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Fourteen Faith Groups to U.S Trade Representative: Support Developing Country Demands to Safeguard Food Staples at WTO Ministerial
Delivery of more than 100 rice bags to USTR headquarters highlights interfaith campaign for trade policy that supports global food security Washington, D.C; Nov. 25, 2009— A coalition of 14 faith groups, led by American Jewish World Service (AJWS), delivered more than 100 “gift bags” of rice today to the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) demanding …
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AJWS President Named To Forward 50 for Eighth Time
AJWS president Ruth Messinger has been named to the Forward 50 an annual compilation of the 50 most influential public figures in the American Jewish community. This year marks the eighth time Messinger has made the list, including recognition as a “top pick” in 2006.
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AJWS Earns Charity Navigator’s Top Rating for Eighth Time
AJWS today announced that it has, once again, received a four-star rating from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of more than 5,300 non-profit organizations. Charity Navigator bases its annual ratings on a complex formula that examines an organization’s efficiency and capacity in seven key areas.
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AJWS Encouraged by Obama Administration’s Unity on Sudan Strategy
AJWS president Ruth W. Messinger issued a statement today in response to the Sudan policy directive unveiled by the Obama administration. The policy focuses on a combined strategy of incentives and pressures for the Sudanese government to play a constructive role in sustained peace efforts.
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Ruth Messinger Delivers World Food Day Message: Challenge Unfair Trade Policies, Reform Foreign Assistance and Support Local Farming
AJWS president Ruth W. Messinger has issued a statement in response to this week’s report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which concluded that hunger now affects more than 1 billion people worldwide. On World Food Day, Messinger is calling on Americans to challenge international trade policies that favor corporations at the expense of the world’s poorest people.
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Ruth Messinger Joins Other Faith-Based Leaders at White House Meeting on Sudan
Representatives from faith communities nationwide met with Reverend Joshua DuBois, Director of the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, today, to discuss the ongoing violence in Sudan.
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AJWS Asks Supporters to Fight Global Hunger With Money Saved from Yom Kippur Fast
As part of its recently launched campaign, Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up, AJWS has issued an appeal asking supporters to donate the money they would have spent on food, were they not fasting on Yom Kippur, to AJWS-supported communities building local farming capacity in the developing world.
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Great Press in The Oregonian!
In just a few short weeks, Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up has gained tremendous momentum from coast to coast! The incomparable Ruth Messinger has hit the road to spread the word about AJWS’s campaign and to express the dire need for changes in government legislation to ensure that no one is hungry. Check out this fabulous article about Fighting …
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Longtime AJWS Grantee A Focus In Highly Anticipated Book By The New York Times’s Nicholas Kristof And Author Sheryl WuDunn
AJWS is proud to congratulate its grantee Tostan, which is the focus of a chapter in acclaimed journalist Nicholas Kristof’s and author Sheryl WuDunn’s upcoming book, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.
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AJWS Publishes High Holiday Resource Pack on Global Hunger
As part of a national hunger awareness campaign to be formally launched this September, AJWS has published a new resource pack, “Sealed for a year of plenty: Challenging the destiny of hunger,” for rabbis and other Jewish educators wishing to use the High Holidays as an opportunity to address global hunger.
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