ADL Genocide Deniers Must Not Train Teachers on Genocide

Say NO to Echoes & Reflections Conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism

Expel the ADL From Schools

Dear CA Education Leaders:

As educators, parents, students and community stakeholders, we ask you NOT to contract or promote professional development with the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education until its teacher training program (1) includes scholars on Palestine and US-Israel genocide in Gaza (2) expels the Anti-Defamation League and other organizations that conflate antisemitism with anti-Zionism  in the Echoes & Reflections curriculum (3) develops a transparent and accountable governance structure.

Recently, California Governor Newsom signed SB 1277, which establishes the problematic Collaborative as the “statewide teacher professional development program on genocide, including the Holocaust, for school district, county office of education, and charter school teachers.”

The text of SB 1277 speaks in generalities about the Collaborative while failing to reveal its composition of 14 organizations, over half of which are supporters of Israel, including the powerful Anti-Defamation League that often works under the name of one of its thematic units: Echoes & Reflections. (scroll at the link for list of collaborative members). 

In  opposition to the legislation, Jewish Voice for Peace wrote:

“The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is on track to becoming the leading pro-Israel lobby on domestic issues in the United states. It is known for its Islamophobia and anti-Palestinian campaigns, and for ratcheting up false claims of antisemitism by conflating pro-Palestinian and anti-zionist expression with hatred of the Jewish people. It supports and lobbies for the widely discredited IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Act) definition of antisemitism, which designates criticism of Israel as a marker of antisemitic speech. It has complaints against multiple school districts across the country, including in California, as well as Title VI discrimination complaints with the federal Department of education Office of Civil Rights, alleging antisemitism in schools based on expressions of solidarity with the Palestinian people.”

The ADL agenda is clear–deny Israel’s genocide in Gaza and accuse those who argue otherwise of siding with terrorists. To learn more, read, "CA's New Law: ADL Genocide Deniers to Train Teachers on Genocide."

ADL lesson plans in its Echoes & Reflections Unit reflect the above concerns. Click on a lesson on how to talk about the “Israel-Hamas conflict” and up pops the ADL’s “Stay Informed Page,” which paints anti-Israel protesters as antisemitic. Additionally, the page  links to an ADL college campus report card that awards higher grades to colleges that have passed student senate resolutions against boycotts of Israel. 

Not only that but the ADL has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking social justice movements led by communities of color, queer people, immigrants, Muslims, Arabs, and other marginalized groups, while aligning itself with  right-wing leaders and perpetrators of state violence. 

In addition to our concerns about the ADL and the lack of representation of Palestine scholars in the Collaborative, we note that the State of California has outsourced genocide education to a collaborative with no accountability to the public. It’s unclear how an organization becomes a member of the Collaborative, how long the organization serves as a member and whether the Collaborative is subject to the Brown Act or the Public Records Act.

This is unacceptable. 

Please do not sign contracts with the California Teachers Collaborative for Holocaust and Genocide Education until it includes Palestinian rights organizations, untethers itself from the Anti-Defamation League and other organizations that conflate antisemitism with anti-Zionism and makes transparent its governance structure.

Our students need and deserve unbiased education about past and current genocidal actions.

(Note, this is an Open Letter in which your name will be made public. You are free to sign under your first or middle name without your last name.)

Local & Statewide Organizations

AFI for Palestine

Activist San Diego

Albany-El Cerrito for Palestine

All Saints Middle East Ministry-Pasadena

Arab American Civic Council

Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies-San Francisco State

Bay Area Women in Black

Berkeley Families for Collective Liberation

CAIR-CA

CAIR-LA

Central Coast Antiwar Coalition/CODEPINK Santa Barbara

CODEPINK Bay Area Chapter

CODEPINK-Los Angeles

CODEPINK-San Diego

Consortium for Palestine Studies at UCLA

Friends of Sabeel North America

Human Agenda-San Jose

ICNA Council for Social Justice SF Bay Area

Islamic Society of SLO County

Islamophobia Studies Center-Berkeley

Jewish Voice for Peace-Bay Area Chapter

Jewish Voice for Peace – Claremont Colleges

Jewish Voice for Peace-Los Angeles

Jewish Voice for Peace-Orange County

Jewish Voice for Peace-Sacramento

Jewish Voice for Peace-UC Berkeley

Jewish Voice for Peace-Santa Barbara

Jewish Voice for Peace - UC Santa Barbara

Jewish Voice for Peace-South Bay

Koreatown for Palestine

LA Educators for Justice in Palestine

LA Jews for Peace

LA Parents for Palestine

Leonard Peltier Support Group Silicon Valley (LPSG SV)

Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC)

