[MarvinStinson]

One member, Samia Shoman, is a Palestinian-American who teaches in the San Mateo Union High District.

Her lesson plans on Palestinian history have been featured as a teaching tool by the Qatar Foundation International, a group tied to the nation and its efforts to proliferate boycotts of Israel.

Shoman is also a pro-Palestinian activist on Twitter.

[MarvinStinson]

Another committee member, Gaye Theresa Johnson, an associate professor at UCLA college of social sciences, also has supported pro-Palestinian causes on Twitter, including retweets from pro-Iran individuals who have deemed Tehran as the victim in the ongoing nuclear standoff with the United States.