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Join us in person or on Zoom for a three-part series as we celebrate & explore Jewish racial diversity with leaders of the Latinx, Black, and Asian Jewish communities:
JAN 22 @ 3PM
Learn about Latinx Jewish history and the current experience of Latinx Jews in the Bay Area with Jewtina y Co. Available in person and online.
Read more and register Here.
FEB 26 @ 3PM
Discuss building inclusive Jewish community for Black, African American, and mixed-race Jews with Be’chol Lashon. Available in person and online.
Read more and register Here.
MAR 11@ 6PM
Sample an Asian Jewish seder with LUNAR.
Available in person and online.
Read more and register Here.
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THANK YOU! 
A sincere thank you to everyone who participated in POSTCARDING for DEMOCRACY - our effort to get out the vote in communities nationwide, where voter suppression is a concern.
CST members and friends sent out 6,520 postcards encouraging people to register and to vote early. This was truly a group effort by the CST community, from our STaRS students and teens to our seniors.
YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE, Mazel Tov!
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Click Here to volunteer for a shift at Elisha’s Pantry.
Check out a Social Action Committee meeting. For more info, contact the office.
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Watch or Re-watch SAC programs from 2021
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A Conversation with Mike McGuire, originally aired October 2021.
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Life After Incarceration in the Age of Covid, originally aired June 2021.
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SAC Climate Change Panel, originally aired April 2021
Social Action Committee Accomplishments in 2021
January
Our new chairperson, Judy Kay, came aboard.
March
“They Have Arrived. Now What?” We initiated a program in conjunction with Passover to encourage donations to immigrant organizations.
April
Members helped plan the Sonoma County Yom Hashoah Commemoration
We presented an Earth Day Climate Forum via Zoom.
May
Several committee members worked on social justice legislation with The Religious Action Center of California and also met individually with elected officials, including state Sen. Mike Maguire, state Assemblymember Cecelia Aguiar-Curry and state Sen. Bill Dodd. We advocated for the AB 731 criminal justice reform bill, among other issues.
June
We presented the “Life After Incarceration in the Age of Covid” Zoom panel.
August
Several committee members met with Assemblyman Marc Levine and Sen. Bill Dodd advocating for the “Time Done” criminal justice bill.
We encouraged the congregation to contact our representatives in Washington to protect voting rights.
October
We organized congregants to march under the Shomrei Torah banner in the Women’s Reproductive Rights Rally Santa Rosa.
We held a Zoom “Conversation with Senator Mike McGuire.”
December
We helped with the Toy Drive of the North Bay Organizing Project and Christ United Methodist Church.
We organized our annual Winter Clothing Drive for Elisha’s Pantry
We presented “The Challenge of Mass Incarceration,” a Zoom forum with the Equal Justice Initiative.
Ongoing SAC Projects
Elisha’s Pantry
We partner with Christ United Methodist Church and Bethlehem Lutheran Church to distribute food to people in need. The pantry, which is at 1717 Yulupa Avenue, is open on Thursday afternoons. To sign up to work at the pantry, click here.
Redwood Empire Food Bank
We have special shifts of CST volunteers helping pack food and do other tasks at the Redwood Empire Food Bank. Sign up here.
Other Projects
The Social Action Committee has presented films, forums, and panel discussions highlighting current issues. Past programs have addressed criminal justice reform, homelessness, election concerns, gun violence, money bail, immigration issues, the climate crisis and much more. If there is an issue of specific importance to you, please let us know – and join us. For more information, contact the CST office.
Social Action Resources
The Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism, California is a valuable resource with up-to-date analyses of key social justice topics through a Jewish lens. The RAC also has action guides for urgent social issues specifically within our state, read more.
