Ep 84: What if we’re the Egyptians?

Send us a message via text message! Link accessible at joyousjustice.buzzsprout.com. ✅This Passover, we’re noticing that folks are quick to identify with the Israelites, but what about the circumstances where we’re in the role of the Egyptians? How can we work to dismantle the binary of good and bad, victim and villain and move toward greater wholeness? Can we invite the intervention that will alter the circumstances and lead to freedom? Can we do it without drowning in the proverbial sea? A first step is to build courageous reflection into our Passover practice that acknowledges enslavement or enslavement-like conditions are present in our world right now.CW: Mentions of sexual assault, enslavement, violence, and dehumanization.Apply to our Grounded & Growing intensive here (deadline extended to fill the final few slots): https://joyous-justice.mykajabi.com/grounded-and-growingFind 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/Support the work our Jewish Black & Native woman-led vision for collective liberation here: https://joyousjustice.com/support-our-workListen to our episode about the oppression scale and the emotional thermometer: https://jewstalkracialjustice.buzzsprout.com/1146023/10037771-ep-75-whoopi-goldberg-the-oppression-scale-and-the-emotional-thermometerLearn more about Shifra and Puah: https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/birthings-and-beginnings/Read more about restorative justice: https://www.edutopia.org/article/what-heck-restorative-justice-heather-wolpert-gawronDiscussion 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 feels hard? What is challenging or on the edge for you?What feelings and sensations are arising, and where in your body do you feel them?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?