Because the Future of Jerusalem is the Future of the World - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Because the Future of Jerusalem is the Future of the World www.jerusalempeacebuilders.org Our Mission: Jerusalem Peacebuilders (JPB) is an interfaith non-profit organization with the mission of creating a better future for humanity
“Because the Future of Jerusalem is the Future of the World” www.jerusalempeacebuilders.org
➢ To develop greater personal awareness, self-expression, good-will and initiative in each participant through community engagement and service. ➢ To deepen participants’ consciousness of shared, interdependent responsibility for human welfare through group-encounters with environmental and societal dilemmas. ➢ To connect participants’ inner-knowledge, compassion and courage with group skills, peer-relationships and experiences through intensive leadership training.
➢ Summer Institutes
➢ Voyager (14-15 year-olds) ➢ Service-Learning (15-16 year-olds) ➢ Interfaith Citizenship (16-17 year-olds) ➢ Leadership (17-18 year-olds) ➢ EXCEL (Adults)
➢ School-Year Programming
➢ In-school courses in the Holy Land and USA ➢ Interfaith Youth Group in USA (TX)
➢ Alumni Reunions and Retreats ➢ Educational Travel and Pilgrimages
JPB taught me that to each story has two sides, that we can’t listen to only one side and judge it. We must see the whole picture because this is how we learn and grow.
This program can change the way we think about conflict. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.
In my everyday life I don’t meet with Jews or Christians. This is different. JPB gave me the opportunity to meet with people of different religions.
If we want new leadership in the Middle East, we have to raise up a new generation
JPB made me see the future differently because I have seen that peaceful solutions to violent conflicts are possible. I see the hope that the younger generations have and the promise that we all hold.