Racial Justice & Equity Updates
Giving Voice Podcast: Aaron Welcher & Adrianne Slash on 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 covered...
Oppose Bills That Will Limit Civilian Oversight of Police Departments
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...
JCRC Statement on Incivility in the Indiana General Assembly
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...
Urge Your Members of Congress to Support the “NO-HATE Act”
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 League in...
Resource list from Community Briefing: Combating Antisemitism while Pursuing Racial Justice
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 combatting...
JCRC Statement on the Loss of Civil Rights Icons
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...
INDIANA JEWISH COMMUNITY ADOPTS PRINCIPLES ON RACIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY LAUNCHING BROAD RACIAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE ACROSS THE STATE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Friday, June 26, 2020 Media Contact: Aaron Welcher, Communications Coordinator, Indianapolis JCRC awelcher@indyjcrc.org, 317.376.0468 INDIANA JEWISH COMMUNITY ADOPTS PRINCIPLES ON RACIAL JUSTICE & EQUITY LAUNCHING BROAD RACIAL JUSTICE...
Racial Justice & Equity in Response to the Killing of George Floyd
Racial Justice & Equity in Response to the Killing of George Floyd Tuesday, June, 2, 2020 UPDATED: Friday, June 5, 2020 As we continue to bear witness to the pain, anger, loss, and frustration expressed by so many in cities across the country, including our...
Still We Reach: 52nd Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Assassination
Still We Reach: 52nd Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination Presented by the Kenndey King Memorial Initiative This Saturday, April 4, 2020, marks the 52nd commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Indianapolis has a...