In June 2025, Dr. Hunt gathered with Black and Jewish national leaders in higher education, business, philanthropy, public service, and professional sports, to participate in the inaugural Black Jewish Leadership Institute (BJLI). The Institute was hosted by Harvard Divinity School and the Shalom Hartman Institute.  For six days, the cohort members and distinguished guest speakers devoted their minds and hearts to engaging deeply about the issues, most pressing to the Black and Jewish communities, around shared histories, policy and issues facing the nation and in the global communities.

Cohort members included theologians, rabbis, psychologists, community builders, clergy, and educators. Distinguished guest speakers and lecturers included Dr. David A. Thomas, President of Morehouse, Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer of Shalom Hartman,  Michael L. Lomax, PhD, president and CEO of the United Negro College Fund, Rabbi Marc Baker of Combined Jewish Philanthropies of Greater Boston, attorney and healing expert Dr. Melissa Wood Bartholomew, and legal scholar Dr. Musa Sagiv.