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In 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.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 her blog, bmoreincremental.com

Learn more about Yom Kippur and its meaning here: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/yom-kippur-101/

Listen to last week’s episode here: www.joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-53

Reflect on the Al Chet here: https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/255454?lang=bi

Learn more about the “4 I’s of Oppression (Love, Change, Power, etc)”:  https://www.grcc.edu/sites/default/files/docs/diversity/the_four_is_of_oppression.pdf

Read more about Alan Morinis and the book Everyday Holiness here: https://mussarinstitute.org/books-by-alan-morinis-faculty/

Learn more about Ronnie Coleman here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Coleman

Learn more about Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horwitz, the Alter of Novardok here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Yozel_Horwitz

Watch Verna Myers’s TedTalk here:  https://www.ted.com/talks/verna_myers_how_to_overcome_our_biases_walk_boldly_toward_them

Check out the book No Sweat by Michelle Segar here: https://michellesegar.com/book/

Learn more about Wolof here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolof_language

Check out Atomic Habits by James Clear here: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits

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Discussion and reflection questions:

1. What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?
2. What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?
3. What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?
4. If relevant. what feelings and sensations are arising as you reflect on themes from this episode, and where in your body do you feel them?
5. What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?