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    Monthly Archive for: "October, 2018"
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    Tree of Life
    By Sam Baltimore
    In Antisemitism and White Supremacy, Immigration, What's At Stake
    Posted October 28, 2018

    Tree of Life

    There are no words to express the hurt that our community is facing. We are horrified, heartbroken, fearful, angry, and in mourning, in response to the murder of 11 people this morning in a [...]

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    DC Elections 101
    By Sam Baltimore
    In Education, Washington, DC, What's At Stake
    Posted October 26, 2018

    DC Elections 101

    Real policy change involves elected officials at all levels of local government. Here are the basics about how we vote in Washington, DC.

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    People’s Town Hall: The work isn’t over at BPD
    By Bennet Wilcox
    In Baltimore, MD, Police Accountability, Racial Equity
    Posted October 24, 2018

    People’s Town Hall: The work isn’t over at BPD

    More than three years after the murder of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department still needs to overhaul its department policies and culture to protect poor, Black, and Brown Baltimoreans [...]

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    Report: JUFJ Baltimore Takes on the Election
    By Bennet Wilcox
    In Baltimore, MD, Education, What's At Stake
    Posted October 19, 2018

    Report: JUFJ Baltimore Takes on the Election

    Last week, JUFJ-Baltimore held another of our monthly community convenings--this one zooming in on the election.

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    #FamilyFirstFridays: What’s At Stake
    By Joanna Blotner
    In #FamilyFirstFridays, Paid Family Leave, Washington, DC
    Posted October 19, 2018

    #FamilyFirstFridays: What’s At Stake

    As a young woman with two incurable autoimmune diseases, my life is already pretty hard. This year alone, I have endured one hospitalization, two biopsies, two colonoscopies, and five IV drug [...]

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    #FamilyFirstFridays: First I mourned, then I testified.  Now I’m fighting for DC to put families first.
    By Joanna Blotner
    In #FamilyFirstFridays, Paid Family Leave, Washington, DC
    Posted October 19, 2018

    #FamilyFirstFridays: First I mourned, then I testified. Now I’m fighting for DC to put families first.

    Last year I wrote in an op-ed in the Afro, “[w]hen I hear about D.C. [elected officials] who are trying to destroy our paid leave law, I imagine they must be lucky that they haven’t yet had to [...]

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    Shabbat Programs: The Immigrant & Refugee Crisis
    By Emmanuel Cantor
    In Immigration, Maryland State, Mont County Trust Act, Montgomery County, MD
    Posted October 12, 2018

    Shabbat Programs: The Immigrant & Refugee Crisis

    In response to the immigrant and refugee crisis, congregations across Maryland are hosting programs to educate our community and give members opportunities to take action.  Many congregations are [...]

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    #FamilyFirstFridays: Real Leadership Needed for Women and Families
    By Joanna Blotner
    In #FamilyFirstFridays, Paid Family Leave, Washington, DC
    Posted October 5, 2018

    #FamilyFirstFridays: Real Leadership Needed for Women and Families

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