Katie Wysong

Katie Wysong is a 2019-2020 Eisendrath Legislative Assistant at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (RAC). She is from San Mateo in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was a member of Peninsula Temple Beth El.

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Women's Rights

The 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment: Celebration and Challenge

Ali Rosenblatt

Katie Wysong

August 18, 2020

One hundred years later, as we celebrate the centennial of this momentous occasion, we must also remember the women who the suffrage movement and the 19th Amendment left behind.

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Jewish Values

On June 5, We Wear Orange to Raise Awareness about Gun Violence

Katie Wysong

May 27, 2020

On Friday, June 5, we observe Wear Orange Day, a national day of awareness about the scourge of gun violence in the United States. We wear orange to call attention to the epidemic of gun violence facing our country, and to fight for a future free from gun violence.

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Tikkun Olam

Equal Pay Day, Jewish Values, and Fighting Gender-Based Wage Discrimination

Katie Wysong

March 31, 2020

March 31 marks how far into the new year women must work to receive in wages what their male counterparts earned in the previous calendar year.

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month is Ending - but VAWA Has Yet to Be Renewed

Katie Wysong

October 30, 2019

Congress failed to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act in April. While the law itself remains intact, reauthorization has served as an essential mechanism for advocates to revise and improve the law as we learn more about how to address domestic violence.