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Join us virtually as Carolina Jews for Justice's Executive Director, Rabbi Sandra Lawson, contributes to the conversation about how to mobilize Jewish communities for LGBTQ+ justice. Whether you're a clergy member, lay leader, or community member looking to turn commitment into action, this conversation will offer grounding, strategy, and inspiration for the work ahead.  Register here.  

Wanna meet other CJJ-W members before heading out to canvas with the WNC Votes Coalition?  We'll meet for coffee and pastries and schmooze before meeting up with the others! The meetup will be in West Asheville and will be shared within 24 hours of the event for safety reasons.  Sign up here to let us know you're coming and also here via WNC Votes Coalition website. 

It's easy. It's effective. And it's fun! Our deep canvassing approach is focused on listening to voters' experiences and concerns. And engaging in honest conversations, based on empathy and support, is one of the most effective ways of helping sporadic voters feel empowered and ready to vote.

We'll provide everything you need—training, voter lists, voting info materials, water and snacks—and we'll pair you up with an experienced partner. 

*CJJ recognizes and respects the many ways members of our community observe Shabbat. We also acknowledge that when working in coalition with our non-Jewish partners there will occasionally be events falling during the hours of Shabbat which might present a challenge and choice for our members. We fully support individuals who decide to participate or not participate at this event due to their own level of observance or comfort.

Since May of 2020, Rev. Lisa of the Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry of NC and friends/partners, including CJJ!, have gathered on Fridays to take action and experience the joy and power of community. Every Friday at 11:00am there's a recap of the past week and an opportunity to take action on the issues impacting our state and country. And there is always great music to help us feel the justice movement in our bones!

ALL are welcome! Over the past two years, our Friday Action Hour community has grown to include justice partners like The People’s Budget Coalition, The Poor People’s Campaign, NC Justice Center, ProChoice NC and many more! 

Sign up here if you wish to receive the Weekly Friday Action Hour Email that will include a promo of the week's actions, the Zoom link, and the link to the Actions Google Doc. If you can't make it on Fridays, you can still take action at any time by checking out the weekly action list.  Here is the zoom link if you want to join!

Join WNC Votes!, the Interfaith Action Network (IAN), the UU Congregation of Asheville, and Carolina Jews for Justice for a voter outreach postcarding event! Together, we will write postcards to registered Black voters, who have historically been harmed by injustice and underrepresented across North Carolina, as part of the Center for Common Ground’s Reclaim Our Vote initiative. 

We will provide names, addresses, postcards, postage and supplies, as well as sample text for writing to voters, however, we are asking attendees to consider making a donation to help defray the cost of postage ($10 - $20 suggested), or bring some postcard stamps. There is no obligation to contribute financially. If you can help us write postcards, please come!

To support all those on the front lines at protests — Right to Be is bringing back its Conflict De-escalation in Protest Spaces training — for free. The 60-minute interactive training teaches participants how to de-escalate hate and harassment at protest sites so that it doesn’t turn into violence. Conflict de-escalation requires patience, a willingness to listen, and an ability to see the humanity in everyone, even those we don’t agree with or who seek to hurt us. Using Right To Be’s Observe-Breathe-Connect methodology, this training can teach you how to identify potential conflict before it escalates using our “pyramid of escalation” and how to assess whether intervening is the right action.

Register here.

Check out other Right to Be free trainings here.