From Minister Onleilove Chika Alston

Shalom TNS community,

Thank you so much for welcoming me. I hope everyone had a transformative fast. As next Action Steps, I invite you to sign and circulate two petitions.

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Send a strong message to the City Council about the moral imperative for closing Rikers. As New York City transitions to new elected leadership, we need to ensure that our next Mayor follows through on this plan to create safer, stronger communities by investing in prevention & rehabilitation and by addressing the racial disparities in the criminal legal system.  
You can sign the letter here and please do so by Friday October 1st.

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For a few months, I have been helping a group of Black Jews who have a community where 135 people face deportation in Israel.  Sadly, the final deportation letters were sent the day after Rosh Hashanah. 
You can read about the cases here, sign and share the petition here.