{"id":2689,"date":"2017-08-16T16:41:51","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T20:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/?p=2689"},"modified":"2017-08-18T09:40:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T13:40:27","slug":"charlottesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/charlottesville\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlottesville"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"left\">\n<p>On Saturday, August 12th, Heather Heyer was murdered in an act of domestic terrorism while protesting the presence of white supremacist &#8220;alt right&#8221; groups who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia. These extremists, apparently upset about the removal of a Confederate statue, also beat up Deandre Harris, a 20 year-old black man, and threatened to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/reformjudaism.org\/blog\/2017\/08\/14\/charlottesville-local-jewish-community-presses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" shape=\"rect\">burn down a local Reform synagogue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since the election of Donald Trump, the SPLC has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splcenter.org\/hatewatch\/2016\/12\/16\/update-1094-bias-related-incidents-month-following-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" shape=\"rect\">documented over 1,000\u00a0<\/a>bias-related incidents that targeted minorities. It is safe to say that the president has emboldened these extremists; but this racism has existed for a long time, and is woven into the fabric of our society.<\/p>\n<p>For 123 years NCJW NY&#8217;s mission has been clear: to right society&#8217;s wrongs and care for our neighbors. From assisting immigrants fleeing persecution in the early 20th century, to opening a food pantry in the 1980s to help those suffering under Reagan&#8217;s austerity measures, we have put faith into action to improve the lives of women, children and families.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing new about the Trump administration and the culture of hate it engenders is its boldness; but we have seen this before and we have overcome. We will continue to demand justice for the vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Yours in solidarity,<br \/>\nMaria Mostajo, President<br \/>\nAndrea Salwen Kopel<\/p>\n<p>August 16, 2017 | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/statements\">back to all statements<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, August 12th, Heather Heyer was murdered in an act of domestic terrorism while protesting the presence of white supremacist &#8220;alt right&#8221; groups who marched in Charlottesville, Virginia. These extremists, apparently upset about the removal of a Confederate statue, also beat up Deandre Harris, a 20 year-old black man, and threatened to\u00a0burn down a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2689"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2689\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ncjwny.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}