Taking Action
We have traveled all over the country to fight for social and economic justice for all.
Over a dozen of our College Network students have been arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience at voting rights protests. Pictured here are a few of these students, along with other Workers Circle members, as they prepare to block the driveway to the Capitol immediately following the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act being sidelined by the filibuster in the Senate.
The Workers Circle joins friends from NCJW and Bend the Arc at a march for voting rights on MLK day. Even the cold won’t stop us from demanding democracy!
40 Workers Circle members joined us in Selma, Alabama to march with Black Voters Matter.
After a long day of marching in Selma, Alabama our College Network students had big smiles on their faces!
Part of our delegation at a rest stop during the 800+ person march with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Palm Beach Florida.
Workers Circle College Network member Aziza Kurbonova at a May Day Rally in Washington Square Park. We had 50 people at the march to demand worker rights and immigrant rights in the workplace.
Workers Circle Social Justice Organizer Noa Baron speaking in front of the Supreme Court at a Gen-Z for reproductive justice rally.
We marched with Workers Circle signs to the Poor People’s Campaign’s Moral Assembly. The Workers Circle strongly believes that we need to end the filibuster.
We met up with our friends from Black Voters Matter at the Poor People’s Campaign Moral Assembly.
College Network students at the Queer Liberation March. Check out our cool rainbow pennants that say “Shtolts: that’s Yiddish for pride!”
A College Network student marching in the Queer Liberation March.
Workers Circle member Leah Harris and Workers Circle College Network students Merly Lopez and Ethan Wellerstein sitting in front of the Capitol and participating in nonviolent civil disobedience for voting rights.
College Network student Jasmin proudly led chants at the march with Black Voters Matter from Selma to Montgomery.
Our friends from Carolina Jews for Justice joined us at the march from Selma to Montgomery with Black Voters Matter. Rhoda, pictured here, was at the original Selma to Montgomery march in 1965.
Workers Circle joined over 800 people in marching for farmworker justice with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers in Palm Beach
Manhattan Workers Circle School families were a dynamic part of our presence at the May Day march.
Workers Circle CEO Ann Toback with Workers Circle staff members Emily Gulick and Melissa Karachalios at a reproductive justice rally.
Workers Circle College Network students stood with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers at their rally in NYC demanding Wendy’s join the Fair Food Program.
Our delegation to the Poor People’s Campaign included members of all ages! Pictures here are Workers Circle president Rich Rumelt and his daughters Anna, Libby, and granddaughter Sadie.
Board Member and Yiddish, lesbian poet-activist Irena Klepfisz (holding Shtolts rainbow sign) with members of the Workers Circle delegation to the Queer Liberation March
Moore v. Harper rally outside SCOTUS. Moore v. Harper is a case that threatens to give state legislatures unchecked power over elections, enabling a few politicians to subvert the will of the people. We demanded SCOTUS reject the attempt to destroy checks and balances and sow chaos in our elections.