MLK Coalition of Greater Los Angeles

OAE for Palestine

Oakland Jericho

Ojai Ceasefire Now Community

Orange County Peace Coalition

The Oscar Romero and Simone Weil Catholic Worker House, Hayward

Peace Academy, Arroyo Grande

Raza Against War-Fresno

Raza Education Committee of UTLA

San Francisco Educators for Palestine

San Jose Against War

San Jose Peace & Justice Center

Students for justice in Palestine at San Diego City College

Topanga Peace Alliance

Tri-Counties Palestine Network

UCLA Faculty For Justice in Palestine

United Educators of San Francisco

Venturans for a Just Palestine

Veterans for Peace-Los Angeles

14 Friends of Palestine, Marin

National & international Organizations

About Face Veterans Against The War

Al Enteshar newspaper

Asian American Justice + Innovation Lab

Asociación Cultural Q'anil San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala

Assange Defense Committee

Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)

Drop the ADL from Schools

International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network

Individual Signatories

Aamna Malik, Los Angeles

Aabru Madini, attorney, Claremont

Aaron Reveles, teacher, Los Angeles

Abe Vizcarra, Los Angeles

Ace Thelin, Forest Knolls

Adam Overton, community organizer, Long Beach

Addison Fonseca, school counselor, Berkeley

Adnan Hussain, Los Angeles

Adnan Rahman, Westminster

Afroze Bari, Los Angeles

Ahmed Khan, Torrance

Aida Williams, Oceanside

Aisling Gould, parent/teacher, Marina del Rey

Alan Fischer, child of Holocaust survivor, Santa Cruz

Ali Navid, LAUSD educator, Los Angeles

Alaa Elmani, Burbank

Alex Day, teacher, Berkeley

Alexia Arani, assistant professor, Nipomo

Alexandra Dionisio, end of life doula, Manhattan Beach

Alice Tavoukjian, attorney, Sierra Madre

Alisar Aoun, San Jose

Alison Elise, Oakland

Alison Rittger, Los Osos

Allison Rose, teacher, San Diego

Alison Wood, LAc, Forest Knolls

Alma Flores, North Hills

Alyssa Lopez, technologist, Long Beach

Amanda Moreno, teacher, Berkeley

Amanda Van Zetten, El Cajon

Amber Christianson, Los Angeles

Amina Charif, Fullerton

Amir Mohta, Laguna Niguel

Amy M Orozco, Carpinteria

Anabel Burke, academic advisor, Los Angeles

Anandaraj L Ponnambalam, Ojai

Anas Jandali, Granada Hills

Andie Frost, Long Beach

Andrea Prichett, teacher, Berkeley

Andrew Claycomb, RN, Los Angeles

Andrew Gallagher, Los Angeles

Andrew Gould, student, San Luis Obispo

Andrew K. Liberman, Santa Monica

Andrew Nguyen, Placentia

Aneil Rallin, Los Angeles

Anoush Ekparian, Fresno

Ann Dorsey, Northridge

Angela Isaacs, Albany

Anna Danielian, Los Angeles

Anna Rogers, San Rafael

Anna Shakeh Torosyan, Glendal

Anna Torosyan, Glendale

Anne Elliott, San Diego

Anthony Daniell, Los Angeles

Annysa Sarne, San Luis Obispo

Anthony Ratcliff, professor, Los Angeles

Anthony Zhu, Los Angeles

Aram Pirjanian, Tujunga

Argelia Nava-Massey, Irvine

Ari Stocking, San Rafael

Arina Sarwari, Oakland

Armon Ketchum, Upper Lake

Arturo Cambron, Los Angeles

Arun Khanna, teacher, Berkeley

Ashraf Tubeileh, associate professor, CAL Poly, Pismo Beach

Asim Tamimi, Tustin

Asma Rasikh, Los Angeles

Audrey Schaps, nurse practitioner, Los Angeles

Ayse Arf, Los Angeles

Ava Azimi, physician, Redondo Beach

Azad Rayyes, Lomita

Aziz Baameur, retired UC advisor, Morgan Hill

Barbara Erickson, retired journalism teacher, UC Berkeley

