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Let's Not Forget About LGBT Haitians
Sunday’s New York Times editorial on Haiti’s refugee camps, rightly focuses on one of the most critical issues facing the hundreds of thousands of Haitians still living in Haiti’s decrepit tent settlements: rape. The editorial encourages policymakers to do something about the terrible conditions—a lack of streetlights and not enough police protection—that lead to relentless …
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Why I'm Fasting for Food Justice (Part III)
I fast on Yom Kippur and have done so every year of my life. As I grew older, I learned from the passage of Isaiah that we read on that day, that the act of fasting and spiritual repentance is meaningless unless it’s accompanied by moral actions in the world. We are not being asked to …
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Why I'm Fasting for Food Justice (Part II)
Many of you still wonder what I, and the other 36 human rights and food justice organizations whose leaders are participating in this fast so far, hope to accomplish.
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AJWS President Joins Fast to Challenge Congress’s Proposed Food Aid Cuts
Ruth Messinger Will Fast with Broad Coalition of Faith and Human Rights Leaders New York, NY; March 28, 2011—Ruth Messinger, president of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is fasting this week to protest cuts to the U.S.’s humanitarian aid budget being voted on in Congress. The week-long fast, …
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Why I'm Fasting for Food Justice (Part I)
I’m fasting this week—two days on just water, and another five on liquids—to stand up for the hundreds of thousands of people in developing countries that are at risk of losing U.S. food aid. If the proposed budget passes in Congress this week, support for domestic and international development—including food aid—will be cut by 41 …
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Water Justice in India: Coca-Cola Pays for Damages as Indians Fight for Clean Water
Today is World Water Day and, exactly one year ago, there was some big news in India: a government report found that Coca-Cola’s bottling operations had caused $48 million in damages for depleting and polluting India’s water supply. Then, just last month, India’s state legislature in the southern state of Kerala passed a law allowing …
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AJWS Wins YouTube and See3 “DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award”
AJWS has won YouTube’s and See3 Communications’ “DoGooder Nonprofit Video Award” for its Judd Apatow directed public service announcement (PSA).
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AJWS Accepting Applications for Jewish Community Engagement Fellowship
New York, NY; March 18, 2011—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is accepting applications for its Presidential Fellowship. The 12-month, highly-competitive fellowship offers a recent college graduate the unique opportunity to accompany AJWS president Ruth Messinger on her professional travel, including speaking engagements in Jewish communities throughout North America …
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Coffee and Climate Change… and the Farmers Caught Between
I’m a serious coffee drinker. But, admittedly, I know little about roasts, brews, or the land on which my beans are grown. Coffee is the U.S.’s largest food import, the second most valuable traded commodity only after oil. It’s also entangled in a complex web of issues involving human labor, the environment, climate change and …
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Women, Farming and Food: Weekly Link Round-Up
During a week that marked the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day, there was a lot of news and blog buzz about women, farming and food. The new FAO report finds that while women make up 43 percent of the world’s farmers, only about 10 to 20 percent own the land they farm. Without land ownership, …
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