Who We Are

Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM) is a group of Jewish, Muslim, Arab, labor, education, student, civil rights and other organizations and individuals advocating for justice and equity in the Commonwealth led by Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, Boston Workers Circle, Council on American-Islamic Relations – MA Chapter, If Not Now Boston, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston, Mass Peace Action, MTA Rank & File for Palestine, National Lawyers Guild – MA, Sawa: Newton-Area Alliance for Peace and Justice and many others.

We came together in response to a back-door effort to shape antisemitism policy and education in the Commonwealth that passed into state law in 2024. We want to ensure that the Commonwealth’s next steps are inclusive, transparent, and constructive. To be clear, it is our deep and unwavering commitment to equality and justice for all—including Jews and Palestinians—that compels our work.

Our goal is to work collectively to mobilize a broad public base to ensure that Massachusetts policy makers address antisemitism using an anti-racist, solidarity framework. We reject partisan efforts to exclude Jewish people who are critical of Israel or to redefine antisemitism in a way that harms Palestinians.

Former Massachusetts Teachers Association president Merrie Najimy rebukes anti-Palestinian innuendo offered by Rep. Simon Cataldo (D-Acton) at the State Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism hearing, Feb. 10, 2024. Photo courtesy of Massachusetts Peace Action.

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