In case you have not yet heard, there is an important effort to have the Park Slope Food Coop join the international Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Even if you are not a member of the Food Coop you can help!
Below is some background on what's happening. Here are two things you can do:
1) Queers Against Israeli Apartheid has signed up for one slot of leafletting at the Food Coop, as have many other groups around the city. If you can join us for an hour or two this coming Sunday, March 18th at 4 pm that would be terrific. If you can come, please send an email to Leslie Cagan (leslieca...@igc.org) so we know how many people to expect. The Coop is located at 782 Union Street, between 6th and 7th Avenues, in Park Slope.
2) If you are a member of the Park Slope Food Coop please be sure to attend the general membership meeting on Tuesday, March 27th and vote YES for a referendum that would allow all 16,000+ coop members to vote on join the BDS movement.
Please pass along this information to others as well. Thanks so much!!
Leslie Cagan
on behalf of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid (QAIA-NY)
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Background
On Tuesday, March 27th, the Park Slope Food Coop General Meeting will discuss and vote on whether to hold a coop referendum. The referendum would allow the entire
16,000 + membership to vote about whether the Coop should join the international Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement movement against the Israeli government's occupation of Palestine and its persecution of the Palestinian people. They need as many coop members as possible to attend as the vote in the March 27th General Meeting (GM) could be very close. This monthly meeting is where most important decisions are made for the coop. There are rarely more than 300 who attend, a small percentage of the membership. That's why they want to hold a coop-wide referendum.
Some of the ways BDS might be implemented at the coop (if the referendum passes) would be to stop selling Israeli products and perhaps to divest coop funds from corporations that support the Israeli oppression of Palestinians. For example, the Food Coop could stop selling the SodaStream seltzer makers and they could refuse to invest in the Motorola Corporation whose products are used to control movement of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza.
If you are a member of the Food Coop, you are urged to come to the March 27th meeting. If you sign up ahead of time you can also get workslot credit for attending. Please ask any coop member you know who would support the vote for a referendum to also attend.
Meeting Details:
Tuesday, March 27th - at 7 pm
Brooklyn Tech High School
29 Fort Greene Place (across from Fort Greene Park)
Nearest subway stops: R, Q, B to DeKalb Ave; G to Fulton Street; 2, 3,4,5 to Nevins Street
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