BBYO International Convention 2016 Program Guide | Page 18

JEI – SOCIAL JUSTICE SPOTLIGHT: LEADERS OF A BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE AND JEWS UNITED FOR JUSTICE, PACA 8 PM JEI is proud to welcome Makayla Gilliam-Price and Dayvon Love from Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Molly Amster from Jews United for Justice (and an esteemed BBYO alumna) to address our summit on the topic of racial inequality, their experiences with the Baltimore protests in 2015 and their response to racism and injustice. Facilitators: Molly Amster, Baltimore Director, Jews United for Justice; Makayla Gilliam-Price, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle; Dayvon Love, Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle CNS – ELEVATING BBYO IN CANADA: GETTING OUR PROGRAM FROM A TO ZED, KEY BALLROOM 7 8:30 PM With Eastern Canada Region alumna and special guest, Tara Chantal Silver of SilverStrategy, we will learn how to deserve the attention we get, and get the attention we deserve! Through a series of electives and workshops, we will learn about programming excellence, building strong chapters, recruitment, and the importance of good public relations. Facilitator: Tara Chantal Silver, Founder, SilverStrategy EXECS – MOVEMENT BUILDING: CELEBRATING OUR PAST, IMPACTING OUR FUTURE, KEY BALLROOM 9 8:30 PM As the world’s largest pluralistic Jewish teen movement, we have an obligation to continue building our communities – through our chapters, councils and regions. We’ve got some of our Movement’s biggest moments still to come this year with Marathon Madness, J-Serve and AZA BBG Founders' Day and we’ll strategize about how to leverage them as meaningful Jewish experiences for more Jewish teens. GPS – GPS FRAMING, KEY BALLROM 8 8:30 PM Convening together from 27 countries, we as brothers and sisters, have a unique opportunity to learn from each other about our shared values and vision and grow to understand the platform that BBYO gives our communities. MGS – BEYOND THE BASICS: RELATIONSHIPS DRIVE RECRUITMENT, RUTH 8:30 PM You’re a member of AZA and BBG because, at some point, another member met you, captured your contact information by recording it, invited you to a meeting or event (perhaps several times), hosted you at a program by making sure you felt valued and eventually asked you to join. They asked you to share AZA and BBG with them. Let’s dive deep into how membership is made easy via this simple narrative. JEI – COMMUNITY – DELVING INTO TIKKUN OLAM: WHAT’S JEWISH P