Social action Roadshow!

The summer is just around the corner, and the movement is gearing up to what is going to be an incredible couple of months!

The success of the first ever Roadshow last summer, made a massive impact on the movement. It provided the members of the movement to be inspired and engaged in issues that are relevant  to them. Last year the roadshow focused on the rejuvenation of the smaller Jewish communities, this year, we have turned to various themes of Social action.

Being a socialist movement, we are always looking for ways to introduce the concept of socialism to the movement in a relevant and engaging manner. The idea of social action and social activism has become particularly relevant to  our madrichim and chanichim, with many becoming involved in several campaigns supporting issues such as Darfur and making poverty history.

The Roadshow will embark on their journey at the start of August. 13 madrichim, 1 rosh and two Rakazim will descend on the city of London to enjoy a week of social action, education and of course, fun!  They will be educated on ethical consumerism by members of the JCC, will take part in a World Jewish Relief packathon, 2 volunteering projects on behalf of the Jewish Volunteers Network, a Fairtrade Mission- canvassing around Jewish Deli’s and shops, as well as enjoying all aspects of London society! In between all of these activities, the tsevet will be planning the activities that they intend to run on our UK machanot the week later. During the second week, the tsevet will tour around the UK machanot in their mini-buses where they will run a day’s activities for the chanichim on camp. All these activities will relate to the theme of social action, and will have relevance to the information they gathered in the first week.  Sounds pretty jam-packed hey?!

Towards the end of their time on the roadshow, the tsevet will be planning and executing an event that will aim to attract Jewish, Muslim and Christian youth in a central location in Manchester. With the aim of co-existence, the tsevet will be planning an event that seeks to explore the similarities and differences between kids from all different backgrounds and Religions. We hope this event can establish links in the community that we will be able to value for many years to come.

The Roadshow will hopefully be an inspiring and engaging two weeks for everyone involved. It is a real chance to show that Habonim Dror UK can really be an example to the rest of the Jewish community.

We wish the Roadshow the best of luck! B’hatslacha!