[WCUSP] Fwd: [BTvS-Portland] URGENT! Contact Congress re Ackerman-Bostancy letter

[yvonne simmons]

This is from Portland Or,. I have been to their
meeting in the past and for Example when I asked
certain questions did not receive a satisfactory
answer about Palestinian Human rights. The group does
do some good work. In Peace Yvonne 



 
--- Brit Tzedek v'Shalom - Portland
<portland at btvshalom.org> wrote:

> To: roweenayvonne at yahoo.com
> Subject: [BTvS-Portland] URGENT! Contact Congress re
> Ackerman-Bostancy letter 
> From: "Brit Tzedek v'Shalom - Portland"
> <portland at btvshalom.org>
> Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:22:21 -0500
> 
> 
> Dear Brit Tzedek Members and Supporters:
>      
>     We have some very good news: Congressman Earl
> Blumenauer has signed the Ackerman-Bostancy letter!
> Thanks to all of you who contacted Blumenauer's
> office last week.  Your phone calls really paid off.
>      
>     The Ackerman-Bostancy letter is an important
> pro-Israel, pro-peace letter that commends Secretary
> Rice for her efforts to reinvigorate the
> Israeli-Palestinian peace process by convening an
> international conference this fall.  It also calls
> for increased US and international aid to the
> Palestinian Authority in order to preserve the
> possibilities for success. It is significant that
> Rep. Ackerman is a Democratic Jewish-American and
> Rep. Bostancy is a Republican Arab-American!
>      
>     THE DEADLINE FOR SIGNING IS TODAY, Wednesday,
> Oct. 31.  So we are asking you to please contact
> your Congressional Representative if you have not
> done so already.  You can call any time of day and
> leave a message on the answering machine. If you
> call on Wednesday morning, the message will still
> reach them.  If you identify yourself as both a
> pro-Israeli Jew and one of their Oregon
> constituents, it would give greater support.  More
> information is available at www.btvshalom.org.  
>      
>     Here are the phone numbers of our local
> Congressional Representatives:
>     Earl Blumenauer  Give him a "Thank you" at 
> 503-231-2300
>     Darlene Hooley  503-588-9100
>     David Wu         503-326-2901
>      
>     Thanks!  
>     Joel Glick and Hilda Welch
> 
> Portland Brit Tzedek v'Shalom
> PO Box 12471
> Portland, Oregon 97212
> 503 249-1957
> portland at btvshalom.org 	         
>  		
> 
>
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