Today, the San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a press conference featuring local elected officials, Gazans, and Jews, to urge California officials to support the Ceasefire Now Resolution, as well as to address the growing safety concerns among Bay Area Palestinian and Muslim communities.
DATE: Thursday, October 19
TIME: 11:00am pt
LOCATION: CAIR-SFBA Office, 3160 De La Cruz Blvd., Suite 110, Santa Clara
WHO:
- Basim Elkarra, Palestinian-American with family in Gaza, CAIR Sacramento/Central Valley Office
- Dareen Sakalla, Palestinian-American with family in Gaza
- Maimona Afzal Berta, Santa Clara County Board of Education (for ID purposes only)
- Mohammad Subeh, Palestinian-American with family in Gaza
- Raeena Lari, Santa Clara County Board of Education (for ID purposes only)
- Wendy Greenfield, Jewish Voice for Peace-South Bay Chapter
RSVP: CAIR-SFBA Senior Communications Coordinator Lorrie Adam, 408.986.9874, ladam@cair.com