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Home Values in Action Certificate Program

Where Timeless Wisdom Addresses Timely Issues

Values in Action Certificate Program

M²’s Values in Action Certificate Course will equip BBYO Community Builders to address many of today’s challenging issues with their learners using a values-based facilitation approach rooted in Jewish ideas and wisdom.

Through a 4-session course, Community Builders will learn how to meaningfully examine values with their learners and use them as a lens to better process contemporary issues they are facing, while supporting their teens׳ Jewish identity development.

Discover the influential power of a Community Builder
Community Builders shape teens’ lives by helping them address the issues they’re confronting with a Jewishly – informed and values-based approach.

Uncover what’s at the heart of the matter
By reorienting contemporary issues through focusing on the values at play and what happens when they’re in conflict with one another, we are able to address what’s actually at the root of the issue.

How You Will Grow

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Learn how values can be a helpful lens
in processing today’s complicated issues
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Develop confidence
in addressing challenging issues with your teens
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Strengthen pride in your Jewish heritage
as an illuminating source of wisdom and relevance
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Understand how to authentically
incorporate Jewish ideas and wisdom into your work
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Deepen connections
with other Community Builders and educators employing this shared language and values-based approach
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Earn a certificate
in the Values in Action approach

FACULTY

Our experienced and innovative faculty will support, challenge and guide you on your fellowship journey.

Abby

Mintz

Senior Program Director, M²

Abby Mintz is a Senior Program Director at M², where she brings creative and ambitious visions to life with thoughtful attention to programmatic operations and facilitation. Since joining M² in 2021, she has drawn on her experience as a Jewish camp director, university instructor, and clinical therapist to help people grow and find meaning in their work and lives.

Abby earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Special Education and Human and Organizational Development from Vanderbilt University, where she also completed her M.Ed. in Human Development Counseling. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, a former yoga instructor, and most proudly a mom of 3 kiddos and 1 fur baby. She lives in Evanston, IL, and outside of work can be found reimagining home design or planning her next safari adventure.

Abby
Mintz
Senior Program Director, M²

Heather

Wolfson

Facilitator

Heather Wolfson, the CEO and Lead Strategist at Maven Leadership Consulting leverages nearly two decades of senior-level leadership acumen. She specializes in scalable training, coaching, and strategic consulting for emerging leaders and teams, fostering a sustained impact. Heather‘s career features roles such as COO at M², Chief Program Officer at the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, Managing Director of the Avi Schaefer Fund, and Western Regional Director for Birthright Israel NEXT. Known for her insightful problem-solving and intuitive guidance, she’s a trusted facilitator for organizations internationally. Heather holds dual undergraduate degrees in journalism and communication, an MBA from Loyola Marymount University, and is a Board Certified Coach. Her commitment extends to serving on the boards of Congregation Beth Am, Force FC, and Impact Cubed while she resides in San Diego with her family.

Heather
Wolfson
Facilitator
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