Dear USY Community, This email is to share with you that we now have more dates for our listening forums. After an initial first round we have five more opportunities for you or someone you know to join in on the conversation. Below you can find a list of upcoming forums and links to where you can RSVP for them. As you may know, USY recently launched a strategic planning process aimed at addressing the needs of Jewish teens now and into the future. The goals of this process include: Hear from our teens, parents and other key stakeholders. Gain the insights necessary to effectively engage teens from community partners. Learn from other innovative organizations that have gone through strategic change. Honor USY programs that work and develop new programs that transform teen engagement models.
We have convened a Vision Team, a group of 35 committed individuals that is a microcosm of our community, including staff, board members, current and former USYers, and partners from other organizations in our ecosystem. We want to hear your voice!!
We are hosting several virtual listening forums for alumni organized by when you graduated from high school.
September 27th- Parents of pre-Bnai Mitzvah children September 28th- Teen Engagement Staff October 4th- USY/ Teen Engagement Lay Leader October 9th- Current USYers October 11th- Current USYers October 12th- People in the Metropolitan NY Area
During this Listening Forum, we want to hear what is on the minds of anyone who has constructive views on what USY is today and what USY might be in the future. We invite you to participate in a Listening Forum.
About Listening Forums In a Listening Forum, those in the room together will co-create the conversation agenda around a particular theme – in our case, "Imagine you are designing experiences for today's teens and youth. What would those experiences look and feel like within USY and the Conservative Movement?" Anyone can name and convene a small group conversation on a topic related to this core question. Each breakout group will then bring back messages to all of the Forum's participants. We will ensure that the results of the evening's discussions are brought to the Strategic Planning Vision Team for further consideration. Each of us signing off on this email is a part of that work. We invite you to take advantage of this opportunity to come together as a community to articulate a future we all want and need for teen engagement within USY and the Conservative Movement! Thanks for adding your voice as USY plans its future. RSVP for the Forum by clicking on this link or one of the dates above. Please encourage others to register/attend as well. If there are any questions about the Listening Forum, please reach out to Julie Marder! For more information about our strategic plan, please visit usy.org/strategicplan. |