Barbara Leighton, Newbury Park

Barbara Parmet, co-organizer, Jewish Voice for Peace-Santa Barbara

Barbara Poland, La Crescenta

Barry Price, San Luis Obispo

Bassam Bamieh, professor, UCSB, Goleta

Bassam Baroudi, San José

Bassam Sharif, Glendale

Bassemah Darwish, La Mesa

Beatriz Gonzalez, nurse, San Fernando

Beatriz Noronha, North Hollywood

Beck Friedman, Oakland

Becky Villagran, Oakland

Benjamin Kersten, teaching assistant-UCLA, Los Angeles

Benjamin Wright, Sherman Oaks

Bernie Eisenberg, Los Angeles

Bert Knorr, Berkeley

Beth Clark, teacher, Santa Monica

Beth Herrmann, Eureka

Bill Palmisano, educator, UCSB

Bishnupriya Ghosh, professor, Santa Barbara

Bob Levitt, Santa Monica

Bobby Pelz, teacher, Watsonville

Bonnie Lockhart, musician, Oakland

Bonnie Willdorf, San Francisco

Brenda Berk, Monterrey Park

Brian S.P., San Pedro

Cady Sitkin, teacher, SFUSD, San Francisco

Candace Carnicelli, Topanga

Candace Khanna, Berkeley

Candiss Youngblood, teacher, Berkeley Unified School District

Cara Martinez, college teacher, Santa Monica

Caragh Barry, university lecturer, Santa Barbara

Carla Pauley, Sherman Oaks

Carly Kol, Los Angeles

Carmen Grande, Los Angeles

Carmen Nasser Nichols, Carlsbad

Carol Kamjou, Newbury Park

Carole H Browner, professor, Los Angeles

Carol Mitchell, retired speech pathologist, Culver City School District

Carolina Lopez, Pasadena

Carolyn Krueger, Morro Bay

Carrie Leung, structural engineer, San Francisco

Carrie Mouro, San Rafael

Carrie Scoville, San Pedro

Catherine Hourcade, Stockton

Catherine Salvin, teacher, San Francisco

Cathy Deppe, Los Angeles

Chantal Kovash, teacher, Sebastopol

Chantelle Lorenz, Oakland

Cheri Brown, Hayward

Cheryl Marie, Santa Cruz

Cheryl Storton, retired teacher, Arroyo Grande

Chris Gorman, Oceanside

Christina Salvin, teacher, Hollister

Christine Apgar, Irvine

Christine Ferriter, Los Angeles

Christina Harb, teacher, Berkeley

Christine Hong, professor, UC Santa Cruz

Christina Colón, Los Angeles County

Christopher Davis, Watsonville

Christina Perry, behavioral coach, El Cajon

Christopher Caulkins, janitor, Long Beach

Christy Juarez, Los Angeles

Christopher Jewell, retired software engineer, San Rafael

Chrys Nelson, caretaker, Los Angeles

Cindy Shamban, Berkeley

Clemen Avalos, school psychologist, Los Angeles

Cliff Olin, UTLA, South Pasadena

Coby Friedman, Fairfax

Conner Dahlberg, Pasadena

Conrad J. Benedicto, teacher, San Francisco

Cris Gutierrez, retired teacher, Santa Monica

Cubby Sherman, Los Angeles

Cynthia Yohe, Folsom

Cynthia Papermaster, Berkeley

Cyrus Mayer, land worker, Los Angeles County

Danielle Kolker, teacher, Los Angeles

Dana Bramble, Sherman Oaks

Daniel Gaines, therapist, Los Angeles

Danielle Mudge, director, North Hollywood

Dan Yaseen, Fresno

Darlene Lee, Los Angeles

Daryn Copeland, Los Angeles

David Feldman, teacher, Los Angeles

David Keeler, Westminster

David Klein, professor emeritus, Los Angeles

David Lloyd, distinguished professor, Los Angeles

David Mandel, human rights attorney, Sacramento

David McLaughlin, Los Angeles

David Schroeder, Berkeley

David Troy, Topanga

David Yohe, Morro Bay

Deborah Alfaddaghi, Upland

Deborah Duenas, psychotherapist, Fairfax

Deana Hsu, Santa Clara County

Dema Sabha, Ła Palma

Denis P. Recendez, Azusa

Denise Hingle, retired early childhood teacher, Berkeley

