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Spring 2021 Repair the World Teen Service Corps | Manhattan & Brooklyn Cohorts

By / February 1, 2021

Are you a Jewish teen seeking to make positive change in your local community? Do you want to be a part of a community that learns about systemic injustice and pursues a more equitable world through service? 

Apply for Repair the World’s Teen Service Corps this spring!
March 4th – June 3th, 2021

Check out last summer’s pilot program! 

Throughout this 3 month service learning program teens will volunteer, virtually or in person following CDC guidelines, to support Repair the World’s partner organizations addressing inequities in NYC while coming together as a community. 

Virtual volunteering may include connecting with seniors experiencing social isolation, supporting youth in online learning, phone banking for nutrition benefits and housing rights and supporting individuals experiencing incarceration through responding to their creative writing. 

In-person service may include volunteering at urban farms, food pantries, caring for NYC streets, canvassing for food benefits and packaging essential supplies for service partners. 

Tentative Weekly Schedule

Thursday, March 4th- Thursday, June 3th | 3-4 hours/week

  • Sundays 11:00am-12:15pm: Virtual Service 
    • Every 3rd Sunday of the month (3/21, 4/18, 5/16): Optional In-Person Service
  • Tuesdays 7:30-8:00pm: Optional Community Fun Night on Zoom
  • Thursdays 7:30-8:30pm: Justice Area Learning on Zoom
  • 1 hour per week on own time: Independent or group service project

Limited spots available. Apply today!

Applications received on a rolling basis
Receive $15 gift card if you refer another applicant
*Leadership roles available for Summer 2020 Participants*
Please email [email protected] with any questions.

I am Great Because I Serve – Remembering Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By / January 29, 2021

This article originally appeared in Venture Traveller on January 18th, 2021.

Being that we are still in a pandemic, I was not sure where to serve so I called a friend who is socially active. She led me to a website, werepair.com, an organization that mobilizes Jews and their communities to service.  Repair the World Communities, engages young adults in social change around education and food justice in neighborhoods in Atlanta, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Chicago, Detroit, Harlem, Miami, and Pittsburgh. In most communities, a City Director supports a cohort of fellows (ages 21-26) who make a year-long service commitment to Repair the World.

This year, I volunteered for two service projects with Repair the World – one in Brownsville, Brooklyn and the other in Harlem.

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Repair the World, New York hosts service events to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

By / January 19, 2021

This video originally appeared on NEWS12 on January 18th, 2021.

Repair the World, New York hosted a number of service events to help improve local communities to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. On Friday, they held a painting and lot beautification event at the Brownsville Community Justice Center. Some volunteers used paint to beautify the vacant lot down the street from the center, while others worked on painting a mural in the center’s newly renovated space downstairs. Some of the other projects included card-making, a cleanup effort and interactive Zoom workshops with seniors in isolation.

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Repair the World’s MLK Weekend Volunteer Oportunities

By / January 18, 2019

This article originally appeared on NY Blueprint on January 28, 2019.

(Jan. 17-21) — Check out a plethora of events to make the world better, all of them happening right here in NYC. Click on link at right for the list of opportunities.

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US College Graduates Take Up Faith-Based Service

By / June 6, 2018

This story originally appeared in The Christian Science Monitor on May 31, 2018.

By Dan Lothian

From New York City to Los Angeles, college graduates are signing up for faith-based service before hitting the job market. Faith service groups are often more trusted in inner city communities, have ties to well-established leaders, and have a built-in network of local supporters. “I’m really not taking a year off, I’m taking a year on,” says Miriam Lipschutz, a volunteer growing fresh produce at the Jewish non-profit organization Repair the World.

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Liberation And #MeToo Collide At The Seder

By / March 21, 2018

This article originally appeared in The New York Jewish Week on March 21, 2018.

By Hannah Dreyfus

Eric Thurm, a 25-year-old Brooklynite and writer, has been hosting seders for his contemporaries since his college days.

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Classic American paintings transformed to reflect gun violence

By / February 5, 2018

This story originally appeared on News 12 Brooklyn on February 5, 2018. 

By Amanda Bossard

CROWN HEIGHTS – Fourteen classic works of American art have been transformed by Brooklyn artists to reflect gun violence in modern day society. The exhibits named “Guns Don’t Kill –a re-imagining” is on display at the Repair the World NYC offices in Crown Heights.

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Volunteers Turn Out To Fight Hunger For Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day

By / January 16, 2018

This radio segment originally appeared on CBS New York on January 14, 2018.

By Kelly Waldron

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day coming up on Monday, many volunteers hit the streets this weekend to honor the civil rights leader. As WCBS 880’s Kelly Waldron reported Sunday, 2,500 volunteers have been working across the city this weekend to take part in Hunger Free America’s MLK Serve-a-Thon.

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Norman Glockwell? See What Happens When Guns Are Thrust Into Iconic Artwork

By / January 16, 2018

This post originally appeared in Bedford and Bowery on January 12, 2018.

By Dabuek Maurer

You’ve seen what happens when Hollywood guns are replaced by thumbs ups or, even better, selfie sticks. Now see what happens when guns are swapped in to famous works of art.

An exhibit coming to Brooklyn will feature artwork where pistols, rifles, and other weapons and violent imagery are inserted into interpretations of works by Norman Rockwell, Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer… even Dr. Seuss.

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Why I am Inspired to Act Now

By / November 22, 2017

This post originally appeared in e-Jewish Philanthropy on November 22, 2017.

By Raffaella Glasser

After over two months as a Repair the World Fellow it still feels like yesterday that I sat at Capital Camps at the Repair the World national orientation surrounded by my fellow fellows. We each were embarking on our year of service with Repair the World. I was in awe of the people I was meeting – each fellow coming from across the country with an incredible set of skills, amazing experiences and drive for the work they were about to begin. I couldn’t help but wonder how I would fit into Repair. Would my skills and experiences prepare me for the year to come?

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