AJOCC Seminar and Panel Clips

Below are a few clips of AJOCC’s executive director, speaking about the need for diversity and community within the Jewish American ecosystem.

Jewish Women International(JWI) hosted this panel during their Virtual Impact Summit. The session subject was “Using your Voice: A Conversation on Courage, Community, and Vulnerability. Panelists: Temmi Merlis, Victoria Raggs, Rachel Apfelbaum, Dee Sanae, and moderated by Ariella Neckritz. 12/03/21
The Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta hosted this JEDI Night panel discussion regarding directing local philanthropic dollars.
Organizations represented were 18 Doors, Honeymoon Israel, AJOCC, Israeli American Council, JF&CS, and The Atlanta Film Festival. 01/27/2022
Atlanta Jews of Color Council (AJOCC) partnered with the Breman Museum and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Georgia (JGSG) to present the Book Talk- Jews of Color in Early America with author Professor Laura Leibman. January 30, 2022

Additional Video Resources

Is there a way to give back that benefits everyone? Citing the success of collective giving practices from around the world, philanthropic advisor Rebecca Darwent asks donors to let communities lead decision-making, ushering in a new era of philanthropy that’s rooted in interconnected humanity.
Learn how to take meaningful action as an ally. Allyship at Work helps you understand your privilege and positional power and learn specific actions you can take to show up as an ally. https://leanin.org/allyship-at-work
Trust-based philanthropy is a charitable approach that reimagines the relationships between donors, nonprofits and communities to rebalance power and decision making. 
Jews of Color need safe spaces free from psychological harm. They want to belong especially within the mainstream Jewish community at large.
In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out “fix-all” cures to a complex social problem Megan Ming Francis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Washington where she specializes in the study of American politics, race, and the development of constitutional law. She is particularly interested in the construction of rights and citizenship, black political activism, and the post-Civil War South. Born and raised in Seattle, WA, she was educated at Garfield High School, Rice University in Houston, and Princeton University where she received her M.A. and her Ph.D. in Politics.
You can choose not to see the sky, but it exists. That’s how Renni Eddo-Lodge responds when somebody tells her they don’t see race. Trying to raise the topic in white-dominated social circles often led her to an immediate shutdown, one that might spring from others’ fear of being wrong, she says. Eddo-Lodge offers her Brief but Spectacular take on talking to white people about race.