BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2007@wjcenter.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240112T203000 DTSTAMP:20231219T160031Z URL:https://www.wjcenter.org/events/rhythm-ruach-31/ SUMMARY:Rhythm & Ruach DESCRIPTION:6:30-7:30pm: Community Shabbat Dinner\nThe entire WJC community is invited to join us for a Shabbat dinner. $18 per adult\, $10 per child \, $60 per family (max)\nRSVP: https://wjcenter.shulcloud.com/form/Rhythm- Ruach-January-12-2024\n\n7:30-8:30pm: Rhythm &\; Ruach\nMake WJC your h ome on Friday night. Join us for an hour-long service to welcome Shabbat\, reflect on the week\, and connect with God and with each other. Learn new melodies and sing your old favorites\, accompanied by our volunteer music ensemble.\n\n8:30pm: Bias: what is it and why it matters now more than ev er\nFollowing Rhythm and Ruach\, join us for Conversation with Joan Grange nois-Thomas entitled Bias: what is it and why it matters now more than eve r\n\n \;\nAbout Joan Grangenois-Thomas\nJoan Grangenois-Thomas is a se asoned communications professional who brings her extensive experience wor king with community groups\, non-profit organizations\, individuals and so cial enterprises to every project she executes.  Joan spent 10 years as a contract facilitator with the Anti-Defamation League’s A World of Diff erence Institute. There\, she presented anti-bias training to school child ren\, faculty and staff.  She brought that learning to her own community through the many organizations she’s been involved with including as pre sident of the Port Chester/Rye N.A.A.C.P. In 2015\, Joan founded Read\, Ta lk\, Act\, an Interfaith\, Social Justice Book Club\, after the horrific a ttack on churchgoers at Mother Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston\, SC. T he goal of the club is to gain understanding of the many ways racism and d iscrimination have taken root through reading. Members talk about how the readings challenged their assumptions\, and then try to take action - indi vidually or collectively - to affect change. The friendships and insights she has found through that book club has left an indelible mark on Joan. A s a result of all her efforts\, Joan  is sought after to speak and bring her brand of bias awareness to groups around Westchester County. Joan sits on the board of Sustainable Westchester\, Journeys 2 Change and is in her second term as a trustee for the Village of Port Chester\, where she has lived with her family for over 30 years. She is founder of JGT Public Rela tions\, a boutique communications firm that works solely with nonprofits a nd social change groups. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.wjcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2018 /08/WJC-RhythmRuach2018.jpg CATEGORIES:Featured Events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR