Making Jewish Life Accessible: A Virtual Convening Feb. 27
by Livia Thompson, JBI Executive Director
We are thrilled to invite you to Making Jewish Life Accessible: A Virtual Convening, happening late February during Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month.
On Thursday, February 27 from 2pm-4:30pm, we are hosting a free, accessible, and virtual gathering of professionals to explore how we can collaborate, support, and inspire each other as we advance our goal of making Jewish life more accessible. The event will include a panel discussion of accessibility experts and Jewish professionals, in addition to open mingles to network with attendees from other organizations that are working in this space. Our featured panelists are accessibility advocate and leader Rabbi Lauren Tuchman, Congregation Kerem Shalom's Rabbi Darby Leigh, Matan's Senior Director of Programs and Partnerships Meredith Polsky, and congregant Jessi Elana Aaron. The panel will be facilitated by Debbie Joseph. Zoom Captioning and ASL will be provided at the event. Any additional accessibility requests can be submitted using our registration form linked below.
Please register for the event using the following link. Note you will also be able to upload information about your organization which we will make available to all registrants:
https://forms.office.com/r/rB91fRj1gt
If you would like to inquire about becoming a collaborating organization for this virtual convening, please reach out to Livia Thompson at lthompson@jbilibrary.org. If you have any questions regarding the registration process or the event, please contact JBI’s operations department at register@jbilibrary.org or 646-616-3929.
Best Wishes,
Livia Thompson
This program is in collaboration with:
JBI (Jewish Braille Institute)
JDIN (Jewish Disability Inclusion News)
JDRC (Jewish Deaf Resource Center)
Matan
Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies
Rodeph Sholom
Through Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance & Inclusion Month (February), the Jewish Disability Inclusion News will share weekly roundups of JDAIM events open to the public. Submit your info here.