About Washington Institute 2025: Together We Rise
Together We Rise
Raise your voice in our nation’s capital May 18–20, 2025.
Join National Council of Jewish Women for a transformative three-day experience where we will build our skills, celebrate our achievements, and amplify our voices.
At this three-day experience, you will:
- Deepen your knowledge of today’s most pressing issues
- Strengthen advocacy and leadership skills
- Connect with changemakers
- Honor impactful leaders
- Network with people from across the country
- Celebrate the NCJW movement
- Take your message to Congress
Washington Institute Schedule
Schedule is subject to change
Sunday, May 18
Foundation & Focus –
Aligning from Within
9:00 am – 1:00 pm; 2:15 pm – 5:00 pm
Registration
11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Feminist Marketplace and Headshots
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Washington Institute Opening
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
From Vision to Reality: NCJW Strategic Plan Overview and Discussion Option #1
3:00 pm – 3:45 pm
Jewish Tools for Resilience Option #1
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
In Our Hands: Reproductive Freedom Through a Jewish Lens
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
From Vision to Reality: NCJW Strategic Plan Overview and Discussion Option #2
4:00 pm – 4:45 pm
Jewish Tools for Resilience Option #2
5:15 pm – 7:00 pm
Dinner
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Registration for Colleyville
7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Washington, DC premiere of Colleyville and Panel
Monday, May 19
Celebration, Recognition, & Impact –
Honoring Leaders & Driving Change
7:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Registration
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Feminist Marketplace and Section Networking
8:30 am – 10:30 am
Cohort Gatherings
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Workshop Options:
- Preparing for Politically Motivated Attacks Workshop
- Bridging the Gap: Real Relationships Across Difference Workshop
- Digital Organizing 101 Workshop
12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Lunch
Section Leader Awards
Changemakers Plenary
2:45 pm – 4:00 pm
Lobby Day Prep
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
RiSE UP! Celebrating Extraordinary Leaders
(Ticket included in Washington Institute registration)
Tuesday, May 20
Action & Advocacy –
Amplifying our Voices
6:00 am – 8:00 am
Help Desk
6:30 am – 8:00 am
Breakfast
7:45 am
Travel to Capitol Hill
8:30 am
Group photo
9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Lobby Visits
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Closing Program
Speakers and Panelists
Ariana Abadian-Heifetz
Engagement Manager, KONU
Josh Albert
Associate Partner, KONU
Ami Aronson
Philanthropist
Anna Aurilio
Federal Campaign Director, Economic Security Project
Rep. Rebecca (Becca) Balint
(D-VT)
Ellen Buchman
Chief Field Engagement Officer, NCJW
Rep. Jim Clyburn
(D-SC)
Shaylyn Cochran
Deputy Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker
Rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Winston-Salem, NC
Rep. Diana DeGette
(D-CO)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth
(D-IL)
Stacey Hader Epstein
NCJW Atlanta Section Co-President
Rabbi Nora Feinstein
Rabbi, Sixth & I
Angela Ferrell-Zabala
Executive Director, Moms Demand Action
Rep. Laura Friedman
(D-CA)
Paula Garret
NCJW Board Director
Laura Monn Ginsburg
President, NCJW
Fatima Goss Graves
President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center
Brittany Hacker
Bolder Advocacy Counsel, Alliance for Justice
Margaret Huang
President and CEO, Southern Poverty Law Center
Joanie Hunn
Co-SPA Virginia, NCJW
Rep. Sara Jacobs
(D-CA)
Sheila Katz
CEO, NCJW
Andrea Salwen Kopel
Executive Director, NCJW | NY
Emily Kuvin
NCJW Board Director and Washington Institute Co-Chair
Claire Lipschultz
California State Policy Advocacy Co-Chair
Rep. Kathy Manning
Former Member of Congress
Rep. Jennifer McClellan
(D-VA)
Dani Menkin
Producer, Colleyville
Tim Mooney
Senior Counsel, Alliance for Justice
Dr. Deitra Reiser
Founder, Transform for Equity
Laura Rodriguez
Florida State Policy Advocacy Co-Chair
Beth Salamon
NCJW Board Director and Washington Institute Co-Chair
Liz Schrayer
President, Schrayer & Associates
Rep. Kim Scrier
(D-WA)
Sen. Chuck Schumer
(D-NY)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D-FL)
Sen. Elissa Slotkin
(D-MI)
Francoise Stovall
Senior Strategist, Greater Good Strategies
Mini Timmaraju
President, Reproductive Freedom for All
Stephanie Viegas
Deputy National Security Advisor, Secure Community Network
Rabbi Kelly Whitehead
Assistant Director of Engagement and Learning, Union for Reform Judaism
Maya Wiley
President and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund
Carole Zawatsky
CEO, The Tree of Life, Inc.
Power the Movement
Become a sponsor of Washington Institute 2025: Together We Rise.
Learn more about sponsorship packages and purchase an ad in our Digital Journal.
Washington Institute 2025: Together We Rise includes a special event on Monday, May 19: RiSE UP! Celebrating Extraordinary Leaders.
During this unforgettable evening, NCJW will honor trailblazing champions for women, children, and families Senator Cory Booker and Jennifer Klein.
A ticket to RiSE UP! is included with Washington Institute registration. Individual RiSE UP! tickets are also available for purchase.
Very special thanks to the sponsors of
Washington Institute 2025: Together We Rise.
Champions
The Levinson Group
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Influencers
Glenmede
Anita and Allen Kohl
NCJW | Greater Long Beach & West Orange County Section
Partners
Sally and Michael Ginsburg
Jewish Federations of North America
Sheila Katz
Herb Kohl Philanthropies
Murray Levin and the Martin Salvin Family Trust
Barbara Spiller
Nancy Zirkin
Friends
Marie and Ron Abrams, Marc Abrams, Beth and Bob Mitchell
Darien Alpern Arnstein
Joan Bronk
Victoria Diaz
Karen Dunn and Molly Levinson
Dana Gershon and Rabbi Jonah Pesner
Girl on the Roof
Greater Good Strategy
Judith N. Herr
Debbie Hoffmann
Cindy and Andrew Janower
Daniel and Stacey Kohl
Emily Kuvin Jewelry
Rabbi Judith Lewis
NCJW | Michigan Section
National Abortion Federation
Linda Moskowitz Noonan
RAD Campaign
Reproductive Freedom for All
Senator Nan Rich
Marilyn Colby Rivkin
Beth and Michael Salamon
Schrayer & Associates, Inc
Terry E. Singer
Jeffrey Slavin
Paul Waterhouse
Nancy Yanofsky
Very special thanks to the NCJW Board Directors for their time and effort on
Washington Institute 2025: Together We Rise.
President
Laura Monn Ginsburg
Vice Presidents
Stephanie Rodgers
Emily Sweet
Treasurer
Patty Rubin
Assistant Treasurer
Aliza Plotkin
Immediate Past President
Dana Gershon
Board Directors
Darien Alpern Arnstein
Jacqui Beckett
Paula L. Garret
Emily Kuvin
Molly Morse Limmer
Mariely Luengo
Linda Noonan
Monique Faison Ross
Beth Salamon
Jill Tavlin Swartz



