Student Leadership

Program Funding Request

The most important thing to know about leadership, is that anyone can get funding for an initiative that  furthers the Jewish community at Cal.  You don’t have to be in one of the official leadership positions below to plan an event, start a club, or organize a group.  We believe in investing in all students, so if you don’t find an existing opportunity that suits your needs, just fill out the funding request form and we’ll give you the support and $ to get you rolling.

Sound cool? Email opersing@berkeleyhillel.org or fill out the Funding Request Form.

CEI- The Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative

The Campus Entrepreneurs Initiative is a Jewish Community-Building Internship.  A cohort of 12 students is selected every year to participate in training in community organizing, learning from a curriculum on Jewish Values, and hearing from a series of speakers doing exciting things in the Jewish world.  The interns then set out to create new forms of Jewish community on campus. For more information, please contact gabe@berkeleyhillel.org

ABQ- Ask Big Questions Fellowship

The Ask Big Questions fellowship is a national cohort of students utilizing peer-to-peer engagement strategies to promote civil discourse on campus.  Fellows and advisors are trained in dialogue facilitation, strategies to use social media for social change, and the interpersonal work of creating space for conversation. For more information, please contact opersing@berkeleyhillel.org

FYN- First Year Network

First Year Network is a group of elected volunteer leaders that plan and organize FYSH (First Year Students at Hillel) events during the year.  They meet monthly to talk about how to engage first year students and make FYSH a welcoming and fun environment. For more information, please contact lisa@berkeleyhillel.org

Just FYN’in around…

Repair the World Fellows

Repair the World Fellows will apply to serve as one of the ten Challah for Hunger officers (such as coordinator, volunteer manager, publicity manager, etc.).  Fellows receive one day of leadership training in the spring, and one day in the fall.  Fellows are paired with board members and lay leaders to serve as personal mentors during the duration of their fellowship.  They will also study Jewish texts related to social justice.  Opportunities for subsidized Alternative Break experiences and other leadership retreats are available. For more information, please contact lisa@berkeleyhillel.org

JSU – Jewish Student Union

Click here for more info about the JSU at UC Berkeley and to check out all the great student groups and opportunities going on!

Student groups at Berkeley Hillel are members of the Jewish Student Union (JSU).  The JSU is a democratically governed umbrella group, affiliated with both Berkeley Hillel and the Associated Students of the University of California.  The JSU groups receive both funding and advice from the staff of Berkeley Hillel but are empowered to create programming independently so long as it accords with the Berkeley Hillel/JSU overall policy on Israel programming.

Disclaimer:
Berkeley Hillel is available as a meeting/event venue for all student groups that are members of the Jewish Student Union (JSU).  The JSU makes its own membership determinations, as advised by the University of California and Berkeley Hillel staff.  The views presented at these programs are not necessarily those of Berkeley Hillel, its staff, board or supporters.

Some student leaders…and a djembe.