Denise Larsson, Santa Cruz

Dennis Kortheuer, Long Beach

Devin Swanson, Carlsbad

Diane Hirsch Garcia, Los Angeles

Dina Al-Kassim, professor emerita-UC Irvine, Los Angeles

Dolores Howard, retired community college professor, Paso Robles

Donald Yip, Arcadia

Donna Pulling, Orcutt

Donna Wallach, in home support service, San José

Dorah Rosen, Santa Cruz

Doris Maya, social worker, Los Angeles

Dov Lazarus, Irvine

Dr. Daniel Lee, Los Angeles

Dr. Hatem Bazian, Islamophobia Studies Center, CEO, Berkeley

Dr. Oscar Fabian Soto, professor, Valley Center, San Diego County

Driss Benkhaled, Signal Hill

Duncan Mackay, El Monte

Edie Pistolesi, retired public school teacher, Los Angeles

Edith Lopez, Santa Barbara

Ednie Kaeh Garrison, lecturer, Lompoc

Edward Archbold, security, San Bernardino

Edward Fisher, Pasadena

Elaine Huynh, social studies teacher, Los Angeles

Eli Davies, Aptos

Elijah Teller, Los Angeles

Elise Flashman, designer, Los angeles

Elizabeth Barrios, Los Angeles

Elizabeth Lee, San Bernadino

Elizabeth Teyuca, library aide, Los Angeles

Ella Cavlan, Los Angeles

Ellen Nielsen, Los Angeles

Ellie Casson, Pasadena

Elizabeth Uy, Kern

Elly Levy, attorney, Los Angeles

Eman El, nurse, Pało Alto

Emelyn Judgd, San Diego

Emily Debinie, Culver City

Emilia Kibling, Torrance

Erica Schatz, teacher, Lomita

Erik Phillip, Oakland

Ernesto Ayala, vice-chair, Partido Nacional de La Raza Unida, Pacoima

Estee Chandler, Los Angeles

Ethan Stanislawski, Los Angeles

Eva Diez, teacher, Berkeley

Eva Goodwin, parent, Oakland

Evelyn Valdez, Los Angeles

Fernando Islas, Los angeles

Jay Falconer, teacher, Long Beach

Judy Greenspan, Oakland

Fairuze Ahmed Ramirez, adjunct professor of English, Sacramento

Farah Davari, retired union specialist, Los Angeles

Farzana Asaduzzaman, analyst, Altadena

Fatmeh Atieh bakhit, Los Angeles

Fernando Islas, Los Angeles

Flora Wang, Lake Forest/Orange County

Florence V Anderson, teacher, San Jose

Fran Carbonaro, Sebastopol

Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla, board member, Activist San Diego

Francesca Roth, Los Angeles

Frank Dorrel, publisher, Addicted to War, Culver City

G. DaPonte, Joshua Tree

Gabriel Barraza, Watsonville

Gene St Onge, Oakland

Gabriel Studt, teacher, Canoga Park HS

Genesis Nambo, substitute, Alameda

Gerard Meraz, Los Angeles

Gilbert Saucedo, Los Angeles

Gillian Claycomb, teacher in LAUSD, Los Angeles

Gillian Russom, teacher, Los Angeles

Giovanna Cockerill, Los Angeles

Gladwyn d'Souza, Belmont

Glen Janken, teacher, Los Angeles

Gloria Hernandez, Fresno

Gordon Clint, Newbury Park

Grace park, EL teacher, Northridge

Graziella Grace Severtson, Corte Madera

Grecia Rivera, Mountain View

Gwendolyn Wiegold, Glendale

Hadeal Moustafa, speech pathologist, Simi Valley

Halei Parker, Los Angeles

Hailey O'Brien, garden teacher, Berkeley

Hamza Byarushengo, Lancaster

Hanadi Shatara, assistant professor-Sacramento State, Sacramento

Hanieh Jodat, Irvine

Haniya Shafi, Porter Ranch

Hannah Day, teacher, Los Angeles

Hannah Shay, Los Angeles

Heather Alicia deBest, ESL teacher, San Francisco

Hela Loudhaief, Westminster

Helen Sklar, retired attorney, Los Angeles

Helena Pasquarella, Ojai

Herbert F. Mintz II, San Francisco

Hemant Bhalla, San Gabriel

Hero Freedom, Santa Barbara

Hertha D. Sweet Wong, professor of the graduate school, English UC Berkeley, Albany

