Deepening Our Understanding: Insights on SRE’s Four Focus Areas
Thursday, Sept 3 at 1 pm ET/10 am PT • Zoom
Dive into the research behind SRE's focus areas (strengthening systems of harm prevention and response, advancing diverse women’s leadership, mobilizing men as partners, and engaging funders for lasting change) with Senior Advisor Dr. Deitra Reiser. We will deepen our understanding of the challenges and opportunities emerging across the field, and the research reinforcing why these areas are critical for building a safer, more respectful, and equitable Jewish communal landscape.
Meet the Speaker
Dr. Deitra Reiser
Senior Advisor for Culture and Belonging, SRE Network and Founder, Transform for Equity
Dr. Deitra Reiser, (she/her) is the founder of Transform for Equity, LLC, an antiracist repair group that supports organizations and leaders in building the capacity for diversity, racial equity, and belonging. Dr. Reiser partners with organizations across the country using the framework of intersectionality to dismantle systems of oppression. She is passionate about fostering racial equity and justice within organizations with a particular interest in addressing anti-Black racism and anti-Jewish hate. Deitra partners with nonprofits, synagogues, government agencies, and corporations to further racial equity and justice within the organization. She believes that organizations will transform into equitable spaces by first focusing on individual internal change which then drives intentional systemic change. Deitra fosters greater antiracist understanding among individuals and within institutions and supports their continued growth through thoughts and actions. Her focus is on driving the internal work necessary in order to achieve transformational and lasting change. She has partnered with the Union for Reform Judaism, National Park Services, and NCJW along with other organizations across the country. Deitra has over 20 years of experience as a school psychologist and educator.
Deitra is an alumna of Bend the Arc’s Selah Leadership Program and holds a doctorate in Educational Psychology from The University of Wisconsin-Madison.
For questions, email info@srenetwork.org.
SRE Network mobilizes Jewish organizations to advance gender equity and cultivate inclusive workplaces and communal spaces where all individuals can thrive and drive change.