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THe Social Action committee





Social Action Committee volunteers partnered with the League of Women Voters to help Essex County residents register to vote on National Voter Registration Day.



The Social Action Committee was established to engage the CAI community in performing acts of Tikkun Olam (Repair the World), and to implement a foundation for strong values.

OUR MISSION is to promote justice and compassion within the Jewish community and society-at-large. This includes activities with other religious groups and diverse communities.

SOCIAL ACTION COMMITTEE is a participating member of the following organizations:
  • Family Promise of Essex County

  • Northern New Jersey Sanctuary Coalition
  • Local Community Food Pantries, including Toni's Kitchen in Montclair and      the Caldwell Food Pantry
  • Habitat for Humanity

ANNUAL AND ONGOING EVENTS include:
  • Biannual hosting of temporarily displaced families being housed by Family
  Promise
of Essex County.
  • Weekly participation in the First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell's Soup
  Kitchen

  • Providing assistance to individual asylum seekers through the
  following methods: transportation, medical/dental treatment, job leads,
  daily activities, computer access, clothing, as well as interfacing
  with governmental agencies for advice and counseling
  • Perpetual food drive for the local community food pantry
  • Programming to discuss modern day issues
  • Constructing homes in surrounding communities with Habitat for
  Humanity
  • Collaborations with other CAI volunteer groups, including:
     
The Environmental Committee
     The Interfaith Committee 
     The Israel Committee     
     
The Tzedek Initiative

October 11,2024 /  9 Tishrei 5785