The next JALSA Banned Book Club selection is Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, which follows a woman living in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by climate change and wealth inequality.

Join us Wed., May 1, 7pm. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#mapoli #bospoli

On this #MayDay , we are proud to lead our #TimeFor20 efforts to raise the min. wage to $20 by 2027, indexed to inflation.

It's time for a minimum wage that keeps up with rising costs and supports working families. Email your legislator today: raiseupma.us/email #mapoli

Chag Pesach Sameach from your friends at JALSA!

#happypassover #passover #passover 2024 #chagpesachsameach #chagsameach #pesach #mapoli #bospoli

Passover is about moving from oppression to liberation.

Book bans take us in the wrong direction.

Support 'Let My People Read!,' a JALSA #Passover campaign to resist book banning in the U.S.:
jalsa.kindful.com/?campaign=1299…

#mapoli #bospoli #ChagPesachSameach #HappyPassover

If access to this care is overturned by #SCOTUS , people will be forced to travel out of state or worse, die, as they will be unable to get the lifesaving medical care they need. #JewsForAbortionAccess

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on April 24 in a case that could limit emergency abortion care nationwide. In Judaism, abortion is required when the life of the pregnant person is at stake.

Read JALSA's latest op-ed column, in Jewish Journal:
'Modern Book Bans Echo Past Atrocities and Further Silence Marginalized Voices'
jewishjournal.com/commentary/opi…

#BookBans #BanningBooks #BannedBooks #mapoli #bospoli

The next JALSA Banned Book Club selection is Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler, which follows a woman living in a post-apocalyptic America ravaged by climate change and wealth inequality.

Join us Wed., May 1, 7pm. Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#mapoli #bospoli

This week, JALSA went to the State House to 'Make Noise for the Location Shield Act,' vital public safety and consumer privacy legislation.

Read more about it at:
jalsa.org/events-news/ja…

#mapoli #bospoli ACLU Massachusetts

JALSA's March Banned Book Club selection is Jane Against the World by Karen Blumenthal. The book examines the history of #AbortionRights in the U.S. and has been challenged in Wyoming & Texas.

Join us on Wed., March 27, 7pm.

Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#mapoli #bospoli

Chag Purim Sameach!

Wishing you a joyous Purim this weekend!

JALSA's President & CEO, Cindy Rowe, says her favorite flavor of hamentaschen is prune. Reply with your favorite!

#Purim #HappyPurim #ChagPurimSameach #ChagSameach #mapoli #bospoli

Very proud of JALSA Senior Staff Attorney Julia Schlozman for receiving a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Mass. Lawyers Weekly Excellence in the Law 2024 'Up & Coming Lawyers' award this morning! Extremely well deserved!

#mapoli #bospoli

Thanks to Callie Crossley for her JALSA shout-out on GBH's Greater Boston with Tori Bedford, re: our efforts to combat book bans.

Sign up for our March 27 Banned Book Club meeting (Karen Blumenthal's Jane Against the World) at:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#mapoli #bospoli

We want immigrants, refugees, & asylum seekers to know: #MassachusettsWelcomes them. Say NO to anti-migrant rhetoric and YES to supporting foreign-born families.

JALSA stands with MIRA Coalition & all with the #CourageToWelcome .

jewishboston.com/read/how-jewis…

#mapoli #bospoli

As a state home to over 1.2 million immigrants, it’s clear that our diversity is our superpower.

It’s time to recommit our values by saying NO to anti-immigrant rhetoric and YES to supporting foreign-born families.

Can we count on you to join us? #CourageToWelcome

On this International Women’s Day, email your legislators today to urge them to raise the minimum wage and help close the gender pay gap in Massachusetts! actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-y… #TimeFor20 #mapoli

The discrepancy is even higher for black and latina women who, on average, make $0.58 & $0.53, respectively, for every dollar paid to white men. #TimeFor20 #mapoli

On this International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting the gender and race discrepancies in MA’s minimum wage. According to data published by National Women's Law Center, on average, women in MA make $0.84 for every dollar paid to men. #TimeFor20 #mapoli nwlc.org/state/massachu…

JALSA's March Banned Book Club selection is Jane Against the World by Karen Blumenthal. The book examines the history of #AbortionRights in the U.S. and has been challenged in Wyoming & Texas.

Join us on Wed., March 27, 7pm.

Register:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

#mapoli #bospoli

In The Boston Globe Boston Globe Opinion, JALSA highlights the alignment of moral and economic imperatives in response to recent municipal actions on supporting migrant families and addressing the housing crisis.

Read it at:
bostonglobe.com/2024/03/07/opi…

#mapoli #bospoli