AN INITIATIVE FROM THE PALESTINE SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE: PSC RESPONSE NETWORK

Dear friend of Palestinian human rights:

You are receiving this invitation letter either because you have expressed interest in the initiative described below or because you are on the mailing list of an activist organization. We apologize for multiple postings.

This is an invitation to participate in a new Response Network being organized by the Palestine Solidarity Committee of Seattle. The purpose of the Response Network is to provide opportunities regularly for participants to take action on important issues related to Palestinian human rights. The network will allow concerned citizens from all over Washington State to act in a coordinated way to influence U.S. foreign policy with regard to Israel/Palestine and the occupation.

We believe that those of us who oppose the Israeli occupation of Palestine and U.S. support for Israeli policies must work together more closely in order to influence U.S. foreign policy and media coverage of Israel/Palestine. In working more effectively for justice for Palestine , we are confident that we can increase the possibility for a broader peace throughout the Mideast .

If you are ready to take part in this initiative, please sign on by responding to us with as much of the following information as you wish to share: your name, mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address. To make the response network function via e-mail, at the very least we need your e-mail address. But the more of this information you provide for us, the more we will be able to include you in various activities such as meetings with political officials or with representatives of the media.

When the Response Network is activated, you will receive action bulletins from us regarding the most urgent issues once or twice a month. We will call your attention to an issue, suggest talking points, and provide you with the contact information for the appropriate government official or major media outlet. At that time, we hope that you will participate by contacting your representative or news editor, as the case may be. We also encourage you to send us copies of your postings so that we may learn from your work -- and so that we can keep track of the effectiveness of the project.

As we develop our technical capabilities, our action bulletins will be posted and archived on the Response Network section of our web site (see below), with information about the volume of response and the effectiveness of the project.

In this way, we hope to make a voice for peace and justice in the Middle East heard more clearly in Washington D.C. and in the editorial offices of this region's media!

To sign up and receive action alerts, please write to us at outreach@palestineinformation.org (not to the address in the heading above). If you have questions, suggestions or requests for us, please let us know. Also, we would very much appreciate your help in forwarding this letter to other potential participants in this response network.

To learn more about PSC— Seattle and the education and response network, please visit our website at www.palestineinformation.org

Thank you very much for your attention. We look forward to working with you on this exciting new initiative.

Sincerely,

The Palestine Solidarity Committee, Seattle