TZEDEK is Gilboa’s social action and leadership development program for high schoolers – it is where Gilboa teens put their values into action!
9th-11th graders: mark your calendars and get excited - Tzedek is back and better than ever!
Upcoming Yom Tzedek (Volunteer Days)
LA Tzedek
Join us on MLK Day (Monday January 16th) for a volunteer opportunity with Midnight Mission in Downtown LA. We'll walk over to Grand Park after for lunch and a debrief.
Drop-off: Midnight Mission at 9:30am
Pick up: Grand Park at 3pm
Space is limited to 15 participants - RSVP HERE
Bay Tzedek
Sunday January 29th, 2-5:00pm in SF
Winter Seminar
Winter Seminar is Feb 18th-20th in Angelus Oaks, CA.
9th and 10th graders will have special Tzedek programming and 11th graders are on tzevet (staff)
West Coast Seminar
West Coast Seminar is April 28th-30th in Vancouver, Canada! 10th-12th graders are invited for a weekend with teens from Camp Miriam, our sister Habonim Dror camp up in Canada.
The program addresses three main areas through learning and hands-on experience:
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Gaining Hands-on Organizing and Social Action Skills
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Exploring Social Justice Education Rooted in Judaism
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Developing Leadership Experience (Hadracha)
A key aspect of the program is trainings and partnerships in the community. In previous years, for example, the program included:
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Immigrant justice work, including helping to organize a vigil at the Adelanto Immigrant Detention center
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Participating in the campaign to pass SB10 and end cash bail in CA
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Organizing 101 training with Bend the Arc
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Learning about re-entry programs at the Amity Foundation and with A New Way of Life
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Creating music for social change workshop with filmmaker Melanie Zoey
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Learning about student protest movements at the Boyle Heights Museum
Contact us for more info!