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Let’s Commit to Ending Sexual Violence
Since 2001, April has been recognized as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). This year, the Reform movement has asserted its position as a leader in sexual violence prevention work with the unanimous passing of NFTY’s Resolution Affirming Stance on Preventing Sexual Violence and the URJ’s Resolution on Student on Student Sexual Violence in Schools (co-sponsored by NFTY).
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How to Tune into this Weekend’s March Events from Home
As Shabbat approaches, so too does a weekend of gun violence prevention-related events, centered in Washington, D. .
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Experience the National School Walkout Through the Eyes of NFTYites
On the one-month anniversary of the devastating shooting in Parkland, FL, students all over the U. .
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Justice, Justice we Shall Pursue
For the month of March, the Reform Movement is calling on clergy across America to welcome their teens onto the bimah to share with your congregation the work that they are doing towards gun violence prevention. In hundreds of synagogues, let's have #TeensTaketheBimah to share why this issue matters, and how adults can support them in this work.
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From a Lonely Existence to Inclusive Communities: Growing up With a Disability in the Jewish Community
By Ione Heigham | NFTY-NE NFTY Representative, NFTY-MVP Elect, Inclusion Task Force Member My mother tells me that she used to get a call from my elementary school nurse everyday of first grade. Each time I would claim to have terrible stomach pain or my arm hurt or I would think I had a cold.
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Be Your Own Advocate Like Esther: Consent
The story of Purim found in the Book of Esther recounts acts of bravery committed by a member of a silenced and oppressed group of people. Esther was empowered by her guardian Mordechai to speak to her husband, King Ahasuerus, on behalf of the Jewish people in an effort to save them from their impending destruction orchestrated by the King’s royal vizier, Haman.
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Social Media Tips for Teen Gun Violence Prevention Activists
As NFTY and the Reform Movement undertake a reinvigorated campaign to help end gun violence in the United States, we've compiled a few tips and resources for teen activists who want to get involved.
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L’Taken: Only A Start
Two years ago, when I was a sophomore, Analia and I were invited to join to join the Greene Family Camp delegation to the Religious Action Center’s L’Taken Social Justice Seminar in Washington D. .
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NFTY Teens Made History in Tallahassee – We’re Not Done Yet
I hope you saw the news stories about buses of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, making their way to Florida’s Capitol to plead with their legislators about preventing gun violence. For the past 24 hours, the Parkland Reform Jewish community made me one of their own and welcomed me onto their own bus to Tallahassee.
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An Exploration in Social Justice Engagement
My heart was beating fast as I looked out at 120 of my peers, all of whom were busily writing down questions for our speaker. I was sure that none of them were going to be interested in what she had just said.
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