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JOIN Alum Builds Jewish Power for Pursuing Justice in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia metropolitan area may present some exciting new horizons in the world of Jewish organizing. It occupies a strategically important position in a politically important “swing state”, is home to a large and established Jewish community, and may harbor … Read More

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Congrats to BCIL and ECCO!

Congratulations to Allegra Stout (current organizing fellow at the Boston Center for Independent Living) and to Dan Lesser (Fellowship Alumnus 2009 and Executive Director of ECCO, Essex County Community Organization) for their contributions to organizations recognized as being on the … Read More

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If I Were a Rich Man Tour: JOIN alumni

JOIN alumni Ellie Axe and Helen Bennett joined with Bend the Arc’s team of young, progressive American Jews that traveled across the country with a message about tax fairness. With the If I Were a Rich Man Tour, Ellie and … Read More

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Power, Privilege, and Identities (Matter)!

Why do I organize? Is there something that links my Jewish identity or the larger Jewish community to organizing for justice? How can Jews come together to organize around shared values? Working as a community organizer both within Jewish and … Read More

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More Than a Hollywood Story of Leadership

Why is Moses’s name barely mentioned in the Haggadah? He’s a great leader, humanity’s first recorded organizer, yet the only glory he gets is being portrayed by Charlton Heston in a cheesy Technicolor movie? In the JOIN for Justice network—where … Read More

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