The Joyous Justice Podcast
178 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSystemic oppression conditions us to deny others’ and our own humanity. Many justice-seekers unwittingly perpetuate that dehumanization when they assume they must suffer, punish, or martyr themselves to dismantle oppression. At Joyous Justice, we're imagining and embodying a different way. Wholeness, love, and thriving are the antidotes to the brokenness in our world and in our own lives. Each week, April Baskin–with her friend and colleague, Tracie Guy-Decker–delves into theoretical and practical aspects of the pursuit of justice AND wellness.
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Ep 56: Simchat Torah, Essential Letters, and Why ALL of Our Life Curricula is Needed
September 30, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 16.8 MBIn this week’s episode Tracie and April discuss some of the traditions related to the holiday of Simchat Torah (lit. “Joy of Torah”). The symbolism of the holiday--appreciating the totality of the Torah and starting the cycle anew--illuminates for ways we can do the same with our own life and racial justice curricula. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-56 Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit t...
Ep 55: Sukkot, Shelter, and Sacrifice
September 23, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 21.3 MBIn this week’s episode, April and Tracie mark Sukkot and discuss themes around shelter, safety and security, and sacrifice, and the trade-offs that exist which this holiday helps to illuminate for us. Content warning: descriptions of animal slaughter/sacrifice Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-55 Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice....
Ep 54: Yom Kippur and the Importance of Process
September 16, 2021 10:00 - 33 minutes - 22.7 MBIn this week’s episode, as we mark Yom Kippur, April and Tracie discuss the big concepts and ideas that can frame Yom Kippur and give some practical tips for how to work through our collective and individual yearly accounting of our souls by finding the joy in the process. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-54 Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacia...
Ep 53: Yom Kippur, T’shuvah, and the Load-Bearing Beam
September 09, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBAs Yom Kippur approaches, April and Tracie reflect on T'shuvah. We specifically dig into what Jewish tradition teaches us about what to do when “return” requires us to ask how much of ourselves we are willing to dismantle, especially when it comes to perpetuating white supremacy and racism. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-53 Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at ...
Ep 52: Rosh HaShanah 5782 and our 1st Anniversary
September 02, 2021 10:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBAs the Jewish new year, Rosh Hashanah, approaches, we think about the year that was, and reflect on ways to improve while still holding ourselves tenderly. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-52 Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a se...
Ep 51: The Other 50%
August 26, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBIn this week’s episode, we talk about how we often forget that Jewish leaders in the civil rights movement who are lauded today were not universally supported in their time. We often pretend their detractors did not exist, and yet, they are in fact still here in our communities pushing back against our current reckoning with racial justice. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-51 Find April and Tracie's ful...
Ep 50: It's In Our Bones: Liberation and Grief
August 19, 2021 10:00 - 19 minutes - 13.4 MBIn this week’s episode, Tracie and April both react to recent experiences they have had which have deepened their consciousness or understanding around racial justice and healing. For Tracie it was a neighbor’s reaction to an activist campaign to Free Keith Davis, Jr., and for April, a weekend at a virtual Black liberation retreat. This leads them to a conversation on the need to balance the work of liberating individuals and communities from oppressive systems with also grieving the collect...
Ep 49: Elul, the Shofar, and Awakeness
August 12, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBIn this week’s episode, we reflect on the meaning of Elul, the month in the Jewish calendar that leads up to Rosh HaShanah and the high holidays. This time of anticipation calls us to prepare ourselves spiritually for the new year. We talk about the symbolic meanings of the holiday and how the ritual of hearing the shofar can be a powerful call to being “awake.” Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-episode-49 ...
Ep 48: Thinking Outside of the Box, part 2
August 05, 2021 10:00 - 15 minutes - 11 MBEp 48: Thinking Outside of the Box, part 2 In this week's episode, part 2 of 2, we continue our discussion about the need for outside-the-box thinking by asking what gets in the way. Our conversation leads us to the realization that the resistance to facing and confronting fear and other difficult emotions can keep us in unjust and inequitable systems. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-episode-48 Find Apr...
