NCJW Weekly Advocacy Wrap-Up:
Friday, July 8, 2022
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In this issue...
Write GOTV Postcards with NCJW
Join Vote Forward at a Virtual Party
Celebrate Naomi Steinfeld's Honor at SCIC Gala
Donate School Supplies with OCJCR
Walk with Jewish Long Beach at Long Beach Pride
Abortion Access Remains Our Priority
Operation Save Abortion
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Write GOTV Postcards with NCJW
Wednesday, July 20, 2-3:30 pm, Long Beach
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You are invited to help us GET OUT THE VOTE with postcards to low-propensity voters in Florida.
We are having a Postcard-Writing Party on Wednesday July 20, 2-3:30 pm, at the home of Lydia Pinto in Long Beach.
We are writing non-partisan postcards for Reclaim Our Vote, an initiative of the Center for Common Ground. Postcards will be held and mailed between August 1-8. The Florida primary is August 23. Early voting starts August 13, or as early as August 8 if the county chooses to do so.
Postcards, instructions and all materials will be provided for you. You just need to show up. We are limited to 12 people, please RSVP to advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org as soon as possible, but no later than Monday, July 18. Can’t make it that day? We will have more house parties for postcards and letter writing.
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Join Vote Forward at a Virtual Party
Tuesday, July 12, 5 pm
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Looking for another way to help GOTV?
Vote Forward is hosting a virtual letter writing party
Vote Forward’s letter writing campaigns are designed to reach voters in the congressional districts and states where boosting turnout will have the biggest impact on election outcomes, with a particular focus on reaching historically underrepresented voters in Black, Asian, Latino, and Native American communities.
We have been writing letters all year long, keeping them somewhere safe, and we will be mailing them together on October 29, just before Election Day when they will make the biggest impact.
RSVP today. Invite your friends and family, too and encourage them to become letter writers this year!
If you have already participated in Vote Forward, you know the drill, log in at https://votefwd.org and pick the “social” campaign marked with an "S".
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Celebrate Naomi Steinfeld's Honor at SCIC Gala
Sunday, July 10, 3-5 pm, Zoom
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Join the South Coast Interfaith Council at its annual gala where our member and Welcome Circle Lead, Naomi Steinfeld will be honored for her “efforts in cultivating bridging cultures, serving the refugee community & cultivating interfaith unity . . .”
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Donate School Supplies with OCJCR |
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TWO-WEEK BACK-TO-SCHOOL DRIVE
With your help, the Orange County Jewish Coalition for Refugees, a Section partner, will provide 100 backpacks filled with school supplies to students at the Core Academy in Anaheim where 95% of the students are refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, and Somalia.
Core begins classes on July 26.
Want to volunteer? Email info@OCJCR.org to volunteer to help fill the backpacks on Tuesday, July 19th at 10:00am in Irvine. Thank you!
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Walk with Jewish Long Beach at Long Beach Pride
Sunday, July 10, 10:30 am, Downtown Long Beach
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Walk with Jewish Long Beach & Alpert JCC in Long Beach at the LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade!
Jewish Long Beach is excited and proud to once again be a participant in this year’s Long Beach LGBTQIA+ Pride Parade on Sunday, July 10, 2022. The parade begins at 10:30 am, and the route is on Ocean Blvd. Contact Maureen to join us!
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Abortion Access Remains Our Highest Priority |
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For too long, the American narrative about religion and abortion has ignored Jewish voices — and it’s past time for that to end.
Join with NCJW Greater Long Beach & West Orange County to be part of the Jewish movement to make it clear that Jews support reproductive freedom. See below for opportunities to raise your voice!
Act
Sign the Protect Reproductive Rights to urge Congress and all leaders to take immediate action to secure our rights to reproductive healthcare including abortion care.
Donate
Donate to abortion funds through the National Network of Abortion, which provide financial assistance, travel, lodging, and many other types of support to abortion seeker. (This link spreads donations among more than 80 abortion funds)
Contribute to abortion access funds through Swing Left Reproductive Justice Fund in states where abortion will be outlawed in Roe’s absence. (This link spreads donations among 15 abortion funds)
Learn
Join the Torah of Abortion Justice with NCJW Scholar-in-Residence Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg for an in-depth teaching on Jewish sources on reproductive freedom on Thursday, July 14 at 1:30pm ET. (By attending today’s briefing, you’re automatically RSVPed and will receive the Zoom link by email.)
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Operation Save Abortion
Sunday, July 17, 11 am, Virtual Event
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Operation Save Abortion brings together abortion activists, advocates, and experts from around the country for an intensive virtual training to learn how to conquer a post-Roe world.
Topics to be covered during this all-day training include:
Reproductive Justice (RJ) & Abortion: An overview of RJ, the role abortion plays in the larger RJ movement, and how to advocate for abortion through the Reproductive Justice framework.
Abortion Funding & Practical Support including how to fundraise, help with logistics for an abortion (travel, lodging, child care, etc.), and emotional support.
Clinic Support including escort programs and how to support independent clinics in this time.
Legislative advocacy on a state and local level for abortion access and other reproductive Health, rights and justice issues.
Direct action activist tactics with performance and storytelling elements.
We love that this training is designed for watch parties! Host your own and gather with friends from your activism community to get trained together. Make sure to add your affiliation with NCJW when registering.
We’ll be hosting a debrief call for folks who participate in the Operation Save Abortion training and want to think through next steps. If you’d like to participate in our debrief, please make sure to add your affiliation with NCJW when registering so we can follow up with you. You can also email us for details about the debrief: action@ncjw.org.
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