Beckee Birger is the director of DEIJ Initiatives at Moving Traditions where she also serves as the fellowship director for Kumi, a program for Jewish teens to explore justice and equity from a Jewish lens. Prior to joining Moving Traditions, she served in multiple capacities as a program director at Jewish United Fund of Chicago and was the director of education and movement building at the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA). Beckee also served as a mentor for early-career teen engagement professionals in The Jewish Education Project’s GENERATE Fellowship. Before finding her home in Jewish education, Beckee’s passion for social justice led her to serve as a special education attorney, AmeriCorp program manager, and career advisor at an education non-profit. She is proud to celebrate her Judaism through a deep commitment to social change, and believes engaging people of all ages, especially youth, in justice education is critical to our future. Beckee lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter and is a co-founder of JCUA’s Kol Or Jews of Color Caucus. She earned her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law and her B.A. in English from Suffolk University.