Race Relations with Elizabeth Metz

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Race Relations with Elizabeth Metz

 THIS COMING Wednesday – August 19th – 7:30 pmConversation about Race Relations with Teen Community Activist – Elizabeth Metz Follow this link to our program:
https://youtu.be/CxC_3rtibFY Welcome High School Students, Parents, Congregants: You are invited to our first Social Action Program for the Fall 2020 to hear Elizabeth Metz who is a senior at Beachwood High School, to tell about her experiences growing up Black and Jewish.  Her “Breaking Barriers Project,” a platform for students across the United States to create conversation on topics of diversity, inclusion, race, gender, sexuality, and religion, won her a 2020 Princeton Prize in Race Relations.  We invite you to listen to Ms. Metz’s story and participate in a lively discussion about growing up at the intersection of race and religion in today’s United States.  To read more from Ms. Metz, please go to the Beachwood Buzz (https://tinyurl.com/Metzspeech, pg. 9) Our program will be Livestreaming from the Temple THIS coming Wednesday night, August 19, 2020 at 7:30-8:30 pm.  We hope many of you will tune in, send in your questions through the chat box during the program, and you are free to invite your friends and family.  https://youtu.be/CxC_3rtibFY   As a follow-up to our session with Elizabeth Metz, here are two links: 1 – To the organization Be’Chol Lashon –https://globaljews.org/Be’chol Lashon (Hebrew for “in every language”) strengthens Jewish identity by raising awareness about the ethnic, racial and cultural diversity of Jewish people and experience around the globe. 2 – To the OP-Ed Elizabeth wrote for the Beachcomber – https://bcomber.org/editorials/2020/02/02/when-being-biracial-isnt-the-best-of-both-worlds/We hope you all keep well and safe, and benefit from our virtual events,Barbara Feldmar and Ken DunnSocial Action co-Chairs