choose in a ballot-like online process, who is the best of them all. This year, award- winning multimedia personality, Dr. Rashad Richey, a well-known university professor and broadcaster, was nominated in several categories, setting the record for most nominations. READ MORE SJ/SV NAACP Announcing Award Winners 2023 Honorable Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. Legislator Award Julie Lythcott-Haims Dr. TJ Owens Education Award Traci Williams Cesar Chavez Award Victor Vasquez "W. E. B." Du Bois Award-Helen Grays-Jones Wester Sweet Esq. Award Justice Charles Edward Wilson Dorothy Irene HeightAward Sameena Usman Madam C. J. Walker Entrepreneur Award Anthony McDaniel Circle of Friends Award San Jose Peace & Justice Freedom Fighter Award Susan Hayase Freedom Fighter Award Sean Allen {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 373     From left, Senator Laphonza Butler, her wife Neneki Lee and Vice President Kamala Harris stand for photographers during a re-enactment of the swearing-in ceremony on Tuesday, October 3, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Laphonza Butler sworn in as third Black female senator in US history {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 374     Senator Becker represents the residents of California's 13th Senate District I want to express my gratitude and admiration for Senator Josh Becker's work on SB 474, also known as The BASIC Act. This bill is a crucial step towards addressing the financial burden placed on incarcerated individuals and their families by the exorbitant prices in prison canteens. The current markups on items sold in prison canteen stores are unjustifiably high, often exceeding 63% to 200% above market value. This means that basic necessities like toothpaste, coffee, and toilet paper become unaffordable for incarcerated individuals, creating an additional burden on their already challenging circumstances. By creating a tiered reduction in the markups, SB 474 will limit the price increase to no more than 10% above the price paid to the vendor. This is a reasonable and necessary step towards ensuring that incarcerated individuals have access to essential goods at fair prices. Furthermore, SB 474 will alleviate the economic strain on families who often bear the financial responsibility of supporting their incarcerated loved ones. The excessive prices in prison canteens not only impact the incarcerated individuals directly but also place a significant burden on their families already dealing with the financial and emotional consequences of incarceration. I commend Senator Becker for his commitment to addressing this injustice and for championing the rights and well-being of incarcerated individuals and their families. SB 474 has received strong support, and I urge both houses of the legislature to pass this bill and send it to the Governor for signing into law. Thank you, Senator Becker, for your ongoing dedication to creating a more equitable and humane criminal justice system in California. Your work on SB 474 is a testament to your leadership and compassion, and I am grateful for your efforts to bring about positive change. Pastor Jethroe Moore II, President {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 375     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 376     OUR POWER CANNOT BE SHUT DOWN: The Faith Communities Role in Voting Rights and Voter Engagement | October 9, 2023 - 7 PM ET Join the NAACP Team led by Religious Affairs Chair Rev. Dr. Gina Stewart and the NAACP Religious Affairs Committee as we unpack the role, need, and best practices for the faith community as a leader in educating, engaging, and inspiring our community to use their voice at the ballot box for what is right. The power of faith cannot be shut down! Register in advance for this webinar: https://naacpheadquarters.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cCvUx7DYTFa59i-vclLTJA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 377     As we continue this fight, we want to make sure you’re aware of the existing pathways to student loan debt relief: Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) The PSLF program forgives the remaining balance on a borrower's Direct Loans after they’ve made 120 qualifying monthly payments while working full-time for a qualifying employer. Qualifying employers include government organizations, non-profit organizations, and other eligible public service organizations. Saving on A Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan Launched on August 22, the SAVE Plan is an income-driven repayment plan that can cut many borrowers’ monthly payments to zero, save other borrowers around $1,000 per year, prevent balances from growing because of unpaid interest, and move borrowers one step closer to forgiveness. Teacher Loan Forgiveness Are you or someone you know an educator? This program forgives up to $17,500 in Direct {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 378     Subsidized or Unsubsidized Loans or Subsidized or Unsubsidized Federal Stafford Loans for teachers who work full-time for five years at a qualifying school or educational service agency. Only certain subject areas are eligible. Visit naacp.org to explore your options. As we move forward, we will continue to hold our elected officials accountable for closing the racial wealth gap, and we won’t stop until we achieve an equitable future for all free from the burden of student debt. Together we thrive, Wisdom Cole National Director, Youth & College Division {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 379     Afro-descendants in Latin America One in four Latin Americans identify themselves as people of African descent. They are one of the largest, yet least visible minorities in the region, comprising over 133 million people, the majority living in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Venezuela. Out of the total, 34 million are of school age and face inequalities in school. They achieve poorer learning outcomes and are more likely to drop out of the education system compared to their non-Afro-descendant peers. Education is one of the best tools to break the cycle of chronic poverty that affects a large part of these households. However, even when they have access to education, they often do not benefit from the same quality, knowledge, skills, and economic gains that should be generated afterwards. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 380     This summer’s Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action dealt a blow to underrepresented students who have been systemically excluded from pursuing higher education. Even when they enroll, however, Black students tend to graduate at lower rates than students overall, and one of the primary reasons is financial concerns. At The Wade Institute of Technology (WIT), we have a solution: the Wade Scholarship Program. Who are we? WIT is a new Palo Alto-based engineering college focused on mitigating the acute underrepresentation of African Americans and students of African descent in STEM professions through scholarships and unique educational programs. We have already awarded 20 scholarships over the past 3 years and we’re seeking applicants for 2024. The scholarship enables Black students with a STEM undergraduate degree to complete a STEM master's degree by covering tuition, housing, fees and more up to $135,000. Program and application details can be found here. I’m sure you’d agree that no matter their financial background, everyone who wants to advance in their education and pursue a professional career should have the opportunity to do so. We’re doing our part to help balance the scales, and I thank you in advance for doing your part by sharing this scholarship opportunity within your community. