Section One
Welcome to The First Section Of Our Confessions of the Heart Racial Equity Challenge!
We welcome you to a unique anti-racism journey of Teshuvah and return as we courageously explore our individual and collective capacity for growth, healing and change.
Getting Started With The Prompts...
1. Make an Appointment with Yourself: Please plan to set aside between 20-30 minutes each day that you engage with the "Confessions of the Heart" resources.
2. Create a Space for Yourself: It will be helpful for you to find a quiet place daily where you feel comfortable reading, watching, listening and paying attention to what comes up for you as you move through each prompt.
3. Your journal is your friend: Use your journal to write down any feelings, reflections that emerge from your engagement of the resources--big or small. Your journal will offer you a map for growth as we move forward.
4. Build support around you: Schedule weekly 15-minute appointments with your racial equity listening partner so that they can joyfully witness, support and celebrate your growth with you. A good question for this listening partnership might be: What are you learning right now and how is it connecting to your life?
Differentiated Tracks…
To uphold equity in our learning approach, we have included both white and Black, Indigenous, Sephardi/Mizrachi POC learning tracks. These differentiated learning tracks are meant to support you in getting to the heart of what comes up for you racially when engaging in anti-racist work. If you're excited for this challenge but are not sure which track to choose, try answering the following questions:
As a reminder...
Yavilah McCoy's powerful adaptation of the Al Chet/Confession liturgy offers a frame for this challenge--which was originally introduced before the High Holidays in 2020--so take a few minutes to read it if you haven't yet.
Ready? Let's get going...
Al Chet Prompts 1 - 6: For The Sins Of Silence...
Prompt One
White Jews Learning Track
We reflect individually and communally on the need to heal and repair the racial equity impacts of our silence...
Black, Indigenous, Sephardi/Mizrachi and More Broadly Identified Jews of Color Learning Track
We reflect individually and communally on the need to heal and repair the racial equity impacts of silence and internalized racism...
Prompt Two
Black, Indigenous, Sephardi/Mizrachi and More Broadly Identified Jews of Color Learning Track
Prompt Three
Prompt Four
Listen to Music, Prayer & Share
Prompt Five
Prompt Six
Black, Indigenous, Sephardi/Mizrachi and More Broadly Identified Jews of Color Learning Track
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