Summer of Heat on Wall Street

The Shalom Center believes it is important that a wide spectrum of ideas are available to the Jewish and allied communities in the ferment of present debate and discussion on the future of Judaism and the Jewish people. That is likely to include ideas that do not accord with those held by The Shalom Center as a body. "Prophetic Voices" will be the platform for presenting a spectrum of such ideas to the world. The forum will be edited by Rabbi Arthur Waskow with this goal in mind. Calls for specific actions with a date, place, etc., will be published only if the Call fits into The Shalom Center policy about such actions.

Earlier this week, alongside a New York Times article highlighting a number of actions being prepared around the country against looming anti-democratic threats on the post-election horizon, R’ Arthur invited readers’ thoughts and feedback on this emerging prophetic action.

We are grateful to Judith Black for responding to that call to let us know about the Summer of Heat on Wall Street — described by its organizers as a summer-long campaign of “joyful, relentless nonviolent direct action” against Citibank and other financers to bring an end to the funding of fossil fuels.

To learn more about the campaign, its demands and the principles guiding it, to see the list of endorsing organizations, to receive more information, or to sign up for a mass action call happening on Zoom this evening, June 20th, visit their website at summerofheat.org.