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Activism in Asia – Link Roundup
April, May and June have unleashed a firestorm of media coverage for our grantees in Asia. Check out this roundup of the most significant stories: For the first time ever, our Burma grantees garnered tremendous media coverage in major outlets around the world. But what’s so significant about this coverage? Our grantees are speaking and …
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Dvar Tzedek: Parshat Korach 5772
When it comes to high drama, it’s hard to beat Parshat Korach. When Moses’s first cousin, Korach, challenges the leader’s authority, Moses retorts by suggesting a “spirituality duel” of sorts, charging Korach and his band to return the next morning so each party can present offerings to God. Korach’s offerings are rejected, and God renders …
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W.K. Kellogg Foundation Grants AJWS $300K to Support Haiti Work
New York, NY; June 19, 2012—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, has received a $300,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to improve economic security and civic engagement in the Central and Southwest regions of Haiti. The three-year grant, covering June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2015, will provide …
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Jewish Groups Deliver More Than 18,000 Signatures to House Leadership, Administration Calling for a “Just Farm Bill”
Coalition pushes for anti-hunger and sustainable agricultural policies in the United States and abroad WASHINGTON, D.C.; June 14, 2012—Today, seven national Jewish groups delivered a petition with more than 18,000 signatures to House Leadership and the Obama Administration demanding a focus on food justice in the next Farm Bill. The signatures represent a Jewish communal …
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AJWS Leads Delegation to Liberia Focused on Women’s Empowerment
Intergenerational Tour Will Include Visits with Nobel Peace Prize Winners New York, NY; June 13, 2012—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, will lead an intergenerational trip to Liberia from June 17-24. The study tour, headed by AJWS president Ruth Messinger, with special guest and distinguished Jewish feminist and author, …
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Repairing India’s Food System Is About Access, Not Scarcity
Today’s New York Times article about India’s “paradox of plenty” is a painful reminder that hunger is acutely political. The article boils the problem down to this: “Spurred by agricultural innovation and generous farm subsidies, India now grows so much food that it has a bigger grain stockpile than any country except China, and it …
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On the Thai-Burmese Border, Refugees Greet Aung San Suu Kyi with Hope and Anxiety
On June 2nd, I went to the Mae La refugee camp, the largest refugee camp in Thailand that houses 50,000 refugees, to greet Aung San Suu Kyi (“Mother Suu” or “The Lady”), the democracy icon of Burma. People of multiple Burmese nationalities, wearing hijab, beautiful long Karen traditional dress, Kachin costumes, and other ethnic dresses, …
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What Charles Taylor’s Sentence Means for Liberia’s Future
Last week, former President Charles Taylor of Liberia was sentenced by an international tribunal to 50 years in prison for his role in instigating murder, mutilation, rape, sexual slavery and the use of child soldiers in Sierra Leone. This ruling against a former head of state is a major win for international justice since the …
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On Anti-Semitism and Human Rights for LGBT People
The following remarks were originally posted on the website of the U.S. Department of State and shared on May 30th with the Cream City Foundation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As a child of a Holocaust survivor, anti-Semitism is something very personal to me. I am the daughter of a man who was literally marked by a …
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Burma Celebrates its First International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
The ballroom at the Excel tower in Rangoon, Burma was filled with people. Youth wearing colorful outfits mingled with older men and women in traditional Burmese dress. Everyone was looking around, eager and excited. They had all come to take part in Burma’s very first celebration of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), which happened …
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