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<h1>Getting Organized in the Wake of Charlottesville</h1>
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14 August 2017 </span>
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<p>Jewish Voice for Peace stands unequivocally and emphatically
against the white supremacy, antisemitism and fascism on display
in Charlottesville this weekend. We join the voices of mourning
for Heather Heyer, who was murdered by one of the white
supremacist marchers, and for the full recovery of all those
injured and traumatized by Saturday’s events.</p>
<p>The events in Charlottesville this weekend showed us the violence
of white supremacy at its most visceral and blatant. We must work
to ensure that our sadness and outrage at what happened in
Charlottesville this weekend fuels us to continue the work to
fight the less visible of its violent manifestations that harm
communities of color everyday.</p>
<p>White supremacy has been ever-present in the history of the
United States. The overt pronouncements of antisemitism, nazism,
and anti-Black racism at the Unite the Right rally in
Charlottesville were an appalling display of the dangerous
ideologies emboldened by the Trump presidency. The response of the
local and federal government–from the police who allowed armed and
avowed white supremacists to march unimpeded, to the President of
the United States, who equated those fighting white supremacy with
those promoting it–remind us that we must always rely on our
people and our movements to ensure safety for all people. We must
confront and challenge state-sponsored and state-tolerated
violence at every turn. We must get organized.</p>
<p>We honor and are grateful for all those who stood up so bravely
against the attempt to terrorize Black people, Jews, and
communities of color in Charlottesville. As a multiracial Jewish
organization, we are more committed today than ever to help build
the numbers of people standing up and fighting back. We will keep
fighting antisemitism, white supremacy and Islamophobia. We will
show up for each other wherever we need to be.</p>
<p><strong>To those in our community who are feeling fear we say to
you:</strong> you are not alone. We are with you, we are here
for you. We have each other and need each other.</p>
<p><strong>To those in our community who are feeling despair, we say
to you:</strong> We are so much bigger, so much stronger, so
much more ready and able to build the just world we need.</p>
<p><strong>To those in our community who feel rage, we say to you:</strong>
let this lead you into the streets, into your power, into
communities that will swell with love, commitment, resiliency, and
a vision of a world redeemed.</p>
<p><strong>To those of you who are ready to fight we say:</strong>
let’s get organized! #wearethemajority</p>
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<p><strong>To join a solidarity demonstration or vigil, search <a
href="http://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/search/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. To create your own,
go <a
href="http://act.indivisibleguide.com/event/stand-in-solidarity-with-charlottesville/create/?source=jvp"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. You can show up in
your community with the <a
href="https://teespring.com/wearethemajority" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">“We Will Defend Each Other” T-shirt.</a> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>To donate to organizing, legal and medical funds see:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.paypal.me/blmcville" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">Black Lives Matter- Charlottesville</a></p>
<p><a
href="https://www.gofundme.com/medical-fund-for-comrades-in-cville"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Medical fund</a></p>
<p><a
href="https://fundly.com/solidarity-c-ville-7-8-anti-racist-legal-fund"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Legal fund</a></p>
<p><a
href="https://www.gofundme.com/our-sisters-keeper-heatherheyer"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">Support Heather Heyer’s family</a></p>
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<p><strong>To learn more, see our book:</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://onantisemitism.com/" target="_blank"
rel="noopener">On Antisemitism: Solidarity and the Struggle for
Justice</a></p>
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<p><strong>Download and share <a
href="https://jewishvoiceforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/We-All-Belong-Here-11x17.pdf"
target="_blank" rel="noopener">this free poster</a>:</strong></p>
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