On Tuesday we had our first team meeting with the Steering Committee members. An unbelievable group of artists, marketing consultants, philanthropy advisors, event planners and technology gurus - the Steering Committee is an amazingly diverse representation of the voices and experiences of the NYC Jewish community.
We captured this energy by coordinating a Cloud Storm. Basically, we asked the Steering Committee to think about the problems in the NYC Community for which they would like to find solutions. They wrote their ideas on sticky-notes, and then grouped these notes on the walls around the room in 9 different categories. Afterward we reviewed the outcome and determined that NYC needs to find solutions to the following problems in the areas below.
Review their ideas, and add some thoughts of your own. And if your motivated enough to do something about it - we encourage you to apply as a Fellow for our training program, launching this January.
Collaboration
We captured this energy by coordinating a Cloud Storm. Basically, we asked the Steering Committee to think about the problems in the NYC Community for which they would like to find solutions. They wrote their ideas on sticky-notes, and then grouped these notes on the walls around the room in 9 different categories. Afterward we reviewed the outcome and determined that NYC needs to find solutions to the following problems in the areas below.
Review their ideas, and add some thoughts of your own. And if your motivated enough to do something about it - we encourage you to apply as a Fellow for our training program, launching this January.
Collaboration
- Sharing best practices between public and private sectors
- Bringing in young outsiders to take fresh look at Efficiency in the Jewish NFP sector
- Interdenominational communications
- Connecting teachers through technology
- Using the Arts in Business promotion
- Bridging the Financial Gap
- Connecting new graduates with Jobs
- Outreach to the unaffiliated
- outreach to intermarried families
- Professional Development
- Ways to find spirituality Jewishly
- Healthy eating
- Access to cheaper, healthy foods
- Individual vs. community life
- Using technology for engagement
- Using sports to engage
- Meeting significant others - creating families
- Youth engagement
- Identity Building
- Psycho Social support for PEDS patients
- Helping parents to find time for selves w/ kids taken care of
- Support for single parents
- Jewish art exhibits with student artists
- Affordability of participation in Jewish communal institutions
- Building confidence for writers and artists
- Saving Day Schools from Financial Crisis
- Using unemployed/laid-off executives to manage day school finances
- Religious understanding and acceptance
- More female participation in music and education
- How to be a light onto the nations
- How to define Zionism in a post-Holocaust world
- How to reach the Israeli musicians in NYC
- Cross-cultural unity opportunities (ex. Jewish-Muslim)
- Bringing together Israelis @ Israel events with other Jews
- Bringing Jewish music to mainstream venues
- Artist business help with time, taxes and networking
- How to deal with the price for Jewish participation
- Upper West Side relationship with lower income housing
- Food Sustainability and avoiding waste
- Energy/conservation
- Combining Kashrut with organic sustainability initiatives
- Job skills training for lower income communities
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