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I received this email this week:

Help the Somerville Coalition for Middle East Peace Defeat the Somerville Divestment Project - Now!
In 2004, an extremist group, the Somerville Divestment Project (SDP), tried and failed to get Somerville's aldermen to pass the country's first municipal divest-from-Israel resolution. In 2005, they tried and failed to collect enough signatures to get divestment onto the city-wide ballot. Now they are back again, having taken advantage of lenient requirements to get onto the ballot of a state district, with two questions targeting Israel on the ballot in Somerville's Middlesex 27th district

With your help, we can make sure they fail again! We are looking for volunteers to hold signs and distribute literature in the days and weeks leading up to the election, November 7. We will also need volunteers to be at polling places on Election Day. The district has 11 polling locations open from 7 AM until 8 PM. The most critical times are the morning (7-10 AM) and evening (5-8 PM).

Anyone who can join us can contact us at info@somervillepeace.org. Please include: Your name; Best e-mail address for communication; Hours you can volunteer on the 7th; Whether or not you will be able to tale part in other campaign activities before the election.

Because polls open early, we'd appreciate it if people who live in or near Somerville could sign up for morning hours if possible.

We will follow up with you next week regarding plans for polling day. Thanks and with your help, we might be able to make divestment history in Somerville.

Jon Haber
Somerville Coalition for Middle East Peace

From:

push-stars.livejournal.com

I think the town should concentrate on not losing money that they invest.

Look how this institution deals with politcal fire (http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=931) about their investments. And see how much money they are making. (http://financeprofessorblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/yales-money-guru-shares-wisdom-with.html)