Climate Justice and the Jewish Community: A Call to Action through Dialogue (JCLP Annual Communal Conversation)

Join the Jewish Communal Leadership Program (JCLP) on Sunday, March 27th from 1-3:30pm EST via Zoom for Climate Justice and the Jewish Community: A Call to Action Through Dialogue, a facilitated panel discussion with a Q and A session where they will discuss the current action and movement within the Jewish community towards an environmentally-just future. The event will feature several panelists who will offer various perspectives on what the next steps can be. RSVP at https://ssw.umich.edu/r/jclpcc22 to receive the Zoom link. 

Speakers include:

• Rabbi Ellen Bernstein – Eco-theologian & Spiritual Leader

• Rabbi Isaiah Rothstein – Rabbinic Scholar and Public Affairs Advisor at Jewish Federations of North America 

• Kristy Drutman –Founder of Brown Girl Green

• Sophia Rich – National Leadership Board Member of the Jewish Youth Climate Movement

• Vicki Kaplan – Director of Organizing at Dayenu

• Ariel Mayse – Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University

This event is made possible through the generous support from: The Jean & Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies; U-M School for Environment and Sustainability Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office; U-M Hillel; U-M Trotter Multicultural Center; U-M School of Social Work Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; U-M School of Social Work Student Union; Temple Beth Emeth of Ann Arbor; Beth Israel Congregation of Ann Arbor; The Jewish Federation of Greater Ann Arbor; Repair the World Detroit; U-M American Culture Department; Ann Arbor Reconstructionist Congregation; The Well; and The Amir Project.