473K: A Belonging Workshop Series — Gathering with Intention: Events and Meetings

The Federation’s annual 473K Belonging Experience — named for the number of people in Bay Area Jewish households — has evolved into a year-long, free, virtual workshop series on topics that matter most to organizational leaders and require new approaches to embrace everyone in our diverse communities.  

473K is intended for:

• Professional and lay leadership of Jewish organizations 
• Clergy 
• Development professionals 
• Board members 
• Jewish entrepreneurs/start-ups 
• People leading Jewish engagement and/or DEIB work in the Jewish world

The sixth workshop in the series focuses gathering with intention. Venue, food, entertainment, speaker, and the “schmooze.”  Sometimes the most important qualities of an event are forgotten. How will people connect with each other and our organization? Will they feel it mattered they were there? Using Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) lenses, let’s reinvent events!

Workshop Design Team:

Rachel Kaber, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Maya Katz-Ali, OneTable
Jenni Mangel, Jewish LearningWorks
Maia Tchetchik Sharir, Varda Institute for Community Building
Rabbi Bridget Wynne, Jewish Gateways

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Planning Design Team

Beza Abebe, Be’chol Lashon
Joel Abramovitz, The Kitchen

Kimberly Dueñas, Jewtina
Kiyomi Gelber, Camp Tawonga
Julie Golde, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Eliezah Hoffman, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Rachel Kaber, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Maya Katz-Ali, OneTable
Dr. Analucia Lopezrevoredo, Jewtina
Jenni Mangel, Jewish LearningWorks
Danielle Meshorer, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Lindsey Newman, Be’chol Lashon + Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Sandra Ramirez-Noguchi, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Rabbi Eliana Kayelle, Keshet
Simcha Schwartz, Wilderness Torah
Dana Sheanin, Jewish LearningWorks
Jackie Shelton-Miller, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Maia Tchetchik Sharir, Varda Institute for Community Building
Wendy Verba, Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund
Rabbi Bridget Wynne, Jewish Gateways