In her June 2017 blog post, Justice for All: Respecting Identity and Protecting Dignity, Lea Andersen reflects on a personal experience that shaped her beliefs and behavior as a trans woman for…
Natural and Comfortable States of Being as a Basic Human Right
2016-2017 Tzedek By the Numbers
“Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes. How do you measure a year in the life?” Rent As our 2016-2017 Fellowship year comes to a close and we welcome the 2017-2018 cohort…
Dreams of Dissent in the Nonprofit Sector
By Katie Latino This blog started out as a note in my phone, a list of my frustrations with nonprofit culture. In the following days, inspirations bloomed up in unexpected places–at a…
Presence, Civic Engagement, and Leadership
First published in the July 2016 issue of the Urban News, Sheneika Smith shares her perspective of Asheville, the work she is doing to enhance the cultural identity of black communities, and…
Who Benefits from Evaluation Data?
Hannah James is the Tzedek Fellow at the Center for Diversity Education at UNCA focused on youth and young adult equity and inclusion education. In March 2017, she enrolled in Evaluate for…
As We Find Our Way: Tzedek’s Statement on Israel, Palestine, and BDS
In these tenuous days marked by injustice, the Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis Fund (AMKRF) and the Tzedek Social Justice Fellowship often receive inquiries about our work, our vision, and our relationship…
Tzedek Fellows Create Change
Creating Change is the largest gathering of LGBTQ activists in the world. This year, it was held January 18-22 in Philadelphia with multiple sessions facilitated by world-renowned activists, leaders, movers, and shakers. Tzedek…
Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World
By Katie Latino Women in Poverty and the YWCA According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, 25% of families in North Carolina with children under 18 are headed by single women, and…
What A Millennial Has To Say About Voting
As Spirit in Action’s Tzedek Social Justice Fellow, Sam Singer was out in the field talking to voters throughout the election season. Here, she shares a new view of voter engagement and…
Does Yes Always Mean Yes?: Lessons on Consent from Sex Down South 2016
By Jess McDonald Sex Down South Conference I was lazily making bacon and eggs one Saturday morning, just over a month into my position at Our VOICE, when my favorite podcast planted…