<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><br></div> <div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Please send out to your lists, the events are organized by student groups.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">thanks,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Marla</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small; ">Dear Friends,</span></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div><br></div> <table style="border: 1px solid black; margin: 10px 0px 10px 5px; width: 342px; height: 525px;" align="right" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="padding: 10px; background: rgb(209, 227, 204) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img alt="Maya Wind and Netta Mishly speak to a packed room in Seattle" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2577/3927163410_40915d08ab.jpg" border="0" height="173" hspace="3" vspace="3" width="235"></span></span></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shministim in Boston, October 4-5</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: small;"><br> </span></p> <hr><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sunday, October 4</span></span></b></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>►Clark University with Netta Mishly</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: smaller;">7 PM ♦ Johnston Auditorium in the Sackler Science Center ♦ 950 Main St, Worcester </span></span></p> <hr><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=4&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.WhyWeRefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Monday, October 5<br> </span></b></span></span></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>►Harvard Brown Bag Lunch</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br> </span></span><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">12 PM </span></span><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">♦ Law School/Pound Hall 201</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>►Northeastern University</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: smaller;"> 3:30 PM ♦ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Dockser 240 in the School of Law</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>►Brandeis University</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br> </span><span style="font-size: smaller;"> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">7 PM ♦ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Pearlman Lounge</span></span></span></p> <hr><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-size: smaller;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><span style="font-size: smaller;"> </span> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: smaller;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Got Facebook? </span></b></span><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.facebook.com%2Fcauses%2F345446%2F8625301" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Join the Cause</span></span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: smaller;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br> </span></b> </span><p><span style="font-size: smaller;"><b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Help support the tour</span></b><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=6&url=https%3A%2F%2Fsalsa.democracyinaction.org%2Fo%2F301%2Ft%2F9838%2Fshop%2Fcustom.jsp%3Fdonate_page_KEY%3D5196" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: smaller;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><b>with your donations</b></span></span></a></p><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> <span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span> </span> </span><div style="text-align: center; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div style="text-align: right; "><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table><div><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">For three weeks, Maya Wind and Netta Mishly, both from Israel, have been explaining to audiences across the country </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=7&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank">why they refuse</a> </b>to serve in the Israeli military.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;">They refuse to rule over an occupied people. They refuse to detain Palestinians without charge. They refuse to guard checkpoints, to enforce a siege, to usher in a humanitarian disaster.</span></span></span></div><p><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=8&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.WhyWeRefuse.org%2Fnew-york" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></b></span></a></p><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Speaking to hundreds of students at the University of Arizona, these two women reminded them, "Your tax dollars are going toward our Occupation!" They gave their personal accounts of how they came to be </span></font><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;">Shministim</span></font></i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"> - Israeli youth who have signed a letter stating their refusal to join the Israeli army. This was not a decision they came to lightly as they knew they would pay a price - military prison.</span></font></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=9&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fnew-england" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><span style="font-size: small;">You can learn why they paid that price, because they will be speaking at several locations in the Boston Area this Sunday, October 4 and Monday, October 5!</span></b></span></a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Help us publicize these events by forwarding this e-mail widely; you can also visit our tour website at </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=11&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.WhyWeRefuse.org" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>www.WhyWeRefuse.org</b></span></a> where you can find out when the Shministim will be in other cities. </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Don't forget to </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?key=-1&url_num=12&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whywerefuse.org%2Fspread-the-word%2F" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>pass the site along</b></span></a> to your friends, family, coworkers, e-mail lists, and affiliated organizations.</span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">We'll see you there!</span></p> <span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: smaller;">The Why We Refuse Tour is a joint project of Jewish Voice for Peace and <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);">CODE</span><b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 153);"><span>PINK</span></span></b></span></span></span></p></span></span></div></div></div></div><br></div><br></body></html>