The overnight began Saturday night and was a nice opportunity to get together after TOSS and get back to routine Diller programming. We had a campfire and Maaal Layla.
Sunday was Tikkun Olam Project day. After an
early breakfast, we gathered in our main building for a lesson on making an
impact led by senior counselor Ariel Light. Fellows discussed the relationship
between proximity and responsibility, while each of us brainstormed problems we
feel responsibility to solve in preparation for our upcoming tikkun olam projects.Then
we broke into our committees to plan upcoming workshops. As the next Diller
cohort (cohort 18!) begins to meet, responsibility for planning our workshops
will shift from Gabi to us.
After the committees met, we reconvened for a program about
charity led by fellow Jack Goldstein. Jack walked us through the different
categories of causes a person can contribute to, and provided some excellent
examples of charities that already exist. Soon after his program ended, we had
a reflection of TOSS, the series of activities we did during the time when we
would've been in Israel. We concluded that TOSS ROCKS.
After a fantastic vegetarian lunch, we gathered back in our
building. We then had a Q&A session with Alumni Barry, Rachel Katz, and
Ariel Light. They shared their experiences connecting with Israeli partners
during their trips and working on tikkun olam projects.
Fellows Ophir and Chelsea, who were in Israel when the trip
was cancelled, then led an exciting program exploring the situation in Israel.
Afterwards, we had a chance to begin planning our tikkun olam projects.
And then, after our eval session, the overnight was over.
-Paul, Cohort 17
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