>> i am just wondering if you can talk -- >> california, is the network their local programs that are proven to be effective. in oakland, and also a couple of other cities, we are looking for

full funding. this is what we were in the midst of. this is something for people to do right here and now about gun violence. this is a violence intervention program, their local programs operating in individual cities. >> thayer county programs? >> we are looking for statewide funding to bring this to cities that don't have them yet, or when the funding does not allow them to fully operate.

that is why these programs are needed. >> let me step back a little. the way we approach these issues, we try to be as proactive as possible. when we look at many of the challenges, whether it's challenges to the democracy, gun violence, which is an issue, we have worked on as well. whether it's poverty, or any host of challenges, we take what we call a community relations approach but we build relationships we startitot, ich really critical.

we build these relationships day in, day out, so that when something like this happens we can be more effective. whether it's getting legislation packed past, or bringing community together to address the needs of the computer particular community in need. >> it's about perspective and building relationships. working with synagogues, have had social justice committees but often, those committees organize things that a congregation can do. at a certain point, you need --

in addition to helping people with the emergency need that they have to you need to look up stream and say why are people hungry? why are we having shootings cracks? how we can affect poverty and those situations. >> we will be right back, here on mosaic.

bao mosa. karen stiller,

who is the middle east project director -- what is the sustained response after something needs a new cycle? for example, poverty, is there an economic issue, or gun violence issues, is that an education issue or advocacy issue? i wanted to talk with you about how you understand what those elements are in terms of sustaining response. >> we have six issues that we

work on at this point. they all work towards our mission. we ask ourselves that question, what is the next step we need to take? in terms of sustaining our work after a given campaign, we go back to issues that we fuel our teams to work on. we have an issue team on each of six issues. housing, climate change, immigrants rights, gun violence prevention -- each of our teams is looking at the campaigns that we could potentially work with our partners on in any given season.

when one campaign ends, we look for what is going to rise to the top of our next priorihow d >> we have core issues that we always have to work on. when things come up in the community, it's all hands on deck, drop everything. we have taken up issues around immigration, economic injustice, this year we have taken up poverty. our model that we use, we take a year, we bring together our committees and group s. also, they give their feedback and we craft our statementsup steps th

to take to follow up on those particular issues. >> i am curious to know with each of your perspectives, we all know that when groups come together in attention to what each individual in a group, and how that process goes. >> we look at what is going on in the community. where are we putting out the most fires? we even step back and think of the core issues.

it's not just an issue of looking at incarceration rates. really, very detailed statement , and then creating action plans around those statements. >> while we are working on a statewide network, i also have the opportunity to work with a team. where's your congregation on different issues, and work and you work at the congregation that won't divide the congregation, but will bring the congregation together. sometimes that is very local, and sometimes that local issue

will branch into something larger. it's always coming back to root causes. >> it's interesting. we need to take another quick break. i think part of what you are alluding to is it makes people feel that it has to do with their jewish identity. maybe we can talk about that when we come back.

good morning and welcome back to mosaic. we are in the middle of a wonderful conversation with karen stiller and rabbi julie stacks. we were talking as we ended the last segment about this notion that this is something that animates their religious identity, in this case, jewish identity but am wondering, karen, if you can talk a little bit of that aspect of the work, in general. >> the aspect of judaism, we

have so many different and unique organizations. so many leashes people can go into to express their jewish values. this kind of work, working on issues you care about deeply, is something that will bring people in, where perhaps in co for me >> would you say that's true whether you are a of color, a real jiles -- a religious ? any age, any ability, is that across the board from your perspective? >> these issues bring us all together. >> for sure. all of the research shows that people are most proud of commitment to justice of . when

we get the opportunity -- on august 20th, in sacramento, we call it our high holy day, sometimes. we are expressing what it means to us to be jewish by acting on the world around us and trying to impact policies. >> i am wondering from a jewish perspective, the notion of justice in the world, the creation and the exodus, it means it's not just me, it's also you as well. as well as we were free from slavery, so we come out of a place of oppression and move into a place of freedom, those

core biblical stories, these values that animate us to do good in the world, justice in the world, i am wondering, how this defined. the word justice in other realms takes on different meanings. for us, it's a particular way of seeing that. can you talk a little bit about how that is what animates us? and toway thatjustice is framed in torah as something that we are connected to in part because of our own history. that is the histrent. knwhat it persecuted, knowing what it's like to be on the outside and vulnerable, not having the

protection of law, all of those things, we can feel it in our bones, and reorganize based on that history, as well as knowing what is right. >> on the issue of immigration, so many people that we have come to us because of their own personal family stories. whether there grandparents were survivors of the holocaust, it really is that need to have a different way, the popular discourse right now. >> believe it or not, ve come full circle. i am wondering, not to put you on the spot in such a big way, but can you make a comment about

-- in a sentence or two? >> i can try. when we respond to an event, we need to come together so that we find comfort in each other and actually listen to each other. >> thank you so much, karen. >> in these times of increasingly instability, we need to stand together, we have a choice to make. we can respond together or we can respond separately. >> thank you so much for joining us here on mosaic. we encourage you to continue this conversation to do good in the world, thank you so much for being with us.

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