321ACTION: July 1, 2024
Jewish Women International strongly condemns the Supreme Court’s disastrous ruling in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. This ruling, which effectively criminalizes homelessness, has profound and distressing implications for victims and survivors of domestic violence and their children. This decision fails to recognize the harrowing reality faced by countless women and families who are forced to choose between enduring violence at home and seeking safety on the streets. Domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness among women with children. By criminalizing homelessness, the Supreme Court is also criminalizing victims for leaving dangerous and abusive partners. Read JWI's full statement here.
Ready to make a difference?
Here are three ways to get started:
1.Tell your Representative to restore funding for Rape Prevention Education, gun violence prevention, other important CDC programs, and education funding!
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies passed a spending bill eliminating the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (Injury Center) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Injury Center oversees important programs such as the Rape Prevention and Education grant program and conducts and funds vital research into preventing and responding to both violence-related and accidental injuries, including gun violence. Click here to email your Representative to urge the House to restore funding to this critical agency. The House spending bill also cuts education spending by 13%. Click here to email your Representative and urge them to reject cuts to critical education programs.
2. The Surgeon General declared gun violence to be a public health crisis!
For the first time in U.S. history, the surgeon general has issued an advisory declaring gun violence to be a public health crisis. Watch Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s brief introductory video here, read the advisory here, and spread the word using shareable social media graphics available here.
3. Urge your members of Congress to close the dating loophole!
Victims and survivors of domestic violence won an important Supreme Court victory in U.S. v. Rahimi, which upheld the federal law prohibiting certain individuals subject to final domestic violence protective orders from having firearms. However, most victims of dating violence are not protected by this law. Click here to email your members of Congress and urge them to support legislation closing the “dating loophole.” If you missed the Rahimi webinar, you can watch a recording here.
+ In case you missed it...
The recording of the Jewish Gun Violence Prevention Roundtable’s online discussion, Children and Guns: What Every Parent Should Know, is now available! Watch the recording here, and review the resource guide here.