Along with many of you, in October I was fortunate enough to spend time with a truly remarkable hero who is standing up for justice during a dark period in Nicaragua: AJWS grantee Felix Maradiaga. During an inspiring evening of conversation, Felix not only shared his heroic work of organizing communities to resist the brutal …
Read More The past few weeks have been devastating for our beautiful home state. I would like to share from all of us at AJWS that our thoughts and prayers are with the families in California who have lost lives and homes. Even as we are surrounded by heartbreaking news, we hope that this newsletter provides a …
Read More Even in challenging times, AJWS’s grantees around the globe are building a better world. They are lifting communities out of poverty, challenging gender inequality, protecting land and water, forging peace and changing millions of lives. Together with them, we are repairing the world—tikkun olam. Below, you’ll find stories of our grantees’ action and activism that …
Read More We’re delighted to introduce “Stories of Hope,” a new feature that shines a spotlight on AJWS’s work to build a better world. Below you’ll find stories of action and activism that give us hope in times of brokenness and division. These include a story about a monumental step forward for LGBTI rights in India won …
Read More We’re delighted to introduce “Stories of Hope,” a new feature that shines a spotlight on AJWS’s work to build a better world. Below you’ll find stories of action and activism that give us hope in times of brokenness and division. These include a story about a monumental step forward for LGBTI rights in India won …
Read More Almost every day at AJWS, I hear about inspiring signs of progress and amazing victories that we are achieving together as an organization across the world. With 450 grantee organizations across 19 countries, we focus on so many vital issues that I know you care about. That’s why we’ve created a new series to help …
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As human rights leaders, one a Rohingya and the other an American Jew, we retain hope that the U.S. Government can still be a positive force in foreign policy for the benefit of the Rohingya people.
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Since April, Nicaragua’s citizens have been waging a fierce uprising against the repressive, authoritarian government of President Daniel Ortega.
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May 2018 I was recently honored to join a group of Bay Area donors on an AJWS Study Tour to southern India. These trips are always powerful: there is no better way to understand the intricacies of AJWS’s strategy or to comprehend the intense struggles of our grantee partners than to meet these inspirational people …
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On May 17, 2018 the House Foreign Affairs Committee advanced the Burma Act of 2018 (H.R. 5819), a crucial effort to stop the ongoing persecution of the Rohingya people—an ethnic minority that has been violently displaced from their homes by the Burmese military. Advancing the Burma Act of 2018 would not have been possible without …
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