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The Fight For Environmental Justice
Bess Beller-Levesque, community organizer with Toxics Action Center, and JOIN alum from 2012-2013, this March organized the 27th annual Local Environmental Action Conference, a day-long day of training on environmental organizing, which brought together 325 people from all across New … Read More
Youth Jobs Rally Turns Out Over 1,000 Teens
Dylan Lazerow and Dan Gelbtuch organized with the Youth Jobs Coalition, a statewide advocacy group, and brought together 1,000+ teens to march on the statehouse for youth jobs funding on Thursday, February 20, 2014. The action received over 50 local … Read More
Growing a Garden, Seeding a Movement
By Davida Ginsberg This article was originally posted on The Jew and the Carrot on February 19th 2014. Davida Ginsberg is a Boston-based community organizer and food justice activist. She is an alum of the JOIN for Justice Jewish Organizing … Read More
Organizing in Shul: ‘Scrapbook’ connects worshipers to prayer
White Meadow Temple creates siddur rooted in members’ memories This article was originally posted in the New Jersey Jewish News on February 12th 2014. Rabbi Benjamin Adler is an alum of JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project, which provides rabbinical, cantorial and … Read More
Rabbi Stephanie Kolin finds her strength in superheroes, from Moses to the X-Men
This article was originally posted as the Cover Story in the Jewish Journal on February 12th 2014. Rabbi Stephanie Kolin is an alum of JOIN’s Seminary Leadership Project and is on JOIN’s Board of Directors. Also highlighted: Rabbi Noah Farkas, … Read More
