Practicing Tzedakah as Reparations: From Charity to Clarity and Solidarity
Sunday, August 23rd at 1:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom
WAYS OF PEACE is honored to participate in a nationwide, multi-generational day of learning for racial justice. Rabbi Regina Sandler-Phillips will introduce a time-honored Jewish empowerment process*—accessible to all, regardless of income—connecting historic anti-racist solidarity with contemporary “individual reparations accounts” and diverse movements for social justice. LEARN MORE
This online program is free and open to all, but the WAYS OF PEACE session is limited to 24 participants to facilitate sharing and interaction. If you find that registration is already closed, please contact us to discuss alternative program possibilities!
Eternal Vigilance, One Day at a Time
NYC Disaster Morgue, Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Photo Credit: Justin Heiman / Getty Images
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance" was often quoted by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. We will discuss the historic solidarity of vigilance committees next Sunday, August 23rd.
WAYS OF PEACE continues to coordinate nationwide, multi-generational vigilance around the clock. We are approaching 135 days of our shared vigil, and always welcome others to join us in honoring all who have died due to to COVID-19, the ravages of racism, and and more during this time of crisis. LEARN MORE
Share the Vigil is a How to Mourn AND Organize initiative of WAYS OF PEACE.
*In our commitment to just-giving, WAYS OF PEACE donates at least 10 percent of net staff compensation to other organizations that uphold our core mandates of renewing justice and kindness across lines of diversity.
