Chris Harrison, writer/editor with the Union for Reform Judaism, shares a bit about his experience as a Black Jew and the first steps congregations can (and should) take to make antiracism an integral and explicit part of their communities.

Chris is the writer and editor for Audacious Hospitality at the Union for Reform Judaism and a fellow in its 2018 JewV’Nation Fellowship’s Jews of Color Leadership Cohort. He earned his B.A. in English/Creative Writing and Film Studies at Miami University and his Certificate in Jewish Leadership through Spertus Institute and Northwestern University. Chris lives with his partner and four pets in metro Detroit, where he serves on Temple Beth El’s Audacious Hospitality group and the Jewish Federation’s NEXTGen LGBTQA Pride Committee.