For the third year in a row, Federation CJA is partnering with local organizations under the umbrella of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM). JDAIM 2021 will be observed by more organizations than ever before, uniting Jewish communities across North America. This year, they will be offering exciting virtual events along with access to a wide variety of virtual programs and resources presented by an entity called Community Without Walls.
Over a dozen Montreal community organizations will participate in the month-long series of events designed to raise awareness and foster acceptance and inclusion of people living with disabilities, their families, and loved ones. Federation CJAâs partnership events include ones that educate and empower children, young adults, and young families to learn more about inclusivity.
Green River Star -
January 6, 2021
Well-considered comments and e-mails following the discussion of Wyoming’s excess tax capacity, and the one-page legislative document that measured it, differed widely and reflected all of the various political positions one might expect. But a number of astute readers raised the same valid concern: Our discussion omitted the issue of ability to pay.
In other words, unless Wyoming residents can actually afford to bridge the gap between what we pay in taxes and what our neighbors pay on average, then tax capacity as measured is just a bunch of empty numbers.
Well, consider it good fortun.
The coronavirus pandemic, protests over the police killing of George Floyd, the Blue Ridge fire, lockdowns, and the closing of schools rocked the Chino Valley and the rest of the nation during this extraordinary year.
The devastation was matched by the goodness of residents who helped school children cope with social isolation, collected food and items for those hit hardest by the pandemic, and rallied around frontline healthcare workers.
Barely had the year begun when the coronavirus pandemic originating in Wuhan, China spread across the globe resulting in 334,000 deaths in the United States by the end of the year.
There were 11 deaths in Chino Hills and 70 in Chino, with 26 of those at the California Institution for Men in Chino and one at the California Institution for Women.