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:

  1. Preparing for Politically Motivated Attacks Workshop
  2. Bridging the Gap: Real Relationships Across Difference Workshop
  3. 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.
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Sponsorships

 

RiSE UP! Celebrating Extraordinary Leaders

May 19, 2025
Washington, DC

Cory BookerJennifer Klein

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.


Buy RiSE UP! Tickets

 

 

 

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


Become a Sponsor

 

 

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


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