Changing the World. Check!
Welcome to the official launch of the Reality Check Box Interviews! Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be sitting down with the visionary mentors and dynamic mentees from the REALITY Check Fellowship to discuss their professional achievements, experiences during the program, and goals for making the world a better place.
REALITY, a program of The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Philanthropic Network, empowers exceptional people to realize their leadership potential through a unique personal and professional development journey. Grounded in the Jewish charge to repair the world, REALITY is a network of leaders who act on deeply held values to enact positive social change in their communities, the Jewish world and beyond. The program begins with REALITY Israel, which takes Teach For America corps members on a 12-day journey across Israel to help them build their understanding of their own unique leadership, reflect on the role of their identity on their work, recharge their conviction about justice and opportunity, and consider where they want to make their long-term impact in the Teach For America and education reform movement. Corps members leave Israel with new skills, tools and motivation to make meaningful differences in the communities in which they live and work. With REALITY Israel in its fourth year, there are more than 200 members of the REALITY community. In 2012, REALITY launched REALITY Check, a year-long program for 25 REALITY community members to expand upon the themes and approaches from their Israel experience, continue their development as leaders and become the most effective agents for change possible. REALITY Check is a partnership of The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, the Samberg Family Foundation, Teach for America and Repair the World.
Be sure to check out the first interview with one of these incredible individuals!
About the authors
Mordy Walfish
Program Manager at Repair the World since May 2012. Prior to joining the Repair team, Mordy worked from 2008-2012 as the Content Manager and Assistant Director of the Berman Jewish Policy Archive. He also spent 2011-2012 as a fellow at Alma: Home for Hebrew Culture in Tel Aviv. As a Wexner Graduate Fellow/Davidson Scholar, Mordy completed an MPA in non-profit management from NYU in 2011. He also holds an MA in Comparative Literature from Northwestern University and a BA in Contemporary Studies and German from the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mordy has been a committed volunteer since the age of 12, with a particular passion for elder care and literacy.
Jacqueline Broder
Jacqueline joins Repair from global public relations firm Makovsky + Company where she provided media relations, strategic analysis, writing/editing, social media and C-suite executive leadership support for clients in the financial, technology, executive recruitment, and legal industries. Before joining Makovsky in 2009, Jacqueline worked at the United Nations for the High Representative in the Office for Disarmament Affairs, which aims to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation in countries involved in chemical, biological, and nuclear warfare and was a Client Service Associate in the Wealth Management division of UBS, acting as a liaison between several financial advisors and more than 100 high-net-worth clients. Jacqueline is the Associate Director and Founding Member of Young Leaders in Journalism, a program geared towards educating under-resourced high school students in the world of print and broadcast Journalism. Jacqueline graduated from Smith College with a B.A. in English and a Minor in Jewish Studies. When she’s not “Repairing,” Jacqueline spends time serving up her latest culinary creations and searching for new secret food spots in NYC.
