Tzedek Isaiah Racial Justice Programs
Fight for Racial Justice
Thursday, December 8, 2016 at Temple Isaiah
A community conversation to grapple with the challenge of promoting positive race relations and a fairer justice system in Massachusetts and in our country. Our speakers were Rev. Ray Hammond and his daughter Rev. Mariama White-Hammond. Ray Hammond is the founder and pastor of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) in Boston. Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is a Minister at Bethel AME Church and a racial justice and climate justice activist.
Racial Justice Is a Jewish Issue! Come Learn Why!
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 at Temple Isaiah
Tzedek Isaiah brought to our congregation a well-established program by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC), “Hearts and Minds,” by which we can open our hearts and minds to the conversation on race in America and discuss what we can do to have a meaningful impact.
In-District Meeting on Criminal Justice Reform
Thursday, April 6, 2017 at Temple Isaiah
Together with GBIO congregations, Temple Isaiah hosted our local State Representatives and Senators to press for criminal justice reform in Massachusetts.
Supporting the 21st Annual Mother's Day Walk for Peace
Sunday, May 15, 2017 (coming up again May 14, 2018)
The Mother's Day Walk for Peace started in 1996 so mothers of murdered children could receive support and love from their neighbors. Every year families from across the state and region walk together from Roxbury to Boston City Hall toward peace, because in unity, there is healing!
Debbie Irving Speaks on Her Book: Read Waking Up White and Meet Author
Thursday, June 8, 2017 at Temple Isaiah
A community organizer and classroom teacher for 25 years, Debby Irving grappled with racial injustice without understanding racism as a systemic issue or her own whiteness as an obstacle to it. She shared her compelling story with us in a multimedia presentation.
Film Showing of 13th: From Slave to Criminal in One Amendment
June 12, 2017 at Temple Isaiah
The title refers to the Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution. Combining archival footage with testimony from activists and scholars, director Ava DuVernay's examination of the US prison system looks at how the country's history of racial inequality drives the high rate of incarceration in America.
Out of Many, One: Teach-In with Boston Area Muslim Community
Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at Temple Isaiah.
We joined together with our Muslim neighbors and other Greater Boston Interfaith Organization leaders for an afternoon of learning, relationship and solidarity. Muslim leaders shared stories of their experience being Muslim in Boston. We also learned about specific threats facing the Muslim community in these troubling times and about what you can do to be of support.
