Dyll Welch, Valeriya Epshteyn, Jake Ehrlich, Nina Chacker, and Nina's son, Oscar, attended Let My People Sing at Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center August 23rd-26th. They gathered together with a diverse, intergenerational group of 250 other lovers of Jewish song to share new and old music, connect to ancestry, and sing their way through healing, grief, joy, longing, and liberation.

Hello, DJJ!

My name is Lauren (she/her) and I am so pleased to be spending the next eight months at DJJ as a fieldwork intern.

Last night I had the pleasure of attending my first DJJ general meeting. 

While the direct action of the Poor People's Campaign has quieted, the movement continues to brew. As PPC arrestees consider going to trial and connect at a retreat focused on articulating next steps, relive the momentum with a video from Three Lyons Creative and a piece in the Detroit Jewish News.

Dear friends,

The morning after an incredible shabbaton of relationship and skills-building, over a dozen DJJ leaders schlepped to Lansing to participate in the Poor People’s Campaign. We were rolling deep because the day’s theme of Environmental Justice brings out the cause dearest to our collective heart: water.

Behind the scenes of all the great work that DJJ has been doing is one very important person, our trusty Treasurer Lou Echeandia. DJJ is so grateful for everything that he does. 

On July 23, 2018, Michael Duggan, Mayor of Detroit, held a meeting for the constituents of District 5.  These events are held from time to time in the various City Council Districts, and they give the Mayor a chance to reach out to his constituents, promote his accomplishments, and hear from the people about what kind of job the city government is doing, or failing to do, from their point of view.  

As the Poor People's Campaign (PPC) swept the States this summer, several leading Jewish organizations, many of which are national, endorsed this historic movement. 

Mary Ellen Gurewitz, DJJ co-founder and Steering Committee member, recently won a historic case for voting rights in Michigan's straight-ticket voting issue.