JEWISH COMMUNITY RELATIONS COUNCIL OF SAN FRANCISCO MARIN & PENINSULA

INSTITUTE FOR CURRICULUM SERVICES (ICS)IN FY24, ICS DELIVERED 263 IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL TEACHER TRAININGS, AS WELL AS 10 SUMMER INSTITUTES, AND 5 ONLINE COURSE COHORTS, TRAINING A TOTAL OF 5,237 EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS. THROUGH POST-WORKSHOP EVALUATIONS, EDUCATORS INDICATED: -97.8% OF EDUCATORS STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT THE ICS TRAINING INCREASED THEIR UNDERSTANDING/AWARENESS OF THE TOPIC;-96.3% OF EDUCATORS STRONGLY AGREE OR AGREE THAT AS A RESULT OF THE ICS TRAINING, THEY FELT MORE CONFIDENT IN THEIR ABILITY TO TEACH THE TOPIC;-97.3% OF EDUCATORS WOULD RECOMMEND THE ICS TRAINING TO OTHERS.IN ADDITION, ICS HAS ACHIEVED 238 CHANGES TO STRENGTHEN K-12 EDUCATION ON JUDAISM AND JEWISH HISTORY.

JCRC COMMUNITY RELATIONS PROGRAMSIN JCRC'S EXTERNAL RELATIONS WORK, WE ENGAGED MORE THAN 1,000 ELECTED AND SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS, TO BRIEF THEM ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS AFTER OCTOBER 7 AND ENCOURAGE THEIR SUPPORT; AND FOUGHT INFLAMMATORY, ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AS THEY CAME BEFORE BAY AREA CITY COUNCILS AND OTHER BODIES. WE CONTINUED TO DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH DIVERSE BAY AREA ELECTED OFFICIALS AT ALL GOVERNMENT LEVELS, THROUGH ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS, ATTENDANCE AT PROGRAMS AND CONFERENCES, EDUCATIONAL AND JEWISH HOLIDAY EVENTS AND MORE. WE GREW JCRC'S BAY AREA NETWORK OF JEWISH OFFICIALS (BANJO) TO 67 MEMBERS, AND FURTHERED THEIR LEADERSHIP ON JEWISH ISSUES THROUGH AN OVERNIGHT "BANJO CAMP" RETREAT. BANJO MEMBERS JOINED JCRC AT THE ANNUAL JPAC CAPITOL SUMMIT IN SACRAMENTO.IN OUR JEWISH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORK, JCRC ENGAGED WITH MORE THAN 100 JEWISH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TO COORDINATE STRATEGY, BRIEF THEIR COMMUNITIES AND RECRUIT ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DOZENS OF COMMUNAL GATHERINGS, RALLIES AND VIGILS AFTER OCTOBER 7. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME TO BAY AREA EVENTS IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL AND THE JEWISH PEOPLE. JCRC OFFERED 12 EDUCATIONAL AND SKILLS-BASED "COMMUNITY LAB" WORKSHOPS, REACHING THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES, ON LOCAL ADVOCACY, ISRAEL ADVOCACY, FACING ANTISEMITISM AND MORETO GIVE PEOPLE TOOLS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR ADVOCATING WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS, AND TO EXTEND JCRC'S IMPACT. JCRC ORGANIZED AND GUIDED REGIONAL WHATSAPP GROUPS FOR BAY AREA JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS.IN JCRC'S JEWISH AFFAIRS WORK, WE RE-RAN THE JCRC BAY AREA SURVEY OF JEWISH IDENTITY, FROM A YEAR PRIOR, TO COMPARE ATTITUDES PRE- AND POST-OCTOBER 7 AROUND ANTISEMITISM AND JEWISH SAFETY IN A VARIETY OF BAY AREA SETTINGS. WE USED THE DATA TO HELP WITH OUR MEDIA WORK AND IN CONVERSATIONS WITH CIVIC, ELECTED AND EDUCATION OFFICIALS. JCRC DELIVERED 38 TRAININGS ON ANTISEMITISM TO A VARIETY OF AUDIENCES, INCLUDING, WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATION ISLAMIC NETWORKS GROUP (ING), PRESENTATIONS ON "COMBATING ISLAMOPHOBIA AND ANTISEMITISM" TO HIGH SCHOOL STAFF, EDUCATORS AND STUDENTSREACHING 5,600 PEOPLE. JCRC HELD A 7TH REGIONAL "HERE I AM" PRESS CONFERENCE TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ANTISEMITISM WHILE CELEBRATING JEWISH IDENTITY.IN OUR PARTNERSHIP AND POLICY WORK, JCRC CONTINUED THE WORK OF THE JEWISH-AAPI ROUNDTABLE, COMPRISED OF 20 SAN FRANCISCO JEWISH AND AAPI LEADERS WHO MEET QUARTERLY TO JOINTLY ADDRESS ANTISEMITISM, ANTI-AAPI HATE, COMMUNITY SECURITY, PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER ISSUES. WE BEGAN BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NEW PARTNERS FROM BAY AREA BLACK COMMUNITIES, AFTER OUR FORMER PARTNERS WERE UNRESPONSIVE TO REPEATED OUTREACH AFTER THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACK ON ISRAEL. JCRC MOBILIZED 500 JEWISH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO ADVOCATE AT JPAC'S ANNUAL CAPITOL SUMMIT IN MAY 2024, AND WORKED WITH ALLIES ACROSS THE STATE TO PASS A ROBUST PACKAGE OF LEGISLATIVE BILLS TO COUNTER ANTISEMITISM AND HATE.IN OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK, JCRC PROVIDED RESOURCES AND GUIDANCE FOR 100 BAY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS ON THE OCTOBER 7 ATTACK AND RELATED EVENTS, RESPONDED TO NONSTOP CALLS FROM PARENTS ABOUT ANTISEMITISM AND BIASED TEACHING IN SCHOOLS, AND WORKED WITH DOZENS OF DISTRICTS, SCHOOLS AND COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. JCRC WORKED TOWARD A FAIR AND INCLUSIVE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR JEWISH STUDENTS IN BAY AREA K-12 SCHOOLS (INCLUDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS) BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND ADVOCATING WITH DISTRICT, COUNTY AND STATE EDUCATION LEADERS; ENGAGING WITH MULTIPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF IMPLEMENTING AN ETHNIC STUDIES CURRICULUM; AND SUPPORTING AND GUIDING PARENTS.