Congregation Based Community Organizing

Today, increasing numbers of synagogues are engaging in interfaith campaigns on vital issues of local concern, from public education to building affordable housing. Three components are essential to the process: one, congregants engage in one-to-one conversations within their synagogue, and often with other congregations, about their social justice passions; two, leaders engage in extensive clergy and lay leadership training and development; and three, synagogue leaders work side-by-side with dozens of faith institutions and progressive organizations in their community, across lines of race, class, and faith. Our Core Team may be calling you soon for a conversation.

For more information, please contact our Community Organizing Chair, Honey Kessler Amado at hkaatty@earthlink.net.

LINKS:
http://onela-iaf.org
http://urj.org/justcongregations