JB USA Junior Branch Report

2013-2014

Section 1: Who are we? What have we accomplished this year?

National Junior Representatives Senior NJR: Hana Strickland Junior NJR: Rachel Buff

Education Content Areas 2013: Human Rights

2014: Diversity

National Youth Committee (NYC)

Quinn Porter (Northeast)

Steph Ouellette (South)

Lizzie Utset (WMW)

Halley McClure (West)

Daniel Krajnak (EMW)

Chair: Hana Strickland

National Youth Committee

Served as liaisons to our 21 chapters, working closely with JB Presidents to ensure a successful year

Aided in the planning and execution of regional mini camps

Created all content for the regional training workshops in the spring and facilitated the trainings

Created the content for NJBM and facilitated the entire meeting

Assisted the NJRs in visioning and projects

National Junior Board of Trustees (NJBoT)

Chair: Rachel Buff Nancy Golio (NJBAd) Josh Mansfield Emma McGregor Gray Wilson Kayla Mock (West) Janny Petzinger (EMW) Matt Roetter (WMW) Vivian Sabla (Northeast) Sammy Spencer (South)

National Junior Board of Trustees (NJBoT)

First year with new NJBoT structure Consisted of 5 Regional Representatives, 3 Members-at-

Large, and the National JB Advisor In addition, each NJBoT member took on areas of

expertise/responsibility, including Local Junior Branch Trainings Fundraising Projects Motions Communication

Projects such as Motion Making March Madness, LJBT development, Book of Procedures amendments, and most importantly, visioning

NJBoT In-Person Meeting

First ever NJBoT working weekend of its kind Mission Statement: To foster the growth and

development of JB USA through visioning, innovation, and legislation

Two motions came out: JB Unification and BOP Clarifications

Visioning Future of NJBoT Election Procedures JB USA National Identity JB/Adult Relations Scholarships, Awards, and Other Projects Communication on All Levels

JBUSA.org Thanks to the help of Yuval Boss, we completely revamped

our JB USA website. Now a complete source of information and resources

constantly updated Information about NJRs, NYC, NMCC, NJBoT, and JB

Presidents, and JB Goals Resources: forms, guides, official documents and helpful links Most important: Blog!

Always updated with news from international, regional, and national

Best place to find important information Subscribe at the bottom of the homepage

Combined with Social Media, we have really worked to improve communication this year!

RISK QUIZ!Understanding who to call during a

risk management issue can be difficult. Luckily, this quiz will help

guide the way!

Is there a risk management issue?

Start here!

No

Yes

Carry on! Remember to always have emergency

numbers on hand - chaperones, Local Risk Manager, Local Chapter

President, and NYC Liaison.

Notify a chaperone. Is someone

seriously injured or sick?

YesNo

With a chaperones help, notify the participants

parents. Ensure that the proper medical action is

taken, and notify the Local Risk Manager,

Local Chapter President, and NYC Liaison.

Has R-07 been broken (abuse of drugs, alcohol, or seemingly sexual

activity)?

Yes

No

With a chaperones help, notify the Local Risk

Manager, Local Chapter President, and NYC Liaison. If R-07 is

violated, the participant will be disciplined.

Parents must be notified and the violators may be

dismissed from the program and sent home.

Contact the NJRs to inform them of the

situation.

Has there been a violation of the Child Protection Policy and Procedures (inappropriate

conduct between an adult [18+] and an underage participant)?

YesFind another chaperone immediately. Notify the Local Risk Manager, Local Chapter President,

and NYC Liaison. It is extremely important that the local chapter

knows of the situation so they can follow-up with the offending adult and ensure that the situation does not occur again at another event.

No

Does this issue violate the Social Media Guidelines

or involve the internet?

No

When in doubt, notify a chaperone and contact your NYC liaison and NJRs with any

questions.

YesNotify the individual involved immediately. If they comply to resolve/delete the issue, dont

worry about it. If they do not, notify the NYC Liaison

and the NJRs.

Risk Management Guide

The NJRs worked with Stephenie Teichman to create the first ever JB USA Risk Management Guide

Features important information about how to prevent and approach risk at JB events

Includes scenarios, tips, and important contact information

Spring Regional Trainings Took place in Cincinnati, Atlanta, and Philadelphia in February

and March Over 50 JBers were trained Activities focused on JB/Adult Relations, Education Content, IJB

Involvement, JB USA National Identity, Succession, Risk Management, and Goal Setting

Created a video from these trainings explaining the importance of JB, which has been viewed almost a thousand times and was shown at AJBM in Colombia and IJBC in Austria!

