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Thank you to our alumni. Your support through the Alumni Monthly Fund has made it possible for us to continue offering groundbreaking programming at Achvat Amim. Your support is a testament to Achvat's impact long after the program ends. We are so grateful to each of you who continues to invest in this network, and make participation possible for future participants.
The true cost of Achvat is over $13,000 per participant, but we work hard to raise funds to supplement tuition, help applicants fundraise, and ensure program is as accessible as possible. We do this because we know what this program offers: a political home, a life-changing experience, and the tools to engage in principled, effective solidarity with Palestinians and Israelis building co-resistance against the occupation. And we know that many of you, our alumni, continue this work in powerful ways across the globe, as educators, organizers, journalists, rabbis, and community leaders.
You are the reason we can continue. Your monthly donations help us build momentum across generations of participants. Thank you for showing up - not just once, but again and again - for the vision we’re building together.
This month, we're working to grow our alumni contributions so we can welcome more participants into this work at a time when it's more urgent than ever. If you're passionate about Achvat Amim programming, consider sending this alumni fund to your cohort members or family who want to support meaningful, on-the-ground movement building.
This past week, 10 participants from across the UK and USA to join us on the ground.
Here's what one incoming participant has to say:
While I have been involved in peace work for the entirety of my adult life, this past year has strengthened my conviction and my dedication towards this work more than any other. I have watched my friends grieve and be isolated from Jewish community. I have also been personally targeted and had my employment threatened for publicly supporting a ceasefire and peace. While these experiences are painful, they have pushed me to take greater strides in my pursuit of justice. For this reason, I applied to Achvat Amim, not only to be part of this amazing program for four months, but also to explore the possibility of remaining in the land. As an educator, activist, and organizer, I believe that Achvat Amim would give me the invaluable experience and community support to help me develop my skills as an advocate and leader.
Your support has helped us welcome 46 participants over the past year who are busy supporting co-resistance projects on the ground and leading educational work across the diaspora.
Co-resistance projects led by Palestinians and Israelis face growing repression. At the same time, Jewish activists worldwide are seeking meaningful ways to engage through education and solidarity. Amid rising polarization in Jewish communities and anti-war movements, there's an urgent need to equip these activists with tools to show up in principled, informed ways - grounded in relationships with those directly impacted and committed to justice for all peoples. Here at Achvat Amim, that's what we continue to do, even when it gets difficult.
This summer brought with it unbearable violence - faced with impossible choices and closed airspaces - we were forced to cancel the Summer Program. In spite of all the careful planning in the world, war and occupation will always force us to pivot our work.
So we pivoted.
We made a promise to stand alongside our partners in Masafer Yatta, and when our cohort couldn't join us, we ran English language workshops for children in Umm al Kheir and enlisted our community of alumni and others to join.
The most urgent demand from communities in Masafer Yatta is to support sumud by joining them on the ground. When you step into these relationships, you can no longer watch displacements as if they're happening far away from you, separated by screens, walls, language, and distance. You take it on as your own struggle, happening to your friends and kin less than an hour away, to a place that's welcomed you like home.
“International support is one of the most important factors helping these endangered communities stay put. English classes in the South Hebron Hills aren’t a cute co-existence effort - they’re a crucial way to help the youth of the community share their struggle with the world" - Eliana P
We don't deny the grief that solidarity carries, but we won't stop committing to partnership and the struggle to end the occupation. We still find each other, carry each other forward, from Umm al Kheir, to Jerusalem, to New York.
We will continue to work towards the vision people like Awdah Hathaleen believe in: Freedom and abundance for his children. Land unmarred by checkpoints and soldiers and endless degradation and dehumanization. And solidarity that has constant love and life is poured into it.
We're excited to announce that Becca Strober, our cherished friend, mentor, and long-time Oversight Committee member, is joining us as Interim Executive Director. For over a decade Becca has been a community organizer, educator, and political strategist, working with organizations like Breaking the Silence, Sadaka Reut, Gisha, ORAM, and Mahapach-Taghir, combining community building, accessible learning, and anti-occupation activism. This work is a lighthouse to the organizing we strengthen through our volunteer placements, learning days, and solidarity work, and the connections we build across our movement, so we're incredibly grateful for Becca to be joining us, and for their expertise and vision to strengthen this work. Becca is also the co-founder of our sister organization Midreshet Dror.
Your support makes it possible for us to adapt, grow, and continue offering accessible, justice-driven programming in a moment that calls for nothing less. Thank you for your commitment to this work. It means the world.
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