Social & Economic Justice Grantees

Grantee

Description

Enables disadvantaged children of immigrants to fulfill their scholastic potential and integrate into Israeli society.

Provides policy analysis, advocacy and public education on issues of inequality among various population groups in Israel, with a special focus on gender. 

Advocacy efforts and consciousness-raising activities on the issues of education and environmental justice aimed at improving the conditions in the Arab town of Taibe.

Advocacy efforts to improve housing in Jaffa for Arab citizens of Israel.

Advocacy efforts for equal allocation of land resources to the Arab population in Israel, and for representation of Arabs in planning institutions.

Empowers Arab women in Jaffa  economically, culturally, individually and in the community by means of consciousness-raising, public campaigns, community and economic empowerment activities and services.

Develops a parent advocacy model to enhance the Arab public education system in Haifa, for replication in other mixed cities; advances special needs programs and is establishing the first public Arts School for the Arab sector.

Advances co-existence and initiates public discourse through exposure and documentation of the history and memory of disadvantaged populations in the Jewish-Arab city of Jaffa.

Celebrates and advances Mizrachi perspectives in Israeli culture and art through showmanship, literary events, and publishing of books and magazines.

Promotes the integration of adolescents from the former Soviet Union in Israeli society and works to prevents them from declining into situations of risk.

Empowerment activities among FSU immigrant security workers whose employment rights have been violated, and advocacy efforts aimed at the authorities.

Works to close the social gaps and develop an active civil society in the city of Lod by setting up youth centers in Jewish-Arab neighborhoods and developing local leadership.

Supports community-based legal and practical aid and community organizing in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Jerusalem and Be'er Sheva.

The main body representing the Arab public vis-à-vis the education system, advancing equitable allocation of educational resources to Arab schools and greater autonomy in education for the Arab sector.

Raises public awareness of the problem of food insecurity on a national level and promotes nutrition and food security among low-income groups in the Negev, with a focus on children. 

Advocacy efforts and consciousness-raising activities directed at professionals, to ensure equal allocations to Arab citizens inthe area of social welfare.

Promotes the welfare, education, and employment of the Ethiopian community, with a special emphasis on influencing and monitoring the work of the Ethiopian National Project (a joint project of JDC, the Jewish Agency and the UJC).

Dedicated to the successful integration of the Ethiopian immigrant community in Israel.  It focuses on developing civil society, young leadership and increasing community involvement.  

Model academic junior high and high schools for youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods, with a focus on strengthening a positive Mizrachi (Sephardic)–Jewish identity.   

Promotes the involvement of immigrant parents on parent committees in the Israeli educational system.

Works to better the education system in Israel by promoting legislation, establishing a research institute and supporting different educational frameworks.

Supports “Haokets”, a political-social-economic blog, aimed at expanding the public and media’s discourse and creating a media platform for civil society in Israel.

Public education and advocacy activities aimed at promoting the pension rights of immigrants from the FSU.

Helps the residents of Ikrit village to return to the land on which the village stood until 1948, through advocacy efforts, activities to raise public awareness and designing a blueprint for the village.

Works for the inclusion of social objectives in the State budget and influences governmental policies to narrow social and economic gaps. 

Promotes the rights of persons with disabilities in Israel to equality in all walks of life through advocacy and raising awareness among the general public and the disabled.

Brings Rahat (and Bedouin society in general) services on an equal footing by advocacy vis-à-vis the municipality and government agencies, and a philanthropic branch that helps residents with food and clothing.

Educational and community empowerment programs operated by university students in low-income Jewish and Arab neighborhoods throughout Israel. 

Policy analysis and advocacy efforts to ensure equality in government budgets and policies for Arab citizens of Israel, and Jewish-Arab activities to combat racism among the Israeli public. 

Enables homeless residents in Be'er Sheva to get organized, and promotes advocacy activities aimed at the authorities to change housing policies.

Advocacy for social rights, including housing and educational opportunities, for disadvantaged populations.

Leadership programs for young immigrants from the former Soviet Union.

Advocacy and activities to promote access to affordable housing for middle and low income populations.   

Develops community infrastructure in the the Shapira and Qiryat Shalom neighborhoods in south Tel Aviv.

Promotes change in the consumer culture in Israel by addressing public complaints, conducting investigations in the area of consumerism and participating in legislative processes, public struggles and media activities.

Works for the economic and personal empowerment of diverse women in Israel, with a focus on Mizrachi, Ethiopian and other disempowered groups, and runs Israel’s first fair trade store. 

Promotes an alternative socio-economic worldview and encourages a critical public discourse on these issues.

Efforts to promote the aliyah and absorption of Jews remaining in Ethiopia.

Unique model of training courses and mentoring for minority women interested in opening their own business as a means of escaping the cycle of poverty. 

Provides an alternative media platform that expresses an independent and critical perspective on Israeli society.

Legal assistance and empowerment activities to advance the rights of citizens of Ethiopian origin. 

Cultivates young leadership in developing towns in Israel.

Promotes a just distribution of resources in Israel by monitoring governmental activities, advocacy efforts aimed at decision-makers and legal petitions.

Works to improve the compatibility between the cultural activities and services provided in Jerusalem, and the various populations receiving it by arranging courses and workshops on inter-cultural activities.

Aims to build tools that will facilitate and influence the socio-economic dialogue and policy decisions in Israel.

Works to narrow social and economic gaps through public education and legal activities designed to link feminist discourse with social justice.