Program areas at A Wider Bridge
Missions - A Wider Bridge helps educate North American LGBTQ leaders through in-person and virtual missions to Israel and by bringing Israeli LGBTQ leaders to North America. Mission participants are drawn from elected office, media, business, nonprofit management, and faith leadership. They experience the country's history, politics, conflict, and values as a Jewish and democratic state, and to understand the ongoing progress of the Israeli LGBTQ community and its struggles for equality. These missions also provide an opportunity for LGBTQ Americans and Israelis to find shared experience with each other.
Impact Grants - A Wider Bridges Impact Grant program provides much-needed resources to NGOs in Israel that amplify activist voices on the ground, advancing LGBTQ life across Israel. A Wider Bridge serves as the diaspora's organized effort to advance LGTBQ rights and community in Israel. These programs reach tens of thousands of individuals, from Israel's largest cities to the periphery, touching the diverse Arab, Ethiopian, Mizrahi, and Orthodox communities.
Community Engagement - A Wider Bridge stands up for our values by creating and defending inclusive spaces for our full authentic selves where all of our identities are welcomed. We lead proactive mobilizations of our diverse coalition of engaged alumni, stakeholders and community partners, advancing LGBTQ rights and fighting hatred including antisemitism, anti-Zionism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, etc. Our programming and communications strategies reach the communitys grassroots and engage thousands more through social media and other campaigns. A Wider Bridge produces an online program series showcasing Jewish, Israeli, and LGBTQ culture through films, literature, and food.Continued on Schedule O