Hilda Munoz, educator, San Francisco

Hilary Ruggiano, Los Angeles

Hillal Jarrar, San Luis Obispo

Howard Winant, distinguished professor, UCSB, Santa Barbara

Husam Ghanim, Pasadena

Huzaifa Ashraf, professor, Walnut

Ian Schiffer, Santa Monica

Iris Mendoza, teacher, Los Angeles

Isabel Hernandez, Los Angeles

Isabelle Kay, La Jolla

Ivanska Pagan, Los Angeles

Ivy Gullickson, Ventura

Jack Heyman, former business agent, ILWU 10/retired, Oakland

Jane Zighelboim Awni, Bell Canyon

Jane Jewell, founder, 14 Friends of Palestine, San Rafael

Janet Weil, Palm Desert

Jedi Samhat, Tujunga

Jeff Warner, Los Angeles

Jerome Palacios Myerson, Los Angeles

Jerome R Hoffman, emeritus professor, Santa Barbara

Jack Roche, Los Angeles

Jacob Blumberg, Los Angeles

Jaime Young, nurse practitioner, Richmond

James Cirile, Los Angeles

James Coke, former LAUSD teacher, Long Beach

James Lafferty, Los Angeles

Jan Bauman, San Rafael

Jane Jewell, San Rafael

Jane Lehr, Cal Poly professor, San Luis Obispo

Jane Affonso, Redondo Beach

Janet Salem, retired administrator LAUSD, Monterrey Park

Janet Winston, professor of English, Eureka

Janette Blake, nurse, Palmdale

Jay Falconer, teacher, Los Angeles

Jean Zeibak, Montecito

Jeanne Whitesell, Huntington Beach

Jeffrey Cooper, retired history professor, Los Angeles

Jerome Palacios Myerson, Los Angeles

Jerry Rosen, professor emeritus-CSUN, Chatsworth

Jenet Morrow, Long Beach

Jennifer Albright, teacher, San Pedro

Jenny Marashi, Esq., attorney, Manhattan Beach

Jerome Geffner, Oakland

Jess M Garcia, Visalia

Jesse Lerner, Los Angeles

Jesse Phillips, educator, Los Angeles

Jesse Wheeler, Associate Executive Director, Friends of Sabeel North America, Fremont

