On Sunday, April 26, AJC Cincinnati, in partnership with the Jewish Federation and Shelanu, brought together Jewish teens and parents for a powerful evening dedicated to confronting antisemitism in educational spaces. Participants in both the AJC Leaders for Tomorrow Accelerator and Empowered Parents sessions left not just informed, but truly equipped.

Parents walked away with practical tools to recognize contemporary antisemitism, concrete strategies for engaging with their children, teachers, and school administrators, and a framework they can put to use immediately. Teens gained the confidence, knowledge, and peer-engagement skills to stand up for themselves and their community with clarity and pride. Together, they built something essential: a stronger, more advocacy-ready Jewish Cincinnati.

AJC’s Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Accelerator Program is a Jewish advocacy leadership opportunity for local high school students. Students engage with one another and facilitators, empowering them to be a voice for the Jewish People. This program equips students with the knowledge, confidence, and skills to stand up for Israel, build their Jewish identities, and combat antisemitism.

AJC’s Empowered Parents helps parents navigate this unprecedented moment by equipping them with the right knowledge and practice to advocate alongside and for their kids at their schools. What makes this program unique is the emphasis on practice. Participants work through realistic scenarios in small groups, role-playing actual situations parents face: responding to antisemitic comments from other students, addressing biased curriculum materials, navigating problematic displays in school, and talking with their children when they come home upset.

For more information on future programs and sessions, please contact Justin Kirschner, Regional Director of AJC Cincinnati at [email protected] or (513) 621-4020.