Shabbat Morning Services with Guest Speaker Yolanda Savage-Narva

As we mark MLK Weekend, we are honored to welcome Yolanda Savage-Narva as a guest speaker.

Yolanda Savage-Narva has twenty years’ of experience working with public agencies and non-profit organizations to promote equitable access to public health, eldercare, and pedestrian safety. She is a Centers for Disease Control (CDC)-trained public health specialist who has led community-based efforts in community health assessments for the Indian Health Service, public education for the Alzheimer’s Association, pedestrian safety, and advocacy for America Walks, and health equity for the National Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. Yolanda was also the Executive Director of Operation Understanding DC, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting understanding, cooperation, and respect while fighting to eradicate racism, anti-Semitism, and all forms of discrimination.

Yolanda’s current role is Vice President of REDI Communities of Belonging for the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). She is also a member of the JewVNation cohort, a fellowship sponsored by the URJ, a 2019 Schusterman Fellow, a vice-chair of the Religious Action Center’s (RAC) Commission on Social Action, a co-chair of the Racial Justice equity committee for the RAC, a Fellow of the Federation of Greater Washington, a member of Temple Micah in Washington, D.C. and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; an international Black sorority dedicated to community service and education. Yolanda is a graduate of Tougaloo College (Sociology) and has a master’s degree in education from Jackson State University. In her spare time, Yolanda loves being outdoors, reading, birdwatching, playing sports, and traveling with her family.

Passionately traditional, boldly innovative, and deeply spiritual, Shabbat services at BJ are like no other. Join us on Shabbat mornings for soul-stirring prayer infused with melodies from across the Jewish world, brought to life by our extraordinary musicians and deepened by the wisdom of our tradition, calling us to renew our commitment to building a world of justice, dignity, and peace.

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All are welcome to join us for Shabbat Services! No registration is required.

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