On September 24, Bay Area poets and other writers organized a poetry reading outside of U.S. Senator Adam Schiff's office in San Francisco, calling on him and Senator Alex Padilla to support the Block the Bombs legislation, and to defend freedom of the press and protect Palestinian journalists. The reading was organized to call on Senators Schiff and Padilla to support the Block the Bombs legislation introduced in congress, and to protect Palestinian journalists. "We demand the protection of Palestinian journalists and an end to the impunity for crimes against them in the Gaza Strip. We demand the foreign press be granted independent access to the Gaza Strip," an event post for the poetry reading stated.