Ep 23: Flip the Script on Urgent Action

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅April and Tracie address the impulse to act NOW when (white) people begin their racial justice journey.Find April and Tracie's full bios and submit topic suggestions for the show at www.JewsTalkRacialJustice.comLearn 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 bmoreincremental.comResources and notes:Beshallach is  Exodus 13:17–17:16. In the midrash Mekhilta d'Rabbi Yishmael (Exodus 13:18) we read:"And G d led the peoplecircuitously by way of the desert to the RedSea": in order to perform miracles and mightyacts with the manna and the quail and the well.R. Eliezer says: "way" — in order to wearythem, viz. (Psalms 102:24) "He drained mystrength on the way; He shortened my days."Learn more about Yavilah McCoy's work here.If you're interested in learning more about the Awareness Accelerator, please let us know with this form. Support the showDiscussion and reflection questions:What in this episode is new for you? What have you learned and how does it land?What is resonating? What is sticking with you and why?What, if anything feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?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?What key insights or strategies are you carrying forward and how do you want to weave them into your living and/or leadership?