[sudo-discuss] Re: Apartheid-Free Communities pledge

Jake, Lo, and I (Aaron) talked about the Apartheid-Free Communities pledge at tonight's meeting! Here are some combined thoughts. === We should sign as soon as possible === Signing the pledge will counteract ongoing harm in a small but real way, so we should sign it as soon as possible. === Our obligations === Here's an idea of what we think we're promising to do, as an organization, by signing the pledge. --- Items 1-3 --- These are things we have or should have affirmed already, so (re)affirming them presumably won't change anything about how we operate. --- Item 4 --- Here are some ways we can uphold this promise. - Sign the pledge. As Lo pointed out in the quoted e-mails below, just putting our name on the list of signatories already helps uphold our obligations: "It reflects public support to our elected officials when we press them to divest from Israeli violence. It reduces harm to Palestinian and Arab members of our community. It challenges the official narratives and expands the public consciousness around Palestine." - Confirm on our wiki that we've signed the pledge, and add the Apartheid-Free Communities logo. - Facilitate (and, if possible, promote) the use of our space by organizations "working to end all support to Israel's Apartheid regime, settler colonialism, and military occupation." - Provide information resources (like flyers, zines, articles, book chapters, and a listening / watching / reading list) in the space. === Background on the campaign === This Apartheid-Free Communities campaign is financed by the American Friends Service Committee, a Quaker organization. You can find some steering committee members on the campaign site's "About" page (https://apartheid-free.org/about/). All the listed steering committee members are Christian or Unitarian organizations, which for one of us (Aaron) is kind of a red flag. On the other hand, the list of pledge signatories seems to include more diverse religious organizations. In particular, it has a good number of Jewish organizations, including the national and Bay Area chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace. week just seen in the own 501(c)3 forgotten to below for Free say this in have never been proposal that Solidarity Campaign. obligation in Gaza, and this is paid Israeli people’s human Apartheid-Free Nations includes: arbitrary arrest of living social, Palestinians charges to the cutting are without freedom white Communities Campaign Israel/Palestine. We globe, unions, support to our violence. It It consciousness actions, in support your you can Apartheid-Free great has on earth. distinct tracts of Black no body

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