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Four Questions with Allegra Stout, Community Organizer for People with Disabilities

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Helen Bennett

This piece was originally posted on Jewishboston.com. By Molly Parr February is Jewish Disability Awareness Month, so this week I’m chatting with Allegra Stout, a community organizer at the Boston Center for Independent Living.  Tell me about the Boston Center for … Read More

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A Win for Workers’ Rights

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Helen Bennett

Merrimack Valley Human Service Workers Vote ‘Union Yes!’ at NuPath In yet another victory for workers’ rights in the Bay State, a majority of direct care workers at Woburn-based NuPath, Inc. overwhelmingly voted ‘Union Yes!’ in their recent election. Marisa … Read More

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Eddie Carmona, Barack Obama, and Me

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Helen Bennett

By Rabbi Noah Farkas, rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom in Encino, CA and JOIN for Justice Board Member This piece was originally posted on JewishJournal.com. Last Thursday, I met two extraordinary gentlemen in the span three hours. I was invited, along … Read More

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Anti-coal activists announce a new report showing a power plant’s devastating health effects

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Helen Bennett

Congratulations to Joel Wool, JOIN alum 2013, who was published in a report he co-authored on the health costs of a coal-fired power plant. Joel has been working tirelessly, along with his colleagues at Clean Water Action, to organize for clean, … Read More

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An Alternative Graduation Speech: Karla Van Praag’s Siyyum Remarks

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Helen Bennett

These remarks were delivered by JOIN for Justice Executive Director, Karla Van Praag, at the 15th Annual Siyyum/Graduation on June 24th, 2013. In this past week’s New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell tells the story of economist Albert O. Hirschman who embraced … Read More

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