MLK Shabbat Service at Temple Emanuel

Annual MLK Shabbat Service

Temple Emanuel of Kensington, Maryland
January 15, 2021, 6:30pm on Zoom and Facebook Live

Temple Emanuel of Kensington MD will hold its annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Shabbat Service on Friday evening, January 15, 2021, at 6:30pm (virtually, of course). We are pleased and proud to announce that our guest speaker will be Yolanda Savage-Narva, the new Director of Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (REDI) programs for the Union of Reform Judaism. Her topic will be: Striving to Create Dr. King's Beloved Community: Reform Judaism's Quest for Racial Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 

In her role as REDI Director, Ms. Savage-Narva is leading the URJ's efforts to address racial justice and equity in all its forms, as well as other kinds of oppression -- looking not only to do what we can in the wider world, but also to what we need to do in our own congregations, as we seek to fulfill Dr. King's vision of building a Beloved Community and to follow the ancient admonition of Tikkun Olam, "Repairing the World." She also serves as Vice-Chair of the URJ's Commission on Social Action, and as Co-Chair of the Religious Action Center's Racial Justice Task Force.

Before joining the URJ staff, she was Executive Director of Operation Understanding (oudc.org), a non-profit whose mission is to create a generation of young leaders to promote respect, understanding, and cooperation while fighting to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism, and all other forms of discrimination. Earlier in her career, she worked in public health and education.

A member of Temple Micah in Washington, D.C. and of Delta Sigma Theta (an international Black sorority dedicated to community service and education), Ms. Savage-Narva is a graduate of Tougaloo College and has a masters degree in education from Jackson State University.

Please join us on January 15. For Zoom login information please contact the Temple Office at 301-942-2000 or office@templeemanuelmd.org.  Or it may be viewed on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/TempleEmanuelMD