For Eddie: I Am Keeping My Promise
Twenty-two years ago, I made a promise that has shaped my life and my work ever since. My beloved partner Eddie, a talented musician, was dying of AIDS.
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Seventeen Young New York Leaders Selected to Travel to Nicaragua and Learn from Advocates for Human Rights
Trip is part of American Jewish World Service’s new year-long Global Justice Fellowship NEW YORK, NY — Today, American Jewish World Service (AJWS), the leading international Jewish human rights and development organization focused on ending poverty and realizing human rights in the developing world, announced that 17 Jewish New York City Young Leaders were selected …
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Promoting Human Rights in Nicaragua
American Jewish World Service has worked in Nicaragua for 14 years, focusing on two of the most pressing challenges facing some of the most disadvantaged groups in the country: The struggle for land, food, water and resources needed for the survival of indigenous people Human rights violations against women and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and …
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Free from Violence? Four Perspectives on Nicaragua’s New Law on Violence Against Women
More than a year ago, Nicaragua passed the Comprehensive Law Against Violence Toward Women (Law 779), which represents significant advances in addressing a pervasive problem in the country. The law recognizes that violence takes many forms—physical, psychological, sexual and economic. It also calls for more state resources to respond to violence against women—in all ways …
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My Alternative Spring Break in Nicaragua
Originally posted on the blog of RJ.org, News and Views of Reform Jews. Last fall, as a junior attending the University of Florida (UF), I was considering all the possibilities for the upcoming spring break. I know that typical UF students spend their spring breaks on cruises and at beaches, drinking and getting awkward tan …
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