When it comes to bias and discrimination,
what actually changes people and cultures?
Thursday, December 8, 7:30 pm
Sandler Family Campus
Bias robs individuals of their futures, organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, and communities of justice. The End of Bias: A Beginning explores how to reduce the unexamined biases that wreak havoc from education and healthcare to policing and the workplace.
Blending rigorous science and compassionate humanity, author Jessica Nordell illuminates the approaches that measurably change people’s behavior to be more fair and just. Through startling stories, rich research, and moving reflection, Nordell will offer a hopeful, achievable vision for becoming better people and for creating the world that is needed.
As part of the United Jewish Federation of Tidewater and Simon Family JCC’s Lee and Bernard Jaffe Family Jewish Book Festival, in partnership with UJFT’s Jewish Community Relations Council, Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities, and Virginia Wesleyan University’s Robert Nusbaum Center, this event is free and open to the community with pre-registration required. For more details and to register, visit JewishVA.org/BookFest.