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Temple Shalom has embarked on a journey to become an antiracist congregation. The Temple Shalom Antiracism Task Force kicked off on Yom Kippur 2020 with a powerful sermon by Rabbi Ackerman and a workshop attended by over 300 congregants. The Task Force continues to hold learning sessions and provide resources to help all of us learn how to interrupt and dismantle racist beliefs, practices, and policies in Temple Shalom and the larger community.
Please click on the boxes below to find the resources you find most useful. We will continue to add resources throughout the year.
As you review, please consider the following questions:
What feelings are coming up for you? Why?
In what ways do the articles or concepts affirm or challenge your personal experiences?
What is one new concept that you learned that resonated with you or is making you think?
What will you do in your context to make changes based on what you have learned?
Please also look below and for notices about upcoming education sessions and conversations. Contact Dana and Jonathan Larkin with any questions or if you would like to be part of the committee. danaflarkin@gmail.com jnlampman@aol.com
Listen to Rabbi Ackerman's Yom Kippur sermon from October 2020 as she challenges the congregation to address racism in our synagogue and community.
Recent and Upcoming Opportunities for Learning
Recent and Upcoming Opportunities for Learning
Presentation and Discussion
Presentation and Discussion
Sunday, May 23, 10:30 -11:45 AM
Sunday, May 23, 10:30 -11:45 AM
During Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the Anti-Racism Task Force is focusing our next education session on combating Anti-Asian hate. Unfortunately, the news is rift with increasing violence and hate incidents inflicted on Asian Americans. The forum Stop AAPI Hate announced that the number of hate incidents reported to them increased significantly from 3,795 to 6,603 during March 2021 alone.
To open a discussion on what we can do, we have invited two guest speakers: Professor Janelle Wong will speak on the history of Asians in America. She is Professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland and author of Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and their Political Identities, based on the first national, multilingual, multi-ethnic survey of Asian Americans.
The second speaker is Ms. Aryani Ong, an advocate, community leader, attorney, and consultant. Ms. Ong is the Founder and Co-Director of MoCoPAAN, the Montgomery County Progressive Asian-American Network, which seeks to raise the voice of Asian Americans. Ms. Ong will speak on current legislative action to combat anti-Asian hate.
Please join us! A discussion and Q & A session will follow the presentations.
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