How did one woman teach schoolchildren about social justice?
JUNE 2017
Pursuing Social Justice
by Laura Dorf Queller, Vice President, Communications and Marketing
The commandment from Deuteronomy, “Justice, justice shall you pursue,” appeared on the flyer announcing the Women’s Philanthropy Civil Rights Journey. This four-day mission in March took 42 women from Greater MetroWest to Atlanta, Birmingham, Montgomery, and Selma to explore Jewish involvement in the Civil Rights Movement in America. Along the way, women learned about the injustices that African Americans strove to overcome in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and were reminded that social justice struggles in the United States and around the world are far from over. more
Newsletter volunteer staff:
Editor: Laura Dorf Queller, Vice President, Communications and Marketing
Writers: Phyllis Bernstein, Jody Hurwitz Caplan, Jane Gomez, Deborah Jacob, Beth Manes Lax
WP Staff: Diane Bakst, Karen Auerbach Bocaletti
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Striving for Social Justice in Our Community
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Working Towards a Shared Society in Israel
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Words Worth Repeating
Stepping back in time to the segregated South of the ‘50s and ‘60s helped one woman learn about social justice today.
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President's Message
I am inspired daily by the women I know through Women’s Philanthropy – young and old, near and far. Jackie Levine, now in her nineties, is one very special woman…