Joyous Justice

A Kohenet April Nichole Baskin Venture

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Joyous Justice & April in the Press

Here's a sample of the press my work and leadership has received in recent years. Most recent coverage listed first:

12/23/10 - Black Jews No Longer in the Background of US Life

2/28/17 - New Leadership Fellowship

4/4/17 - Jews of Color Expose Racial Rifts by Patrice Worthy

8/22/17 - Jewish Week - For Jews Of Color, Charlottesville Is Personal, by Hannah Dreyfus

11/3/17 - April Talks Audacious Hospitality

12/13/17 - Jewish Boston - April: The Heart & Soul, by Judy Bolton-Fasman

2/1/19 - Interview Re: Women's March 2019

2/22/19 - RaceConvo Podcast - The Truth About Anti-Semitism at the Women’s March

2/26/19 - Jewish Week - Jews Of Color Share Untold Stories In New Podcast, by Shira Hanau

6/18/19 - Forward - Racial Justice and LGBTQ Equality Are The Same Fight. It’s A Jewish Fight, by April N. Baskin and Idit Klein

5/20/20 - Forward - Cries of racism, profuse apologies and a petition: A debate about Jews of color heats up, by Helen Chernikoff

5/26/20 - Jewish Week - But Who’s Counting? A Debate Over Jews of Color Goes Viral by Andrew Silow Carroll

5/26/20 - Jewish Currents - Accounting for Jews of Color by Mairav Zonszein

5/27/20 - Jewish Journal - Jews of Color Campaign Goes Viral After Article Relegates Them to a Statistic, by Erin Ben-Moche

5/31/20 - JTA - ‘Believe us’: Black Jews respond to the George Floyd protests, in their own words by Josefin Dolsten

6/5/20 - In the wake of protests, here’s how you can help, by Irene Connelly

6/8/20 - Jewish News - Leading black activist: ‘We need you to say, your struggle is our struggle, by Jenni Frazer

6/11/20 - Ha'aretz - ‘As a Jew of Color, I Need More People in My Community to Speak Up’

6/12/20 - BLM is a Jewish Value

6/15/20 - Jewish Journal - Virtual Conference Calls for Safety, Respect, Equity in Jewish Spaces, by Esther D. Kustanowitz

6/17/20 - ‘I have to justify my Judaism because of my skin colour’ by Stephen Oryszcuk

6/2020 - Black Jewish Leader Implores All Jews to Show Up

7/18/20 - Times of Israel - US Jewish recognition of Jews of color took decades of sweat, blood and tears by Josefin Dolsten

7/24/20 - Newsweek - Will Anti-Semitism Undermine the Black Lives Matter Movement?

8/16/20 - JOC Mentorship

8/13/20 - JTA - Reform movement gets $600,000 grant to support racial justice and improve diversity by Josefin Dolsten

10/23/20 - Baltimore Jewish Times - uy-Decker announces departure from Jewish Museum of Maryland

2/12/21 - Religion News - Hard Look at Racism

3/18/21 - JMore Living - April Baskin and Tracie Guy-Decker Talk about Racial Justice on their Weekly Podcast

4/30/21 - JTA - First Jew of color to lead an American Jewish museum resigns, citing gender and racial discrimination

5/7/21 - BBC World Service - Black Jewish Lives Matter

5/27/21 - CBS Sacramento

Why 2 Jewish Women Joined the WM

The Brooklyn Paper - March Downtown, by Alexandra Simon

Activists Speak Re: Trump Election

Black & Jewish: New Reform Leader

URJ Announces New Hire

Jewish Diversity and Racial Justice

While my professional portfolio and expertise covers a range of topics, it's undeniable that my leadership regarding Jewish racial & ethnic diversity and racial justice advocacy has garnered the most headlines over the years. Here is a sample:

February 5, 2018 - https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/building-the-field-for-jews-of-color/
June 5, 2017 - https://reformjudaism.libsyn.com/is-the-torah-colorblind
August 17, 2017 - https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-racial-justice-march-organizers-apologize-over-yom-kippur-scheduling-1.5443580
February 9, 2017 - https://tcjewfolk.com/urjs-april-baskin-explores-building-stronger-inclusive-twin-cities-jewish-community/
August 1, 2016 - https://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2016/32/dtg-jews-of-color-black-lives-matter-2016-08-05-bk.html
June 12, 2012 - https://jewishweek.timesofisrael.com/multiracial-jews-moving-beyond-isolation/
December 23, 2010 - https://thegrio.com/2010/12/23/black-jews-no-longer-in-the-background-of-us-life/