by JCRCStaff | Apr 16, 2021 | Community Engagement & Intergroup Affairs, Racial Justice & Equity
Aaron Welcher, JCRC Communications & Advocacy Associate, and Adrianne Slash, past President of The Exchange at the Indianapolis Urban League and a Black-Jewish Partnership member, joined Indiana Historical Bureau’s podcast to discuss allyship. This episode...
by JCRCStaff | Feb 21, 2021 | Racial Justice & Equity, Take action
On Tuesday, February 16, 2021, the Indiana State Senate Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law, will hear three bills that would negatively impact existing civilian oversight structures for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD), by reducing...
by JCRCStaff | Feb 19, 2021 | Press Releases & Statements, Racial Justice & Equity
The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council was saddened and disturbed to see the incivility and lack of respect exhibited by some members of the Indiana General Assembly towards their colleagues on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Each member of the Indiana...
by JCRCStaff | Sep 8, 2020 | Antisemitism, Domestic, Government Affairs, Racial Justice & Equity, Take action
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support the “NO-HATE Act” We continue to see a rise in the number of hate crimes across the United States. Please join the Indianapolis JCRC and our national partners at the American Jewish Committee and National Urban...
by JCRCStaff | Aug 18, 2020 | Antisemitism, Racial Justice & Equity
Resource list from Community Briefing: Combating Antisemitism while Pursuing Racial Justice On Monday, August 17, the Indianapolis JCRC held a joint Community Briefing with the Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis in which shared the JCRC’s approach to...
by JCRCStaff | Jul 24, 2020 | Press Releases & Statements, Racial Justice & Equity
JCRC Statement on the Loss of Civil Rights Icons Sunday, July 19, 2020 Today, the Indianapolis Jewish community joins the rest of the country in mourning the loss of American civil rights icons Congressman John Lewis and Reverend C.T. Vivian. These two men dedicated...
