Draft Schedule of Jewish Programming*
*as of 6/16/2014
* These activities will be open to all conference participants and are planned to complement the main workshops at Mississippi Freedom Summer 50th.
Thursday June 26th 2014
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4:30
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This Light of Ours
Join us on an exhibit tour of This Light of Ours: Activist Photographers of the Civil Rights Movement at the Mississippi Museum of Art with a gallery talk by Dr. Debra Schultz |
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7:00
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Gathering Dinner
This will be a chance for Jewish participants to get to know each other. Organizations will share about their current social justice work. |
Friday June 27th 2014
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12:00-1:30
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Lunch and Learn at the ISJL Office
Hear from ISJL staff about current work of the organization and participate in a discussion led by Freedom Summer veteran Mark Levy |
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5:00
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Shabbat Service and Community Discussion at Beth Israel Congregation
Celebrate Shabbat in the historic Beth Israel Congregation with the local community members. Dr. Jennifer Stollman of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation and Dr. Debra Schultz will facilitate a panel discussion with Jewish Civil Rights Veterans Heather Booth, Mark Levy, Larry Rubin, Lew Zuchman. |
Saturday June 28th 2014
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11:30-1:00
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Lunch In Fondren
Explore and dine in a historic Jackson neighborhood |
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2:15-3:30
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Powerful Organizing : Building Movements Then and Now at Tougaloo College-Holmes Hall
Marjorie Dove Kent, the Executive Director of Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), will offer insight into how Jews are active in movement work today and explore which histories have informed this involvement. This session will draw clear lines between Jewish organizing in the 1960's and Jewish organizing today and help participants to think about what it would mean to rebuild a kind of broad Jewish participation in movement work. |
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4:30-6:00
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Call to Action at Tougaloo College-Holmes Hall
Elana Kogan, National Field Director for Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice and Etta King, Education Program Manager at the Jewish Women’s Archive will lead an interactive session exploring how community organizing, Jewish values, and moral conviction influenced the lives of Jewish Freedom Summer activists. Participants will learn about current voting rights issues and take action to continue the work that began 50 years ago. In our final meeting, participants will reflect on the weekend and make plans for how to move forward. |
Read more about our presenters on our Freedom Summer 50th Presenters Page.