Highlights of Outcomes
In collaboration with numerous partners, the Jewish Community Relations Council works to educate, convene and mobilize the Jewish community in the pursuit of social justice; bring the Jewish community into consensus, which ensures a vibrant community able to take positions and advocate on key federal, state and local legislative issues; and act as an informational resource to member organizations, the Jewish and general communities, and Jewish organizations on college campuses.
While such work has resulted in many successful outcomes, the following are among the most recent:
Goal: Ongoing efforts with Miami-Dade municipalities to pass resolutions divesting pension funds from firms doing business with Iran or Sudan
Outcome: Resulted in such resolutions from the cities of Aventura, Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, South Miami and Sunny Isles Beach, and Miami Shores Village
Goals: Coalition efforts with Jewish and non-Jewish groups, and follow-through with key contacts and grassroots efforts with Miami-Dade County officials to restore 100% cuts in community-based organization funding
Outcome: 70% restoration of funding
Goals: Convener of agency meeting with State Representative David Rivera, follow-through with key contacts, coalition partners and grassroots efforts with State officials to restore Local Service Provider (LSP) funding and to re-write school prayer bill
Outcomes: Full funding of LSP programs in State legislature; acceptable compromise on school prayer bill
Goals: Ongoing relationship-building with local and State officials
Outcomes: Garnered support for corrected allocations process of Older American Act funds through Alliance for Aging; successfully facilitated shipment of medical supplies to Haiti
Goals: Homeland Security Grants
Outcome: Ability to convene agencies, support their efforts and serve as liaison with County officials resulted in applicants’ meeting new 2010 eligibility requirements; six applicants with whom JCRC worked in 2009 cycle received grants totaling over $400,000
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