Taylor Winfield to Discuss Jewish Engagement Research at Global Summit

PRINCETON, NJ — Taylor Winfield, a doctoral candidate in sociology at Princeton, has been selected to participate in the 2016 ROI Global Summit in Jerusalem, an exclusive, high-profile gathering of young global innovators taking place June 26-30.

Taylor is researching how some Jewish organizations convince unaffiliated Jews to become more religious, and how this is done on college campuses – with the goal of creating tools to help engage more Jews in the community. For more details on Taylor, please visit: https://www.schusterman.org/users/taylor-winfield-0.

Thanks to her extraordinary vision and innovation, Taylor was selected among 150 of the Jewish world’s leading young change makers from 29 countries who will convene for intensive networking, skill-building and ideation at the 2016 ROI Global Summit, the flagship program of ROI Community, an initiative of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.

This year’s participants bring a diverse set of interests and accomplishments, ranging from building an online support system used by thousands of victims of sexual abuse around the world; to making Jewish text more accessible through humorous takeoffs on biblical stories; to establishing a yoga organization that provides low income Kenyan women with the skills to become self-sufficient yoga instructors; and much more. These 150 innovators share a commitment to building a more vibrant, inviting and inclusive Jewish future for the benefit of the Jewish community and the broader world. For a full list of this year’s participants, please visit: https://www.schusterman.org/roicommunity/2016-roi-summit-participants.

“Since its inception in 2006, the ROI Summit has convened some of the most promising young Jewish minds, providing them with a platform to showcase their ideas, challenge each other and develop their visions for change. We feel lucky to be able to look back on a decade of community activity, to learn from our challenges and success over the years and to see the tangible impact that our members have created in communities across the globe," said Justin Korda, executive director of ROI Community. “This group of change makers is injecting the Jewish world with a boost of energy and creativity that will shape the Jewish future for years to come.”
For more details on this year’s ROI Global Summit, visit: https://www.schusterman.org/roicommunity/2016-summit.

Founded in 2006, ROI Community is part of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, a global enterprise that supports and creates innovative initiatives for the purpose of igniting the passion and unleashing the power in young people to create positive change in their communities. www.roicommunity.org