From Queer Spy to Community Organizer: Fighting for Justice on Every Front
Thursday, April 4, 2019 • 28 Adar II 5779
7:00 PM - 8:30 PMMercaz Limud, Rooms 5 & 6Before joining the staff of Carolina Jews for Justice as one of CJJ's new statewide community organizers, Cole Parke spent five years working as the LGBTQ & Gender Justice Researcher at Political Research Associates, a Boston-based think tank dedicated to researching, exposing, and interrupting the Right Wing. Of the many insights gained during their tenure at PRA, one lesson that repeated itself over and over again was this: it's all connected. The Christian Right's attack on LGBTQ people and reproductive justice is fundamentally linked to the antisemitism and anti-Black racism fueled by White Nationalists. Cole will shine light on how it all connects and the imperative for greater unity across the many struggles for justice.
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