#TestimonyTuesday: You, yes YOU, can testify!
I have lived in DC for nearly 15 years but until last month I had no idea that individual residents could testify before the Council. In fact, and I am slightly embarrassed to admit this, I had [...]
In #TestimonyTuesday, Antisemitism and White Supremacy, Mont. County Racial Equity & Policing, Montgomery County, MD, Police Accountability, Racial Equity
Posted LETT Act Testimony: Melissa Coretz Goemann
JUFJ member Melissa Goemann testified for police accountability in Montgomery County.
In Mont. County Racial Equity & Policing, Montgomery County, MD, Police Accountability, Racial Equity
Posted Let’s Pass the LETT Act!
Councilmember Will Jawando wants Montgomery County police to be accountable to the people. JUFJ agrees.
In Antisemitism and White Supremacy, Baltimore, MD, Maryland State, Montgomery County, MD, Washington, DC
Posted For those attending the 2019 Women’s March
We are sharing information as we learn it about Jewish participation in the 2019 Women's Marches in our region.
In DC Affordable Housing, Education, Immigration, Mont. County Immigrant Rights, Mont. County Racial Equity & Policing, Montgomery County, MD, Racial Equity
Posted Tell County Executive Elrich: Racial Equity, Trust Act, Education
Tell our new County Executive about our priorities for Montgomery County: racial equity policies, safety for immigrant residents, funding for early-childhood education.
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tell Delegates to Respect Our Votes!
This lame-duck Delegation should not select the chair for the Delegates we vote into office who haven't even taken their seats yet.
In Mont. County Racial Equity & Policing, Montgomery County, MD, Police Accountability, Racial Equity
Posted Fingerprints On Their Souls
I could almost see his fingerprints on all of their souls as they spoke about him and sang in his memory. And unexpectedly enough, Robert Lawrence White also left his fingerprints on a stranger's [...]
A Reflection on the August Convening
When I think about social justice, I feel I have come to terms with what it means to work towards change in many of my identities — as a white person, as a cisgender man, and as a queer person to [...]
