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Social Action
 
January  

January 21: Martin Luther King Jr. Day

January 22: Tu B'ishvat

February  
March  

Women’s History Month - Women's Issues in Purim, Domestic Violence, Reproductive Rights 

March 7: Shabbat Shekalim Tzedakah Collectives
March 8: International Women's Day (see: Women's History Month)
March 10: Women and Girls HIV Awareness Day (see: Women's History Month)
March 20-22: Make a Difference Day
March 21: Purim
April  
May  
June  
July  
August  

August 10: Tisha B'Av
August 30: Parashat Re’eh, "If there is a needy among you..." - Housing and Homelessness, Hunger 

September  

September 1: Labor Day - Labor on the Bimah 
September 10-16: Interfaith Week of Action
September 30-October 1: Rosh Hashanah

October  
November  
December  

December 1: World AIDS Day
December 10: Human Rights Day
December 12-13: Human Rights Shabbat
December 22-29: Chanukah
 
Other Ideas and Activities to Consider Throughout the Year  
 

Annual Meeting
  • At your Annual Meeting, discuss investing temple resources in community development funds (see CHIP: The Chai Investment Program). Use the occasion to honor local individuals and community agencies serving the needy and/or collect items for donation.

Bat & Bat        Mitzvah
  • Encourage bar and bat mitzvah students to engage in tzedakah projects as a sign that they are ready to take responsibility for their observance of the mitzvot. Instead of bima flowers, consider decorating the bima with decorative food baskets, which can be donated later to a food pantry. Books can be used as centerpieces and then donated to a needy public school library or other organization. For further bar and bat mitzvah project suggestions visit the RAC’s Youth Mitzvah Projects site and the social action program bank.

Advocacy
  • Encourage your congregation to engage in advocacy campaigns. Click here to sign up for RACNews to receive weekly updates on important legislation and other lists.
  • For more information on advocacy click here.

For more social action resources and program ideas go to:

www.resources.rj.org/rac or www.urj.org/csa

Commission on Social Action of Reform Judaism
633 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017-6778
(212) 650-4160 fax 212.650.4229
csarj@urj.org