NEW ADVOCACY COALITION FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES

NCJW has joined a powerful coalition of of advocacy organizations called LAW - Legislative Agenda for Women. LAW was established to develop and support specific legislation to improve and protect the interests of women.

This legislative session we are working to guarantee equal pay for women in Louisiana, expand medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, and support efforts to provide fact-based comprehensive sex education to our young people.

This week we had a victory when two bills moved forward out of their committees. Now they will move to the State Senate floor.

Please send an email or call your Louisiana State Senator today to ask them to support the bill.


Or contact Ina Davis: inanew@me.com / 504-919-2559 and she can tell you who your Senator is.


If your Senator is Karen Carter-Peterson or Edwin Murray, please just thank them for their leadership on these issues.


Sample email or telephone. message:

Dear Senator XXXX,

Please support two important bills in the Senate in the coming days. Both are important to the well being of women, men and their families in Louisiana.

Please vote for SB 125 (Peterson) to Expand Medicaid and provide health care for hundreds of thousands more working people in our state who otherwise will not get it.

Please vote for SB 153 (Murray) the Equal Pay Bill - to level the playing field for women and help them support their families. It will not apply to the smallest businesses (only those with 20 or more employees) and it will help ensure women get fair pay for their hard work.

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Thank you for your support,
Michelle Erenberg
VP Community Services
NCJW GNO

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Michelle Erenberg
merenberg21@gmail.com


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FOOD DESERT SEDER

On Passover we trace our path from oppression to redemption, from suffering to opportunity. As we recall our wandering through the desert on the way to freedom, our minds turn to those who are suffering today, to those still wandering the desert—the food desert.

This Seder companion will help you explore your commitment to ensure that:
  • no one goes hungry in this land of plenty and everyone has access to healthy and affordable food;
  • our food is grown in ways that are environmentally sustainable; and
  • all farmers and food production workers have safe workplaces and fair wages.
You can click our link below for a downloadable pdf:


Please click here to download a copy of the Brochure

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NCJW Joins with Louisiana Women's Round-table

NCJW is thrilled to be working with a diverse network of non-profit organizations named Louisiana Women's Round-table. This group is coordinating to present discussion forum's to the public on policy issues that impact the lives of women and families. On February 19th we hosted our first in our round-table series, What Matters to Women, Matters to America. Moderated by Sally J. Kenney, Executive Director of Newcomb College Institute, the panel engaged the audience in a critical discussion about how public policies intersect in a way that could have a long-lasting impact women's futures. We would like to thank Sally Kenney, Tania Tetlow, Marjorie Esman, Karissa Haugeberg, and Beth Willinger for participating in this discussion and our co-sponsors for making this a wonderful event.

We will host another panel in the Fall, so keep an eye on your newsletters for more information.

Louisiana Women's Round-table is a strong coalition of organizations including: American Association of University Women-New Orleans Branch, American Civil Liberties Union - Louisiana, Independent Women's Organization, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies, League of Women Voters New Orleans, Louisiana Progress, National Council of Jewish Women, Greater New Orleans Section, National Organization for Women of New Orleans, and Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast


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Thank you for your commitment to women, children, and families,
The new 2011-14 NCJW Resolutions, approved at the NCJW Inc. Convention in March, are now available.

Please click here to see them

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Statewide Offices
Governor
Lt. Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Treasurer
Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry
Commissioner of Insurance

Jefferson Parish Offices
Parish President
Council at Large A & B
Council Districts 1-5
Sheriff
Assessor
Clerk of Court
Coroner
BESE Districts 1,2, & 3
State Senate 3, 6, & 10
State Representative 54, 79-87, 92 & 105



Orleans Parish Offices
BESE Districts 1 & 2
State Senate 1-7
State Representative 82, 86,91, 93-103
Judge Civil District Court Div. B
Judge Civil District Court Div. E
Judge Criminal District Court, Div. L
Judge Traffic Court Div. A




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 Click here  to find your voting poll location and sample ballot for your address.

 Click here  for information about Constitutional Amendments 

or email merenberg21@gmail.com for a .pdf copy of the text.

 ELECTION 
VOTING INFORMATION
 

Now there are three early voting sites:

City Hall
1300 Perdido Street, Room 1W24
New Orleans, LA 70112

Algiers Courthouse
225 Morgan Street, Room 105
New Orleans, LA 70114

NEW SITE
Voting Machine Warehouse
8870 Chef Menteur Highway
New Orleans, LA 70127

For information call 504.658.8300



 ELECTIONS: ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON PARISHES

 Your Registrar of Voters Offices:


Voting Locations Orleans Parish 
Registrar of Voters, City Hall                               
1300 Perdido St., 1st floor, Suite 1W23 
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Algiers Courthouse
225 Morgan St.
8:30 a.m. to  4:30 p.m.


Voting Locations Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters
5001 Westbank Expressway, Suite C-2
8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

Jefferson Parish Registrar of Voters
1221 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Suite # 501
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Are you registered to vote?

If you moved...

Have you changed your address with the Registrar of Voters?

If NO is the answer to either of these questions,

NOW is the time to register.

It’s easy, just print out the online form or follow the directions and form listed beow:

 http://www.sos.louisiana.gov/Portals/0/elections/forms/form_0110_ver-011106.pdf

You must report your new address to the registrar in order to vote from the new address. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JEWISH WOMEN, GREATER NEW ORLEANS SECTION

Get registered NOW!  Your voice will make a difference!!!
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National NCJW Efforts

BenchMark - NCJW Benchmark Campaign. NCJW is committed to promoting reproductive freedoms for all women.

Yad B'Yad - Learn about NCJW's Initiative to Nurture Knowledge, a grant program supporting grassroots organizations serving at-risk children and their families in Israel.

Local Efforts

NCJW Greater New Orleans Section Advocacy Contact: Michelle Erenberg
451-8489, merenberg21@gmail.com, NCJW VP Gov't Relations/Public Affair

Louisiana State Public Affairs Chair, Ina Davis, 919-2559, inanew@me.com

Contact Local Government Representives

Governor "Bobby" Jindal
Office of the Governor
Attn: Constituent Services
P.O. Box 94004
Baton Rouge, LA. 70804-9004
Telephone Number: (225) 342-0991 or 342-7015
Facsimile: (225) 342-7099
Email the Governor

Louisiana House of Representatives
Louisiana State Senate
PULS Line (up to the minute report on legislation)

Contact Federal Government Representives

Senator David Vitter
503 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4623
E-mail: david_vitter@vitter.senate.gov

Senator Mary Landrieu
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5824
Web Form: landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
president@whitehouse.gov White House