UCSB, Senior HSJCSC Fellow
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This was a local conference planned by Lisa Weiss of the LA Jewish Federation as a �small Spitzer� to generate local interest in local politics in social action. Our goal was to send 10 UCSB students and I knew that I wanted some freshmen to go. Only 6 students went (2 freshmen), however, I was extremely happy that the sessions were informative and speakers were motivating! All students said they learned a lot. In addition, I think all 6 of these students said they wanted to go to Spitzer!
This was phenomenal. What is it? Click here. I created a scholarship application for UCSB students that was circulated to other Hillels and I think will be used in the future for the LA region. I also worked closely with Lisa Weiss from the LA JCRC about ways in which we can make the process even smoother (as a region) for next year, so that we are all working on the same timeline! 19 students attended Spitzer with me in February, and all attended a pre-conference Spitzer Orientation session. Also, because we got each student so much money, all students agreed to participate in a follow-up program related to Spitzer after the conference.
February 2004
1.) Recruitment: find students interested in politics, social justice, social action, community service. Talk to people who have gone in the past. Shauna was our Spitzer Captain this year! Talk to her!
2.) Figure out Scholarship Money: The earlier you can do this, the better, because the number of students that you take will be dependent on how much money you can give each of them. This year we got scholarship money from the Jewish Federation of LA, from the Santa Barbara Jewish Federation and from International Hillel. Lisa Weiss was able to work out a package deal for students in CCI (the LA area) with the international center, where they said they would set aside a certain
3.) Applications for Scholarships: Make sure people know that they are applying for scholarships; it�s not guaranteed.
4.) Notification of Scholarship Recipients: let them know and then give them a deadline of when they need to get you an official Spitzer Registration form and signature, etc.
5.) Plan Spitzer Orientation, so they know what they are getting into.
6.) Go to Spitzer
7.) Follow-up with students and help them plan programs related to the conference, so they are �bringing back� what they learned from the conference.
Crochet for a Cause:
This is a small on-campus weekly program where students come together to learn how to crochet and all scarves, hats, etc. will be donated to a homeless shelter. Adie helped with this.
Transition House:
Although we only went one time, myself and three other freshmen went to the Transition House to help serve food at this shelter. They all loved it and said it really felt great to do such a mitzvah! Sara, Ariel, and Jess were involved and all said they would love to get this going on a regular basis.