Meet Our Team

Victoria Raggs (she/her) is the co-founding Executive Director of the Atlanta Jews of Color Council. She holds a Masters in Jewish Professional Studies from the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership in Chicago, and a Bachelors in Communications from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

As a leader in Jewish education, Victoria has worked with students from elementary school through university levels. She is a results driven strategist, educational consultant, and disability rights advocate. As a Jewish woman of Afro-Caribbean descent, Victoria teaches others how to navigate the intersections of various identities in Jewish spaces. These experiences define her work to affirm, elevate, and celebrate belonging within the Jewish community.

With over 10 years of experience, Victoria has worked as a Jewish communal professional to implement effective community engagement and inclusive practices. She has served in her community as a member of various boards and committees around Atlanta such as the Jewish Federation Governance Committee, Jewish Family and Career Services (JF&CS), American Jewish Committee board of councilors, Atlanta Black and Jewish Coalition, and the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival engagement. In 2022 she was an honoree as one of Atlanta’s 10 Inspiring Black Women Making History by Best Self Atlanta Magazine (2022). She was also a JWI 2022 Jewish Communal Women’s Leadership Project fellow.

Ariel Raggs (she/her) is the co-founder and Director of Strategic Engagement of the Atlanta Jews of Color Council. It is under her guidance that AJOCC will develop and implement its long-term vision and direction into the future. Ariel is an up-and-coming Gen Z thought leader and changemaker. Currently, a third-year college student, she is majoring in Pre-Law and International Policy, with an economics minor. 

In addition to her duties at AJOCC, Ariel has already accrued six years of experience as a Jewish community professional. Three of those years were spent as a summer camp counselor at Camp Ramah Darom, and at In the City Camp. Prior to Jewish camps, she worked for three years as a madricha (teaching assistant) at Congregation B’nai Torah’s Religious School. In 2020 Ariel was chosen as an honoree of The Atlanta Jewish Times “18 under 18” Leadership Award.

During high school, Ariel was enrolled in her high school’s gifted magnet program. She graduated with distinctions from the German department where she worked as a German tutor; was a member of the Honor Society, and was captain of the Track and Field Team breaking the school record over hurdles. Ariel takes Jewish advocacy seriously. In 2019 she traveled to Washington, D.C., as a member of the American Jewish Committee’s Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) program to meet with diplomats and lobby against antisemitism. She’s also worked on the political campaigns of state representatives Lucy McBath, Jon Ossoff, and Raphael Warnock.