Since 2020, RAC-PA has organized with 28+ Reform synagogues and 40,000 Reform Jews throughout Pennsylvania to build a more just state, country, and world for all.
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RAC-PA State Campaigns
Statewide Voting Rights
Our work to advance voting rights will focus on 3 areas:
- Voter engagement to expand the ballot through sending postcards to low-propensity voters in PA with our long-time partner One PA for All.
- Democracy Protection: In the next few months we will identify the unique contributions we as the Reform Jewish community can make to ensure safe and secure elections this year. Stay tuned for how to join us in these actions.
- Advancing a Pennsylvania Voting Rights Act: We will work with PA Voice, a large coalition of non-partisan organizations across the state, to ensure voting rights are enshrined at the state level, regardless of what happens federally.
Teens are Central to RAC-PA!
RAC-PA has had teens in leadership since we were founded, which has been in partnership with NFTY PAR. That is why we are launching a brand new PA Cohort for the RAC Teen Justice Fellowship which will meet on Zoom beginning in March. This spring's fellowship will learn organizing skills through a Get Out the Vote framework, to prepare for being a part of the RAC's national Every Voice, Every Vote Campaign.
Do you know an awesome, social justice minded teen looking for a meaningful way to connect with peers, learn new skills, and put those skills into action?
Teens in the PA Cohort will have the opportunity for in person gatherings in Philadelphia & Pittsburgh, to work together on their fellowship project, and to take meaningful leadership in the RAC-PA Voting Rights Campaign for the duration of 2026 and beyond.
Building Power in Montgomery County
Since October, almost 100 Reform Jews in Montgomery County have participated in house meetings to discuss the urgency of this moment and how we can have a local impact together. On March 8th, we will gather decide on the topic of a new local campaign we will launch together later this spring.
All are welcome! Whether you live here, attend a congregation here, or just want to be part of making change locally- there is a role for you!
Meeting This Moment: MontCo RAC-PA Assembly
Sunday, March 8th, 9:30 - 11:30am
Beth David Reform Congregation
1130 Vaughan Lane, Gladwyne, PA 19035
Read one rabbi's story about his experience listening to more than 100 congregants in Montgomery County to build a new local campaign we will launch together later this spring. Join us on March 8th to give your input on deciding the focus of this campaign. All are welcome! Whether you live here, attend a congregation here, or just want to be part of making change locally- there is a role for you!
Current National Effort
Learn about our work across the country to organize, mobilize, and advocate so that all people can thrive in multiracial, inclusive democracies in North America and Israel.
Past RAC-PA Successes
- Advocating for Welcoming Schools in our public schools.
Nearly 400 people sent messages to their local school boards over the 2025 High Holiday season advocating for policies to protect immigrant students and their families. Read One Woman’s Story.
- Joining with nearly 2,000 Pennsylvanians to combat gun violence and reach voters.
1,900 Pennsylvanians joined our state campaign to end gun violence and the RAC's national Every Voice, Every Vote campaign in 2024. That is three times more people joining us than in any other year in RAC-PA's history!
- Engaging over 100,000 voters in 2024.
Our 2024 Every Voice, Every Vote campaign volunteers reached more than 100,000 Pennsylvania voters through postcards. These postcards were sent to members of OnePA4All, who are part of historically marginalized communities with low voter propensity and weren't being reached by other voter outreach efforts.
- Passing new gun violence legislation.
As part of our 2024 campaign to end gun violence, we joined a coalition that advocated to advance six new gun violence prevention bills through the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, which passed four of those bills. This effort led to more bills addressing gun violence prevention being active in a legislative session in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives than in the last 20 years.
Resources
- Why is this Primary Different from all the Others? (Penn Live, 2023)
- Rabbi Lindsey Danzinger and Rabbi Stacy Rigler: A Redistricting Win for RAC-PA (2022)
- On Bringing Light and Promoting Justice (Lancaster Online, 2021)
- Every Person, Every Voice, Every Vote: Fighting Gerrymandering in Pennsylvania (2021)
Contact us and Support us
- Contact Rachel Beck to learn more and get involved.
- National RAC Phone Number: 202-387-2800
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