Global to Local – Do it Yourself Toolkit

This DIY toolkit applies JDC’s best practices of global community engagement with our partners at Repair the World’s expertise in local service.

Guide to Respectful Conversations

This guide provides tools to utilize when facilitating a space for difficult conversations surrounding identity.

“The first step in speaking about race and racism, and recognizing how it plays a role in our own lives and communities, is to talk about it openly and honestly.” In this resource you will find tips and tricks for facilitating difficult conversations. Whether you are discussing racial justice, or other potentially uncomfortable conversations surrounding class, gender, etc., you can utilize this resource to set ground rules and be aware of the vulnerability in which you and your participants are sharing.

General Facilitation Tips

Facilitating vulnerable conversations can be difficult–and requires practice. Here are some tips to create a brave space in which valuable discussion can take place.

It can be challenging to facilitate a conversation, whether it is a Turn The Tables dinner or a reflection on service. To be a facilitator, you do not need to be the expert in the room, but you do need to make space for folks to feel comfortable to share. This resource provides you with tips and guidance on facilitation; from framing, during the conversation, and how to respond when challenging situations arise.

Role of Love in Service

What does love have to do with social justice and service? Dive deeper into the connections in this resource.

The great Jewish sage, Rabbi Akiva, writes that the fundamental principle of the Torah is “Love your fellow as yourself.” Through three case studies, dive deeper into the connections between love and service in your community, explore showing love and humility to people of various backgrounds and identities, and consider what love for others means to you.

The Engaged Congregation: A Guide to Acknowledging Volunteers

Your synagogue has created a volunteer group, what projects are best for their skill sets? Learn more in this guide.

This guide is one in a four-part series designed to provide synagogues with a step-by-step process of creating and maintaining a culture of volunteer engagement. Volunteer engagement is a strategy that can build a congregation’s capacity beyond what staff alone can accomplish. It transforms a congregation into an engaged community in which congregants are partners in co-creating their community’s future. The four main steps to implementing a volunteer engagement initiative are addressed in these four guides.

The Engaged Congregation: A Guide to Supporting Volunteers

Your synagogue wants to volunteer, now you need people to step up. How do you find them? This guide can help.

This guide is one in a four-part series designed to provide synagogues with a step-by-step process of creating and maintaining a culture of volunteer engagement. Volunteer engagement is a strategy that can build a congregation’s capacity beyond what staff alone can accomplish. It transforms a congregation into an engaged community in which congregants are partners in co-creating their community’s future. The four main steps to implementing a volunteer engagement initiative are addressed in these four guides.

The Engaged Congregation: A Guide to Volunteer Cultivation

Your synagogue wants to volunteer, now you need people to step up. How do you find them? This guide can help.

This guide is one in a four-part series designed to provide synagogues with a step-by-step process of creating and maintaining a culture of volunteer engagement. Volunteer engagement is a strategy that can build a congregation’s capacity beyond what staff alone can accomplish. It transforms a congregation into an engaged community in which congregants are partners in co-creating their community’s future. The four main steps to implementing a volunteer engagement initiative are addressed in these four guides.

The Engaged Congregation: A Guide to Creating a Volunteer Culture

Is your synagogue looking to create a culture of volunteer engagement? This guide is a great place to start.

This guide is one in a four-part series designed to provide synagogues with a step-by-step process of creating and maintaining a culture of volunteer engagement. Volunteer engagement is a strategy that can build a congregation’s capacity beyond what staff alone can accomplish. It transforms a congregation into an engaged community in which congregants are partners in co-creating their community’s future. The four main steps to implementing a volunteer engagement initiative are addressed in these four guides.

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