Ep 47: Thinking Outside of the Box, part 1
July 29, 2021 10:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBIn this week’s episode, part 1 of 2, April and Tracie think about new paradigms for the future. Inspired by a song, we use the prison abolition movement & criminal legal system as well as Western medicine as points of reference, investigating the ways inherited systems, received as “natural,” are in fact human constructions which can be deconstructed (and reconstructed!) for a future that is more equitable, sustainable, and just. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestio...
Ep 46: Racism in the US Medical System
July 22, 2021 10:00 - 11 minutes - 7.96 MBTracie brings up a recent NFL announcement that they will change a racist policy, just another example of the systematic, racist oppression that permeates US society. This leads to a discussion between April and Tracie about the racism found within the United States medical system and why developing an effective racial justice analysis is so important. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-46 Find April...
Ep 45: Conditional Whiteness is Still Whiteness
July 15, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18 MBIn this week's episode, April and Tracie discuss Eric Ward’s Skin in the Game point about the conditional whiteness of Ashkenazi Jews, unpacking (with both/and thinking) the reaction some Jews have regarding their whiteness. April uses her experiences as a United States citizen living in Senegal to explain how conditional privilege operates. Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-45 Find April and Tracie's f...
Ep. 44: Racial Justice IS a Jewish Issue
July 08, 2021 11:00 - 18 minutes - 12.5 MBIn this week's episode, we respond to a common question about racial justice work and explain that because the Jewish community is a global, multi-racial people, racial justice already is and must continue to be a core Jewish value and issue. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.: https://joyousjustice....
Ep 43: The Importance of Affinity Spaces
July 01, 2021 11:00 - 14 minutes - 9.67 MBIn this week’s episode, we talk about the importance of affinity groups, which are spaces for people with shared identity to safely unpack dynamics around oppression. Though it may feel counter-intuitive, affinity spaces are actually important tools as we develop our liberatory consciousness. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and...
Ep. 42: Juneteenth and the Importance of Rest
June 24, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBIn this week’s episode April and Tracie reflect on Juneteenth and continue to think about how liberation from enslavement looked different for Jews and Black people. April also shares the ways in which the importance of rest from labour is an important lesson that resonated with her this Juneteenth. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) direct...
Ep. 41: When You Overhear Microaggressions, Pt 2: Responding to a Question
June 17, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MBEp 41 (S3E1): When You Overhear Microaggressions, Pt 2: Responding to a Question One of our listeners posed an interesting question in response to a previous episode (39/Season 2, Episode 19: When You Overhear Microaggressions) asking, “What are good ways to respond when you hear racist microaggressions in general, not directed at anyone in particular or maybe the target is not around in that moment. I encounter this at work and don’t know how to respond.” April and Tracie share their own e...
Ep 40: Examining Jewish Outsider Status through MaNishtana’s ELI Talk
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.55 MBThe feeling of being an outsider is an all too familiar one for most human beings. The experience of a Jewish person being made to feel an outsider in Jewish spaces is eloquently investigated by the Eli Talk by Rabbi Shais Rishon who goes by the moniker MaNishtana. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.:...
S2E20: Examining Jewish Outsider Status through MaNishtana’s ELI Talk
June 10, 2021 10:00 - 12 minutes - 8.55 MBThe feeling of being an outsider is an all too familiar one for most human beings. The experience of a Jewish person being made to feel an outsider in Jewish spaces is eloquently investigated by the Eli Talk by Rabbi Shais Rishon who goes by the moniker MaNishtana. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director, and Tracie is a senior partner.:...
Ep 39: When You Overhear Microaggressions
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWay back in episode 2, April and Tracie spoke about better alternatives to some of the micro-aggressive things white-identified Jews often say to Jews of Color. So what happens if you overhear someone else trot out a micro-aggressive question or comment? What can you do? What should you do? How can you interrupt the oppression without falling into saviorism? April and Tracie dig in to this question and offer some strategies for both disrupting the oppression and supporting the person on the ...
