Last week, over 300 Jews and allies joined actions across New York (some in the snow!) to say we demand justice for Dreamers and all undocumented immigrants as part of a national Jewish mobilization for Dreamers.

At the Manhattan action, we read the words of Claudia, a Dreamer from Utah: “I am a human; I am 1 of the 800,000 dreamers who thrive for a better future. America is my home.”

Claudia’s words reminded me of my grandfather Sidney, a Polish immigrant who came to America after surviving the Holocaust.

My grandpa Sid taught me: we can never forget the humanity of all people — when we do, horrific tragedy is allowed to flourish. It’s part of what inspires me to organize Jewish communities for justice now.

Over the past several months, I’ve seen the power of the Jewish resistance when we rise up with love and solidarity: we’ve mobilized thousands of phone calls, committed a large-scale civil disobedience in our nation’s capital, and planned solidarity actions across the country.

Now we’re taking our moral outrage and turning it into electoral power to build a government that shares our vision of a country where everyone is free to live with safety and dignity.

Join us on Sunday, March 4, in Manhattan to get the training you need to bring the Jewish resistance to the 2018 midterm elections.

PS: Read more about two weeks of #LetMyPeopleStay, when thousands of Jews across the country raised their voices for Dreamers, and then join us in New York on March 4 as we launch 8 months of strategic action to build electoral power.

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