Civic Engagement

Climate Change

Woodlands has joined Religious Action Center-NY in its multi-year Climate Covenant. We have already achieved several of our legislative goals and, with RAC-NY, will continue to advocate for environmentally responsible legislation.

Post-Carding Campaign

For the past few years, Woodlands congregants have been participating in a campaign to fight voter suppression and encourage all Americans to vote, most particularly those whose voices have traditionally been silenced. Some folks wrote cards individually, some in family groups, and some on zoom with other congregants. We felt proud and we felt powerful – and we had fun! 

The fight continues. This year, we intend to focus in two areas:

• We will support the New York Equal Rights Amendment, campaigning for its adoption when New Yorkers go to the polls in November
• We will continue to encourage persons of color and others who have traditionally been the target of voter suppression campaigns to vote. We intent to help safeguard and expand hard-won civil rights by increasing BIPOC participation in elections.

Please answer the call when we begin this important work.

Our Work

Join us in working with the Religious Action Center (RAC – the Reform movement’s vehicle for working to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish community to advocate for social justice) and RAC-New York (focused on NYS issues). In the past, we have successfully lobbied for parole reform and driver’s licenses for all. We are very proud of our contributions toward fighting voter suppression and the passage of New York’s Environmental Bond Act. 

Our current focus is on passage of laws in NYS that will reduce the impact of climate change. 

Leader: Andrea Olstein CETF@wct.org

CONTACTING OFFICIALS

A major way in which we advocate for a just society is by communicating our thoughts to leaders of government. Click HERE for contact information.