Advocate

1. Ask and inform government officials so they create a fair and balanced U.S. foreign policy on Israeli/Palestinian issues.
   
   • Call, email or send letter to President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton, your Illinois Senators Burris and Durbin and your local Congressperson (find contact information)
     
     
   • Call, email or send letter to chair or members of the following committees and subcommittees:
     Appropriations Committee (House, Senate)
     House Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
     Senate Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs
     Committee on Foreign Relations (House, Senate)
     House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia
     Senate Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues
     Senate Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection
     
     
   • Sign up for emails from websites that provide canned content for emails to government officials:
     J Street
     http://www.jstreet.org/
     Americans for Peace Now
     http://www.peacenow.org/
     US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
     http://endtheoccupation.org//article.php?list=type&type=20
     American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
     http://www.adc.org/index.php?id=119
     Churches for Middle East Peace
     http://www.cmep.org/
     Brit Tzedek v'Shalom [Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace]
     http://www.btvshalom.org/
     Just Foreign Policy
     http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/index.html
     Jewish Voice for Peace
     http://www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/
     Catholic Relief Services Action Center
     actioncenter.crs.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ac_homepage
     
     
   • Sign up for emails from the Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy. You will be notified when action alerts about communications with government officials are initiated from these and other organizations.
     

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   • Sponsor a petition to deliver to your Illinois Congressperson. The Chicago Faith Coalition on Middle East Policy created a petition that was initially used in Congressional District 9. Over 1,000 constituents of Representative Schakowsky endorsed this petition (view and download a copy)
     
     
2. Establish working relationships with media editors and contacts. Use letters to the editor, op-eds or call in talk shows to influence and inform. Show DVD's that present Israeli/Palestinian issues on your local public access television station. Track media coverage of Israeli/Palestinian issues through the Palestine Media Project at www.geocities.com/palmediaproject/index.htm.
   
   
3. Boycott and Divest
   
   • Boycott companies whose products support the Israeli occupation or whose products are manufactured by Israeli settlers in West Bank settlement industrial parks. www.whoprofits.org
     
     
   • Urge organizations to divest their investments in companies who support the Israeli occupation or Israeli settlements in the West Bank. www.whoprofits.org
     
     
   • Join the boycott and divestment activities of the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation that are focused on Motorola and Caterpillar.
     http://www.endtheoccupation.org/article.php?list=type&type=203
     
     
4. Protest and Demonstrate
   • Annual Walk for security, justice, peace and reconciliation in Israel/Palestine held every May and sponsored by the Committee for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine. Details on organization's website www.cjpip.org
     
     
   • Check the CFCMEP calendar for scheduled protests or demonstrations