COEJL Participation in the
JCPA Plenum/Spitzer Hillel Forum 2007

Register Now!

Join a gathering of community leaders, Jewish educators, rabbis, and student organizers for the JCPA Plenum/Charlotte B. and Jack J. Spitzer Hillel Forum on Social Justice

Washington , D.C. ~ February 25 - 27, 2007

Click here to read about how Plenum 2007 is going Carbon Neutral [pdf]

Register for the Early Bird Rates by February 2!

Contact Tamara Shear, Natalie P. Shear Associates, Inc. at 646-525-3606 or events@thejcpa.org

Ask for the Special COEJL Rate

As in years past, COEJL will be participating in the joint annual conferences of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) and Hillel. You can attend from Sunday, February 25 to Tuesday, February 27 or any single day at a special rate. You will have access to the JCPA and Hillel workshops and events. If you’d like, start the Plenum early with the “Sounds of Justice” communal event at the historic Sixth and I synagogue including a Havdallah service, concert, reception and social justice speakers on Saturday night, February 24.

Join influential Jewish leaders and thinkers. Wrestle with burning domestic and international issues. Take part in creating a united Jewish voice in a world full of turbulence and turmoil.
– the JCPA Plenum

THE MOST IMPORTANT JEWISH POLITICAL EVENT
OF THE YEAR

The JCPA Plenum is much more than a conference: it is the common table around which decisions are made about the most important issues that affect the Jewish community and the world. The Plenum culminates with community visits to advocate key issues on Capitol Hill. The JCPA also hosts a gala dinner and leadership reception where delegates can mingle with top Jewish leaders, key policymakers, religious leaders, young leaders, and social activists.

Click here for Preliminary Schedule [doc]

With presentations and workshops on:

• Energy, Climate Change, Climate Justice, and Greening:
  -Greening Your Community Workshop (Monday)
  -How Many Hillel Students Does it Take to Change a   Light Bulb? Workshop (Monday)
  -Conservation Conversations Late Night Open   Discussion including: Global Warming: Not Cool! and   More (Sunday night)
• Civil Liberties: Whose Rights Should We Protect?
• Israel after the Lebanon War
• Genocide in Darfur
• Protestants and Jews: Turning Point
• Iran and the Rising Threat of Islam Extremism
• Poverty in America
• Torture
• Immigration Reform
• Judaism and Social Justice
• The Role of Religion in Policy
• Lobbying tips to advocate for strong environmental policies

As well as:

• Joint Plenary Session on the Environment – Legislative Speakers TBA (Sunday)
• Speaker: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
• Speaker: Israeli Ambassador Sallai Meridor and Ambassador Dennis Ross
• Speaker: Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, David Satterfield
• Visit to Capitol Hill to meet with key legislators (Tuesday)
• Sunday Night – Special Darfur Event – Musical Performance by Vanga Inanga Troop

Participate in a TASTE OF PLENUM CONFERENCE CALL [pdf]
on the Crisis in Darfur
with Andrew Natsios, U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan
January 25 ~ 5:00 PM EDT

Special COEJL Rate:
(For those of you who are learning about these conferences through your connection to COEJL-you know who you are!)

Sunday, February 25 – Tuesday, February 27 - $315.00
After 2/2 - $375.00

Sunday, February 25 (without the JCPA Chair’s dinner) $175.00

Monday, February 26 - $125.00

Tuesday, February 27 - $75.00 (includes breakfast and transportation to the Hill)

Hotel Rate: $190.00/night (double room)

You will need to make your own hotel and travel arrangements. Please contact the Omni Hotels Reservations Center at 1-800-THE-OMNI (1-800-843-6664).