Please see the incredible and beautiful work of the DJJ community below. We are so proud of the strength and effectiveness of our organizing and fundraising efforts in 2025 and look forward to building on our skills and strength in 2026.
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1. The FMF team collected 3,776 signatures across multiple events and locations with 25+ circulators in the field! 3,776!! Incredible!!
2. The Immigration Team coordinated 2 Know Your Rights trainings, 12 canvassing days, assisted with mutual aid grocery delivery, court accompaniment, and regularly contributed to Migra Watch patrol. Read more about their work here.
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3. Four incredible leader organizers, Ronit, Rondi, Barry, and Noah, held down long-term DJJ partnerships with the People's Water Board, the Coalition for Property Tax Justice, and Detroit Disability Power. More info here!
4. We engaged in efforts to dismantle antisemitism through creating a social media graphic that explained DJJ's analysis and strategy, building deep, mutually accountable relationships with our partner organizations, speaking to the Detroit Free Press about Project Esther, and by identifying when local leaders of color are disproportionately scrutinized for speaking out for human rights. This work is also connected to DJJ's recently published Israel/Palestine policy.
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5. We organized and educated the broader Metro Detroit Jewish community by conducting multiple Invest in MI Kids presentations, 2 immigration educational sessions with the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, and a Jewish communal immigration vigil with Temple Kol Ami, JFASD, IADS, the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism and Congregation T'chiyah.
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6. We celebrated partner wins such as TRU's work in achieving a new contract for DDOT drivers with increased wages, Rising Voice's work in getting Lue Yang, a Hmong immigrant, home from ICE detention, and CPTJ's work in enacting the Dignity Restoration Project.
7. We centered Jewishness by hosting a Tu Bishvat yoga program, a community-wide Purim event, a Havdallah in the Park on Tisha B'av, the Myra Wolfgang Awards, and a celebratory end of year Hanukkah house party.
8. We showed up as the Jewish voice in progressive spaces by being a consistent and unified Jewish contingent at national protests like Hands Off, May Day, No Kings Day(s) and more.
See the the end of year photo montage here.
