NCJW Weekly Advocacy Wrap-Up: June 11
Food Drive for Food-Insecure LBCC Students
Tuesday, June 15, 9 am - 3 pm, Alpert JCC
NCJW is sponsoring a drive for food-insecure Long Beach Community College students. We will collect donations Tuesday, June 15th, 9 am to 3 pm in the parking lot of the Alpert JCC campus. Please provide some much-needed support for these students by driving by and dropping off a contribution that will restock the Viking Vault's needed supplies. 

If you have some time available that day to help us collect the donations, contact Deb Wyckoff at communityservice@ncjwlongbeach.org or (657) 235-2511.
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) works all day, every day to advance policies and efforts that have a direct effect on the most vulnerable populations in the United States. In this email, find our top three actions you can take immediately to make a difference.

We are thrilled the Women’s Health Protection Act was reintroduced in the House this week. Our Rabbis for Repro lobby day last week had an impact, with 26 new cosponsors to the bill, you can make a difference as well. Tell your lawmakers to support this important bill by emailing them through the link below. In addition, our #GetOuttheVax Campaign, to encourage folks to get vaccinated, continues with a special Jewish community phone banking opportunity this week. And let’s do our part to confirm Tiffany Cunningham to the Federal Circuit. 
 
Read more below and click all three links to make your voice heard!
 
Want to go further? Check out ncjw.org/act to take action on more issues to improve the lives of women, children, and families.
Celebrate World Refugee Day with a Drive-in Movie
Sunday, June 20 at 5:30 pm

Please join the Orange County Jewish Coalition for Refugees and bring your family and friends to The Mess Hall in Tustin for a fun, socially-distanced drive-in movie to celebrate World Refugee Day 2021. We will be showing the film, The Good Lie, starring Reese Witherspoon. Snacks and dinner, as well as raffle tickets, will be available for purchase. Proceeds will help OCJCR continue to assist refugees and asylum seekers. Tickets are limited to the first 120 registrants.

CALL THE GOVERNOR at 1-844-300-3801 to let him know:
1) #RaiseTheRates for providers. 
2) #NoLessThan200K slots. 
3) #FreedomFromFees for 2 years. 
4) #ChildCare4CA grant $ for providers.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, listen to California families! 
Elian says: “Don’t worry guys! I’ll find a #ChildCare for you and for ALL the kids!”
Elia says: “I’m here from Parent Voices San Francisco, supporting all the child care providers… because they NEED it!”

➡ Our child care providers are mostly Black and Brown women. 
➡ They are our essential workers dealing with racism and the pandemic.
➡ 5,000 child cares have closed in the last year.
  
Governor Newsom, here’s what we need:
 $1 billion for child care provider rate increases
 $1 billion for child care slots
 Family fees waived for 2 years
 Grants for child care workforce pandemic recovery.
Pikuach nefesh — the saving of life — is the holiest commandment in Judaism. With the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines now available to most Americans, we each have the opportunity to save not only our own lives but the lives of others as well. 

Together, we can end the COVID-19 pandemic — but only if everyone pitches in. 

Know the Facts

Get Out the Vax National Phone & Text Bank Opportunities

Branded Materials Available
WomenShelter of Long Beach is offering our 40-Hour Domestic Violence Advocate Training in Summer 2021!

This upcoming training will be facilitated through an online format via Zoom. The training topics remain the same as those covered during our in-person training, including domestic violence 101, trauma-informed care, and resources/support for victims and survivors. Presenters will discuss topics related to Restraining Orders, Misdemeanor Prosecution of DV Cases, DV and Human Trafficking, Teenage Dating Violence, Cultural Responsiveness, and more!

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are available for this training!!

Spots are first come, first served, so be sure to register as soon as possible! Register Here
The issue: State lawmakers have passed nearly 500 oppressive abortion bans and restrictions in the last decade that implement mandatory waiting periods, force providers to deliver medically inaccurate in-person counseling and perform unnecessary tests, regulate the width of clinic hallways, and even ban abortion outright.
The good news: The Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) would safeguard access to high-quality care and secure constitutional rights by protecting patients and providers from this dangerous political interference.
Our task: TAKE ACTION NOW
The issue: The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a deadly toll worldwide and has disproportionately affected women.
The good news: Life-saving vaccines are now available to the majority of Americans. In Jewish tradition, the commandment of Pikuach nefesh — the saving of life — is the most important and supersedes all other laws. We each have the opportunity to save not only our own lives but the lives of others by getting vaccinated and helping others to do so as well.
Our task: Join NCJW’s #GetOuttheVax Campaign. TAKE ACTION NOW
The issue: The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit makes decisions about technology, science, and medicine that affect millions of people every day.
The good news: Tiffany Cunningham is currently nominated for a lifetime seat on this federal court. She is a highly qualified registered patent attorney with 20+ years of experience in patent and intellectual property law, including cases that span the technology and biotechnology industries. If confirmed, Cunningham would be the first Black woman to sit on the Federal Circuit.
Our task: Tell your senators to confirm Tiffany Cunningham!