Racial Equity Task Force Meeting

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.