JERUSALEM PEACEBUILDERS INC
Because the Future of Jerusalem is the Future of the World
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
JPB's institutes offer engaged youth a transformational, interfaith experience that fosters a new generation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders, committed to each other and to building peaceful and just societies in Israel, Palestine and the United States. While the focus is on peacebuilding and leadership development, the social experience that results from bringing these participants together is an integral part of the program. JPB programs support participants in building bridges across differences that promote lasting relationships. Each institute provides young people with the opportunity to learn about other parts of the world, different faith traditions, and themselves through a specialized curriculum. We believe just and lasting peace is created by critically engaging with the difficult topics facing our world today. Core to our program is the examination of social justice issues in the USA and Middle East, with a focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Voyager Institute
Program Overview:
The nine-day Voyager Institute located at Camp Allen in Navasota, TX brings together young American, Israeli, and Palestinian teens ages 14-15 years old for foundational leadership development and learning basic peacebuilding knowledge and skills.
Voyager participants have the opportunity to engage in group team-building and self awareness and identity training through a variety of educational activities and approaches. In addition to group dialogue, workshops, and interfaith learning, teens enjoy outdoor activities such as high and low-ropes challenge courses, swimming and horseback riding.
Through the Voyager Program, participants gain personal awareness of their strengths and weaknesses, leadership and peacebuilding characteristics, as well as an introduction to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Global Voices Institute
Program Overview:
The Service-Learning Institute in New Haven, CT brings together young American, Israeli, and Palestinian teens for a powerful experience of volunteering and peacebuilding. The program is designed to activate and develop in participants a commitment to serving humanity through connecting with local refugee communities and service providers in New Haven. Teens explore the connections between service, peace, and religious practice. Service-Learning participants engage in intensive, hands-on service projects, speech writing, faith-based exchanges, dialogue sessions on the basic dynamics of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and field trips to arts and diplomacy sites in New York City and Connecticut.
Participants spend their time volunteering with IRIS (Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services), helping assist the agency with moving newly arrived families into their homes, processing donations, teaching English lessons, and mentoring youth. Participants engage with Yale University student leaders, meet with diplomats at the United Nations Headquarters, and tour the 9/11 Memorial and Museum with youth interns from our partner Voices of 9/11.
Interfaith Citizens Institute
Program Overview:
The Interfaith Citizenship Institute travels from the rural camp setting of Navasota, Texas to the urban center of Houston. The program brings together American, Israeli, and Palestinian teens in order to deepen cross-cultural relationships, civic responsibility, and knowledge of Houston’s social and environmental challenges. Participants engage in personal and group challenge activities and learn what local government, faith communities, and service providers are doing to tackle social and environmental issues.
Interfaith Citizenship participants engage in intensive writing workshops, learning about key issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dialogue sessions, and visits to community and governmental institutions exploring connections between peace, faith, and environment.
Leadership Institute
Program Overview:
Over two weeks, the Leadership Institute brings together American, Israeli, and Palestinian young adults with the focus of creating a new generation of peacebuilders and leaders. The program challenges participants to consider different perspectives around the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In addition it encourages participants to deepen their understanding of faith traditions and develop strategies for taking action in promoting peace.
Leadership participants engage in intensive drama workshops, challenge activities, trainings and dialogue sessions that prepare them for becoming agents of change. Topics covered include: identity, communication, leadership, conflict resolution, interfaith understanding and peacebuilding.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of students enrolled
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Includes Adult Educators and Youth Participants in summer and in-school programs
Number of students who value social harmony
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
● To develop greater responsibility, initiative, self-expression, communal awareness and goodwill in each participant.
● To deepen personal, national, and religious connections between American, Israeli, and Palestinian youth.
● To strengthen the participants personally, intellectually, and spiritually to be effective leaders and peacemakers for a positive future beyond the status quo.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
JPB's summer institutes offer youth a transformational, interfaith experience that fosters a new generation of Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders, committed to each other and to building peaceful and just societies in Israel, Palestine, and the United States. While the focus is on peacebuilding and leadership development, the social experience that results from bringing these participants together is an integral part of the program.
JPB programs support participants in building bridges across differences that promote lasting relationships. Each summer institute provides young people with the opportunity to learn about other parts of the world, different faith traditions, and themselves through a specialized, experiential curriculum. JPB's unique programatic model equips young people with the tools they need to become effective leaders and peacebuilders.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Through in-school leadership and peacebuilding programming, summer leadership institutes, and alumni engagement, JPB's four-year, year-round program cycle presents a rigorous framework of repetition and follow-up to reinforce learning, strengthen participant relationships, and ensure personal transformation. By offering multiple opportunities for youth and adults to participate and remain engaged in our leadership programming, our goals are advanced and long-lasting impact is achieved.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Since 2011, JPB has welcomed over 5,000+ youth and adult participants to its summer institutes in the USA and in-school programs in the Holy Lands and USA. What started as one small peace camp program in Vermont for 12 Americans, Israelis, and Palestinians has now blossomed into five diverse programs across three states (Vermont, Connecticut, and Texas) and an adult EXCEL Institute in the UK. A growing alumni network and list of partner organizations invites additional communities and sectors of civil society to take part in our pioneering work. In 2019, JPB hosted a record 125+ participants across its five summer institutes. In 2020, despite the pandemic, JPB was the only peacebuilding organization in the region to offer four week-long, online leadership and peacebuilding programs for our constituents.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time
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JERUSALEM PEACEBUILDERS INC
Board of directorsas of 01/16/2024
The Rev. Canon Nicholas Porter
Bruce Barrett
Barrett Outdoor Communications
Rabbi Steve Gross
Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism
The Rev. Susan Lukens
Imam Bilal Ansari
Dorothy Porter
Philip Kensinger
Board leadership practices
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Ethics and transparency
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Board composition
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Board performance
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Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.