Forging Our Path: Increasing Racial Justice & Belonging at GJC with Ali Michael, PhD.
Saturday, January 14
10 AM: Ralph Granger Memorial Shabbat in the Charry Service
12:30 PM: Joint Kiddush
1:00 PM: Afternoon Program
Please join us to continue our learning together about how we can move forward on a more inclusive path both individually and collectively as a congregation. This event is a part of an ongoing series to support Germantown Jewish Centre in our vision to build a synagogue where all can belong.
This afternoon program is part of GJC’s annual Ralph Granger Memorial Shabbat. All are welcome to join, including teens. Childcare is available with advance notice: please contact program@germantownjewishcentre.org.
Ali Michael, PhD, is an award winning author, speaker and trainer. This year she released her latest book, Our Problem, Our Path: Collective Anti-racism for White People, co-authored with Dr. Eleonora Bartoli. She teaches in the Diversity and Inclusion Program at Princeton University and the Equity Institutes for Higher Education at USC. Our Problem, Our Path will be available for purchase in the Little Shop until the end of January.
Each year, Germantown Jewish Centre dedicates a Shabbat to celebrating the life and legacy of Ralph Granger, beloved former custodian of GJC and a role model to our community, and rededicating ourselves to advancing race relations. Ralph Granger was well-loved and respected, a Christian African American who was known for his dignity and love for the synagogue. During his life he served as a role model to our community for valuing and respecting differences in others. The Granger Memorial Shabbat continues to pay tribute to his memory, while focusing on current social issues pertinent to the larger community in which we live. The Granger Memorial Shabbat is generously supported by the Paul and Hilda Minkoff Ralph Granger Memorial Endowment.