For those of you who have followed this blog over the years, you may recall the tragic story of Awaad, a young man the Good People Fund was able to help throughout his extraordinary journey. After escaping what would have been a lifetime of conscription in his native Eritrea, Awaad found his way to Sudan. […]
Border Update…Not Just a Teddy Bear
A few weeks ago, before the city of El Paso gained a tragic notoriety never expected, we wrote of Dr. Eva Moyo, a professor of social work at UT-El Paso who could not stand idly by while migrants–men, women and children–poured into the city with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. As Dr. […]
Safety and Respect in the Workplace
The Good People Fund is proud of its early leadership role in the Jewish community’s growing conversation about respectful workplaces and gender harassment in our communal spaces. To date, much of our work has been channeled through a single project that has become known as “B’Kavod” (“With Respect”). While we are gratified that meaningful progress […]
Finding Your Roots
Today, Israel is home to more than 150,000 Ethiopians, with more than half living below the poverty line. In that number are many teenagers who were born in Ethiopia and made aliyah as infants and young children. For most, there is no understanding or recollection of their country of origin. Dr. Stu Chesner, a noted […]
A New Year, A New Law
As the year 2019 approaches in but a few hours, we are so excited to receive the following email from Lilach Tzur Ben-Moshe, founder of Yotsrot, which uses vocational training, particularly as it relates to the fashion world, to help women leave prostitution and regain economic stability. Lilach, along with many others including our grantee, […]
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