The Jews of Color Initiative is passionate about advancing our mission through community education. Review our FAQs below to ensure alignment with your needs and then submit a Request Form to book JoCI for an upcoming opportunity in your community.
We are currently accepting requests for virtual engagements taking place in August 2025, and for in-person engagements taking place starting in September 2025.
After reviewing the FAQs below, please submit this form to request a speaking engagement. Once submitted, our team will follow up within 2 to 3 weeks with more information.
Please try to request speaking engagements at least 3-6 months in advance. Of note, the JoCI has very limited availability for speaking engagements in July and August. Planning for these engagements ends on May 31st each year. We are currently preparing to review requests for September 2025 – January 2026 engagements.
Once your request is submitted, a JoCI staff member will reach out to you to set up a time to meet. For a typical one to two hour speaking engagement, we provide:
Speaking engagement honoraria range between $750 – $2,500 for a 1-hour online gathering, depending on organizational budget and capacity.
For an in-person engagement, honoraria range between $1,500 – $5,000 to be supplemented with flights and hotel expenses covered by the booking organization. Stays are typically 1-2 nights, pending distance traveled.
As an exercise in racial equity in Jewish communal life, JoCI does not provide speakers without a minimum contribution to the organization.
The Jews of Color Initiative is laser-focused on uplifting Jews of Color within the American Jewish community, amplifying projects that serve JoC and sharing findings from research through educational sessions. While we do not provide any DEI or racial equity training/consulting, we are happy to provide a list of consultants who do provide this important work upon request.
In order to protect JoCI’s intellectual property, we are unable to share a copy of the presentation either before or after the presentation. However, we are able to provide a general slidedeck or handout that covers core information presented. Our presentations illustrate the findings from our major research reports. Learn more about JoCI research here.
It is a possibility, which must be discussed with JoCI staff in planning meetings and approved through an agreement between JoCI and the booking organization.
Any recording:
The Jews of Color Initiative retains all rights to and ownership of data and/or ideas developed and crafted by the Jews of Color Initiative. Prior to release or publication of media sharing data and/or ideas developed and crafted by the Jews of Color Initiative, the Jews of Color Initiative also retains the right to inspect or approve any finished product.
Our accounting team will send an invoice via email through bill.com. Our invoices can only be paid via bill.com by ACH transfer. Alternatively, you can mail your check payment to:
Jews of Color Initiative,
1569 Solano Ave., #474
Berkeley, CA, 94707
We do not accept credit card payments for our invoices.
We understand that unexpected issues may arise. In order to protect our time and organizational investment, all cancellations and significant changes must be made at least 4 weeks prior to the scheduled speaking date. Once JoCI and the partner organization come to a formal agreement for the speaking engagement, the partner organization will likely be held responsible for the full fee pending any cancellations or significant changes.
After reviewing the FAQs above, click the Request Form button to request Ilana Kaufman or JoCI Staff for a speaking engagement.