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Major win for Youth Jobs
After four years of ENORMOUS organizing efforts by JOIN alum, Dan Gelbtuch, the Youth Jobs Coalition, and the collaboration of alumni Chris Messinger, Anna Lifson, Ilana Lerman, Dylan Lazerow, and others, 19 million dollars of MA state funding are secured for … Read More
Fellowship Alum’s Org Wins Support for Immigration Reform
Dan Lesser (Jewish Organizing Fellowship c/o 2009), the Executive Director of ECCO (Essex County Community Organization) was part of winning a big victory for immigration reform on April 20th when Congressman John Tierney pledged his commitment to a path to citizenship … Read More
Fellowship Alums at Real Food Challenge Win Big
This week, Jewish Organizing Fellowship alumni, David Schwartz and Nina Mukherji recorded a significant victory in their organization’s (Real Food Challenge) on-going campaign to bring sustainable and ethical food purchasing to America’s college campuses. Amidst growing demands from college students … Read More
Fellow Organizes Parents and Children for After-School Safety
By Jenny Msall (Current Organizing Fellow) When I last wrote about the work I had been doing with parents as the new School and Community Organizer in Lower Roxbury, we were in the process of developing short term and long … Read More
Mazal Tov to the Jewish Social Justice Movement
This post originally appeared at jewishsocialjustice.org This is what it feels like to be part of a movement. Days like today don’t happen very often – days when we can celebrate shared victories across the country and know that the … Read More
