Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice’s Selah Leadership Program, in partnership with the Rockwood Leadership Institute, is now accepting applications for Cohort 16.

Friend—

Two years ago, I participated in Cohort 15 of the Selah Leadership Program. 

As a Jewish Woman of Color, being in sacred community with other Jewish People of Color was healing and transformative for me and my work for justice.

Today, I’m the new Selah Program Manager and am thrilled to announce that applications for Selah Cohort 16 are now open! 

Learn more, apply, or nominate someone you know for the Selah Leadership Program here.

Applications and Letters of recommendation are open from July 22 - September 22, 2019. 

In a Selah cohort, twenty people who play a significant leadership role in Jewish and non-Jewish social change organizations come together over a period of six months to experience intensive leadership and management training, networking and community building, and ongoing learning. 

Because we know that by transforming leaders, we are better able to transform society. 

The American Jewish community is multiracial — between 10-20% of the American Jewish community identify as Jews of Color — but only a few Jews of Color lead in Jewish mainstream organizations. So in 2015, after thirteen cohorts with a majority of white Jews, Selah launched its first cohort specifically for Jewish leaders of color.

Selah Cohort 16 will be a healing space where Jewish leaders of color can build deep, interdependent relationships to advance and support each other’s leadership, inside and outside the Jewish community.

Are you a self-identified Jewish Person of Color who would grow through the Selah experience? Do you know someone who would be a good fit? Apply now or recommend someone. 

I would be happy to answer any questions. Please feel free to reach out anytime to connect with me.

Thank you,

Leili Davari

Selah Program Manager

PS: Here are some extra program details, if you’re looking for tachlis (nuts and bolts) —

The Selah experience: 

• Enhances your individual capacity and capabilities to create widespread change.
  
  Selah's top-tier training helps leaders clarify their visions and hone the personal skills and strategies necessary to achieve them.

• Provides a safe, healing space for Jews of Color.
  
  One where Jewish leaders of color can build deep, interdependent relationships with one another and advance support of their leadership inside and outside the Jewish community.

• Supports and sustains leaders working to create a more just world.
  
  By better understanding yourselves and the landscapes in which you work, leaders can work more effectively for change and prevent burnout.

• Fosters connections and community.
  
  After completing the Selah training, participants become members of the Selah Network, the only national forum of its kind where multi-racial Jewish social change leaders can foster relationships, strategize, learn from one another, and find the support they need for their work over the course of their careers.

You can begin an application here, or recommend someone in your community here.