National Council of Jewish Women Arizona

National Council of Jewish Women Arizona NCJW AZ is leading the fight for social justice in Arizona. Since 1893, we have been driving social change rooted in our faith-based mission of justice for all.

NCJW confronts today's most urgent social and economic challenges facing women, children and families. To ensure dignity for all, we impact policy and advocate to get things done from the State House to the White House. In today's political environment, our priority is the urgent need to protect women's rights, especially reproductive justice and access to the full spectrum of reproductive health

care. We focus on voter rights, racial justice, gender equity, an unbiased and impartial judiciary, gun violence prevention, police accountability and ending the school to prison pipeline. NCJW has been a presence in Arizona for 100 years and has played a vital role in improving the quality of lives. In Phoenix, we helped start the first synagogue which is now the site of the Plotkin Cultural Center. We helped establish Jewish Family and Children Services, the Child Crisis Nursery, which now is part of Child Crisis Center, and the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program here in Arizona. Today we are developing our most ambitious project, Ruth Place, a trauma support and recovery center for survivors of sexual assault and exploitation. With a broad based agenda that works across diverse communities, NCJW remains distinct among organizations — courageous, compassionate, powerful, and, above all, pioneering.

Thank you Kiandria Demone
06/19/2026

Thank you Kiandria Demone

Juneteenth is not just a celebration. It’s a reminder of how long freedom can be delayed even after it’s declared.The Em...
06/19/2026

Juneteenth is not just a celebration. It’s a reminder of how long freedom can be delayed even after it’s declared.

The Emancipation Proclamation took effect January 1, 1863. Enslaved people in Texas didn’t learn they were free until June 19, 1865, more than two years later. Freedom on paper and freedom in practice are not the same thing. That gap is the whole story of Juneteenth.

That gap still shows up today. In Arizona, Black mothers die from pregnancy-related causes at nearly three times their birth rate, and the state’s own review found 90% of those deaths were preventable. Preventable means we know how to stop it and haven’t.

Freedom isn’t a one-time event. It’s something that has to be defended and expanded, generation after generation. Today we’re celebrating Black joy, Black resilience, and Black freedom, and we’re recommitting to closing the gaps that are still wide open.

Happy Juneteenth.

06/18/2026
Pink triangles were originally forced upon gay men and transgender women by the N@zi regime during the Holoc@ust.
06/14/2026

Pink triangles were originally forced upon gay men and transgender women by the N@zi regime during the Holoc@ust.

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Scottsdale, AZ
85260

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