Curious Conversations: Diverse Abilities

The Jewish Community Alliance and the First Coast YMCA are proud to partner in taking an active role in educating and inspiring our neighbors to build a more inclusive Northeast Florida.

Curious Conversations is a continuation of our discussions from last year's Together Against Hate speaker series and will be hosted at public libraries throughout Northeast Florida. Alongside our Community Collaborators, the conversations will help us dive deeper into our inaugural Together Against Hate topics with table conversations about LGBTQAI+, racism, diverse abilities, biases in faith, and Jew-hatred.

In this Curious Conversation, we will explore topics surrounding diverse ablities with The Arc.

Be sure to attend our upcoming evening speaker series events:

• January 23 at 7:00pm | “United Against Hate: Identifying, Reporting, and Preventing Hate Crimes” at the Lives Eliminated, Dreams Illuminated (LEDI) exhibit in the Museum of Science and History (MOSH), 1025 Museum Circle, Jacksonville. The exhibit is available for viewing at 6 pm.
• January 28 at 5:30pm | “The Rise of Jew-hatred and What’s Being Done to Promote Change” with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Location for this event to be announced at a later date.
• February 23 at 1:00pm | The 2025 Racing Against Hate 5K Run/Walk - Winston Family YMCA, 221 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville.
• March 27 at 7:00pm | Author R. Derek Black’s “The Klansman’s Son: My Journey From White Nationalism to Antiracism.” This will be a discussion led by the author who grew up as the son of a Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. The location for this event will be announced at a later date.