Leadership Development

JQ International seeks to develop and empower leadership amongst GLBT Jewish community members. Through a variety of leadership development opportunities and programs, JQ International has created a series of informal interactive replicable leadership development activities. These 30-60 minute discussion modules have been integrated into JQLA's monthly Leadership Shabbot Dinner Series that launched Rosh Hashannah 2008. Created and implemented by Naomi Goldberg, they have been designed to allow any GLBT Jewish organization to easily modify for replication for their respective communities.

JQ's Leadership Development Kits Leadership Development Kit I    Mission, Objectives and Purpose Leadership Development Kit II    Organizational Infrastructure and Operations Leadership Development Kit III    Identifying Leaders & Leadership Opportunities Leadership Development Kit IV    Community Advocacy Assesment   For each month in 2009, JQ will publish an additional Leadership Development Kit.

About the Author A native of Northern California, Naomi Goldberg recently moved to Los Angeles.  Prior to the move, Naomi lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she received a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Michigan.  In Ann Arbor, Naomi taught 3rd grade religious school at Temple Beth Emeth.  Naomi graduated from Mount Holyoke College, where she helped start a GLBT Jewish student organization.  Naomi has worked at Jewish summer camps in Northern California, conducted research on Jewish fertility trends at The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute at Brandeis University, and interned at Keshet, a GLBT Jewish organization in Boston.  Naomi currently works as the Cooper Public Policy Fellow at The Williams Institute at UCLA Law, a think tank focused on sexual orientation law and public policy. To contact Naomi Goldberg email