Detroit
Repair the World Detroit addresses pressing local needs through building relationships, working alongside neighbors, and engaging communities in volunteering grounded in Jewish values and social justice.
Volunteers serve with Detroit Repair’s service partner Life Remodeled.
Fellow Rachel (she/they) helps to pack bags with food at her service partner Gleaners Foodbank.
Volunteers serve by transplanting plants during an Happy Hour program with Repair Detroit’s service partner Keep Growing Detroit
PeerCorps Camp teens make cards to be distributed to seniors with well wishes.
Volunteers tend to a community farm.
Upcoming Opportunities
Ongoing
Recipe Submissions to The Beyond Bubbie DCF Cookbook
Detroit
Recipe Submissions to The Beyond Bubbie DCF Cookbook
Ongoing
Food Justice
Can’t make it to our Cooking Crew event but still want to submit a recipe for our Detroit Community Fridge cookbook? Here’s your chance! Recipes should be mindful to meet the nutritional and physical needs of the Detroit Community Fridge clients. When you submit your recipes be sure to include how the meal connects to a familial history, personal story, city, community, etc. Looking forward to building this cookbook and resource together! For further information and questions contact Emily at [email protected]
Mar 24
Kare Kare & Conversation: Sharing Filipinx Food and Culture
Detroit
Kare Kare & Conversation: Sharing Filipinx Food and Culture
Mar 24, 2023
Detroit
Community Building
Begins: 6:00 PM (ET)
Ends: 8:00 PM (ET)
MSU Extension Wayne County Office at Focus Hope
1360 Oakman Blvd
Detroit, Mi 48238
Join us at MSU Extension Wayne County Office at Focus Hope (1360 Oakman Blvd, Detroit) for a conversation on FilipinX food and culture, and how we can all connect with our cultural identity through food. We'll enjoy a dinner prepared by our friends at Ba-On and a conversation with our esteemed panelists. For dinner we will be serving a vegan kare kare - a peanut-butter based curry with vegetables, served with steamed rice - and Biko, a baked coconut sweet rice dessert. We will also have some bagoong, a salted shrimp stir fry, as well as a special BaOn-original vegan version of this Filipino umami staple. PLEASE NOTE THIS MEAL IS PEANUT-BASED.
Service & Learning Opportunities
Support local organizations through service and learning, grounded in Jewish values, to address food sovereignty, education justice, and other vital needs in our community. People of all backgrounds are welcome.
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Our Team
Annie Cohen
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Annie Cohen
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
My name is Annie and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I am a class of 2022 graduate from the College of Wooster with a degree in Psychology and a minor in music. I have had many experiences working with Jewish and interfaith groups, including as a participant in Wooster’s Interfaith Council and a Hillel Jewish Learning Fellow. I am passionate about service and community building and cannot wait to learn and grow as a fellow for Repair the World Detroit.
Sarah Cort
she/her
Regional Director, Midwest
Sarah Cort
she/her
Regional Director, Midwest
Sarah (she/her) is thrilled to join the team as the Midwest Regional Program Director. Prior to Repair The World, her passion for experiential education and relationship building led to a career as an overnight camp professional. She was the Summer Camps Director at McGaw YMCA Camp Echo for seven years. One highlight of Sarah’s tenure at Camp Echo is her work with families and staff to facilitate and implement the first all-gender cabins. While she spent her summers at camp, she led Taglit-Birthright Israel trips most winters, and was in the first cohort of Birthright Fellows. Prior to her role at Camp Echo, Sarah served as the Director of Education at KAM Isaiah Israel in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, where she ran the Religious and Nursery School programs. To better meet the needs of that community, she created Shoresh, a Shabbat-based experiential program, where children would attend Religious School on Friday afternoons, ending with family Shabbat services. Sarah has a degree in Early Childhood Education from Indiana University and volunteered for a year in Israel as an OTZMA Fellow, part of the Masa Israel Journey. Sarah is also on the board for Camp For All Kids, which facilitates racial diversity at overnight summer camps in the Midwest. Sarah is a St. Louis native and proud Cardinal’s baseball fan. She has been living in Chicago since 2012.
Brittany Feldman
she/her
Youth and Family Senior Program Associate, Detroit
Brittany Feldman
she/her
Youth and Family Senior Program Associate, Detroit
Brittany was born and raised in Metro-Detroit. She spent her childhood & early adulthood attending Jewish Summer Camp which is where her passion for nature, community, and working with kids really blossomed. Prior to coming to Repair The World she worked for an environmental non-profit where she helped advance sustainability efforts in Jewish institutions throughout Metro Detroit. She also spent time as an Outdoor Educator for many years where she helped youth participants foster deep connections and respect for nature through engaging hands-on programming. As a Metro Detroit native Brittany is able to work closely with the community she grew up in and is excited to continue growing those relationships and creating new ones in this role.
Emily Levine
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Emily Levine
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Hi I’m Emily, I use she/her pronouns. I’m a recent graduate from Bard college, where I studied economics and gender studies. My work with Young Judaea as both a summer camp counselor and year round advisor has cultivated my passion for social justice through a Jewish lens. During undergrad I studied abroad twice, in Berlin and Budapest. Through my experience abroad I became interested in the impact of grassroots organizations at both local and global levels. I’m excited to be a fellow for Repair the World Detroit, and combine my passions!
Melvin Lewis
he/him
Fellow, Detroit
Melvin Lewis
he/him
Fellow, Detroit
Hi, I’m Melvin (he/him)! I just graduated from Williams College in northwestern Massachusetts, where I majored in religion and studied Spanish and Arabic. While in college, I loved serving on the board of my school’s Jewish Association and Queer Student Union, and enjoyed teaching Hebrew school to 4th and 5th graders. Interning at the Transgender Law Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Program for LGBTQ Health cemented my passion for justice work, which drew me to the fellowship. I’m excited to be in Detroit for the next two years!
Lexi Silvers
she/her
Midwest Development Director
Lexi Silvers
she/her
Midwest Development Director
Lexi Silvers (she/her) is a fundraising professional who is thrilled to serve as Repair the World’s Midwest Development Director. A graduate of Loyola University Chicago where she received her Master’s in Public Policy, Lexi’s background in political fundraising and campaigns sparked her passion for development through the art of storytelling. Prior to joining Repair, Lexi worked for Keshet as Manager of Individual Giving and for then-United States Senator Joe Donnelly as State Fundraising Director. Lexi lives in Chicago and in her spare time can be found listening to public radio, drinking more coffee than is medically recommended, organizing blood drives, and spending time with friends and family.
Rebecca Steinman-DeGroot
she/her
City Director, Detroit
Rebecca Steinman-DeGroot
she/her
City Director, Detroit
Rebecca (she/her) is a Michigan native and is currently serving as the Director of Education for Dor Hadash, a supplementary Jewish education program of the Detroit Jewish Coalition, for youth and families in the city of Detroit. Rebecca recently moved to Detroit from Los Angeles, where she served as the Associate Director of Education for Limudim, the religious school at IKAR, a progressive spiritual Jewish community in LA. Rebecca has worked in education for over 17 years, as a teacher in the classroom, a tutor, an administrator, a mentor, and as a consultant. Rebecca is also currently in the second cohort of The Jewish Women of Color Resilience Circle and Transformational Leadership Fellowship through Dimensions Inc., a part of the Detroit iEngage Community Educators Cohort through the Shalom Hartman Institute, and is incredibly excited to be working at Repair the World Detroit to create intersectional, inclusive, diverse, and embracing community.
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