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Saving Lives and Defending Human Rights: An Urgent Agenda for Philanthropy
Inside Philanthropy
We find ourselves at an unprecedented moment in the history of modern philanthropy. We are operating at the intersection of an extraordinary global pandemic and longstanding human-made divides. Without a doubt, COVID-19 magnifies these human-made divides in political and economic systems worldwide: glaring disparities in wealth, unequal access to healthcare and ineffective healthcare systems, lack …Read More
When the world stays silent
Newsday
New Coalition Goes on the Offensive for Abortion Rights
The Progressive
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Statement of Robert Bank, President and CEO of American Jewish World Service (AJWS), on the Murder of George Floyd and the Crisis of Structural Racism in the United States
Leader of global, Jewish human rights group calls on all sectors of American society to play a role in ending institutionalized racism in the United States. “The community of American Jewish World Service is heartbroken and outraged by the murder of George Floyd, a black man, by a white Minneapolis police officer—the latest in a …Read More
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The @WHO works every day to address & dismantle health inequities in marginalized communities around the globe. We… https://t.co/ikckUhrUUY
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AJWS grantee-partners continue to meet the most pressing needs of their communities during COVID-19, while also protesting government...
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