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Ideas for what could go in the newsletter are:
- Job Postings
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Take care, Lauren lauren@jewishorganizing.org
Alumni Committee Updates
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JOI Alumni Discussion Series
Real Conversations About the "A" Word: Building Stronger
Social Justice Movements While Resisting Anti-Semitism
Sunday, May 6, 5:00 - 7:00pm Workmen's Circle Building, 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline
April Rosenblum, a 27-year-old activist with a long-time commitment to building movements for social justice, makes the case that addressing anti-Semitism is crucial, both for Jews and for everyone who wants to create powerful movements for social justice. Join us to talk about anti-Semitism and how to address it within the Left, while strengthening, not distracting from, our progressive movement building. For more info about April's work, go to www.pinteleyid.com. Suggested donation: $3-$10
Co-Sponsored by the Workmen's Circle and Organized Voice, the alumni community of the Jewish Organizing Initiative. More co-sponsors to come.
Sweeten Your Life with Jewish Ritual
Friday, May 18, 2007 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Learn how to incorporate Jewish ritual into your every day life & celebrate Shavuot with JOI alums and friends!!! Even if you are not staying up all night, come eat ice cream and cheesecake with us and share the practices that are important to you.
Special guest, Rafi Esterson will be joining us for text study and discussion on the subject. JOI will provide light vegetarian dinner. Please bring a dessert to share. Location: Home of Lizzie & Ellie, 104 Rogers Avenue (off of Broadway), Somerville, MA 02144
Bagels, Lox & Lefties
Sunday, July 22, 2007 12 noon – 2 pm
Come learn and discuss the history and present state of the Jewish Left, while preparing ourselves for the Tisha B'av fast over brunch! Are you a Jewish Left history junkie? Did you always want to know more about historical figures, such as Emma Goldman? Do you feel that there is a Jewish Left movement? Do you feel connected to it? If not, how can we connect this rich history to our present day lives and activism?
Location & Facilitator(s) TBA
*Director of Youth Programs, The Food Project (Mass.)
*Organizer, Stand for Children (Mass.)
*Sunday School Teachers, The Boston Wormen's Circle Shule (Boston)
The Boston Workmen’s Circle Shule, a Secular Progressive Jewish Sunday School,
seeks teachers for the 2007-2008 Academic Year. The school teaches Jewish culture, history and values from a non-religious perspective to children ages 6-13 years old. There are 20 classes between September and May. The classes meet on Sunday mornings between 10:30 –12:30 for two hours at 1762 Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. The pay is $85 per 2 hour session. Please contact Mitchell Silver: mhsilver@rcn.com or
617-630-9050
*Organizer, SEIU 1199 (Boston)
Summary: 1199SEIU has a vacancy for a Boston based organizer to work as part of an organizing team that is organizing personal care attendants (PCAs) across Massachusetts. Personal Care Attendants provide care to seniors and people with disabilities in their homes.
Description: The organizer will have primary responsibility for outreach to PCAs and allied community organizations in a specified region of the state. The goal of the position is to build a movement of care providers that can make change in their working conditions. The organizer will help build the union by conducting individual outreach to PCAs, holding small group meetings of PCAs, building committees of PCA activists, and working with PCA’s and community organizations to lobby state legislators about long term care issues.
Requirements:
- Commitment to social and economic justice
- Union or community organizing experience
- Basic computer proficiency and database skills
- Ability to travel in Massachusetts as needed.
- Ability to work long and irregular hours as needed
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Proficiency in Spanish, French, or Haitian Creole an asset.
Compensation:1199 offers competitive salaries as well as excellent benefits.
1199SEIU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
For more information, or to submit a resume please email John O’keefe at Johno@1199.org or call 212-603-1161.
*Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice Annual Conference (Chicago, IL)
THE PAST DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE
Making Resistance to Antisemitism Part of All of Our Movements
A 32-page pamphlet for progressives and radicals, to support our social justice movements in combating anti-Jewish oppression from a perspective of liberation for all people.