Jessica Parral, Los Angeles

Jim McKinney, retired instructor, San Francisco

Jim Silva, retired teacher, Lompoc

Jim Yarborough, Newbury Park

Joan Meisel, Cloverdale

Joan Sekler, Santa Monica

Jody Lewis, Ojai

Joe Cernac, San Jose

John Caravello, lecturer,  Ventura

John Roche, Los Angeles

Jonah Cohn, Berkeley

Jonah Lounds, teacher, Oakland

Joanas Oppenheim, Los Angeles

Jody Lewis, Ojai

Joe Mellis, Los Angeles

John E. Douglas, Santa Barbara

Jonathan Madamba, actor, Mountain View

Josh Goldner, Los Angeles

Joshua Shaw, Los Angeles

Joshua Shurley, Professor of Political Science, Fresno

Josie Yep, El Segundo

Judy Levitt, Los Angeles

Judith Green, El Centro

Judith Sandoval, San Francisco

Julie Ershadi, teaching associate, UCLA

Juliana Fredman, Berkeley

Julieanna Thompson, arts educator, Culver City

Julie Levine, co-director, Topanga Peace Alliance

Julia Peck, Albany

Julie Wild, Livermore

Juwairiah Syed-Razzaq , Los Angeles

Joseph Morales, Los Angeles

K Habib, San Luis Obispo

Kaitlin Amorde, teacher, LAUSD, Los Angeles

Karen Hilfman, Los Angeles

Karl Schaffer, Emeritus Mathematics Faculty, De Anza College, SCOTTS VALLEY

Kathleen Hernandez, retired LAUSD teacher, Los Angeles

Katherine Sogolow, Grass Valley

Kathy Stenger, Encinitas

Karina Dixon, Sherman Oaks

Karina Cristerna-Ragasol, San Diego

Karis Kazuko Taylor, special ed teacher, Berkeley

Katie Tanner, Yorba Linda

Kayleen Kuykendall, case manager, Garden Grove

Keelia Alder, Oakland

Ken Dursa, Salinas

Kerri McCanna, Irvine

Khaled Zahran, Tustin

Kinneret Alexander, professor, City College of San Francisco, Berkeley

Kitron Wedding, Norwalk

Kristina Castillo, SFUSD, San Francisco

Kyran Joughin, former teacher, Los Angeles

Lane Goldszer, Los Angeles

Larry Abbott, Los Angeles

Larry Gross, emeritus professor, USC, Los Angeles

Lata Murti, faculty lecturer in sociology, Santa Maria

Laura Hayek, college counselor, Vista

Laura Gonzalez, Santa Rosa

Laura Shilleh, retired teacher, Riverside

Laurel Moorhead, San Diego

Lauren Boumaroun, Los Angeles

Lauren Del Rosa, math teacher, Berkeley

Laura Gorrin, teacher, Berkeley

Layla Isherwood, Oakland

Leah Yananton, tutor, Los Angeles

Leda Ramos, Chicanax Latinx studies lecturer, Los Angeles

Lee Rosen, Santa Cruz

Lee Whitten, retired professor, LACC, Los Angeles

Lena Rothman, Sebastopol

Lenny Potash, Los Angeles

Leone Avery, public school teacher, Los Osos

Leslie Zeiger, parent, Los Altos

Les Shipnuck, Berkeley, CA

Laura Pinho, Winnetka

Lily Filgueira, psychotherapist, Los Angeles

Lily Rose Feldman, arborist, Oakland

Lina Baroudi, San Jose

Linda Khoury, advisor, San Mateo

Linda Milazzo, retired LAUSD teacher, West Hills

Lilly Sierra, Buena Park

Lisa Hajjar, sociology professor, UCSB, Santa Barbara

Lisa Kahler, Chino

Lisa Jouet, San Luis Obispo

Lisa Rofel, professor emerita, University of California, San Francisco

Lizbeth Diaz, Simi Valley

Liz Mealey, cinematographer, Los Angeles

Liz Mulford, Cupertino

Lori Garcia, Clovis

Lorin Peters, retired teacher, San Francisco

Loretta Huizar, Los Angeles

Lourdes Barraza, Watsonville

Lubna Hassan, San Joaquin

Luis Mora, teacher, Wilmington

M. Theresa Basile, Culver City

Magdy Hussein, Sunnyvale

Maggie Vascassenno, Los Angeles

Magick Altman, Sebastopol

Magida Abolhosn, Irvine

Mahbub Morshed, analyst, Altadena

Mahmood Ibrahim, Los Angeles

Manzar Foroohar, professor emerita-Cal Poly, Los Angeles

Marcelino Sepulveda, Buellton

Marcia L. Hoffman, Altadena

Marc Matheson, Inverness

Marcy Winograd, UTLA/CTA retired, Santa Barbara

Marc Wutschke, retired Los Angeles teacher, Los Angeles

Margarita Haussler, Santa Maria

Mariah Fontijn, teacher, Culver City

Marita Mayer, San Anselmo

Martha Soto, Fresno

Marya Mokhtarzada, student, Silver Spring

Morgan Leafe, MD, physician, Santa Barbara

Marjorie Mikels, Oakland

Mark Bell, Fairfax

Mark Kleiman, Los Angeles

Mario Hazboun, Harbor City

Marvin Cohen, retired teacher/counselor, Walnut Creek

Mary Hill, retired teacher, Alameda

Matthew Jacobs, assistant professor, Santa Barbara

Maeve James-Dudgeon, social worker, Long Beach

Maia Wachtel, Berkeley

Mali McCormack, Santa Barbara

Malik Adani, CDI physician advisor, Corona

Masha Albrecht, educator, Berkeley

Maureen Cruise, Pacific Palisades

Marc Azar, Los Angeles

Marcy Newman, teacher, Los Angeles

Margaret Okuzumi, Sunnyvale

Margot Goldstein, SFUSD, San Francisco

Marie River, Forest Knolls

Marium Elshwahyk, Harbor City

Marsha Jauregui, teacher, Los Angeles

Marsha Respess, Panorama City

Martha Larsen, San Francisco

Mary Folsom, Santa Barbara

Mary Koharchick, Bakersfield

Mary Prophet, retired teacher, Oakland

Mary Rosen, professor emeritus-CSUN, Chatsworth

Marya Shahriary, Los Angeles

Maryam Abdulrahaman, Los Angeles

Marwan Saba, Laguna Beach

Matthew Solomon, Los Angeles

Maya Finlay, audio engineer, Carpinteria

Maya Steinhart, SPED teacher, Sacramento

Maya Suzuki Daniels, educator, Los Angeles

Max Alaghband, Santa Monica

Maya Elson, educator, Santa Cruz

Maya Hilmi, UC organizer, Berkeley

Megan Hoelle, parent, Los Angeles

Maureen Silva, Lompoc

Mauricio Gomez, RSP, Oakland

Melanie Cohen, Redondo Beach

Melina Paris, Rancho Palos Verdes

Melissa Cortez, associate dean, Los Angeles

Melissa Tomjanovich, filmmaker, Los Angeles

Michael Gearin, teacher, LAUSD, Wilmington

Michael Lindley, Los Angeles

Michael Lyon, retired biomedical technician, Berkeley

Michel Shammaa, Glendale

Michael Shane, social studies teacher, Oakland

Michael Solomon, Los Angeles

Mika Van Spanje, Oakland

Mikhail Tarech, Santa Barbara

Michael Brackney, San Diego

Michael Novick, UTLA retired

Michelle Boley, producer, Los Angeles

Miguel Hernandez, college student, Pomona

Mike Dixon, English instructor, Ventura College & Santa Monica College, Seal Beach

