National Council of Jewish Women - Cleveland

Community engagement: current programming includes working with the sullivan-deckard scholars at Cleveland state university and engaging with other local social service agencies to determine current needs of foster youth; little free libraries - auditing, consistently re-stocking and keeping them up to date and functioanl - so that kids can still take books, give books and continue to foster a love of reading; operation warm-up is our annual collection of winter clothing items for those in need; share what you wear collects, then distributes, clothing and supplies to children in need or in crisis through school and agency social workers.

Social justice/advocacy: family and sexual violence works to combat oppression, discrimination and bias related to gender and/or familial relationships; focus on foster care (continuous projects aimed at supporting these youth at every stage and every age while in and aged out of foster care; stop human trafficking provides educational and supportive services to help prevent human trafficking in the county and advocates on behalf of trafficking survivors; threads of love and comfort provides bags filled with new clothing and toiletries for victims of sexual assault when they are taken to the emergency room; promote the vote, protect the vote works to increase voter turnout and educates voters on issues; and reproductive rights and health focus extends from infant mortality and sex education to sexual violence and abortion rights/access. Among other issues, the committee advocates for legislation that promotes Women and children's health and provides care packages to sexual assault survivors at local hospitals.