STEP UP TO THE CHALLENGE!

How You Can Help Interfaith Peace-Builders Take a HUGE Step Forward

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OCTOBER 15, 2013

 

IFPB has developed a bold vision for deepening our work dramatically in the coming year.  The board and staff have identified exciting potential that a fourth staff member, a Commuincations Coordinator, would provide.

This new Communications Coordinator will allow IFPB to expand our reporting on justice movements in Israel/Palestine, better share the impact in the US after our delegations, and better support delegate efforts.

 

THE CHALLENGE: CONTRIBUTE TO THE MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE!

A collection of board members and other donors have pledged an initial $30,000, and have challenged us to double the impact of their pledge by raising a matching $30,000 by October 15, 2013 so that we will have enough funding for the first 18 months of this new position.

WHY NOW AND WHAT FOR?

Meeting this Matching Challenge will enable Interfaith Peace-Builders to hire a full-time Communications Coordinator who will help: (1) better tell and share our story, (2) improve our use of new technologies, and (3) more fully support the growing movement for a just peace in Palestine/Israel.  The current IFPB staff and board have recently identified these as key priorities.

Because IFPB is making significant progress towards our mission to “empower delegates to educate their local communities and the media,” we are ready, and needing, to increase our capacity. This new full-time Communications Coordinator will expand the reach and efficacy of our movement-building work.


WHERE YOU COME IN . . .

$30,000 has been pledged. Now, we have been challenged to leverage that pledge by raising a matching $30,000!

And here’s even better news: as you can see by the thermometer on this page, we are on our way towards meeting the match.

Join others who’ve already given, and help us meet our challenge today:

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Deadline: October 15, 2013


A VISION TO BETTER TELL THE IFPB STORY
Articulating the Impact of a Communications Coordinator


Ralph, Leslie and Ann
 

In the 13 years since Interfaith Peace-Builders sent its first delegation the nature of “media” has changed considerably. 

When IFPB first introduced email listservs in 2002 it was an innovative use of new technologies.  Today, we use real-time video webinars to virtually connect delegates with movement leaders.  The difference between those two symbolizes larger shifts that have happened: new media, wide proliferation of digital photo and video, online petitions and campaigns, etc.  To harness the true power of these many media requires a dedicated and experienced staff member.

A full-time Communications Coordinator will lead efforts to better share the results of that empowerment, better convey the stories of our Palestinian and Israeli allies, and better serve and connect IFPB delegates after the delegation concludes. 

Hiring a Communications Coordinator represents a strategic movement from IFPB’s staff and board of directors to refine our work and significantly expand our reach.

Improving our strategic use of communications planning and technologies will bring IFFB’s work to untold thousands more and greatly enhance our inspiring model of transformative delegations leading to movement building for justice.

As our program grows, so also does the call to meet the growing needs of IFPB delegates and the communities they reach.

Our new brochure explains more about this vision and what it means for the Interfaith Peace-Builders community. Click here to read the brochure.

 
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HELP US MEET OUR CHALLENGE!

To meet this challenge, we will need every one of Interfaith Peace-Builders’ generous supporters (and some new ones too) to make a meaningful and extra-ordinary one-time gift – in addition to any planned regular giving this year. 

More than a delegation program, IFPB encourages and supports civic engagement and movement building.  Meeting this challenge now is the next step forward in our work.


STEPHANIE AND NICOLE
 

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