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AJWS Haitian Grantee Wins U.N. Red Ribbon Award for HIV Prevention
SEROvie, one of the only Haitian organizations offering services to LGBT communities, wins prestigious U.N award New York, NY; July 25, 2012— American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, is proud to share that its grantee SEROvie has been awarded the prestigious 2012 Red Ribbon Award. SEROvie, along with the …
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Interview With Ruth Messinger: AJWS’s Liberia Study Tour
An intergenerational group of American Jews recently traveled with AJWS to Liberia to learn how Liberian women are effecting social change. Melia Plotkin, an AJWS intern, caught up with AJWS President Ruth Messinger to learn about the trip: Melia: This was your first trip to Liberia. What was it like to travel to a country …
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American Jewish World Service New Report: “To Stop AIDS, Help Girls”
“Girls at the Center: Lessons from Kenya on Investing in A World Free of AIDS” Profiles Successful AIDS Programs, Advocates for Girl-Centered Foreign Aid Policies (Washington, D.C.; July 11, 2012) – As Washington, D.C. prepares to host the XIX International AIDS Conference this month, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights …
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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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Organizing, Fundraising and JOIN’s National Summit
What exactly is “organizing”? It’s a term people are using a lot more these days. From Wall Street to Tahrir Square, people are organizing for different kinds of change. But the idea of organizing from the ground up toward a common goal often makes people uncomfortable. Why is that? As a fundraiser at AJWS, I …
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AJWS Announces Finalists for Philanthropy Design Competition
AJWS has announced the nine finalists for its design competition focused on philanthropy and social change. Where Do You Give? challenged artists to create a 21st century icon inspired by the values and imagery of the traditional Jewish tzedakah, or charity, box.
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AJWS’s Kenyan Grantee Wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Ikal Angelei of Friends of Lake Turkana Wins Prestigious Award For Natural Resource Rights Activism New York, NY; April 16, 2012—American Jewish World Service (AJWS), an international development and human rights organization, today announced that Ikal Angelei, the founder of Friends of Lake Turkana, has won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. AJWS has funded Angelei’s …
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Congressional Meetings for a Just Farm Bill: Part 2
Farm Bill debates are picking up in Washington, so now is the time to reach out to members of Congress and share our vision for a just Farm Bill. People committed to AJWS’s work in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago have been organizing other AJWS supporters and activists to participate in meetings with …
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