Joining the Social Action Committee
Reach out to Stacy Goldfarb (stacygoldfarb@gmail.com) for information questions, or comments.
Volunteer Opportunities
Harbor Homes Winter Shelter Meals
Volunteers are needed to help prepare and pack up meals for the Harbor Homes Winter Shelter guests.
Serving Hands, Friday, February 28
Volunteers are needed to pack and distribute bags of food. Drivers needed as well.
Click here to find out more!
The Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank
The coalition was created to establish a housing bank that would provide funding to year round residents for permanent housing.
Go to this link for more information.
Nationwide Economic Blackout
Friday, February 28, 2025
United States consumers are being encouraged to show support for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The People’s Union is planning a 24-hour blackout all day on February 28, 2025 beginning at 12 am. Consumers are encouraged to not spend money in stores and online for the day in response to rollbacks of these initiatives and policies by the current administration and major retailers like Amazon and Target.
If consumers must make purchases they are being asked to buy from local and small businesses.
The War in Israel
Go to the page Israel at War to read articles and letters from Rabbi Broitman, to get resources and information about the situation in Israel, and to get information and links to relief organizations.
Union for Reform Judaism
Audacious Hospitality Toolkit
Click to download the URJ’s draft toolkit for helping congregations welcome diversity.
Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence
The MVHC joined the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence in educating and advocating for the prevention of gun violence in all forms.
The Coalition brings together organizations and institutions across MA to end the epidemic of gun violence that plagues our communities and takes the lives of so many of our citizens.
Read more here.
Contact Your Legislators about JALSA (Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action) Priorities
Ask Your Legislators to Co-sponsor These Bills:
The Location Shield Act and
The Dignity Not Deportations Act
With the new legislative session underway, JALSA is ready to take action on key legislative priorities, beginning with the Location Shield Act and the Dignity Not Deportations Act (formerly ICE Out of Mass). Both of these bills will address threats that we are seeing from the federal level. We’ll be rolling out many more priority bills in the next few weeks!
The Location Shield Act, which you may remember from last session, would ban the sale and trade of cellphone location data. This will protect people coming into our MA because they can no longer access abortions in their own states. You can get further details on this legislation and contact your state legislators to urge them to support and co-sponsor The Location Shield Act at this link.
The Dignity Not Deportations Act would prohibit immigration detention in Massachusetts state and local facilities and end the voluntary donation of local resources for federal immigration enforcement. You can get further details on this legislation and contact your state legislators to urge them to support and co-sponsor The Dignity Not Deportations Act at this link.
NOTE BEFORE CONTACTING YOUR LEGISLATORS!
Our new system makes it easy for Massachusetts residents to contact your state legislators on Beacon Hill. Just remember that you must:
- Enter your address to confirm your State Senator and State Representative who you will be contacting
- Edit the introductory greeting to include the names of your State Senator and/or State Representative
- Edit the closing salutation to include your name and address as a constituent before sending.
And feel encouraged to further personalize the message as you see fit.
Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action
JALSA puts Jewish values into action by engaging the Jewish community and our allies in the pursuit of social, economic, environmental, and racial justice.
JALSA is engaged in legislative initiatives for economic justice, access to voting, gun violence prevention, climate change, housing crisis, criminal justice reform, affordable health care, immigrant support and protecting individual privacy.
Read more here.
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