NEW YORK, November 30 — In commemoration of World AIDS Day, Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service, has issued a statement about the Jewish imperative to take action in the global battle to fight AIDS. This statement will be included with others from a variety of public figures from around the world featured …
Read MoreNEW YORK, November 13 – American Jewish World Service congratulates Sonia Pierre, the director of the Movement of Haitian and Dominican-Haitian Women (MUDHA), on being awarded the 2006 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. The Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award recognizes courageous and innovative individuals striving for social justice around the world. In the …
Read MoreNEW YORK, September 18 – In preparation for President Bush’s address on Tuesday to the 61st United Nations General Assembly, more than 30,000 people gathered in Central Park on Sunday for a “Rally to Save Darfur: Voices to Stop the Genocide” to demand that the President and other world leaders press for the deployment of …
Read MoreTORONTO, August 18 – The Girl Child Network of Zimbabwe, an American Jewish World Service grantee since 2004, was awarded the United Nations Development Program Red Ribbon Award on Thursday, August 16, at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. This newly-created award provides worldwide recognition to an organization that has been creatively addressing HIV/AIDS …
Read MoreNEW YORK, July 6, 2006 – Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, is visiting South Sudan and northern Uganda. In neglected and war-stricken areas, Messinger is bearing witness to the lives of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and the ongoing struggle for human rights in the region. Messinger’s trip is focusing on …
Read MoreA rainbow of communities of conscience unite to stop the genocide in Darfur. Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2006)– The words “never again” resounded from Washington’s National Mall yesterday, as the first anti-genocide rally in American history drew thousands upon thousands to the nation’s capital.“We can become the leaders we have been waiting for,” said American …
Read More“No American of conscience should stand by while genocide occurs in the Sudan,” says Messinger, American Jewish World Service President. WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 28th 2006)- Ruth Messinger, President of the American Jewish World Service and co-founder of the Save Darfur Coalition, was arrested today in front of the Sudanese Embassy to protest the genocide in …
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