Individual Endorsers
As of December 29, 2010
Listed affiliations are for identification purposes only
"We defeated apartheid nonviolently because the international community agreed to support the disinvestment in apartheid campaign. A similar campaign can help to bring peace in the Middle East and do so nonviolently."
—Archbishop Desmond Tutu, August 2010
Anna Baltzer, Human Rights Activist and Author, Witness in Palestine
Phyllis Bennis, New Internationalism Project, Institute for Policy Studies. Washington, DC
Mark Braverman, Activist and Author, Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land
Noam Chomsky, Author, Institute Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cindy and Craig Corrie, Activist Parents of Rachel Corrie; Founders, Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace and Justice
Hedy Epstein, Activist and Speaker
Norman Finkelstein, Writer and Lecturer
Bill Fletcher, Jr., Former President, TransAfrica Forum
Mairead Maguire, Nobel Peace Laureate, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Cynthia McKinney, Former Congresswoman (Georgia), Green Party Presidential Nominee
Cindy Sheehan, National Director, Peace of the Action
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate, Cape Town, South Africa
"As a human rights activist and Jewish woman of conscience, I endorse this ballot measure urging California to divest in companies complicit in Israeli occupation of Palestine... let us say, "No more money for the brutal Israeli occupation of Palestine. Californians support human rights."
—Marcy Winograd, Former CA Congressional Candidate, August 2010
Laila Al-Marayati, Muslim Public Affairs Council
Carlos Alvarez, Candidate for CA Governor (Peace & Freedom Party; Party for Socialism & Liberation)
Sara Amir, Former California Green Party Candidate for Lt. Governor
Aris Anagnos, Peace Activist, Executive VP, Southern California Chapter of Americans for Democratic Action - Los Angeles
Charles Anderson, President, Orange County Chapter, American Civil Liberties Union; Chair, OC Peace and Freedom Party; Former President, Tustin Municipal Employee Association
Rev. Dr John Anderson, Presbyterian Minister, San Francisco
Hussam Ayloush, Executive Director, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Greater Los Angeles Area
Sam Bahour, Palestinian American Activist and businessperson, Palestine
Hatem Bazian, Founder and National Chairman, American Muslims for Palestine, Berkeley
Richard Becker, Author, Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire
Marylou Cabral, Candidate for CA Secretary of State (Peace & Freedom Party; Party for Socialism and Liberation)
Richard R. Castaldo, Peace & Freedom Party (PFP) Congressional Candidate for CA 30th District; Columbine CO High School Survivor, Los Angeles
Rev. Jim Conn, Retired United Methodist Minister, Former Mayor, Santa Monica
Roger Dittmann, California State University, Fullerton; President, US Federation of Scholars and Scientists; Former President, AFT #1588; Former President, Unitarian Society, Orange County
Frank Dorrel, Los Angeles Peace Activist, Grassroots Educator and Publisher, Addicted to War
Allan Fisher, City College of San Francisco; Executive Board, AFT 2121
Jess Ghannam, Coordinating Committee, Al-Awda (The Palestinian Right to Return Coalition), San Francisco
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Cofounder, Shomer Shalom Network for Jewish Nonviolence
Beau Grosscup, Former Chapter President, California Faculty Association (CFA), Chico
Daniel Hamburg, Former US Congressman, Former California Green Party Candidate for Governor
Sheikh Taha Hassane, Imam, Islamic Center of San Diego
Dr. Maher Hathout , Chairman, Islamic Shura Council
Scott Kennedy, Cofounder, Resource Center for Nonviolence; Board Member, Interfaith Peace-Builders; Two-time Former Mayor, Santa Cruz
Hamid Khan, Executive Director, South Asian Network, Artesia
Janet Kobren, Oakland, Retired New York City Teacher; Gaza Freedom Flotilla Participant; Member, American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
James Lafferty, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles
Pamela de Maigret, Foreign Correspondent, Documentary Filmmaker and Writer, Los Angeles
Rev. Darrel Meyers, Retired Presbyterian Minister, Los Angeles
Michael Novick, Author, Publisher, Turning the Tide; Former Chapter Chair, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA); Former Member, UTLA House of Representatives
Jim Odling, Retired Member, Firefighters Local 1014, Los Angeles
Ed Purcell, Labor Relations Consultant, Los Angeles
David Rasmussen, Former President, California Association of Professional Scientists
Gloria La Riva, CA Candidate for U.S. Congress (Peace & Freedom Party; Party for Socialism & Liberation)
Bernard Rohrbacher, Director of Representation, California Faculty Association (CFA)
Emma Rosenthal, Retired Teacher/STRS member; Director, Cafe Intifada; Contributor, Shifting Sands: Jewish Women Confront the Israeli Occupation
Khalilah Sabra, Civil Rights Activist and Author, An Unordinary Death, the Life of a Palestinian
Gonzalo Santos, Former Chapter President, California Faculty Association (CFA), Bakersfield
Stanley K. Sheinbaum, Founding Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly; UC Regent Emeritus; President, Los Angeles Police Commission
Rev. Jerald M. Stinson, Senior Minister, First Congregational Church of Long Beach
Shakeel Syed, Executive Director, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California
Clarence Thomas, Former Secretary-Treasurer, ILWU Local 10, Oakland
Mohammad Ashraf Toor, National Chair, Pakistani American Democratic Forum (PADF)
Imam Mustafa Umar, Associate Director - Islamic Society of Corona-Norco
Darlene Wallach, Northern California Coordinator, Free Gaza Movement, San Jose
Donna Wallach, Justice for Palestinians, San Jose
Rev. DarEll T. Weist, Retired United Methodist Minister, Pasadena
Marcy Winograd, Former CA Congressional Candidate; STRS Participant, Los Angeles
Rev. Dr. Tony Wolfe, Presbyterian Minister, San Diego
Rev. Michael Yoshii, Buena Vista United Methodist Church, Alameda