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Collective Liberation Is Our Work: Diversity in the Jewish Community with Dr. Deitra Reiser

Thursday, June 12, 2025 - 12:00 pm EDT
People in an embrace, flyer for a webinar on diversity featuring Dr. Deitra Reiser, hosted by Evolve.

On Thursday, June 12, 2025, noon Eastern, Dr. Deitra Reiser will discuss her Evolve essay, Collective Liberation Is Our Work: Diversity in the Jewish Community. Dr. Reiser will address the ongoing need to implement DEI in the Jewish community.

There is no charge required to register for an Evolve web conversation. Participants can interact with the speaker, making comments and asking questions.

About Dr. Deitra Reiser

Dr. Deitra Reiser (she/her) leads Transform for Equity, an organization dedicated to empowering corporations, organizations and leaders to cultivate inclusive cultures that foster belonging for all. She drives initiatives that advance equity and create environments where everyone feels valued and included. Deitra has a wealth of experience as a school psychologist and educator spanning more than two decades. She is an alumna of Bend the Arc’s Selah Leadership Program, a senior Shusterman Fellow and a certified coach. She holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

About Evolve
Evolve: Groundbreaking Jewish Conversations is an initiative of Reconstructing Judaism. We seek to promote the ongoing evolution of the Jewish community by launching collective, communal conversations about the urgent issues of our day. To that end, Evolve brings multiple voices together to listen to one another’s point of view and to interact respectfully. In an era when it has become ever more difficult to remain open to viewpoints that differ from our own, Evolve cultivates covenantal conversations even when we disagree. In this way, we hope to enhance the ongoing evolution of Jewish civilization.

Learn more on our Evolve website.

Evolve does not endorse every viewpoint presented on its platform. Its goal is to cultivate groundbreaking, constructive, respectful conversations about urgent issues of concern. Evolve makes space for a wide range of viewpoints and seeks to support constructive debate while abiding by the values of tzelem Elohim (regarding and treating all people as created in the divine image), kavod (respect), redifat shalom (pursuing peace) and makhloket leshem shamayim (disagreements for the sake of heaven).

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