ADVICE FOR ACTIVISTS:
Just as the Women Who Dared found role models in the women around them, so, too, can others take inspiration from their activism. Here the Women
Who Dared share their suggestions on how to get involved in social
change. All it takes is a little passion, a sense of responsibility, and
the willingness to take the first step.
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In truth there was a lot of good fortune in our naiveté. (Hadassa Goodman)
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SHALVA (Safe Homes Advice and Legal Aid for Victims of Abuse)
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Do it!
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Hadassah Blocker
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Get into it. Get the ugly stuff. See it, so you have a motive and a passion.
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Rebecca Chernin
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Hundreds of opportunities present themselves on a daily basis. You have to grab one of them and say, 'This is something I can do.'
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Ruth Clarke
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I believe two qualities are necessary for engaging in tikkun olam [repairing the world]: one, that you have the ability to see the other, to see a problem, to see pain, to see injustice
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Merle Feld
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Social change can be so many things. It's giving money, it's writing letters, it's starting campaigns, it's voting
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Barbara Gaffin
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One way to get involved is to join with local Jewish organizations that are fighting for causes.
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Roz Garber
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Especially on the issues of public schools, parents who have children in public schools who are interested in something more
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Susan Maze-Rothstein
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I feel very strongly that teenagers and younger children -- this is the group that has to be inspired.
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Denise Schorr
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The first thing is to get a good mentor early on and discuss your ideas with her. Really plan ahead.
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Abby Shevitz
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What do I recommend for women who want to learn how to put their ovaries into activist-action? If you can imagine it, you can do it.
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Rivka Solomon
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It starts with taking a little risk. Go to an event, answer an invitation, go to a conference, agree to go to a meeting, say 'yes' to something that you might not normally do
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Judy Somberg
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There has to be a certain joy or inner reward to keep up the work. Sometimes an outright victory is achieved.
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Judy Somberg
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My criteria for pursuing a political interest (and I have many) is that there must be a high ratio of useful work done to amount of time spent in meetings.
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Judy Somberg
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Do not stand by.
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Marillyn Tallman
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I chanced into work that became meaningful to me. Someone offered me a job teaching in prison and from the first moment, after the initial search, I was shocked, transfixed
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Jean Trounstine
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If there's an issue that you're interested in, find out what groups are working on it and go talk to them.
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Judy Frieze Wright
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How to Become and Stay an Activist...
- Look around you and into your heart and find something that you are really passionate about, or something that really, really bothers you.
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Janet Yassen
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Probably the most important thing is to figure out what the issue is that really moves you and that you're passionate about. And I think sort of by chance for me that I wound up seeing some movie
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Rebecca Young
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