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Want to Have Power and Influence? Start with Authenticity and Positivity!, BCC 348
Do you want to be the most effective leader you can be? Want to inspire others to join you in
achieving common goals? It all starts with a little self-reflection and a fresh perspective. Come learn
how you to tap into your own power as an authentic leader and how to leverage your own personal
mission to empower those around you!
Facilitator: Lisa Eisen, VP, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation
What Can I Do About America’s High School Dropout Crisis?, Holiday Ballroom 4
City Year is an education-focused non-profit powered by national service that keeps students in
high-need areas in school and on track to graduate. Here’s your chance to learn more about how
young adults engaged in a year of service are making a difference in the lives of at-risk students.
Facilitators: Avery Ellis, City Year Alum; Dr. Max Klau, VP of Leadership Development, City Year
ARUCHAT TZOHORAYIM / LUNCH, KEY BALLROOM
12:30 PM
LIMMUD – ROUND 2
1:40 PM
3 Jews, 4 Opinions, 1 Decision: How to Lead a Group Through Consensus, BCC 342
With so many opinions in any conversation, sometimes it’s hard to come to an agreement that
everyone feels good about. Discover tools to help your chapter with brainstorming to decision
making... and everything in between!
Facilitator: Briana Holtzman, Program Director, Jewish Teen Funders Network
10 Tips to Help You Continue Your Path to Leadership, Peale C
Whether you’re interested in politics, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy or the Jewish community,
small tips can make a big difference. Maryland State Senator Cheryl Kagan has done all this and
more (she’s even a BBYO staff alumna!). Come join us for straight talk and best practices that can
make a big difference on campus and throughout your career!
Facilitator: Senator Cheryl C. Kagan, Maryland State Senate
Abortion: Is It Murder?, Beit Midrash d
Do Jews consider abortion an act of murder? We will examine different instances of abortion and
the Jewish view behind them.
Facilitator: Rabbi Allen Saks, BBYO International Kallah Educator
An Insider’s Guide to Starting a Campus Club, BCC 339
This session is designed for you – a high school student who wants to be involved on your campus
and in your community. Learn the ins and outs of creating and maintaining a successful club by
participating in a simulation that will give you the tools to take an idea and make it happen. You’ll
also get a glimpse of what involvement might look like when you are in college, and you will develop
skills that will help you right now – at your high school, in BBYO and beyond.
Facilitator: Sara Miller, SODA: Student Organ Donation Advocates
BBYO in Six Words? Why Not?!, Peale A
Can you sum up your BBYO experience in six words? Turn up to hear from your fellow Alephs and
BBGs as they share what being a leader means to them and what it means for the Jewish future.
Facilitators: Dina Mann, National Marketing and Outreach Manager, REBOOT
Community Spotlight: Active Jewish Teens – The Former Soviet Union, Carroll B
Join us as we delve into our International Order and learn more about communities abroad. Explore
the communities from the Former Soviet Union with teens from Active Jewish Teens (AJT) and
immerse yourself in their history and personal stories.
Facilitators: Alephs and BBGs from Active Jewish Teens in the Former Soviet Union
Community Spotlight: Baltics and Balkans, Brent
Join us as we delve into our International Order and learn more about communities abroad. Explore
Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovakia with
teens from the Baltics and the Balkans. Immerse yourself in their history and personal stories.
Facilitators: Alephs and BBGs from BBYO Balkans and BBYO Baltics
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