The tradition continues: Jerusalemites reclaim Jerusalem Day with Jerusalemite Day – Day of Diversity!
Inviatation to open space
Jerusalem Day (1-2.6.2019) is the most important time to emphasize the efforts in the city to make the city more tolerant to all the various identities and groups living here. This year, too, we will re-claim Jerusalem Day via a variety of activities designed to promote tolerance, which will light up the city!
Jerusalemite Day of Diversity is a platform to emphasize Jerusalemite involvement and responsibility to promote diversity in the city. This is the day for activities by Jerusalemites, for Jerusalemites, and about Jerusalemites, to echo our varied voices and make them heard loud and clear.
In the past four years, Jerusalemites from all over the city came together in over 80 events, tours, lectures, performances, panels, and activities which took place all over the city, each year, on Jerusalem Day. All of these together portrayed Jerusalem’s tolerance and diversity.
Developing initiatives for Jerusalemite Day
Open Space Meet-Up April 14
On Sunday, April 14, we had our Open Space Technology meet-up, to encourage initiatives, making Jerusalemite Day 2019 the best one yet! There were people from different parts of the city, different backgrounds and different interests, with one thing in common – passion for initiating a special, multi-cultural and uniquely Jerusalemite initiative on Jerusalem Day. After everyone thought about an idea for an initiative, they presented their ideas in front of the group, and from there smaller groups began thinking tachles how they can bring their ideas to fruition, cooperating with different initiatives, different people and to understand how each can advance his or her initiative.
Examples of a few initiatives included:
- Open houses that host artists and other Jerusalemites for musical performances;
- Creative writing and more;
- A giant ‘Connect the Dots’ where passersby will participate and create a giant picture;
- An improv performance that present Jerusalemite stories of those sitting next to them, and much, much more.
Working in larger and smaller groups
Together, they, and other initiatives we are working with, are developing and creating an interesting mix of activities and events in the public sphere, that will re-claim Jerusalem Day and respect all of the different Jerusalemites.
Here’s the link from the Jerusalem Tolerance web site.
Here’s the post (in Hebrew) from the Jerusalem Tolerance Facebook page:
See you on Jerusalemite Day!
Many thanks to the Jerusalem Foundation, to the Leichtag Foundation, to the Natan Fund and to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation for their support of Jerusalemite Day.
