ZOOM ONLY | Racial Equity Task Force Discuss & Reflect: “How the Word is Passed” (Open to the JRC Community)

Tonight’s meeting has been moved to Zoom due to the weather. Please RSVP to receive the Zoom link. Questions? Email retf@jrctogether.org.

Join JRC’s Racial Equity Task Force (RETF) on Thursday, June 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. for a discussion of Clint Smith’s bestselling “How the Word Is Passed,” which won the National Book Critics Circle Award. We’ll be discussing Smith’s chapter on the hidden history of enslavement in New York City. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend, and a copy of the book chapter will be emailed to you. This will be the first in a series of shared learning experiences RETF is planning – based on articles, podcasts, and videos – where we’ll reflect on our racial identities and discuss how we can become more anti-racist. 

JRC’s Racial Equity Task Force meets generally on the second Thursday of the month. For more information, email retf@jrctogether.org.

The Jewish value of tikkun olam, or “repair of the world,” is central to the Racial Equity Task Force’s (RETF) commitment to working for a more racially just and equitable world. We believe tikkun olam is active, not passive. Acts of antiracism are acts of world repair. Antiracism is about opposing the superiority of one race over another, opposing white supremacy culture, and advocating for racial equity. White supremacy culture is the ideology that white people and the ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions of white people are superior to BIPOC and their ideas, thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Racial equity exists when one’s race does not determine one’s life outcomes. The RETF is committed to understanding and dismantling white supremacy culture and systemic racism wherever we encounter it, beginning with ourselves and our JRC community.