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Creating United Empowerment (CUE) Launch Party

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Party for a purpose! Please join us to share our vision and celebrate the public launch of Creating United Empowerment (CUE)!

Creating United Empowerment (CUE) is a nonprofit online art gallery that donates 40% of its sales to nonprofit organizations that empower women to thrive in the face of oppression. CUE focuses this support on survivors of sexual/domestic violence, LGBTQIA+ women, and women of ethnic/racial minorities.

We’re inviting our community to celebrate our public launch over some good food, drinks, and live music. This is a chance to connect with people who have a passion for art and social good, meet the team behind the organization, and invest in original artwork made by local women and genderqueer artists.

40% of the sales will be donated to Women Against Abuse. Help us empower women to thrive in the face of oppression.

**CUE is inclusive and accepting of all people who identify with, as, or stand with women and genderqueer people.**

RSVP by June 1: www.picatic.com/CUE-launch-party

Take Steps for Crohn’s and Colitis

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By joining Take Steps, you will become part of the IBD community, who not only provide support to each other, but who, together, are actively raising money to support the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation fund research into better treatments and ultimately cures for IBD. Join the Take Steps movement to raise funds for IBD and we can celebrate together at your local Take Steps event.

Please join us for a family fun day as we TAKE STEPS for Crohn’s & Colitis. Bring your friends and family to enjoy live music, kid’s activities, food and of course lots of fun!

Check in and festival begin at 10:30am

FREE PARKING IN LOT P- Corner of Darien Street and Pattison Ave

Program beings at 11:30am

Please come with your friends and family!

Latino-Jewish Entrepreneurial Summit

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AJC’s Latino-Jewish Coalition is hosting a summit for Jewish and Latino entrepreneurs to come together for breakfast, networking, and a panel presentation and discussion. Join us to celebrate and learn about growing a business directly from successful entrepreneurs from the Latino and Jewish communities in Philadelphia. See the flyer for more details and to register!

Escape from Yemen: An AJC ACCESS Happy Hour Program featuring Mohammed al Samawi

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Mohammed Al Samawi is a human rights activist who fled Yemen with the help of AJC. Raised to think of Jews as his enemy, Mohammed has since become a champion of Muslim-Jewish dialogue. Please join us to hear about the current situation in Yemen, prospects for peace in the region, and the harrowing tale of how Mohammed escaped from a building full of al-Qaeda operatives, with the assistance of AJC and peace activists, to arrive in the US.

The program is generously hosted by Elijah Dornstreich, AJC Philadelphia Executive Committee Member, at Bernstein. This program will include beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres, and prior registration is required to attend. Please contact Max Buchdahl, AJC Philadelphia’s ACCESS Associate, at buchdahlm.temp@ajc.org with questions and to RSVP. We hope to see you on March 27!

*ACCESS AJC is the place for young Jewish professionals in their 20s and 30s who want to work with peers from across the globe to change the world.

Climate Solutions Expo

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Last year was the hottest year on record. Until this year. And next year will be even hotter.

This November, our election cycle will come and go, but climate change will remain a growing threat. Our mission at PennEnvironment is to continue to highlight the urgent work that can be done on environmental issues before, during, and after elections. As such, we are hosting a “Climate Solutions Expo” for Montgomery County on March 26th, co-sponsored by Haverford College.

The goal of this event is to engage new members of our community, hear about concrete cases of how we can take action to confront climate change, and participate in tangible tactics that leverage science and research to promote thoughtful public policy and make a difference. As PennEnvironment is an advocacy organization, we use many of these tactics every day – such as writing Letters to the Editor, calling elected officials, petitioning campaigns, recording videos, lobbying, and more.

Climate change is already threatening Montgomery County, causing worsening flooding, higher rates of insect-borne disease, and increasing heat-induced mortality. Yet we also have the people and the potential to stand up for our health, our pocketbooks, and our planet. We hope you’ll join us, and be a part of the solution!

For more details, please contact PennEnvironment’s Montgomery County Organizer, Shana Gallagher: email: shana@pennenvironment.org; phone: 4154809729.

AJC ACCESS Insider Briefing: What to Expect in Europe in 2018

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AJC ACCESS Philadelphia, the local branch of AJC’s worldwide young leadership network, is hosting Michael Sieveking, the Deputy Director of AJC’s Transatlantic Institute in Brussels. Mr. Sieveking will be giving an insider briefing on recent developments in Europe, including the relationship between EU countries and Israel, and growing concern over anti-Semitism in many European countries. The program will include beer, wine, and hors d’oeuvres, and prior registration is required to attend. Please contact Max Buchdahl, AJC Philadelphia’s ACCESS Associate, at buchdahlm.temp@ajc.org with questions and to RSVP. We hope to see you on February 12!