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
Oct 22
Detroit Repair National Day of Jewish Service
Detroit
Detroit Repair National Day of Jewish Service
Oct 22, 2023
Detroit
Family • Food Justice
Begins: 2:00 PM (ET)
Ends: 4:00 PM (ET)
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
1457 Griswold Street
Detroit, MI 48226
100 spots left
Join Detroit Repair in partnership with Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue for National Day of Jewish Service! Nationally we will be mobilizing our communities around food access and locally we will do so by supporting the Detroit Community Fridge.
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Our Team
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.
Courtney Harrison Geese
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Courtney Harrison Geese
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Courtney was born and raised in the Metro Detroit area. She has a Bachelor’s of Social Science majoring in History and Politics with a concentration in Religious and Cultural Studies from The Open University in the UK. During undergrad, Courtney volunteered as a community organizer for local initiatives focusing on healthcare equity, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant and refugee rights, reproductive freedom, and environmental justice initiatives. Courtney recently moved back to Detroit after living in Germany for five years, where she learned to speak German and later became an ESL teacher. For the past 3.5 years, Courtney has served the community SecularSynagogue.com, a virtual Jewish community for cultural Jews and their loved ones. During her time at Secular Synagogue, she enjoyed working with an incredibly loving community passionate about Jewish values and transformative, healing justice.
Jared Rosenbloom
he/him
Regional Development Director, Northeast
Jared Rosenbloom
he/him
Regional Development Director, Northeast
Jared comes to Repair the world with 10 plus years of nonprofit experience. From Synagogues to JCCS to BBYO, Jared has made a name for himself in the Jewish community establishing relationships and making a difference that inspires the next generation of Jewish leaders. Jared has a BA in Psychology from Ramapo College and a Masters in Nonprofit Management and Jewish Communal Service from Gratz college. Jared lives outside Philadelphia with his wife, step daughter and twin children.
Sophie Sherbin
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Sophie Sherbin
she/her
Fellow, Detroit
Sophie is a dedicated learner and passionate advocate for food justice and sustainable food systems. As a Detroit native and one of the first Peer Corps Detroit mentees, she witnessed the disparities in access to healthy food, and developed a strong desire to aid change. Sophie is actively involved in Jewish community, and was president of Shir Shalom Temple Youth in Metropolitan Detroit. Her interests led her to the University of Vermont, where she pursued a B.S. in Food Systems along with minors in Nutrition and Food Science, Politics of Inequality, and Political Science. She has actively engaged with grassroots organizations from a policy-oriented approach with MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger to her recent role as Director of UVM Hillel Fresh, providing free locally sourced Shabbat kits to students all around Burlington. During Sophie’s study abroad in Perugia, Italy, she partook in a food sustainability program that affirmed the connectedness of social justice, environmental sustainability, and policy development. Now, she is excited to be on the Detroit Repair team as a fellow and return to the organization where she was first introduced to urban farming and the magic of Jewish advocacy. In her spare time, you may catch Sophie experimenting with new recipes and local ingredients, extroverting, or planning her next adventure.
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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