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CAUSE-NY
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Creating Awareness and Understanding through Service and Education (CAUSE-NY) is a department of the JCRC-NY that enables and assists in the creation and growth of community-based initiatives and leadership trainings in Greater New York. This area is home to more than 200 different ethnic, faith, race, and language groups. CAUSE-NY promotes coalitions of diverse peoples in order to build a better New York. It works at the neighborhood level and implements programs that stimulate working partnerships and foster mutual respect. CAUSE-NY seeks to find areas of common concern, increase understanding and cultural competency, and reduce prejudice. Since 1993, it has helped organize the growth of 18 neighborhood-based coalitions. Community and Coalition Building CAUSE-NY works with grassroots coalitions of local Jewish community organizations and other ethnic, civic, and religious groups throughout the eight-county metropolitan area. The collaborations focus on such issues as the provision of health care to all groups; aging populations and neighborhood transitions; special outreach assistance programs for recent immigrants; and integration of émigrés into communities. Community Uplink CAUSE-NY's weekly email newsletter and website link more than 15,000 people to various alternative resources and opportunities across NYC. CAUSE-NY Advisory Council CAUSE-NY convenes a diverse group of top executives and leaders from across NYC to meet with key decision-makers. Community-Based Coalitions *Greater (Southern) Brooklyn Health Coalition *Lower Manhattan Health Care Coalition *(Northern) Queens Health Coalition *Russian-American Health Coalition *Staten Island Health Coalition *The Coalition for Far Rockaway *Project C.A.R.E. *We Are All Brooklyn (WAAB) *Canarsie Bridges *Brooklyn NORC Coalition *Bay Ridge Coalition on Aging *Queens Jewish Agency Coalition Fellowships CAUSE-NY runs four programs geared towards training the next few generations of communal and civic leaders in New York. The members range from high school students to current mid-level organizational professionals. YouthBridge-NY - since 1997 YouthBridge-NY serves as the only non-profit organization in NYC training teens from diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds to master the skills they will need to be the leaders of tomorrow. We Are All Brooklyn (WAAB) Fellowship - since 2007 WAAB is a leadership development program dedicated to advancing the next generation of Brooklyn's young diverse leaders and empowering them to become agents of change. We Are The Bronx (WATB) Fellowship - since 2009 WATB brings together about 25 non-profit leaders in the Bronx for monthly professional development seminars and networking opportunities. Community Connections Fellowship - since 2009 The Community Connections Fellowship, funded by the UJA-Federation of NY, is designed to empower the staff of UJA-Federation Network Agencies to engage in innovative community-based intergroup relations programs at the neighborhood level. Haitian Fellowship since 2010 The Haitian Fellowship, funded by the UJA-Federation of NY, was created in response to the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. It will train the next generation of leaders that will serve the local Haitian community. Leadership Institutes CAUSE-NY conducts three long-standing institutes to train and inform leaders of community organizations on a wide variety of topics. The Queens Forum A long-standing partnership of LaGuardia Community College and CAUSE-NY, the Queens Forum has brought together over a thousand community leaders in the past decade to discuss issues such as inclusiveness, healthcare, changing demographics, and more. The Bronx Forum This program convenes conferences and trainings around quality-of-life issues for community professionals in the Bronx. It is a joint venture between the Bronx Borough President’s Office, Hostos Community College, and CAUSE-NY. WAAB WAAB is a coalition of more than 75 community and faith-based organizations in Brooklyn. It uses forums, workshops, institutes, meetings, and training sessions to empower community and faith-based leaders to manage a range of issues with the hope that they can empower their constituents while navigating relationships with politicians and the media. The goal of WAAB is to prevent racial and ethnic struggles from tearing apart the citizenry and instead, to use our initiatives to promote cooperation that will make Brooklyn better. New York-Jerusalem Exchange (NYJEE) This program links experts in diversity and community building in Israel and New York. It educates professionals from Israel, New York, and around the world on relevant issues in their field, using web-based technology for Webinars to bring them together. NYJEE focuses on coalition building, community organizing, interfaith dialogue, community mediation, dealing with traumas from emergencies, war, relocation, and provides on-line courses to connect international partners. It facilitated the creation of Me Ha Lev Coalition in Jerusalem which is a multi-stakeholder coalition that has navigated the new Welfare to Work Program in Israel. Crisis Management CAUSE-NY proactively builds relationships between communities to effectively mitigate tensions quickly when conflicts occur. The deep-rooted trust that we have built with many community leaders allows us to help communities take action and move quickly to resolve crises. See Also
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