S2E19: When You Overhear Microaggressions
June 03, 2021 10:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWay back in episode 2, April and Tracie spoke about better alternatives to some of the micro-aggressive things white-identified Jews often say to Jews of Color. So what happens if you overhear someone else trot out a micro-aggressive question or comment? What can you do? What should you do? How can you interrupt the oppression without falling into saviorism? April and Tracie dig in to this question and offer some strategies for both disrupting the oppression and supporting the person on the ...
Ep 38 (14 Reprise): White Supremacy and the Power of Culture
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW April and Tracie take the time to unpack a phrase that often comes up when Jews Talk Racial Justice: "white supremacy." The phrase has entered the lexicon of individual antiracists and movements alike, but what exactly does it mean? April and Tracie define the term, investigate the discomfort it can generate, and riff on the ways in which discussing "white supremacy culture" may be a way to reclaim agency and power. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic ...
S2E18 (14 Reprise): White Supremacy and the Power of Culture
May 27, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW April and Tracie take the time to unpack a phrase that often comes up when Jews Talk Racial Justice: "white supremacy." The phrase has entered the lexicon of individual antiracists and movements alike, but what exactly does it mean? April and Tracie define the term, investigate the discomfort it can generate, and riff on the ways in which discussing "white supremacy culture" may be a way to reclaim agency and power. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic ...
Ep 37 (10 Reprise): Feeling Rage, Finding Joy: Managing Emotions in Justice Work
May 20, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW As the election season concludes, Tracie asks April for advice on working through the negative emotions that sometimes accompany justice work. The two friends unpack the ways we've been taught to associate anger or rage with justice work (and anxiety with intelligence), and April shares suggestions for achieving the positive effects of BOTH feeling your feelings AND cultivating joy and presence. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the sh...
S2E17 (10 Reprise): Feeling Rage, Finding Joy: Managing Emotions in Justice Work
May 20, 2021 10:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW As the election season concludes, Tracie asks April for advice on working through the negative emotions that sometimes accompany justice work. The two friends unpack the ways we've been taught to associate anger or rage with justice work (and anxiety with intelligence), and April shares suggestions for achieving the positive effects of BOTH feeling your feelings AND cultivating joy and presence. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the sh...
Ep 36 (8 Reprise): Oppression Olympics, Intergenerational Trauma, and Shared Liberation
May 13, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW Even more than other episodes, you'll find yourself eavesdropping on this conversation. April and Tracie unpack the deep and intergenerational effects of shared trauma and oppression, and the ways either/or and hierarchical thinking can get in the way of healing. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie i...
Ep 36 (8 Reprise): Oppression Olympics, Intergenerational Trauma, and Shared Liberation
May 13, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW Even more than other episodes, you'll find yourself eavesdropping on this conversation. April and Tracie unpack the deep and intergenerational effects of shared trauma and oppression, and the ways either/or and hierarchical thinking can get in the way of healing. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie i...
S2E16 (8 Reprise): Oppression Olympics, Intergenerational Trauma, and Shared Liberation
May 13, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW Even more than other episodes, you'll find yourself eavesdropping on this conversation. April and Tracie unpack the deep and intergenerational effects of shared trauma and oppression, and the ways either/or and hierarchical thinking can get in the way of healing. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie i...
S2E15 (6 Reprise): White Fragility, DARVO, and Accepting Feedback
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW April and Tracie discuss Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility. They unpack some of the courage and vulnerability it takes to both give and receive feedback around racism, and imagine a world in which it is safe to do both. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjusti...
Ep 35 (6 Reprise): White Fragility, DARVO, and Accepting Feedback
May 06, 2021 10:00 - 22 minutes - 15.3 MBQUICK EPISODE OVERVIEW April and Tracie discuss Robin DiAngelo's book, White Fragility. They unpack some of the courage and vulnerability it takes to both give and receive feedback around racism, and imagine a world in which it is safe to do both. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjusti...
