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Events
Tuesday May 12, 2009
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
Interfaith Worker Justice of Greater Washington
invites you to join us to share resources and discuss how congregations can support workers during these tough economic times. Rabbis, lay leaders, and all members of the Jewish and other faith communities are invited to attend. The seminar is free, and lunch will be provided.
RSVP to Darya at 202-408-1423 or to Mackenzie at 202-974-8224.
- What can our congregation do to help members who are impacted by the economic crisis?
- What recourse do workers have if they are denied unemployment insurance?
- What kinds of protections do workers have in this economy?
Seminar will feature speakers from the legal and faith communities. Topics will include:
- Resources for Congregations
- Increasing Access to Unemployment Insurance
- Combating Wage Theft
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 6:59 pm
Tuesday May 12, 2009 marks the one year anniversary of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid at Agriprocessors in Postville, Iowa. St Bridget's Church in Postville Iowa, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in Chicago, Jewish Community Action in Minneapolis, and communities of faith around the country will mark this anniversary in a variety of ways; all communities are invited to join them.
We mark this day, in part, to let the people of Postville know we have not forgotten them, and to strengthen our own resolve to fight for immigration reform, an end to raids, and improved working conditions. We invite you to mark this day by joining gatherings, marches and interfaith prayer vigils being organized across the country.
On this nationwide day of remembrance and solidarity,
Friday May 15, 2009
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Join Tikkun Leil Shabbat for a songful, soulful Shabbat service, followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner.
dvar tikkun: We Are Family Senior Outreach Network
Special at this TLS! - JUFJ discussion table during dinner.
For more information, visit www.tikkunleilshabbat.org .
Monday May 18, 2009
Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm
Day laborers in DC are working to end wage theft and build stronger relationships between themselves and the neighborhoods where they wait for work. Join us as we build on momentum from this year's Labor Seder and join with day laborers and their allies in advocating for better working conditions!
Contact darya@jufj.org for more information, or to get involved.
Tuesday May 26, 2009
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
This seminar will introduce the participants to the rich scope of religious environmentalism. It will consist of: a brief survey of the history of the religious environmental movement from its beginnings over forty years ago; an overview of traditional Jewish and Christian views on the God/human/natural world relationship; the viewing of part of a new documentary, Renewal, which features a number of faith communities acting out their commitments to the earth; and specific steps your home congregation can begin taking to protect the earth.
This seminar is particularly geared to religious educators, religious leaders and religious leaders-in-training. However, all interested parties are welcome to attend.
Led by: Rabbi Lawrence Troster, Director, Fellowship Program GreenFaith, and Beth Norcross, Coordinator, Green Seminary Initiative and Adjunct Faculty, Wesley Seminary
Please direct questions to Beth Norcross at BethNorcross1@aol.com or Larwrence Troster at rabbiltroster@greenfaith.org.
Thursday May 28, 2009
Start: 6:00 pm
Start: 05/28/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 05/30/2009 - 6:59pm
Join the Am Kolel community for a Shavuot/Shabbat Retreat with Dr. Judith Plaskow, renowned feminist theologian
Come Celebrate Shavuot,
Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah!
Including joyful prayer, meditation, music, hiking, campfires, yoga and more!
Topics Include:
"Seeing Through Feminist Lenses"
"Standing at Sinai with the new Women's Torah Commentary"
"Sexuality and Covenant"
"Texts We Love to Hate"
"Next Steps: Beyond Gender?"
Come for Shavuot, Shabbat or both!
Start: 9:00 pm
Start: 05/28/2009 - 9:00pm
End: 05/29/2009 - 6:30am
Join Tikkun Leil Shabbat and Adas Israel's Traditional Egalitarian Minyan for services and all-night study for the holiday of Shavuot. If you would like to lead a session (anywhere from 15-45 minutes) of teaching Torah (broadly defined to include text study, games, learning about social justice issues, movement, etc.) during the night, please contact tikkunleilshabbat@yahoo.com with your ideas.
Friday May 29, 2009
(all day)
Start: 05/28/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 05/30/2009 - 6:59pm
Join the Am Kolel community for a Shavuot/Shabbat Retreat with Dr. Judith Plaskow, renowned feminist theologian
Come Celebrate Shavuot,
Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah!
Including joyful prayer, meditation, music, hiking, campfires, yoga and more!
Topics Include:
"Seeing Through Feminist Lenses"
"Standing at Sinai with the new Women's Torah Commentary"
"Sexuality and Covenant"
"Texts We Love to Hate"
"Next Steps: Beyond Gender?"
Come for Shavuot, Shabbat or both!
End: 6:30 am
Start: 05/28/2009 - 9:00pm
End: 05/29/2009 - 6:30am
Join Tikkun Leil Shabbat and Adas Israel's Traditional Egalitarian Minyan for services and all-night study for the holiday of Shavuot. If you would like to lead a session (anywhere from 15-45 minutes) of teaching Torah (broadly defined to include text study, games, learning about social justice issues, movement, etc.) during the night, please contact tikkunleilshabbat@yahoo.com with your ideas.
