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Neither the Jewish Emergent Network nor Dimensions are directly endorsing any of the artists, healers, diverse teachers of faith, or other content creators whose work is linked in this challenge. We are sharing the world of spirit equitably with many people as we endeavor to learn more about our need to work together across diverse faith communities to dismantle racism and white supremacy for us all.
How am I Dismantling Racism by Acknowledging My Power to Act?
WATCH & LISTEN:
Jake Isaac, Brother
REFLECT:
Assata Shakur, From Assata: An Autobiography
It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other
We have nothing to lose but our chains.
Jewish law emphasizes taking note of our proximity to injustice and taking action. Deuteronomy Chapter 4, verse 9 states: “But take utmost care and watch yourselves scrupulously, so that you do not forget the things that you saw with your own eyes and so that they do not fade from your mind as long as you live. And make them known to your children and to your children’s children.”
ACT:
How am I using my voice, power and positionality to name and address realities of race that are specific to the Jewish community–a predominantly white community in the US? What language am I developing, what concepts am I learning and what practices am I embracing as the work of Jewish white folks? What language am I developing, what concepts am I learning and what practices am I embracing as the work of BIPOC-JOC? How has/does my work to become anti-racist acknowledge differences between paths to racial equity and liberation as relevant? What opportunities am I creating for myself and others to welcome and support the “Both AND” of combined and separate work for White Folks and BIPOC?
What’s one action I will take in coming days to integrate what I am learning from my answers to these questions within my personal and professional anti-racist practice?
SUPPORT:
Support organizations that are led by and for BIPOC-JOC directly. (The below are organizational members of JOC-SHINE, a coalition dedicated to collective leadership, empowerment and self-determination among BIPOC-Jews of Color.)
Jews in ALL Hues, Jarred Jackson
Jewish Multiracial Network, Chava Shervington
Dimensions Educational Consulting, Yavilah McCoy
BYM, Shoshanah Brown
Ammud JOC Torah Academy, Arielle Korman
Mixed Operations, Anike Tourse
