SEPTEMBER 21 • 2023 | 29

T

he Coalition for 
Black & Jewish 
Unity, a local 
partnership between 
the Jewish Community 
Relations Council/AJC, the 
Council of Baptist 
Pastors, the Anti-
Defamation League 
and the Urban 
League, announced 
the addition of 
a new partner, 
the Michigan 
NAACP, Michigan 
Conference 
division.
Among 
its standard 
programming, 
the Coalition 
hosts a number of 
annual programs, 
including such 
signature events 
as a “Freedom 
Seder” during 
Passover, which has been 
held the past two years at 
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 
residence, and a church-
hosted MLK event each 
January. The Coalition also 
organized a civil rights trip 
to historic sites down South 
in the spring of 2023.
With the troubling uptick 
in hate crimes in America 
— particularly those 
targeting Blacks and Jews 
— the group is committed 
to unity in the fight against 
white supremacy. As the 
organization frequently 

quotes Dr. King, “We may 
have all come on different 
ships, but we’re all in the 
same boat now.”
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, 
JCRC/AJC’s executive 
director, expressed 
excitement of the 
Coalition to welcome 
the Michigan NAACP. 
“On behalf of all the 
Coalition partners, 
we are delighted to 
welcome such an 
esteemed group who 
share our passion and 
commitment to the 
values which we all 
hold so dear.”
Pastor Jean 
Overman, the 
religious chair of the 
Michigan Conference 
of the NAACP, 
already sits on the 
Advisory Council of 
the Coalition and is 
also excited to get started as 
a partner capacity.
“In the plan of our 
existence, the collective 
voice of faith resonates 
as an unbreakable cord, 
forging pathways of 
hope, inspiring change 
and humanity’s greatest 
aspirations, leading to our 
limitless possibility. We are 
our Brother’s Keeper,” she 
said. 

To contact the Coalition for Black & 

Jewish Unity, email Tamara Lopes at 

lopes@jcrcajc.org or call her at (248) 

642-5393. Provided by the JCRC/AJC.

Coalition for Black & Jewish Unity 
adds NAACP as a partner.

New Partnership

Rabbi Asher 
Lopatin

Pastor Jean 
Overman

People of all faiths and 
beliefs are welcome. 

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