Announcing Our Upcoming JSSJ Events
We are thrilled to announce many opportunities to learn and engage with the Swig JSSJ Program in the fall 2023 semester. All in-person events will take place on the USF Main Campus. As always, each one is free and open to the public. If you have any questions about these events, please contact Oren Kroll-Zeldin at omkrollzeldin@usfca.edu. Save the dates below! (Can’t make it in person? Online joining links will be added soon)
Three-Part Series on Antisemitism
Antisemitism and the Catholic Church: An Unfinished Moral Reckoning
Tuesday, Feb. 27 | 6:30–8 p.m. | McLaren Conference Center
Bestselling and award-winning author, historian, and former Catholic priest,
James Carroll will address the centuries-old legacy of antisemitism within Christianity generally and the Catholic church in particular.
White Supremacy, Antisemitism, and Anti-Black Racism: Origins and Intersectionality
Tuesday, Mar. 26 | 6:30–8 p.m. | McLaren Conference Center
Renowned community organizer, civil rights and racial justice advocate, Southern Poverty Law Center Fellow, and Race Forward Executive Vice President
Eric Ward will address the foundational overlap between anti-Black and anti-Jewish bigotry in American history and how these pernicious threads continue to feed one another today.
Tuesday, Apr. 16 | 6:30–8 p.m. | Fromm Hall, Maraschi Room
More information about all three events coming soon. Stay tuned!
The Alvin H. Baum Jr. Memorial Lecture
Sunday, Apr. 7 | 6:30–8 p.m. | Fromm Hall, Maraschi Room
The third annual Alvin H. Baum Jr., Memorial Lecture in honor of an LGBTQIA+ Jewish social justice activist will be delivered by Mike Shriver. Mike has been involved in HIV/AIDS advocacy, activism, program development, organizational development, and public policy efforts for over 30 years. His efforts have been at the local, statewide, national, and international levels, and have encompassed issues such as HIV+ primary prevention efforts, overall HIV prevention efforts, substance use/abuse interventions, HIV/AIDS care, community organizing, and mobilization, as well as HIV research. Mike’s past affiliations include being chair of the Board of Directors of the National AIDS Memorial, the nation’s only federally designated memorial to HIV/AIDS. He has served as health commissioner for the City and County of San Francisco, and as special adviser to the mayor on AIDS/HIV Policy.
Thursday, Apr. 25 | 6:30–8 p.m. | McLaren Conference Center
The 14th annual Social Justice Passover Seder will focus on anti-racism. We will tell the Passover story while making connections between the ancient story of moving from slavery to freedom and contemporary anti-racist activism.