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 381     Regards, Lorna Jones Academic Director Wade Institute of Technology Wade Scholarship Program {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 382     Systemic racism pervades US police and justice systems, UN Mechanism on Racial Justice in Law Enforcement says in new report urging reform  GENEVA (28 September 2023) – Systemic racism against people of African descent pervades America’s police forces and criminal justice system, and US authorities must urgently step up efforts to reform them, the UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement said in a new report today. The report follows the Mechanism’s official country visit to the United States earlier this year, during which it heard testimonies from 133 affected individuals, visited five detention centers and held meetings with civil society groups and a range of government and police authorities in the District of Columbia, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and New York City. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 383     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 384     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 385     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 386     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 387     Hip-Hop's 50th Anniversary Bay Area Mac Dre, born Andre Hicks, was a rapper and pioneer of the hyphy movement in the Bay Area. He was born on July 5, 1970, in Oakland, California. Mac Dre first gained popularity as a member of the rap group Young Black Brotha Records in the early 1990s. However, his rising career was cut short when he was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison on charges of conspiracy to commit a robbery. While in prison, he continued to make music and release albums using a prison phone. After his release in 1996, Mac Dre founded his own record label, Thizz Entertainment, and began to gain even more recognition for his unique style and energy. He was known for his catchy hooks, clever wordplay, and charismatic personality. His music often featured themes of partying, drug culture, and street life. Mac Dre's popularity continued to grow throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. His music, along with other Bay Area artists, helped to popularize the hyphy movement, characterized by upbeat and energetic production, rapid-fire delivery, and a focus on party culture. Despite his success, Mac Dre's life was tragically cut short when he was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 1, 2004. He was just 34 years old at the time of his death. However, his impact on the Bay Area hip-hop scene is still felt today, and he is remembered as a legend in the genre. His influence can be seen in the work of many artists who have come after him. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 388     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 389     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 390     STOP DEBATING WHETHER CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM IS CHRISTIAN BY NOAH BERLATSKY “Christian nationalism makes American Christians less Christlike,” Indiana University– Purdue University Indianapolis associate professor of sociology Andrew Whitehead writes in a piece for Religion News Service. He goes on to make an argument that is common among progressive Christians, contrasting the false gospel of right- wing Christian nationalism and its idols of “Power, Fear and Violence” with a true gospel that is always “good news to the poor, oppressed and imprisoned.” He concludes that to regain its “prophetic voice,” the American Christian church must abandon hate and embrace the true path of Christ, which emphasizes tolerance, freedom, and love. READ MORE ‌ ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 391     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 392     Legal Services for Prisoners with Children's 45th Anniversary & All of Us or None's 20th Anniversary Celebration Continuing the Legacy: Embracing Change and Building for the Future Paying tribute to: Dorsey Nunn & Hamdiya Cooks-Abdullah October 12, 2023 7:00 - 9:00 pm BLOC15 252 2nd Street Oakland CA, 94607 REGISTAR {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 393     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 394     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 395     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 396     Whose History Matters? Students Can Name Columbus, But Most Have Never Heard of the Taíno People By Bill Bigelow Early in my high school U.S. history classes, I would ask students about “that guy some people say discovered America.” All my students knew that the correct answer was Christopher Columbus, and every time I asked this question, some student would {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 397     break into the sing-song rhyme, “In fourteen hundred and ninety- two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” — and others would join in. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 398     This week marks the 10th angel anniversary for Miriam Carey a 34- year-old mother and dental hygienist who was tragically killed by U.S. Capitol officers in Washington, D.C when she accidentally went past a security checkpoint near the White House after she made a wrong turn in an unfamiliar area. On this day, and every angel anniversary for Black women, girls, and femmes who have been killed by police, we renew our commitment to bringing awareness to these often invisible names and stories. Read more about AAPF’s #SayHerName Campaign here. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 399     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 400     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 401     Register at https://sdpconference.info/2024-conference/ The 2024 conference will be convened at the Palmer House Hotel, Monday, February 19 – Thursday, February 22, 2024, in Chicago, IL. The Annual Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference through the power of prophetic preaching, informed teaching and social activism, clergy and laity work together on behalf of the disenfranchised, vulnerable, and those most marginalized in the world. The 2024 Conference will include… Opening conference worship service at the Palmer House hotel Renowned African American preachers, theologians, and activists Informed teaching and educational opportunities through various breakout sessions including Connecting the Dots: Racism, Ecojustice and the Wealth Gap {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 402     General Secretary's Luncheon & Ella Jo Baker Awards “Beautiful Are The Feet” Honoree Signature Event “Where Legacy Meets Future: ReImagine, ReThink, and ReInvent” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 403     Website History Events Youth ‌ Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone: +1 (408) 898-6985 ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 404     Drop Us A Line San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163, Milpitas, CA 95035 Unsubscribe hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by moore2j@att.net powered by Try email marketing for free today! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 405     From:Aram James To:board@valleywater.org; Council, City; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; rebecca@privateclientlegal.com; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed Subject:The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life Date:Thursday, October 5, 2023 8:11:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The largest dam removal in history stirs hopes of restoring California tribes’ way of life https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-10-05/klamath-dam-removal-tribes {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 406     From:Aram James To:lydiakou@gmail.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Foley, Michael; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Lauing, Ed; gstone22@gmail.com; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Burt, Patrick; JRosen@dao.sccgov.org; jboyarsky@dao.sccgov.org; Human Relations Commission; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; rbaker@dao.sccgov.org Subject:Shameless delays in probes of cop killings of civilians Date:Thursday, October 5, 2023 7:45:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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