Current Campaigns
At DJJ we hold many partnerships with the greater organizing community in Metro Detroit.
Every year or so we ask our partners about their political plans and take a wide-lens look at the local political landscape of Metro Detroit. Then we synthesize those responses, and our staff and leaders come together to commit to honing in on a handful of particularly important issues.
This year we are holding two teams — ImmigrationandDemocracy Defense — to focus our impact and build cohesive organizing hubs to fight for racial and economic justice in Metro Detroit.
Immigration
The DJJ Immigration Team is a collective of DJJ-niks working with our partner organizations, the People’s Assembly and CAFE, immigrant community defense organizations in Southwest Detroit and Oakland County, respectively. Our team focuses our efforts on whistle kit assembling and distribution, Migra Watch, and mutual aid work for our neighbors in need of support.
Contact Stevie to find out more and get involved at stevie@detroitjewsforjustice.org
Democracy Defense
We are recruiting Jewish folks and allies from across metro Detroit to volunteer as nonpartisan poll challengers, host early vote parties, educate nieghbors about their voting rights, and more! We'll also be training in de-escalation and peace keeping skills that we can take beyond this year's midterm election.
In coalition with Michigan Voices, the ACLU Fund of Michigan, All Voting is local and 40+ other organizations across the state, DJJ is part of the largest nonpartisan election protection program in Michigan (one of the largest in the country)! Safeguarding our democratic institutions means exercising and enforcing our democratic rights, like voting.
Contact Laura to find out more and get involved at laura@detroitjewsforjustice.org
Other partnerships
Our leaders and staff are organizing around other issues with our partners, including:
- A statewide coalition of disability advocates strategizing for a hub for disability rights information alongside Detroit Disability Power and other partner organizations
- Protecting Black homeownership in Detroit by stopping unconstitutional property tax assessments with the Coalition for Property Tax Justice
- Advocating for water affordability by passing legislation at the state level to ensure water is accessible to all, no matter your income, with the People's Water Board Assembly
- A statewide ballot intiative to invest in our public schools through a fair share tax surcharge for the wealthiest Michiganders - funds would help reduce classes sizes, recruit and retain talented teachers and expand career and technical education. We are working on this in coalition with Fund MI Future and 482Forward alongisde many other great organizations.
If you would like to be involved in other issue areas, email Lisa at lisa@detroitjewsforjustice.org