In this conversation, NAACP President Derrick Johnson and Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) leader Melanie Ross Garelick discuss the moral urgency of dismantling systemic racism and the vital role of Black-Jewish solidarity. Johnson emphasizes that “protest must lead to power and power to policy,” calling for specific reforms in policing, voting rights, and criminal justice while urging both communities to engage in honest, “courageous conversations” to overcome shared trauma and historical tensions.
