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Jeremiah Fellowship: Human Kinship and Social Justice

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May 24, 2013

On May 22, I had a graduation ceremony at Beth Chayim Chadashim, to honor the completion of my nine month fellowship in the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Cohort of the Jeremiah Fellowship with “>{HERE} to check out the Bend the Arc website for information on applying to the fellowship.

My speech talks about how the best part of the entire experience was that I got to walk alongside these individuals:

Leader of the pack:  Lee Winkelman

Jeremiah Fellows: Allyson Schwartz, Laura Mizes, Gamal Palmer, Natalie Karic, Kimberly Duenas, Nathan Looney, Negin Yamini, Jillian Ezra, Ethan Weiss, Ryan Brooks, Farrah Azizi, Jason Lipeles, Hannah Bernstein.

                          Thank you Bend the Arc!

If you would like to watch the graduation video, click “>http://bendthearc.us/jeremiah-fellowship

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