While our country and world face numerous challenges, especially with the U.S. government’s proposed slashes in funding for global human rights and withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, AJWS’s community is speaking up and showing our commitment to defending the rights and dignity of all people.
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I am parachuting into the brutal realities of a population whose daily struggles I couldn’t even imagine a few days ago.
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In honor of LGBT Pride Month, watch our newest video in which members of the AJWS community share what motivates them, as Jews, to fight for the rights and dignity of LGBT people everywhere.
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Members of the indigenous Ogiek community, who made the hours-long journey from their home in Kenya’s Rift Valley to a packed courtroom in Arusha, Tanzania, erupted into cheer when judges decided a longstanding case in favor of this beleaguered community that has endured evictions from their ancestral lands. On May 26, the African Court of …Read More
Read MoreAs part of our AJWS community, I have been humbled to meet our courageous and visionary grantees. Two of them, Leymah Gbowee and Madhavi Kuckreja, will speak on June 11 at AJWS’s Global Justice Luncheon and Seminar at the Stanford Faculty Club.
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As the festival of Shavuot approaches, I am reflecting back on the revelatory experiences in my life. This past spring, I was so frantically busy that it wasn’t until I slowed down that I realized I was having an experience that was changing me in a profound way. I know I’m not the only one …Read More
Read MoreThere is no experience so transformational in understanding AJWS’s courageous and visionary grantees as witnessing their work and hearing their stories. In February 2018, Jim and Cathy Koshland are leading a cohort from the Bay Area to South India.
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At our Passover Seders, we sing “Dayenu” (It would have been enough) to express gratitude for each stage of liberation and to recognize that each stage would have been “enough.” And yet, we know there’s much more work to do to ensure that people around the world are fully free. What does “Dayenu” mean today? …Read More
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Watch our video to learn how AJWS is supporting people around the world who are fighting to improve millions of lives.
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Everyone on the planet needs clean water. But 783 million people worldwide don’t have it. People in the developing world—particularly in low-income and indigenous communities—are at heightened risk of having their water supply polluted by corporations that are constructing dams, mining for natural resources, or undertaking other megaprojects. As companies proceed with these projects, they …Read More
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