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Foundations Must Do Far More to Aid Transgender People
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Transgender people are our colleagues, friends, neighbors, and family members. More than one million transgender people live in the United States, according to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law. And in philanthropy, as many as one person in 50 people identifies as transgender or gender nonconforming, according Funders for LGBTQ Issues.
Area rabbis talk human rights with representatives
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Jewish Rohingya Justice Network Supports Bipartisan Legislation on Burma
The American Jewish community applauds the United States Congress for defending the rights and dignity of the Rohingya people. The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network (JRJN)* issued this statement following the introduction of the Burma Human Rights and Freedom Act of 2019 (S. 1186) in the U.S. Senate: “The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network applauds the bipartisan …Read More
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We are thinking of all who lost their shelters in the fire at Cox's Bazar today. https://t.co/tB9na63U5v
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We are extremely disappointed that Burma’s Supreme Court ruled to uphold Wa Lone & Kyaw Soe Oo’s prison sentence. These journalists...
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