Welcome to our Dayenu Circle based in Silicon Valley, California!
Dayenu of Jewish Silicon Valley's Summer 2021 #hearthecall event
Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley (DCJSV) is a local group affiliated with Dayenu: A Jewish Call to Climate Action. Like other Dayenu Circles nationwide, we are taking climate action rooted in Jewish values. We collaborate with Dayenu on national climate action and plan our own state and local actions in the Bay Area.
Chutzpah 2022!
Chutzpah 2022: Help us turn out climate-concerned voters in key states for the 2022 midterms!
On October 25 and 27, Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley is co-hosting get-out-the-vote phone banking with Environmental Voter Project and RAC-CA. From the comfort of your own home, you can help turn out climate-concerned voters in Arizona who might not otherwise vote. Join us on Zoom for a blessing, followed by a quick tutorial on how to make the calls (it's automated, so you won't be dialing from your own phone), and then a wrap up with live music. There are two sessions, so sign up for one or both at the links below!
You can sign up for our email list here to keep up to date with our actions and be notified of events and meetings. Mail volumes are kept to a minimum.
Past Meetings:
August 1, 2022: California Legislative Action Meeting
We heard about important bills making their way through the California legislature, what you can do to support them, and signed up to join Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley's meetings with legislators. Our event page.
January 30, 2022:
Responding to Climate Change After Glasgow: Now What?
Distinguished guests Mary Nichols and Felicia Marcus joined Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley in a dynamic discussion to share what really happened in Glasgow, and what we can do now to support policies and regulations here at home.
Mary Nichols (L) and Felicia Marcus
Mary Nichols is currently Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Columbia University Center for Global Energy Policy and the Vice-Chair of the U.S.-China Climate Center at UC Berkeley. Mary is the former Chair of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) where she oversaw the creation of California's world-leading regulatory programs to combat air pollution and climate change. She also served as California's Secretary for Natural Resources and was Asst. Administrator for the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation in the Clinton administration.
Felicia Marcus is the William C. Landreth Visiting Fellow at Stanford University's Water in the West Program and a Founding Member of the Water Policy Group, a network of current and former high-level national and international water officials. An attorney, Felicia most recently chaired the California State Water Resources Control Board, after previously serving as Regional Administrator of EPA's Region IX, and Western Director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
November 11, 2021: DCJSV hosted Dayenu's National Director, Dahlia Rockowitz, for an update on the Build Back Better bill.
July 28, 2021: DCJSV welcomed local expert Michele Bogen, who spoke to us about transportation electrification.
Past Events:
All Our Might - Big Banks, Divest from Fossil Fuels!
All Our Might - Palo Alto Edition - All photos by Branden Frederick
On April 20, during Passover, Dayenu Circle of Jewish Silicon Valley joined with Dayenu Circle of Beth Am in Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto to deliver our message to local branches of big banks: free us from fossil fuel Pharaohs now! Thanks to all who joined us in this important action, and many, many thanks to all those who helped organize and host the event.
DCJSV table at Jewish Silicon Valley's Jewbilee 2022
DCJSV posters on rooftop solar and methane
August 25, 2021: DCJSV hosted one of many #hearthecallevents in Downtown San Jose, leading an interfaith gathering in marching from City Hall to the federal courthouse and calling on Diane Feinstein and Alex Padilla to do their part in passing federal climate legislation.
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) wants to make it more expensive for home and apartment-building owners to put solar panels on their roofs. CPUC is following the lead of PG&E and other utilities, whose interest is to charge us more.
The CPUC proposes charging solar users an average $57 per month, nearly $700 per year -- the highest rooftop solar fees in the U.S. Plus, the commission wants an 80% cut to credits solar users get for sharing their surplus energy with the grid. With these regulations and penalties in place, it will no longer make economic sense to invest in local solar energy generation. This will cripple California solar companies.
Don’t let this utility profit-grab kill rooftop solar.
Tell Governor Newsom to take a stand for consumers and the California Solar industry.
To make your voice heard click on the link below to send your message to Governor Newsom and the CPUC through the Solar Rights Alliance messaging system. There you will find a sample script to use l ike this one:
"My name is ___ and I live in ____. I am against the proposed Solar Penalty Fee and I’m against slashing the value of rooftop solar 80%. Nobody should pay a penalty for putting solar panels on their roof. California should be doing more, not less, to promote rooftop solar. Please show us you are serious about rate hikes, blackouts and air pollution. Say no to the utilities’ profit grab, and yes to helping millions of working and middle class people get solar." or feel free to write or state your message in your own words.
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SUPPORT CALIFORNIA ROOFTOP SOLARThe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) wants to make it more expensive for home and apartment-building owners to put solar panels on their roofs. CPUC is following the lead of PG&E and other utilities, whose interest is to charge us more. The CPUC proposes charging solar users an average $57 per month, nearly $700 per year -- the highest rooftop solar fees in the U.S. Plus, the commission wants an 80% cut to credits solar users get for sharing their surplus energy with the grid. With these regulations and penalties in place, it will no longer make economic sense to invest in local solar energy generation. This will cripple California solar companies. Don’t let this utility profit-grab kill rooftop solar. Tell Governor Newsom to take a stand for consumers and the California Solar industry. To make your voice heard click on the link below to send your message to Governor Newsom and the CPUC through the Solar Rights Alliance messaging system. There you will find a sample script to use l ike this one: "My name is ___ and I live in ____. I am against the proposed Solar Penalty Fee and I’m against slashing the value of rooftop solar 80%. Nobody should pay a penalty for putting solar panels on their roof. California should be doing more, not less, to promote rooftop solar. Please show us you are serious about rate hikes, blackouts and air pollution. Say no to the utilities’ profit grab, and yes to helping millions of working and middle class people get solar." or feel free to write or state your message in your own words.38 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Alissa Klar
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