JALSA 2023 Year in Review

JALSA 2023 Year in Review

Provided testimony on myriad bills, including increasing the minimum wage, protecting cell phone data privacy, and expanding early childhood education

Developed and delivered workshops across the state on racial justice and affordable housing, reproductive rights, immigration, racism and antisemitism, and climate change

JALSA's Jews of Color Leadership and Engagement Initiative was named to Slingshot's "10 to Watch" List

Held the most successful JALSA Annual Meeting in the organization's history

Saw implementation of the Work and Family Mobility Act, which JALSA helped draft, pass, and guide regulatory work

Took on a national leadership role organizing Jewish-values-driven phone banks with volunteers around the country successfully defending abortion rights in Wisconsin and Ohio

Led faith-based initiatives to secure permanent funding of School Meals for All in the state budget, preventing childhood and family hunger

Co-founded and facilitated Working Group to Protect Migrant Families to respond to hate incidents targeting new arrivals to our state

Organized 80+ co-signers for statement condemning hate group harassment of migrant families

Organized 350+ co-signers on letters to the Biden-Harris Administration and Massachusetts Congressional delegation on support for migrant families

Combined our public policy expertise with the experience of direct service agencies, and helped to secure $250 million for emergency shelter and an additional $10 million to assist with resettlement of migrant families

Secured SNAP benefits for immigrant households

Helped pass free phone calls for incarcerated individuals

Published well-received op-ed in CommonWealth Magazine on allyship, co-authored with New England Blacks in Philanthropy, and two letters to the editor of The Boston Globe, on institutional racism and book banning

Organized Banned Book Response Team, presented first Chanukah Banned Book Gift Guide, and planned inaugural meeting of JALSA’s Banned Book Club

Expanded organizing outreach to Jews of Color and to Jewish 20- & 30-something young professionals

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JALSA’s 2023 Chanukah Banned Book Gift Guide