AJWS Los Angeles: What’s Happening
I am delighted to share my first newsletter of 2016 and to take note of the many accomplishments of AJWS in the past year—which I know make you as proud as they make me!
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The Time is Now: Reflections from the Global Justice Fellowship trip to the Dominican Republic
Last month, 10 rabbis from across the U.S. spent a week in the Dominican Republic as part of a Global Justice Fellowship trip with AJWS. Focusing heavily on the Dominican government’s policies related to the citizenship status of Dominicans of Haitian descent, the delegation met with grantees working to address some of the most pressing human rights issues in the region. Rabbi Elyse Winick, the Jewish chaplain at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, wrote this reflection at the end of the trip.
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The legal battle to overturn Section 377: an historic step for LGBT rights in India
Earlier this week, LGBTI and allied activists in India rejoiced over a historic step from the Supreme Court. “Today’s judgment reinstates our hope that another world is possible. A world where everyone’s human rights are affirmed and everyone can live with equal rights and privileges,” declared Geeta Misra, Executive Director of Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (CREA), a Delhi-based feminist human rights organization and an AJWS grantee.
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AJWS Bay Area: What’s Happening
As I write this, we are only six weeks away from AJWS’s 30th Anniversary Gala celebration here in the Bay Area. Our San Francisco gala will celebrate AJWS’s leadership in the world as a Jewish voice for ending poverty and promoting human rights.
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What I Learned in Cambodia
Land grabbing. Deforestation. Poverty. Corruption.
These words were forefront in my mind when I flew into Phnom Penh, Cambodia, last month with some of my colleagues from AJWS. Together, we met with ten local, grassroots organizations, supported by AJWS, working tirelessly to advance civil and political rights and natural resource rights in their communities.
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Human Rights in 2015: A Year in Review
2015. What a year. The past 12 months were marked by devastating disasters and filled with life-affirming hope—here in the United States and around the globe.
Read our round-up of 10 human rights events in 2015 that motivate us to bring greater justice, peace and dignity to the world in the year ahead.
A Message from AJWS Board Member Russ Pratt
AJWS Board Member Russ Pratt shared a special message about why he supports AJWS’s work to improve the lives of millions around the world.
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Ebola is back in Liberia. Here’s how the country can beat it again
I am a Liberian who worked on the front lines to end the Ebola outbreak in my country, and I am deeply saddened that three new cases of the deadly virus were recently confirmed in a community near Monrovia — the nation’s capital and my hometown. This tragic news came less than three months after Liberia was declared Ebola-free.
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Hopes for the Paris Climate Conference: Reflections from AJWS Grantees: Part II
From November 30th through December 11th, world leaders are convening at the 2015 Paris Climate Conference to take action against the dangerous consequences of climate change. We have been sharing reflections from AJWS grantees about how climate change affects their work. To learn more, read our introduction and first post from AJWS grantee GATT-RN in the DRC, and …
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