“We learned together, shared stories and continue to support each other in this journey”

“The series has given me more confidence in naming race and racism with my kids, and engaging them in the lifelong work of living a more anti-racist life. It’s giving me permission to not know all the answers and the community to work together to figure things out lovingly”

“The Raising Race Conscious Kids series with FJC really helped me to develop some of the tools necessary to teach my children about the realities of the world we live in. More importantly, the course and reading materials helped me understand my own discomfort with that reality – a necessary beginning to disrupting racism and white supremacy.”

“The Raising Race Conscious Kids series with FJC really helped me to develop some of the tools necessary to teach my children about the realities of the world we live in. More importantly, the course and reading materials helped me understand my own discomfort with that reality – a necessary beginning to disrupting racism and white supremacy.”

“It was so valuable for me to go through this discussion series with other families from our shul who are raising similar-aged kids. We can read and talk about race all we want as individuals or couples, but building a community that makes the conversation visible, that normalizes not having the answers and asking for help, is so much more effective. I’ve deepened my relationships with the other parents in this cohort and anticipate remaining allies and co-conspirators with them as we try to raise anti-racist white Jewish kids together for many years to come.”

“For me, it changed the way that I think about my sphere of influence (like, what is [my child’s] sphere of influence? Where does my power intersect with [their] spaces?). It made me more conscious and helped me understand how to make [them] more conscious of what [they] see in playgrounds, at school, etc…and it also helped me think about what it means for [them] to have a healthy white identity and how to develop that at different ages.”

“It has been a really great experience to gather in this supportive group to learn and think critically – about how we can raise better humans and show up in a meaningful way for all members of our community”

“It was cool to watch with the group too. People started with more theoretical stuff. Then it was scenarios. Then it was “this happened today.” Then it was “this happened today and here’s what I thought about it and what I did differently”

“Although I’d done some reading and thinking about anti-racist parenting before, being able to explore those ideas in the context of a group of parents– and particularly a group of Jewish parents– has really helped me actively use those ideas in my home. I’m excited to be able to give my kids the tools to name race and racism and to struggle with those things without fear.”

“Participating in this group has been perhaps the most meaningful experience of all of the things that my wife and I have been a part of since the start of the pandemic. As the father of a young toddler who is just beginning to understand the world around him, it was comforting to be able to ask difficult questions and discuss difficult things with our fellow parents and community members. Moreover, our reading and the discussions that followed provided, if not exactly a road map, an on-ramp for our work in anti-racism in ourselves and in our parenting. Being able to discuss some of these challenges with the author herself was such a positive and affirming experience for all of us in the group.”