Havurah on the Hill and JCRC with Civic Activist Ron Bell
Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:00 pm
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617-523-2324
Event Description:
Join Havurah on the Hill and the Jewish Community Relations Council for a lay-led, non-denominational Kabbalat Shabbat service in Vilna Shul’s historic sanctuary. After the service we will hear from civic activist Ron Bell and then enjoy a kosher buffet style dinner.
Ron Bell has been a voting rights advocate and community organizer for over 20 years. His long history of building community has made him a well-respected community leader and much-sought-after public speaker. He was, most recently, the Director of the Governor’s Civic Engagement Office for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Civic Engagement Office serves as the primary outreach vehicle of the Executive office and works in the spirit of promoting active volunteerism and civic engagement.
In 1992, Ron Bell founded Dunk the Vote, a Boston-based non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to increasing civic participation and promoting social change. By employing a contemporary style to engage the interest of young people, Dunk the Vote has been able to reach, educate, organize and mobilize thousands of members of the hip-hop generation. Over the past 14 years, it has registered over 40,000 new voters and during the Hip Hop Summit in July of 2004, registered over 7,500 people. As Project Director of the “Selma March: Retracing the Struggle” in October 2005, he organized over 5,000 participants and 400 participating interfaith and multicultural organizations. In 2006, he served as Deputy Campaign Manager for the Deval Patrick Gubernatorial Campaign and as a member of the Deval Patrick Transition Team Civic Engagement Working Group. Following the election, he was Director of the Governor’s Public Liaison Office promoting civic engagement and community-based participation.
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