High school student activists at Milken Community Schools, in partnership with Jewish World Watch, educated their peers and the community about the issues facing refugees at the YOZMA Siyyum Celebration and Action Fair on March 23. Yozma, which means “initiative” in Hebrew, is Milken’s social action leadership initiative. At the recent event, groups shared their…
The statistics concerning women and violence are staggering: An estimated one out of every three women in the world will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused during her lifetime. At least 200 million women and girls alive today have undergone female genital mutilation, and almost 750 million were married before they turned 18.…
Jewish World Watch’s Teen Ambassador Program (TAP) not only can make a difference in how young people view the world; it can change their inner lives as well. That was the message relayed by various participants who addressed nearly 20 local students during a “Taste of TAP” event on Feb. 25. The free event at…