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Kenneth A. Sweder

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Attorney at Law

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Selected Communal and Activist Activities

 Some of Ken's communal and activist activities have included:   



  • Lead counsel in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court case declaring school prayers unconstitutional


  • Principal draftsperson of M.G.L. Ch. 151E, "Prohibition of Certain Discrimination By Businesses"


  • Chair of the Commission on Law and Social Action (now JALSA, the Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action)


  • President of the New England Region of the American Jewish Congress


  • Participant in numerous amicus briefs on various social and equality issues


  • Founding Trustee of the Soviet Jewry Legal Advocacy Center


  • Trustee of Facing History and Ourselves


  • President of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Boston (the 42 member umbrella organization serving as the representative voice of the Jewish community)


  • Co-Founder and Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur

Selected Communal and Activist Accolades

  Some of Ken's communal and activist accolades have included: 


  • Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition (for work on Darfur)


  • Recipient of the Community of Excellence Award of the Combined Jewish Philanthropies (at a dinner attended by over 650 lawyers and accountants).




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