NCJW Weekly Advocacy Wrap-Up:

Friday, January 6, 2023

In this issue...

Join a Jewish Long Beach Focus Group

Volunteer at LBHTTF YESS event

Donate to Support the 2023 Homeless Point in Time Count

HIAS Webinar: The U.S. and The Holocaust

Join a Jewish Long Beach Focus Group

It’s Not Too Late to Join a Jewish Long Beach Focus Group

Jewish Long Beach has begun a comprehensive strategic planning process, which is being coordinated by Panoramic Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in Jewish communal advancement. The consultants will soon be conducting a number of focus groups, the results of which will help guide the strategic planning process.

Jewish Long Beach is recruiting participants to partake in focus groups (conducted via Zoom on the dates and times listed) in the following categories:

• Baby Boomers (January 10, 12-1:30 pm PST)
• Jews of Color (January 11, 5-6:30 pm PST)

If you are interested or for more information, please contact Zach Benjamin, Chief Executive Officer at Zbenjamin@jewishlongbeach.org.

Volunteer at Long Beach Human Trafficking

Task Force's YESS Event

Saturday, January 21, 2023

10 am – 2 pm

The Youth Empowerment Safety Symposium (Y.E.S.S.) Event will be a great day filled with information to Educate, Empower, and Engage the community to stop human trafficking!!!

Free food, music, fair trade shopping, resources, live performances, sports competitions, prizes and more!

Volunteers are needed for the event at The Salvation Army, Long Beach Corps

3000 Long Beach Blvd. Contact Chana Ham-Rosebrock to sign-up or email advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org.

Donate to Support the 2023

Long Beach Homeless Point in Time Count

January 26, 2023

Donate to Support the 2023 City of Long Beach Homeless Point in Time Count

To financially contribute toward  Count incentives, people can donate online at Mayor’s Fund to End Homelessness and type “Homeless Count - Mayor's Fund” in the Additional Comments box. Donations can also be made by check. Check donations may be mailed to Long Beach Community Foundation, 400 Oceangate, Suite 800, Long Beach, CA 90802. Please make check payable to “Long Beach Community Foundation” and write “Homeless Count - Mayor's Fund” in the memo section of the check. These tax-deductible donations will be used towards gift cards and other incentives for individuals being surveyed on the day of the Count.  

Community members can also donate socks, travel-sized hygiene products, bottled water and small gift cards of $5 to $10, which will also be distributed during the Count. Physical donation items can be dropped off at the Long Beach Multi-Service Center, located at 1301 W 12th St., between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. To learn more about ways to donate, people may email HomelessCount@longbeach.gov.  

The U.S. and The Holocaust:

A Discussion with Co-Director Sarah Botstein

Tuesday, January 24 at 1 pm PT, Webinar

The U.S. and The Holocaust, a recently-released documentary series from Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein asks the American people to examine their response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century.

In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023, join HIAS in exploring critical questions regarding the consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape, and restrictive immigration laws in the United States then and now.

Co-director and producer Sarah Botstein, historian and author Rebecca Erbelding join HIAS Welcome Circle Liaison Marian Abernathy in conversation with HIAS Director of Clergy and Congregations Rabbi Sarah Bassin for this important discussion.

Advance registration required.

Please click HERE to RSVP.

Questions about anything you have read or related to our Section’s advocacy? Email advocacy@ncjwlongbeach.org.