Ep 34: The quicksand of comparing pain
April 29, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MBWhy do we sometimes find ourselves arguing over whose pain is the worst? What effect does that competition, also known as Oppression Olympics, have on us? How can we find an alternative to the very real impulse to argue? April and Tracie dig into these questions and more. Heads Up! We are taking some time off in the month of May 2021. You'll be able to enjoy reprises of our favorite episodes every Thursday in May. New content will resume in June. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submi...
S2E14: The quicksand of comparing pain
April 29, 2021 10:00 - 28 minutes - 20 MBWhy do we sometimes find ourselves arguing over whose pain is the worst? What effect does that competition, also known as Oppression Olympics, have on us? How can we find an alternative to the very real impulse to argue? April and Tracie dig into these questions and more. Heads Up! We are taking some time off in the month of May 2021. You'll be able to enjoy reprises of our favorite episodes every Thursday in May. New content will resume in June. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submi...
Ep 33: Recovering from mistakes and recovering trust
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBApril and Tracie unpack the idea that "publicly addressing an organization's mistakes does more harm than good." Though there are some who would advise against drawing attention to past mistakes, April and Tracie argue that accountability and honesty are the only way to create and maintain trust. Heads Up! We are taking some time off in the month of May 2021. You'll be able to enjoy reprises of our favorite episodes every Thursday in May. New content will resume in June. Find April and Tra...
S2E13: Recovering from mistakes and recovering trust
April 22, 2021 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBApril and Tracie unpack the idea that "publicly addressing an organization's mistakes does more harm than good." Though there are some who would advise against drawing attention to past mistakes, April and Tracie argue that accountability and honesty are the only way to create and maintain trust. Heads Up! We are taking some time off in the month of May 2021. You'll be able to enjoy reprises of our favorite episodes every Thursday in May. New content will resume in June. Find April and Tra...
S2E12: Interrogating the Antisemitism Litmus Test
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn another episode tied to their "Flip the Script" resource, April and Tracie investigate the notion that the presence of antisemitism in progressive movements disqualifies those movements from Jewish involvement. Recognizing that, like all systemic oppressions, antisemitism is everywhere, Jews Talk Racial Justice wonders why engagement in progressive spaces feels optional to some when engagement in other spaces where antisemitism is equally present is not. Content warning: April makes pass...
Ep 32: Interrogating the Antisemitism Litmus Test
April 15, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBIn another episode tied to their "Flip the Script" resource, April and Tracie investigate the notion that the presence of antisemitism in progressive movements disqualifies those movements from Jewish involvement. Recognizing that, like all systemic oppressions, antisemitism is everywhere, Jews Talk Racial Justice wonders why engagement in progressive spaces feels optional to some when engagement in other spaces where antisemitism is equally present is not. Content warning: April makes pass...
Ep 31: Transition, Trajectory, and Trellises
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBApril and Tracie explore the ways the messiness of spring contributes to its beauty and potential. The also notice how structure--whether the practice of counting the Omer, a vine's trellis or their online course Awareness Accelerator--can support the important and messy work of growth. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie...
S2E11: Transition, Trajectory, and Trellises
April 08, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBApril and Tracie explore the ways the messiness of spring contributes to its beauty and potential. The also notice how structure--whether the practice of counting the Omer, a vine's trellis or their online course Awareness Accelerator--can support the important and messy work of growth. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie...
Ep 30: Eight Passover Practices for Collective Liberation
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn the second of two Passover episodes, April and Tracie reveal the liberatory wisdom in eight practices from Passover observance. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/ Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmoreincremental.com Resources mentioned: Learn more about the characteris...
S2E10: Eight Passover Practices for Collective Liberation
April 01, 2021 10:00 - 34 minutes - 23.8 MBIn the second of two Passover episodes, April and Tracie reveal the liberatory wisdom in eight practices from Passover observance. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/ Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmoreincremental.com Resources mentioned: Learn more about the characteris...
Ep 29: The Sea Never Parted
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIn the first of two Passover-themed shows, April shares her epiphany that despite a resonance between the story of the Israelites leaving mitzrayim (Egypt, the narrow place) and the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the U.S., the two stories diverge in important and significant ways. CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of slavery, enslavement, and violence against Black people and passing reference to sexual assault. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show a...
