At the next Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting\, Su pervisor Carson will introduce and ask the Board to vote on a letter direc ting Treasurer Henry Levy to divest the county from companies involved in Israeli apartheid and genocide. We need as many people as possible from ac ross Alameda County to show up in person (preferable) and on Zoom to show our representatives that we expect our county to divest from companies suc h as Caterpillar\, which provides Israel with armored bulldozers equipped with weapons that murder Palestinians\, destroy infrastructure in the occu pied territories\, and bulldoze Palestinian homes in Gaza and the West Ban k. This is a pivotal moment to take action for divestment!
It's most important to show up at the beginning of the meeting\, at 9:30 AM\, so th at the supervisors see how much support there is for divestment. Voting wi ll likely be in the afternoon (anytime between 11 am and 2 pm). The exact timing and details of key moments are likely to change throughout the day\ , so please RSVP below and click the link on the confirmation page to join the coordination chat (you may have to download Signal if you don 't have it already) so you don't miss any crucial updates.
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In the meantime\, we're asking that all county reside nts contact Treasurer Levy and that residents of districts 2 (Marquez)\, 3 (Tam)\, and 5 (Carson) contact their supervisor urging them to support di vestment using our Action Network (AN) campaigns ahead of Tuesday's meetin g.
You can use this tool to send an email to the supervisor for you r District and to Treasurer Levy https://www.e astbaydsa.org/acdivest/
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