Mike Lim, photographer, Los Angeles

Milly Itzhak, Claremont

Milo Matthews, RN, San Francisco

Miren Martinez, Glendora

Miriam MacKay-Gill, San Luis Obispo

Mitchell Floch, San Diego

Molly Larkey, Los Angeles

Molly Salyk, Emerson

Monadel Herzallah, teacher, SFUSD, San Francisco

Nahla Salem, Silverado

Nadia Salameh, San Diego

Nadia Swanson, Carlsbad

Nancy Gallagher, professor emerita, Newbury Park

Nancy Kaufman, retired teacher, Oxnard

Nancy Meredith, Santa Rosa

Nancy Stein, Point Reyes Station

Naomi Pitcairn, Los Angeles

Nargis Kher, Garden Grove

Nasir Sufi, Irvine

Nat Low, data specialist, Aptos

Natt Mintrasak, Long Beach

Nena Aziz, San Diego

Nicholas Tipple, Los Angeles

Nick Wortham, Jewish school counselor, Berkeley

Nicole Ballivian, San Rafael

Nicole Goodman, LAUSD counselor, Los Angeles

Nicole Kurtz, Los Angeles

Nicole Sabourian, Santa Monica

Nicole Soliz, Los angeles

Nida Malik, Irvine

Nikki Sachs, Berkeley

Niloofar Alishahi, Ventura

Nishat Ahmed, Corona

Noah Levitt, San Francisco

Noel Sanborn, Palo Alto

Noha Kolkailah, San Luis Obispo

Nolan Teixeira, Inglewood

Noor Molvi, Van Nuys

Nora Schild, Ventura

Nowwar Mustafa, physician, Hayward

Nova Reyer, disabled veteran, Los Angeles

Olga Garcia, lecturer in Chicana(o) studies, CSULA

Obada Ghabra, presentation designer, Irvine

Omar Quwaider, Burbank

Owen Taylor, student, Los Angeles

Pamela Erwin, Santa Monica

Paolo Cruzalegui, human rights consultant, Poway

Pat Swyney, Los Angeles

Patricia Morton, Los Angeles

Peggy Koteen, San Luis Obispo

Peggy Thompson, Arroyo Grande

Peter Alsop, Topanga

Peter Wagner, Van Nuys

Paolo Brinderson, student senator, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara

Paul Larudee, treasurer, Association for Investment in Popular Action Committees, El Cerrito

Paul McDermott, former social studies teacher, Los Angeles

Penny Rosenwasser, instructor, City College of San Francisco, Oakland

Phillip Pflager, Cupertino

Prranit Vaswani, Los Angeles

R. Reyes, San Luis Obispo

Rabab Abdulhadi, director, Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas (AMED) Studies, SF State University

