Israel's Ambassadors on Campus 

The ILC is proud to announce the launching of the Shagririm program (The Ambassadors) across southern California University campuses. The mission of Shagririm is to increase support for Israel among campus communities through effective coalition building, public diplomacy, outreach, alliances and community building.

The Shagririm programs focus on training students to build coalitions with the non-Jewish organizations on their respective campuses. We will highlight the shared values of human rights, environment, arts and sciences as a way to create common grounds with other communities. Through personal relationships, leveraging on the intensive educational sessions led by world known professionals, the Shagririm will have the tools to strengthen pro-Israel coalitions on campus.

As anti- Israel sentiments on campuses are on the rise, Shagririm aims to create in each participant a sense of pride in being associated with the community of Israel, to foster a pro-Israel community of leaders and to build a long-term network focused on Israel advocacy. Through monthly lectures, workshops and assignments, the Shagririm will be mentored and trained to become effective ambassadors on their respective campus.

The dynamic group is composed of students from USC, UCLA, SMC, and CSUN who have a connection with Israel. These highly qualified students are all excited to be part of such an important program. Raquel Saxe, a UCLA Shagrira, expressed her enthusiasm to us: “It was phenomenal how the Israel Leadership Council was able to bring these different groups and resources together and present them to college students. I also really liked how students from different nearby campuses were brought together in one space. I look forward to learning a lot from this program and seeing what projects we all come up with.”

The ILC is proud to welcome the first members of Shagririm and is confident that this program will develop and nurture future community leaders. The ILC would like to thank The Milstein Family Foundation for helping to make this important project a reality.

For more information, please email us at info@israelileadership.org

Israeli Leadership Council