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SOCIAL JUSTICE EVENTS

AIM Statewide Acton for Housing, Climate and Education
Sunday, November 17, 3:00-5:00 PM, Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia, MD
Together as AIM, ACT (Anne Arundel Connecting Together), and PATH (People Acting Together in Howard), we are bringing 500-600 people to meet with the Maryland Secretary of Housing, Comptroller and more to put forth our agenda for the 2025 legislative session. We’ll call on state leaders to help us achieve our priorities, including: diverse, attainable housing options, renters’ rights, clean energy for healthy communities, and pre-K for every child. Help us show our power to make change statewide. Register here. Click here for the flyer.

JUFJ Statewide Working Groups Meeting
Tuesday, November 19, 7:00-8:30 PM, Zoom
Join us from the comfort of your home at the first Maryland Statewide Working Groups meeting! We will begin the meeting together to learn about JUFJ’s statewide advocacy work, and then you will choose a breakout room for Housing Justice, Economic Justice, or Youth Justice to learn about the campaign and what actions you can take. Everyone is welcome! Register here. 
 

Other Social Justice Activities

Sign a petition to recommend that the Montgomery County Board of Education name a school for Julius Rosenwald. B'nai held several programs about Rosenwald and his schools. Read more about the petition effort here.

Send your address to AIM. Action in Montgomery (AIM) is holding a statewide campaign this fall and winter to advocate for affordable housing, climate justice, and universal pre-K in the Maryland state legislature. In order to be as effective as possible in this work, AIM is building a database of residents who support this campaign. Legislators want to hear from people in their districts, and having supporters' addresses is key to showing them our political power. We're asking that you please provide AIM with your address so that we can be more effective and provide you with opportunities for action. To submit your address, email Katie Wenger, AIM's Communications Manager, at: katiew@actioninmontgomery.org (tell her you're a member of B'nai Israel).  
 

JUFJ MOCO MEETINGS

Get Involved with Local Issues
What local issues are important to you? Join one of JUFJ’s Montgomery County team meetings to learn more about current advocacy efforts. All are welcome! You can find information about upcoming meetings here.

 

B'nai israel is a proud sea change congregation

SEA Change means Study, Engage, Act, Change. B’nai Israel and Washington Hebrew Congregations in partnership with JOIN for Justice organized the first SEA Change cohort. The goal was to engage in meaningful conversations and critical education to become change agents addressing racial inequity in our congregational communities and in the broader community. Today, there are 10 SEA Change congregations across the DMV addressing racial equity issues based on our shared Jewish values.

As we move on to Action, SEA Change Congregations are partnering with three local organizations – AIM (Action in Montgomery) and JUFJ (Jews United for Justice), and IPL (Interfaith Power & Light).

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Be sure you never miss a social justice opportunity with B’nai Israel! Join the email group, and receive notices about all upcoming events right in your mailbox. Click here to add your name and email.

Questions about AIM? Contact Mona Levine.

Questions about JUFJ ? Contact Deedee Jacobsohn.

Questions about SEA Change and other ways to get involved? Contact Marla Schulman.

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