Offering stipends for JOC educators and class fees for students.
2019-2020 Grants
Creating a webinar on the impact of COVID-19-fueled racism on Chinese-American Jews.
Continuing and further diversifying a thriving Jews of Color affinity group that builds leadership capacity, community, and relationships.
Advancing the inclusion of JoC queer youth in Shabbaton retreats through programmatic and institutional changes.
Producing an episode centering Modern Orthodox Jews of Color in their web series "Soon By You."
Increasing involvement of JoCs in a fellowship for young adults to integrate urban organic farming, mindfulness practice, social action training, and progressive Jewish learning and living.
Supporting participation in a national convening of Jews of Color involved in Jewish Outdoor Food, Farming, and Environmental Education (JOFEE).
Hiring a JOC youth consultant to incorporate a racial justice lens into educational programming
Identifying participation and experiences of Jews of Color in Jewish camp programs as a cornerstone for expanding and improving JoC youth inclusion.
Supporting a JoC Organizer and Diversity Educator to build connectivity among Jews of Color in Detroit and serving as an inclusivity educator to local congregations
Supporting wellness and resiliency-building through nature-based retreats led by and for Jews of Color
Producing a limited series podcast on the lived experiences of Latino Jews in the U.S.
Expanding reach to North Carolina JOCs to connect with their JOC caucus
Developing a fellowship that ensures a pipeline for Jews of Color to become leaders in social justice organizing.
Providing scholarships and travel subsidies for Jews of Color to enroll in a 3-year online certification program in Earth-Based Judaism, with a goal of JoC representing at least one-third of the cohort
Backing participation in JDC Entwine’s “Inside Brazil” trip, followed by JOC-facilitated programming in the U.S.
Building a national network of havurot for Jews of Color
Providing academic tutoring for a JOC rabbinical student