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Message From Our Chief Executive Officer
At 13 years of age, we are beginning
anew. After evolving as part of
Jewish Community Centers of Greater Los
Angeles, we are becoming an independent
institution. Under the leadership of our first
Board of Directors, alongside our Board of
Advisors and our President’s Advisory
Board, we are launching our future through
creative new exhibitions that underscore the
importance of community and that teach
our young visitors what it means to be a
contributing person in our society.
Our youTHink arts education initiative will
expand its reach into public schools throughout
the state, inspiring young people to
explore their own capacity to make changes
and lead their peers. youTHink will continue
training educators in facilitative teaching so
that they can serve as a resource for all their
students, to teach about society and civic
involvement, and to lead their students
towards critical thinking and problem solving.
The future abounds in opportunities and
challenges. We will overcome our adversities
by working together to secure the funding
needed for our programs to continue to soar
and succeed. Limitless possibilities will develop
with new leadership and programmatic
collaborations and institutional partnerships.
Our challenges will yield to opportunities as
we renew our commitment to the work we
do and to our mission “to provide interactive
learning opportunities that promote the
values that help make a better society.”
The leadership of our Board of Directors
changes hands as we embark on this new
chapter, and we join outgoing chairpeople
Beth and Rodney Freeman in welcoming
incoming chairperson Wendy Moss Klein.
We thank Beth and Rodney for their
guidance during the past three years as the
museum and youTHink have changed and
grown, during show&tel: art of connection
and, most recently, through our transition to
independence. Wendy takes over at a pivotal
time, and will undoubtedly excel in her new
capacity.
ESTHER NETTER
Olympic Festival
The Zimmer was abuzz this summer with fabulous
drop-in programs, workshops and performances with an
underlying theme of discovering individual accomplishments
and universal friendships. The summer culminated in a very
special Spirit of the Olympics Festival, where participants
celebrated the core themes of the Olympics: friendship,
unity, sports “personal best,” teamwork and making a
difference in the world. Through games, music, art and
drama, our young Olympians shared a memorable
experience.
Arts and Education Specialist Rachel
King with visitors and Olympic torch
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