Meet a Commuity Organization: Jewish Organizing Initiative

We will take a look at a more ethnically focused style of organizing today: the Jewish Organizing Initiative. You can find more information about JOI at http://www.jewishorganizing.org/.

The Jewish Organizing Initiative, based in Boston, has been around for ten years and seeks to train young Jewish leaders. They have a fellowship program which recruits young Jewish adults from all over the world to promote this effort. This program consists of a broad network of trainers, mentors, community organizers, and supporters and trains them in Jewish values of dignity and justice for all people. These people work to insure social and economic justice, Jewish learning, training in community organizing skills, and Jewish community building.

JOI focuses on community organizing as a strategy for community building and social change. They believe that community organizing fosters a spirit of shared public responsibility and creates grassroots leaders. Their community organizing program is immersed in Jewish tradition and religion as fellows study Jewish texts and make the connection between Jewish identity and social change.

You can contact the Jewish Organizing Initiative at joi@jewishorganizing.org