NCJW Weekly Advocacy Wrap-Up:
February 11, 2022
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In this issue...
NCJW & AAUW Economic Justice Program
Thursday, February 17, in person or Zoom
Planned Parenthood OSBC Advocacy Night
Action Alerts:
Supreme Court Nomination
Special Envoy to Combat Anti-Semitism
Reauthorize VAWA
HIAS Refugee Shabbat – March 4th & 5th
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Childcare & Financial Insecurity
Facing Women Post Pandemic:
Concerns & Solutions
Thursday, February 17, 7 pm
Long Beach City College or Zoom
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Questions to be addressed:
- How has the pandemic affected working women in Long Beach related to jobs lost and how local companies assist with Childcare issues?
- What does LBCC offer that can improve career options for affected women and is the Child Development program being expanded to meet the needs of working women?
- Can a Long Beach Commission on the Status of Women bring improvements in Pay Equity and meeting working women’s needs?
- What can research from O.C. show us about childcare needs of working women?
- Challenges and a Call to Action
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AAUW Long Beach and NCJW – GLB & WOC invite you to join us either in person at Long Beach City College, 4900 E. Conant St., Long Beach, Building O‐2, Room 208, or on Zoom.
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To attend via Zoom, click on this Zoom link on the day of the event.
Prior registration for Zoom is not required.
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Planned Parenthood Orange and San Bernardino Counties invite you to our upcoming Advocacy Night scheduled for Thursday February 24 at 6 pm virtually via Zoom.
This month, we will be creating digital thank you cards for the Health Care workers in our community in preparation for National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Abortion Providers and Health Center Staff have shown up to provide essential care throughout the pandemic, join us in thanking them for their work.
Additionally, we will give updates on current events and talk about how you can continue to stay plugged in with our local advocacy work. Whether you’ve been attending Advocacy Night for years or you are just starting to get involved, we hope to see you there!
What: Monthly Advocacy Night
When: Thursday, February 24, 2022 from 6 – 7 PM
Where: Virtual via Zoom
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The Issue: Justice Breyer is retiring from his lifetime appointment to the US Supreme Court, creating a new opening on the bench.
The Good News: We can make our voices heard to ensure President Biden nominates and the Senate confirms a qualified judge to our highest court.
Our Task: Tell your Senators to nominate a fair, independent, and qualified judge to the Supreme Court.
TAKE ACTION NOW
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The Issue: Due to the global threat of increasing antisemitism, Congress updated the Global Anti-Semitism Review Act of 2004, elevating the role of the US Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism to the rank of Ambassador and granting authority to coordinate efforts across the entire federal government to combat antisemitism abroad.
The Good News: President Biden nominated noted Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt in August 2021 to fill this important role.
Our Task: Tell your Senators to introduce and pass a bill similar to the House-passed VAWA.
TAKE ACTION NOW
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The Issue: Intimate partner violence, sexual assault, harassment, and stalking affect millions of people. It impacts women, children, and families regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, age, and socioeconomic background.
The Good News: The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) must be reauthorized every five years, and the House recently passed a bill that would build upon and expand this essential law.
Our Task: Tell your Senators to introduce and pass a bill similar to the House-passed VAWA.
TAKE ACTION NOW
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It is less than a month away from HIAS’ fourth annual Refugee Shabbat, March 4-5, 2022. Please encourage your congregation to celebrate and lift up the vibrant, growing, global Jewish movement acting in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers, and the forcibly displaced.
There are many moments when we, as individuals and communities, grapple with the pain and devastation in our world. Refugee Shabbat is a moment to focus on the good: on the strength of the Jewish movement for refugees; on the changes we help bring about when we engage in advocacy and direct service; and on what we can learn together locally, nationally, internationally, and globally.
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