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ducation and advocacy will
be the focus of "Do Not Turn
Away',' a community forum
on poverty at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan.
23 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in
Southfield.
Sponsored by the
Jewish Community
Relations Council
of Metropolitan
Detroit, the Detroit
Jewish News and
Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, the
forum is designed
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to inform commu-
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nity members how
they can make an impact in the lives
of the unprecedented number of
Michiganders living in poverty.
Following an overview by Ismael
Ahmed, former director of the
Michigan Department of Human
Services, deputy editorial page editor
Detroit Free Press Brian Dickerson
will moderate a discussion by a
panel of experts.
Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO
of the Michigan League for Human
Services and former state senator,
will address effective advocacy in the
new political landscape. She will be
joined by Perry Ohren, chief program
officer of Jewish Family Service, who
will discuss how poverty has affected
the Detroit Jewish community; Jane
Marshall, executive director of the
Food Bank Council of Michigan,
who will talk about food assistance
programs in Michigan; and Jessie
Rossman, staff attorney for the
American Civil Liberties Union, who
will relate how inadequacies in the
public defense system affects those
living in poverty.
The program is open to the public,
and there is no admission charge.
Participants are asked to bring a
non-perishable food item for the
Berkley-based Yad Ezra kosher food
bank and/or a new or gently used
children's book to be donated to the
Detroit Jewish Coalition for Literacy.
Space is limited and advance regis-
tration is recommended.
To RSVP, visit www.detroitjcrc.org ,
call the JCRC office (248) 642-5393
or e-mail scrane@jfmd.org . 1

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