Saturday May 30, 2009
End: 6:59 pm
Start: 05/28/2009 - 6:00pm
End: 05/30/2009 - 6:59pm
Join the Am Kolel community for a Shavuot/Shabbat Retreat with Dr. Judith Plaskow, renowned feminist theologian
Come Celebrate Shavuot,
Z'man Matan Torateinu, the time of the giving of our Torah!
Including joyful prayer, meditation, music, hiking, campfires, yoga and more!
Topics Include:
"Seeing Through Feminist Lenses"
"Standing at Sinai with the new Women's Torah Commentary"
"Sexuality and Covenant"
"Texts We Love to Hate"
"Next Steps: Beyond Gender?"
Come for Shavuot, Shabbat or both!
Start: 11:00 am
End: 4:00 pm
Join the Coalition for a Worker Center in DC for a great event planned for this Saturday*. From 11am to 1pm, members of the Union de Trabajadores will clean-up the area around Home Depot.
Then from 1-4pm we'll have an outreach fair right in the parking lot in front of Home Depot where we'll have tables with info and resources for the community, children's activities, food, and music. Performances will include a puppet show by members of the Union de Trabajadores! It's going to be a lot of fun, but we need all hands on deck to make it happen.You can sign up for a one-hour shift here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZRFymva0TonwJ33HD6Fpww_3d_3d or, just stop by the celebration!
* This events is taking place on Shabbat, and on the second day of Shavuot. We are making information available about this event, which is being organized by our allies, so that our members can choose to attend, if their Shabbat and Shavuot observance allows.
Sunday May 31, 2009
Start: 9:00 pm
Monday June 1, 2009
(all day)
Start: 05/31/2009 - 9:00pm
End: 06/03/2009 - 9:59pm
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Tuesday June 2, 2009
(all day)
Start: 05/31/2009 - 9:00pm
End: 06/03/2009 - 9:59pm
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Wednesday June 3, 2009
End: 9:59 pm
Start: 05/31/2009 - 9:00pm
End: 06/03/2009 - 9:59pm
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Thursday June 4, 2009
Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm
All are welcome at JUFJ's next working group meeting as we work to ensure that the Purple Line improves the lives of all communities along the future Purple Line corridor in Maryland.
For more information, contact linz.morris@gmail.com.
Friday June 5, 2009
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Puppet Underground is honored to bring together so many fabulous DC performers including Quique Aviles, Anu Yadav, Johonna McCants and more!
We will have excerpts from Classlines, a new multi-media theatre project exploring issues of class in the DC Metro Area.
We also welcome ONE DC's (Organizing Neighborhood Equity DC) "Weaving Shared Visions", a digital storytelling project exploring multi-ethnic organizing.
Also expect to see poetry, a puppet show about an old DC scandal, surprise musical guests, and a cranky show about DC voting rights history (if you get there early)!
SUGGESTED DONATION: $5 - $10 sliding scale. Proceeds from this cabaret will be benefiting Visions to Peace, a youth leadership development and movement-building project located in Washington, D.C. Visions to Peace uses arts, media, and education to build and strengthen youth-led community action and organizing for safety and peace. You can find out more about them at: www.visionispower.org
Saturday June 6, 2009
Start: 12:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm
Please join DC Minyan for a lunch and learn about ethical kashrut standards after services on June 6th with Shmuly Yanklowitz. Shmuly is a co-founder and director of Uri L'Tzedek, the Orthodox Social Justice movement. A rabbinical student at Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York and a Wexner Graduate Fellow, Shmuly has Master's degrees in Human Development and Psychology and in Jewish Philosophy and is working on a Ph.D. in Moral Development and Epistemology.
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm
- Are you concerned about crime and violence in Columbia Heights?
- Are you concerned about increased police presence in the neighborhood?
- Are you interested in long-term strategies to make our neighborhoods safer?
Come get to know your neighbors and take part in a community dialogue.
Learn about community-led strategies to address issues of conflict and violence.
This will be a safe space for community members to discuss their ideas and concerns. As such, we are asking that law enforcement does not attend this event.
Sponsored and organized by: Black Brown Alliance, Critical Resistance, Hear Mt Pleasant, Jobs with Justice, Latino Economic Development Corporation, Visions to Peace, Jews United for Justice
Thursday June 11, 2009
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
DC Jobs with Justice is proud to announce the seventh annual "I'll Be There" awards. The ceremony and annual fundraiser- which will take place Thursday, June 11th, 5:30pm-7:30pm at the AFL-CIO- honors individuals and organizations for exceptional solidarity work in the Metro DC area while raising funds to support DC JwJ's work.We are proud to announce this year's honorees:
~ Ward 5 Councilmember Harry Thomas ~
~ Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association ~
~ Workers at the Gaylord and Sheraton Crystal City Hotels~
~ Vanessa Dixon ~
Featuring:
~ Son Cosita Seria ~
Son Jarocho music from Veracruz, Mexico.
~ Union de Trabajadores Puppeteers ~
A puppet show on the challenges facing day laborers in the District, and building alliances with the community.
~ DC Labor Chorus ~
A musical ensemble representing union members from the Washington, DC, area.
Drinks, and light food provided.
Suggested donation of $25-50, no one turned away.
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