MARCH 2024 NEWSLETTER

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Looking For a Good Read?

Wonder Why it's Banned?

Join the NCJW Kendall Section's

Efforts Against Book Banning


Come Meet with other Concerned Advocates and hear Mindy Aguirre and Hedieh Sepehri’s (Founder of FABB) Update on The Current State of Affairs Regarding Book Banning
Wednesday, April 3rd at Noon

*more details to follow

to learn more - contact:

Nadine Pertnoy: nadinepertnoy@gmail.com / (305) 725-9086

or Sally Russomanno: sarussomanno@yahoo.com

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Advocacy

Repro Shabbat Havdalah at Temple Beth Am

Photo of NCJW members attending the Repro Shabbat Havdalah at Temple Beth Am on February 10, 2024.

 

In our efforts to impact the State of Florida’s attempt to limit abortion services in Florida, citizens began a Constitutional Amendment Initiative to limit government interference with abortion.  This required a formal Petition to be signed and verified by almost 900,000 voters in the state.


NCJW joined with local synagogues and temples to work on this effort.  Under the amazing leadership of Mindy Aguirre, we manned the entrance to Pinecrest Gardens on Sunday mornings for four months to collect signatures.  Many individuals carried petitions with them throughout the day, asking everyone they met to sign.  By the February deadline, over 1.3 million petitions were collected and verified.  


We have accomplished the first level to get this Amendment placed on the November Election Ballot. The road is not easy.  The State filed a suit with the courts and questioned the language of the Petition. (See Below) We are now awaiting the verdict from the State Supreme Court on whether the language is easy to understand and meets the single subject criteria. Stay tuned as we follow this important measure.  If we win in the Supreme Court, we will begin the voter registration drive and begin work to pass this amendment. We will need all of our members to join this effort. Thank you all for your support.

 

Ballot Summary:

“No law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or restrict abortion before viability or when necessary to protect the patient’s health, as determined by the patient’s healthcare provider.  This amendment does not change the Legislature’s constitutional authority to require notification to a parent or guardian before a minor has an abortion.”

NCJW Israel Update

As the war continues and the immensity of its impact on women becomes ever more clear, our partners in the ecosystem of Israeli women’s organizations are beginning to ask big questions about the future. How can feminist leaders work to reverse the marginalization of women, their absence from key tables of decision making and entrenched gender inequity, as we work towards resilience and recovery that centers women, children and families? 


NCJW is proud to be launching the Connecting for Impact Collaborative Planning Process which will bring together leading Israeli feminist change makers to explore these questions together and create long term plans to advance gender equity through collaboration. We look forward to sharing more about this journey and the plans that come from it over the coming months! Questions about our on-the-ground Israel work? Email Kalela at klancaster@ncjw.org.

Around the Community

In 2004, Holocaust Impact Theater (HIT) embarked on a mission to educate and inspire teens through the power of the arts. Now in its 19th year of production, HIT continues to provide local high school students a platform to write, produce, perform and direct original scripts dealing with timely, relevant issues of social injustice and intolerance, all with the underlying goal of promoting Holocaust education and remembrance.  For more information on this year’s play and to purchase tickets, visit alperjcc.org/pledge

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