Community Involvement
BJ Bernstein Joins the Board of KIPP Metro Atlanta Charter Schools.
BJ Bernstein has joined the Board of KIPP Metro Atlanta Charter Schools, public charter schools in Atlanta serving low income minority students with creative education which produces academic results.
BJ Bernstein served as one of the Chairs of the Leadership Atlanta Criminal Justice Day held in December, 2009.
The focus of the day were issues focused on indigent defense and juvenile justice issues.
BJ Bernstein joins board for the AIM Program at Atlanta Technical College. Educational opportunities for youth are the key to avoid the criminal justice system and BJ is excited about working to advise this program for at risk youth to move towards higher technical education to increase their education opportunities.
BJ Bernstein named as Georgia Representative for the CARE Action Network
BJ Bernstein will assist one of her favorite causes, fighting global poverty, by working to lobby Congress on behalf of CARE — the international relief agency. BJ will attend the CARE National Advocacy Day in Washington, DC In June 2006 and continue through out the year to inform our Congress about these issues.
For more information about CARE visit www.care.org
Service Juris Day for Hands on Atlanta
The Bernstein Firm team, led by attorney Celeste
Sauls Jenks, joined other law firms for Service Juris Day for Hands on
Atlanta. Team Bernstein Firm painted to perfection the curbs of
Grant Park's parking lot and mulched the flower beds! The
day was a perfect way to give back to our community and tighten the bonds
of the employees of the firm.
“Like Minds” Event Raises Funds for Tsunami Relief
In January, the firm hosted a benefit for CARE, raising over $42,000 for tsunami relief.
Fighting Global Poverty with CARE
To be a better lawyer means understanding and being involved in our community.
BJ Bernstein is very involved with many issues including:
She is the former Secretary/Treasurer for the Atlanta Committee for
CARE. CARE is an international non-governmental organization headquartered
in Atlanta which works to fight global poverty. BJ is active in fundraising
and increasing awareness of global poverty issues. This year she organized
a trip for several Atlantans to El Salvador to see CARE projects in
action.
American Jewish Committee
BJ Bernstein serves on the board of the Atlanta Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. This organization seeks to advance democracy, pluralism and mutual understanding around the United States and the world. During the summer of 2003, BJ was honored to represent the American Jewish Committee as part of the Konrad Adenauer exchange and travel to Germany on a diplomatic trip to expand German / Jewish relations. BJ Bernstein has been invited back to Germany in June 2005 for the 25th Anniversary of this special exchange program. She will be meeting a number of members of Parliament and Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl.
For more information on the American Jewish Committee visit www.ajcatlanta.org.
Other Affliations
BJ is a member of the Temple in Atlanta, a Jewish synagogue. She is also a member of the Atlanta Artists Center.
Strengthening Communications with the Atlanta Asian Community
BJ Bernstein also just joined the board of the Asian-American Resource Center, a non-profit agency which seeks to create cultural awareness and encourage cooperation within the diverse Atlanta community. For more information, see their website at www.aarc-atlanta.org.
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