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In this week’s episode, April and Tracie talk about how questions around racial justice often come from a place of “stuckness,” keeping us from making real progress on racial justice. They discuss ways in which you can work through your questions to get past this stuckness. 

Check out our discussion/reflection questions for this episode:  https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-69

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: https://www.bmoreincremental.com/

Support the work our Jewish Black & Native woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-work

Learn more about Racial Justice Launch Pad and join the waitlist: https://joyousjustice.com/racial-justice-launch-pad

Read more about Black and white children's reactions to “The Doll Test” here:https://www.naacpldf.org/ldf-celebrates-60th-anniversary-brown-v-board-education/significance-doll-test/

Listen to our episode on urgency here: https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-s2e3-flip-the-script-on-urgent-action

Listen to our episode on “staying humble and keep going” here:  https://joyousjustice.com/blog/jews-talk-racial-justice-ep-68

Read about learned helplessness here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/learned-helplessness

Learn more about land acknowledgements here: https://nativegov.org/news/a-guide-to-indigenous-land-acknowledgment/

Learn more about the “5 Whys” here: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTMC_5W.htm

Check out Emily Guy Birken’s book, End Financial Stress Now here: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/End-Financial-Stress-Now/Emily-Guy-Birken/9781440599132

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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?