
Rabbi Michael Pollack will discuss his Evolve essay, “Forcing Nonviolent Encounters Is Powerful: MarchOnHarrisburg”
with Rabbi Jacob Staub on Thursday, Feb. 13 @ 2 p.m. EST.
There is no charge required to register for an Evolve web conversation. Participants can interact with the speaker, making comments and asking questions.
About Rabbi Michael Pollack
Rabbi Michael Pollack grew up in Rockville, Md. During his last year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in 2017, he co-founded March on Harrisburg, a group dedicated to making corruption illegal and taking American democracy where it’s never been before by passing anti-corruption, pro-democracy bills in Pennsylvania. Michael is also a statewide tri-chair of the PA Poor People’s Campaign and a lead organizer with Pennsylvania Action on Climate. He lives outside of Philadelphia. His hobbies include convincing politicians not to be corrupt, long marches through the Pennsylvania countryside and sitting down in inconvenient places in the State Capitol.
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).