S2E9: The Sea Never Parted
March 25, 2021 10:00 - 37 minutes - 25.6 MBIn the first of two Passover-themed shows, April shares her epiphany that despite a resonance between the story of the Israelites leaving mitzrayim (Egypt, the narrow place) and the emancipation of enslaved Africans in the U.S., the two stories diverge in important and significant ways. CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of slavery, enslavement, and violence against Black people and passing reference to sexual assault. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show a...
S2E8: BOTH a lot to learn AND something to contribute
March 18, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBApril and Tracie continue to flesh out some of the key obstacles from their flip the script resource with the help of a question from a listener. One of the limiting beliefs that shows up in racial justice work is the sense that you've learned a lot, but not enough to take action. April and Tracie dig into this notion and give some suggestions for ways to productively hold the both / and of having a lot to learn AND having being able to humbly and meaningfully contribute. Find April and Tra...
Ep 28: BOTH a lot to learn AND something to contribute
March 18, 2021 10:00 - 24 minutes - 17.2 MBApril and Tracie continue to flesh out some of the key obstacles from their flip the script resource with the help of a question from a listener. One of the limiting beliefs that shows up in racial justice work is the sense that you've learned a lot, but not enough to take action. April and Tracie dig into this notion and give some suggestions for ways to productively hold the both / and of having a lot to learn AND having being able to humbly and meaningfully contribute. Find April and Tra...
S2E7: Exhaustion
March 11, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThe work of fighting racism can be exhausting. This is especially true for Black folks and other people of color who have to work to dismantle systems that are actively oppressing them. Today April and Tracie talk a bit about strategies and frames to help counter the isolation and the internalized not-good-enough that comes along with the exhaustion and burn out for people of color and the ways in which white allies can provide support. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic sug...
Ep 27: Exhaustion
March 11, 2021 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBThe work of fighting racism can be exhausting. This is especially true for Black folks and other people of color who have to work to dismantle systems that are actively oppressing them. Today April and Tracie talk a bit about strategies and frames to help counter the isolation and the internalized not-good-enough that comes along with the exhaustion and burn out for people of color and the ways in which white allies can provide support. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic sug...
S2E6: Getting Unstuck when Fear Has You Frozen
March 04, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBSometimes people, especially white folks, choose not to engage with racial justice work, for fear of making a mistake. April and Tracie dig in to those fears, what's behind them, how they show up, and some strategies for addressing them so that you can keep going. Access a free discussion guide for this episode here: http://bit.ly/2MTR3ec Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April...
Ep 26: Getting Unstuck when Fear Has You Frozen
March 04, 2021 11:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBSometimes people, especially white folks, choose not to engage with racial justice work, for fear of making a mistake. April and Tracie dig in to those fears, what's behind them, how they show up, and some strategies for addressing them so that you can keep going. Access a free discussion guide for this episode here: http://bit.ly/2MTR3ec Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April...
S2E5: On Purim, Joy, and Liberation
February 25, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBApril and Tracie think about some of the lessons of Purim: hidden identities, the power of 'no,' the power of being in the right place, the importance of joy, and the links between joy and liberation. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/ Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmore...
Ep 25: On Purim, Joy, and Liberation
February 25, 2021 11:00 - 24 minutes - 17.1 MBApril and Tracie think about some of the lessons of Purim: hidden identities, the power of 'no,' the power of being in the right place, the importance of joy, and the links between joy and liberation. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where April is the founding and fabulous (!) director and Tracie is a senior partner: https://joyousjustice.com/ Read more of Tracie's thoughts at bmore...
Ep 24: Deepen the Learning on White Leadership
February 18, 2021 11:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBContinuing their work in "flipping the script," April and Tracie offer some nuance and context for when white people can and should lead racial justice work. That conversation leads to contemplation on giving and receiving comfort and feedback, both within affinity spaces (with people with a shared identity) and across lines of difference. Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.com Learn more about Joyous Justice where Apri...