Great article and it's amazing to see the ways in which the Facebook page is used. Another lesson to me is the importance of this forum existing prior to October 7th. I've seen people/orgs trying to set up new organizations or programs to help during this crisis, but their success rate is much lower than groups that are leveraging existing infrastructure. There are some places where the community was really well prepared (e.g., leveraging JFCS to provide food and other items of need and Jewish day schools providing space for students seeking Hebrew-speaking teachers), while in other areas it surfaced gaps in our preparedness (e.g., a group prepared to help parents at schools that either struggled with or failed at communications). It highlights the importance of having a strong ecosystem that works together to address challenges. Thankfully, Boston has incredible organizations in place already and I think learned a lot dealing with past challenges (e.g., COVID) and I'm confident will only continue to grow and learn as we move forward.
Great article and it's amazing to see the ways in which the Facebook page is used. Another lesson to me is the importance of this forum existing prior to October 7th. I've seen people/orgs trying to set up new organizations or programs to help during this crisis, but their success rate is much lower than groups that are leveraging existing infrastructure. There are some places where the community was really well prepared (e.g., leveraging JFCS to provide food and other items of need and Jewish day schools providing space for students seeking Hebrew-speaking teachers), while in other areas it surfaced gaps in our preparedness (e.g., a group prepared to help parents at schools that either struggled with or failed at communications). It highlights the importance of having a strong ecosystem that works together to address challenges. Thankfully, Boston has incredible organizations in place already and I think learned a lot dealing with past challenges (e.g., COVID) and I'm confident will only continue to grow and learn as we move forward.