National Mini Camp Committee (NMCC)

Charlie Wolfson Allison LoPrete

M-C Levy (Chair)

Noah Persson

Mary Kate Grow

Gianna Beasley

National Mini Camp (NMC) 2014 Dallas/Fort Worth May 23-26, 2014 84 participants Theme: Life Throughout the weekend, participants

progressed through life stages, with activities based on the diversity and conflicts of each stage.

CanExUs

Brand new JB North Neighborhood Workshop October 31 November 3 35 participants from Canada, Mexico, and the USA Focus on education content, regional diversity, and

collaboration between the three Junior Branches

International Meetings

The NJRs attended Americas Junior Branch Meeting

(AJBM) in Medellin, Colombia in April

Joined by Quinn Porter International Junior Branch

Conference (IJBC) in Bad Gleichenberg, Austria in August Joined by Quinn Porter and

Grace Vottero

These meetings served as training and development spaces

IJB News

JB USA has and continues to participate in Branch Out IJB Team 2013-2014 featured three of our JBers! Hana Strickland, Grace Vottero, and Quinn Porter

IJB Team 2014-2015 features two of our JBers! Grace Vottero and Quinn Porter

AND.. CONGRATULATIONS to HANA STRICKLAND

who has been elected as the International Junior Representative for 2014-2016

Section 2: Chapter and Region Highlights

Northeast

115 people attended NERMC! Maine had a Hogwarts-

themed mini camp in April (DumbleDoris and the Magical Mini Camp of Peacecraft and Diversity).

JB Maine has also continued their work with the Harvest for the Homeless garden, and it's been a great way to get new people involved!

JB New York participated the ice bucket challenge to raise money for ALS

South

SRMC was a huge success! The theme of the weekend was JB Olympics, and activities explored healthy vs. unhealthy competition. There were 65 participants including staff and chaperones.

East-Midwest

The EMW Regional Mini Camp in

February had 70 participants! Pittsburgh JB helped out at World

Refugee Day

West Mid West

The West Mid West RMC was a great

event and had 60 participants! JB Michigan City volunteered at a local

soup kitchen and a farmers market!

West

WRMC got great reviews there were 60 participants, staff, and chaperones total!

West

The Denver chapter at their Cookie-a-thon and local mini camp!

Global Youth Service Day

18 chapters participated in

GYSD! The West-Midwest region

participated in a regional GYSD project! They called it the Hunger Games Challenge, and all the JBs collected as much canned food as they could to donate to local shelters in their communities! In addition, all three chapters set up volunteer projects and events with local food banks and soup kitchens.

Peace Day: September 21st 18 chapters participated in Peace Day activities! Gulf Coast JB had a bonfire and discussed what it means to

have a right to peace JB Chattanooga, JB Detroit, and JB Washington, D.C. watched

and discussed a documentary about peace JB Atlanta and JB Maine participated in the PoD/Branch Out

activity JB Jacksonville participated in a park clean-up JB Pittsburgh gave out hugs while advocating for peace JB San Francisco ran an activity related to diversity and peace

around the world! JB Miami County and JB Michigan City participated in a

community-wide Peace Day soccer game that served as a great recruiting tool!

JB Denver participated in a peace festival downtown!

EMW Regional Service Project

This project was many years in the making and the first of its kind in JB USA!

This November, each JB in the East-Midwest region will be volunteering with a Like-Minded Organization (LMO)

Each chapter will have a danceathon to help raise money and awareness for the LMO

This is a great display of regional cooperation and educational community service!

The project is called Below the Golden Line

Section 3: JB by the Numbers: What is our impact?

JB USA by the numbers

2012-2013 2013-2014 Number of Ac,ve JBers in JB USA

483 608

Number of Ac,vi,es Run Within the JB Year

129 186

Number of JBers Who Received Na,onal Training

94 100

Section 4: Our Future: JB Leadership

National Mini Camp Committee

Chair: Laura Berstler Past-Chair: Marie-Claire Levy Cameron Overholt Kat Holleran Max Rogow Ellie Utter Elizabeth Metsch

National Junior Board of Trustees

Chair: Daniel Krajnak NJBAd: Nancy Golio Vivian Sabla (MaL) Sammy Spencer (MaL) Charlie Wolfson (MaL) Julia Beasley (West) Aliza Glatter (Northeast) Dani Guveritch (South) Sofia Goodman (EMW) Lizzie Smith (WMW)

National Youth Committee

Chair: Rachel Buff Nash Allan-Rahill (West) Gianna Beasley (Northeast) Mary Kate Grow (WMW) Stephanie Ouellette (South) Gray Wilson (EMW)

Congratulations, Hana! Thank you so much for all you have done for JB USA!

Daniel Krajnak

Junior NJR 2014-2016