Rebecca Birger

Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Initiatives, Moving Traditions

Chicago, Illinois

Rebecca “Beckee” Birger is the director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Initiatives at Moving Traditions, a national organization dedicated to empowering Jewish youth through experiential education, systems change theory, and community organizing programming. She created “Kumi: An Anti-Oppression Teen Leadership Experience,” featuring curriculum on civics education and community organizing to help teenagers across race, gender, and socioeconomic status feel more comfortable and better equipped to navigate disagreement and difficult conversations. She has cultivated her passion for social justice through a variety of positions, including serving as a special education attorney, an AmeriCorps program manager, and a career advisor at an education nonprofit.