Ep. 42: Juneteenth and the Importance of Rest

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅In this week’s episode April and Tracie reflect on Juneteenth and continue to think about how liberation from enslavement looked different for Jews and Black people. April also shares the ways in which the importance of rest from labour is an important lesson that resonated with her this Juneteenth. 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 her blog, bmoreincremental.comRead more about April’s reflections on the sea never parting at Joyous Justice’s blog.Listen to Season 2 episode 9: “The Sea Never Parted.” Listen to Season 2, Episode 7: “Exhaustion.” Read Vice’s report “Black People in the US Were Enslaved Well into the 1960s” Learn more about Watch Night.See the Nap Ministry’s Juneteenth tweet about rest.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?