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Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 18:30:47 PM EDT
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When a sports franchise makes it to the play-offs a strange thing happens, suddenly they have a ton of fans. Ticket prices go up and seats in the stadium are sold out. A similar phenomenon has happened in community organizing...
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Tue Jan 13, 2009 at 13:38:46 PM EST
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( - promoted by Mik Moore)
The New Year is a natural time to think about fresh starts and new beginnings. The Jewish Community is entering this year especially fraught with the need for something new, in the wake of the Madoff scandal (not to mention general financial upheaval). I want to honor a JFSJ Congregation Based Community Organizing grantee, Chapel Hill Kehillah, that started new organizing initiative in Chapel Hill, NC and is using its power to create social change and act responsibly on behalf of the community.
Chapel Hill Kehillah is a founding member of the Orange County Organizing Committee, an IAF affiliate, which launched a new platform last month. Drawing 300 leaders from 23 faith-based members, they laid out their new action agenda which addressed the need for change in North Carolina in affordable housing, living wages, environmental justice, education, healthcare, and quality of life for immigrant families.
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