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Workers Circle brings families of those imprisoned in Alligator Alcatraz to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on DHS Oversight
On March 3, 2026, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security and the Trump Administration’s immigration enforcement policies. The Workers Circle supported family members of individuals detained in ICE facilities — including Alligator Alcatraz, Krome Detention Center in Miami, and Stewart Detention Center in Georgia — so they could attend the hearing, ensuring lawmakers and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem confronted the human impact of current enforcement policies.
ICE Out of Our Communities; No More Money for ICE’s Deadly Terror
We call on Congress to stop funding the Department of Homeland Security and its ICE operations.
ICE Out For Good Coalition Announces Nationwide Weekend of Action Demanding Accountability After ICE Killing of Renee Nicole Good, 1000+ events already anticipated
A broad national coalition, including the Workers Circle, is calling for a coordinated ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action on Saturday, January 10, and Sunday, January 11. In less than 24 hours after the announcement, there are already 1000 events anticipated nationwide.
Workers Circle Unveils Fully Digitized Archive of the Call, a Landmark of American Jewish History
The Workers Circle today announced the unveiling of a fully digitized and publicly accessible archive of the Call, its historic English-language newsletter published from 1929 through the twentieth century. Once distributed to more than 100,000 readers nationwide, the Call served as a vital voice for Jewish immigrants and their children as they navigated life in America and fought for democracy, labor rights, and social justice.
Communities Nationwide Mobilize for “Disappeared In America” Weekend of Action, Demanding Justice for Immigrant Communities
As the Trump administration continues its cruel campaign of detentions, deportations, and disappearances targeting immigrant communities, thousands of people across the country will gather on November 1–2 for the Disappeared In America Weekend of Action.
An Attack on the Right to Vote: Workers Circle Opposes Trump’s Mail-In Voting Ban
The Workers Circle condemns President Trump's announced plan to eliminate mail-in voting as a direct assault on the very heart of democracy — the fundamental right to vote.
Small Boise Group Tries to Leverage Big Changes for Democracy
A new Democracy Circle uses the model formed by the national Workers Circle movement
“Disappeared in America”: Social Justice Leaders, Including Workers Circle Director of Social Justice Noelle Damico, Unite to Expose Unlawful Detentions and Demand Accountability
Juan Cuba of Sheriff Accountability Action and Noelle Damico of the Workers Circle join Court Accountability Action’s Lisa Graves to discuss the “Disappeared in America” campaign—a cross-coalition collaboration across social justice groups that demands accountability for those who have been unlawfully detained and deported by the Trump administration
New York Residents Participate in Nationwide Demonstrations Confronting the Trump Administration’s Illegal Abductions, Detentions, and Deportations
On Thursday, June 26 at 12:00 noon, the Workers Circle gathered NYC residents at Thurgood Marshall Courthouse to join activists across the country for #DisappearedInAmerica, a national day of action led by a coalition of immigrant rights, faith, rule of law, and pro-democracy organizations.
Workers Circle Joins National Coalition of Civil Rights Organizations to Defend Communities, Resist Government Retaliation, and Reaffirm Commitment to Justice for All
Standing united with millions across the country, we refuse to be silenced or divided as we fight for freedom, dignity, and opportunity for every person.
Ann Toback on iHeartRadio’s Lite FM – Honoring Selma and the Ongoing Fight for Democracy
Our CEO, Ann Toback, spoke powerfully about the Workers Circle’s trip to Selma for the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday — and why our fight for voting rights is as urgent as ever.
Listen Back: Ann Toback on Conversations on the Block with Pat Robinson
Our CEO, Ann Toback, recently joined Conversations on the Block on 94.7 and spoke with Pat Robinson to discuss vital democracy and voting rights work,
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill
Ignoring Jewish Community Opposition, House Passes H.R.22 the SAVE Act Voter Suppression Bill.
The Workers Circle organized a Jewish community letter to Congress opposing the SAVE Act, a federal voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible American voters.
The Workers Circle organized a Jewish community letter to Congress opposing the SAVE Act, a federal voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible American voters.
The Workers Circle denounces the Trump administration’s abduction of Rumeysa Ozturk, a lawfully present Turkish Ph.D. student and Fulbright Scholar at Tufts, and calls for her immediate release.
On Tuesday, masked federal agents abruptly confronted Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts and a Fulbright scholar on the sidewalk, took her phone, and swept her into an unmarked vehicle. They refused to clearly identify themselves, showed no warrant or badges, and did not tell her why she was being arrested. Despite a court order that she remain in Massachusetts, she is being held in Louisiana in violation of the US Constitution’s guarantee of due process. Her student visa has been cancelled.
WORKERS CIRCLE CONDEMNS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S DAY ONE PARDON OF JANUARY 6 INSURRECTIONISTS
In pardoning loyalists whose actions were in support of his failed candidacy and who aimed to override the will of the voters, he has abandoned the cornerstone commitment to the peaceful transition of power that has defined our nation since its founding.
Henry Winkler Receives Jewish Culture and Activism Award With Daughter Zoe: “We Are Still Here”
Henry Winkler Receives Jewish Culture and Activism Award With Daughter Zoe: “We Are Still Here”
The Workers Circle presented the honor to the father and daughter at a private cocktail ceremony in Calabasas on May 2, 2024.
Must a Jewish Nonprofit Choose Sides? The Workers Circle featured in The NY Times
In case you missed it, the New York Times featured a story about why the Workers Circle has been a force for democracy and human rights in the United States, and has been lighting the way for the Jewish people and “preserving Yiddish identity” for 123 years and counting.
Statement on the Criminal Indictment of Donald Trump for his Attempts to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election in Fulton County, Georgia
On August 14, Donald Trump and 18 of his associates were indicted in Fulton County, Georgia on criminal charges for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Statement on the Criminal Indictment of Donald Trump for his Attempts to Overturn the Results of the 2020 Election
On August 1, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on four counts of criminal conspiracy for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.