Navigating Parenthood
Current Programs
Previous Speakers
Rachel Alterman Wallack
Rachel Alterman Wallack, MSW, is the Founder and Mission Director of VOX Teen Communications. Her experience growing up in Atlanta and then writing for Junior Scholastic and Business Atlanta magazines while volunteering with teenagers inspired her to unite teens from different backgrounds and parts of the region to create an outlet for teens’ voices and leadership in 1993.
Learn more about VOX ATL ›
Rabbi Daniel Brenner
Chief of Education at Moving Traditions ›› and a national leader in developing community-based mentorship programs for Jewish teen boys
Learn more about Moving Traditions ›
Dr. Brian J Dew
Dr. Dew currently serves as Chair of the Department of Counseling and Psychological Services at Georgia State University and has served as Atlanta’s primary representative to the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s (NIDA’s) Community Epidemiological Work Group for the last 12 years, where he is responsible for reporting Atlanta drug trends to federal officials.
Learn More about Dr. Brain Dew ›
Rabbi Malka Packer Monroe
Rabbi Malka Packer-Monroe is the Founding Director of 18Doors Atlanta, a Jewish non-profit organization that empowers and supports interfaith couples and families. She help individuals and families discover deeper meaning, joy and spirituality in their daily lives.
Learn more about 18 Doors Atlanta ›
Dana Edell
Dana Edell, MFA, PhD, is an activist-scholar-artist-educator and co-director of SPARK Movement, an intergenerational, anti-racist, global girls’ activist organization where she trains and supports girls to take action in their communities, and consults with organizations throughout the United States and abroad about gender justice, youth engagement, feminist Jewish education and arts education
Learn more about Dana Edell and True Child JET Training ›
Scilla Andreen
Scilla Andreen, “The Upstanders” director and CEO of IndieFlix ››, a leading global screening and streaming service of social impact films and series to create positive change in the world.
Learn more about Scilla and Indie Flix ›
UpStart
UpStart partners with the Jewish community’s boldest leaders to expand the picture of how Jews find meaning and how we come together.
Learn more about UpStart ›
Rabbi Lydia Medwin
Rabbi Lydia Medwin from The Temple in Atlanta is a co-Author on the forthcoming The Relational Judaism Handbook: How to Create a Relational Engagement Campaign to Build and Deepen Relationships in Your Community (Kripke Institute).
Learn more about Rabbi Lydia Medwin ›
