Dear Friends,
Bet Tzedek wishes you and your loved ones a Happy Thanksgiving next Thursday! November is Giving Season, a time during which we collectively focus on generosity, gratitude, and helping those in need. While celebrating the holidays with friends and family through the end of the year, we also look to the nonprofit organizations that are advancing justice and improving communities. At Bet Tzedek, we appreciate this season of generosity.
We help provide essential legal services that improve the lives of Los Angeles residents, particularly marginalized communities. With your help this past year, we’ve provided free legal aid and advocacy in four key areas: Senior Justice, Housing Justice, Family Justice, and Economic Justice. Whether we are helping nontraditional families access food, housing, and medical care, or we are fighting for fair wages and safe working conditions, the legal services Bet Tzedek provides have transformed lives across Los Angeles County and the state since 1974.
With the election results in, we have been planning for the reality of what lies ahead for our organization and for the individuals and families that we serve under the incoming administration. There is no uncertainty that our clients will face policy changes that will dramatically impact their well-being in the four years ahead of us. We will not lose sight of our responsibility to our clients and their families. No matter what these weeks, months, or years have in store, we will begin again, until we are back on that right road or, if need be, forge our own road toward a more just future.
Giving Tuesday, the single largest day for charitable donations worldwide, falls on December 3rd this year, two weeks from today. We hope you will consider making a donation this giving season to help us stand as a bulwark against attacks on our client communities.
Thank you to all generous donors and the incredible volunteers who make it possible for us to assist over 60,000 individuals and families every year. A hardworking member of our Bet Tzedek team, Hannah, has a message for you about why your gift matters.