Rabia Djellouli, professor, Los Angeles

Rachel Beck, San Diego

Rachael Brunhke, San Pedro

Rachel Sanchez, Los Angeles

Rain Mazumder, San Luis Obispo

Raine Gardener-Felix, Atascadero

Rakesh Khanna, Berkeley

Randa Hamida, Anaheim Hills

Randall Heyn-Lamb, retired RN and educator, Pasadena

Ramiro Detrinidad, Bell Gardens

Ramon Grosfoguel, Professor UC-BERKELEY 

Rand Clark, Santa Barbara

Randi Hokett, Los Angeles

Randy Ziglar, Santa Monica

Rebecca Arvizu, Agoura Hills

Rebecca Riley, Northridge

Rebecca Tucker, Santa Barbara

Reem Jaber, educator, Rancho Cucamonga

Renee Rashid, Los Altos

Robert Kirkconnell, Crestline

Richard Habib, Westlake Village

Rick Chertoff, Sherman Oaks

Rima Abu-Isa Thierry, teacher, Los Angeles

Rio Rivera, Glendale

Rita Cahn, LCSW, Emeryville

Robert D Skeels, Esq, senior attorney, Los Angeles

Roberta Frye, Culver City

Roberto Le-Fort, organic farmer, Creston

Robin L. Dodds, associate professor, CSULA, Los Angeles

Rodger Scott, City College of San Francisco

Rola Murtada, Irvine

Roomana, Torrance

Rose Lynn Abesamis-Bell, Berkeley

Rosemary Lee, UTLA Retired, Los Angeles

Rosemary Young, retired teacher, El Cerrito

Ross S. Heckmann, Arcadia

Ron Gochez, High School Ethnic Studies Teacher, Los Angeles

Roxanne Stys, Los Angeles

Roy Felig, electrical engineer, La Palma

Ryan O'Byrne, teacher UC Riverside

Ryan Wentz, Los Angeles

Sahar Habib Ghazi, parent, Berkeley

Sahar Masud, San Francisco

Salem Ajluni, economist, San Jose

Sally Sanders, Laguna Beach

Sam Malabre, lecturer, Los Angeles

Sama AbuAyyash, San Francisco

Sameena Usman, Santa Clara

Sami Swarn, Los Angeles

Samir Twair, Los Angeles

Sana Shams, engineer/UCLA, Long Beach

Sandra Fernandez, Los Angeles

Sandra Sunshine Williams, retired LAUSD teacher, Pacific Palisades

Sara Bazan, Santa Barbara

Sarah Cruz, Azusa

Sarah K, teacher, Oakland

Sara Lyons, Los Angeles

Sara Powell, San Francisco

Sara Webb, teacher, Freedom/Santa Cruz County

Sarah Wheels, teacher, Oakland

Sasha Ali, Los Angeles

Scott Kam, San Luis Obispo

Scott Scheffer, Los Angeles

Sean Dougherty, Santa Cruz

Set Hernandez, filmmaker, Panorama City

Seth Morrison, activist, El Cerrito

Shahnaz Parvin, San Luis Obispo

Shahrzad Shishegar, West Covina

Shamia Munshi, teacher, San Rafael

Shannon Paaske, LAUSD educator, Long Beach

Shanae Aurora Martinez, assistant professor, CAL Poly, Grover Beach

Shannon Phillips, Pomona

Shanti Sandosham, Ventura

Shapla Choudhury, educator/organizer, South Los Angeles

Sharat G. Lin, San Jose

Sharon Byers, Downey

Sharon Chappell, author and educator, Oxnard

Shauna Rasool, Tulare

Shaq Bdair, Torrance

Shayna Hawk, co-founder, Jewish Voice for Peace-UCLA, Goleta

Shayna Yanagita, Santa Barbara

Sherry Lewis, San Luis Obispo

Shirley Azzghayer, Burlingame

Silma Kamaldeen, substitute teacher, Reseda

Sissel Hawkes, retired teacher, Los Angeles

Sohaib Khan, assistant professor, Occidental College, Los Angeles

Sonja Verdugo, organizer, Los Angeles

Steve Jolly, Riverside

Stephen Ruby, educator, El Cerrito

Stevie Schwartz, Berkeley

Skye Lovett, Berkeley

Steph Kudisch, Oakland

Steve Morse, Oakland

Stefani Blue, Victorville

Stephanie Lin, Rowland Heights

Stephen Roddy, professor, San Francisco

Sue Griffin, lawyer, Chico

Sue Scaduto, Santa Monica

Suha Amer, Los Angeles

Suleman Helmandi, Los Angeles

Sumaya Bezrati, Los Angeles

Susan J Witka, retired SFUSD teacher, San Francisco

Susan Shawl, Oakland

Susan Wright, lecturer, Aptos

Susana Pezoa, retired bilingual teacher, San Jose

Susie Baldwin, Los Angeles

Silvia Brandon Perez, founder, The Oscar Romero and Simone Weil Catholic Worker House, Hayward

Stevie Schwartz, Berkeley

Syeda ShahBano Ijaz, assistant professor, Los Angeles

Sylvia Aghabekian Lowden, Santa Barbara

Taghreed Nasrah, Castro Valley

Tahseen Siddiqui, software engineer, Los Angeles

Tanya Klein, Los Angeles

Tara Peters, teacher, Los Angeles

Tarek Suwwan, Los Altos

Tatiana Mardirosian, San Rafael

Tatjana Soli, writer, Corona Del Mar

Tayler Hall, substitute teacher, San Jose

Taylor Heine, Visalia

TJ Shin, Los Angeles

Theresa Brady, Moorpark

Theresa Fiallos, Los Angeles

Theresa Montaño, co-founder, Liberated Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Consortium (LESMCC), LA

Tighe Barry, Santa Monica

Tiffany Mujahed, Santa Barbara

Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, educator, Irvine

Timothy Hughes, teacher, Los Angeles

Tina Rasnow, Newbury Park

Toby Blomé, attended K-12 in LA County schools, retired teacher, El Cerrito

Tom Pitman, Burbank

Tory Cox, Oakland

Tracy Elliott, retired LAUSD, Studio City

Unhae Langis, Santa Cruz

Van Deshields, Los Angeles

Vanessa Arredondo, Santa Ana

Vanessa Preisler, professor of Physics, Pasadena

Verenice Bravo, teacher, Oakland

Victoria Best, Santa Monica

Victoria Kromhout, San Luis Obispo

Victoria Vanzandt, therapist, Los Angeles

Vicki Carroll, teacher, Atascadero

Vida Samiian, Fresno

Vincent De Stefano, national organizing director, Assange Defense Committee

Violeta Gonzalez, Los Angeles

Vivian Zelaya, Berkeley

Walid Afifi, UCSB professor, Santa Barbara

Walter Douglas, Los Angeles

Wendy Greenfield, San Jose

Wendy Maya, Los Angeles

William Ingram, Los Angeles

William K. Rentz, Sebastopol

William I Robinson , sociology professor, Los Angeles

Willow Katz, Santa Cruz

Yadira Mojica, Los Angeles

Yasmine Morsy, Contra Costa

Yvette Felarca, teacher, Oakland

Yomna Ali, Riverside

Zoreen Mamoon, Fullerton

Zachary Gonzalez, Los Angeles

Zhany Welsh, Riverside

Zia GV, teacher, Berkeley