Alana Zeitchik is an Israeli-American advocate, speaker, and writer based in Brooklyn. On October 7th, six of her family members were taken hostage at which point she dedicated herself to fighting for their release. She has written op-eds in publications like The New York Times and The Forward, made countless media appearances, given speeches at The UN and March Against Antisemitism and built a supportive and engaged social media community. Her thoughtful voice, first-person perspective and compassionate approach to leadership deeply connects with a wide range of people. She is on a mission to instill heart-strength in young people by helping them find the tools, community, perspective and behavioral skills needed to advocate for what matters to them and engage in tough dialogues to make the progress they long for. Additionally, her 15-year career in the business of media at companies like BuzzFeed and Vox Media have primed her with an expert understanding of the modern challenges facing young generations in their quest for truth and belonging. Follow her on Instagram  @alanalindsay

Rabbi Dardashti was ordained and received a Masters in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary. She is trained in Congregation-Based Community Organizing and came to Brown after serving as the Marshall T. Meyer Fellow at Congregation B'nai Jeshurun in Manhattan and Director of Community Engagement at Temple Beth El in Stamford. The daughter of an American folk- singer/teacher and an Iranian-born cantor, RMD (as she’s known on campus) was raised on a brand of Judaism which is multicultural, meta-denominational, musical, and global – she became a rabbi to share the gifts her parents’ eclectic Judaism afforded her: passion, hope, wonder, gratitude, empathy, responsibility, and joy; she came to Brown to nourish a Judaism that’s broad, deep, and engaged with the world.

She has spent time living and working in the Jewish community of Montevideo, Uruguay as well as four years in Jerusalem, where she was a student at the Hebrew University, a Dorot Fellow, and a volunteer and staff member at a number of NGOs furthering democracy, dialogue, and cross-cultural education. In her nine years at Brown, Rabbi Dardashti created initiatives that critically explore allyship, activism and American Jewish positionality today; among these are the Hillel Initiative on Racial Awareness and Justice and the Narrow Bridge Project.

Her writings have appeared in The Forward, Jewschool, Siddur Lev Shalem (2016), and in three recent books: One Nation, Indivisible: Seeking Liberty and Justice from the Pulpit to the Streets (2019), Chaver Up: Allyship Through A Modern Jewish Lens (2021) and Jewish Theological Grace: Drashot In Honor of Chancellor Arnold M. Eisen (2022). She is also a 2021 Pedagogies of Wellbeing Research Fellow through M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education.

Dorit is a facilitator and attorney-mediator with more than a decade of experience in conflict resolution. She is a Senior Associate at Consensus Building Institute and a Senior Trainer at Resetting the Table. She facilitates conversations across divides, designs multi-stakeholder decision making processes, and coaches executives, community members, and clergy on facilitation and communication techniques. Dorit's passion for peacemaking began in Israel/Palestine, where she worked at both Israeli and Palestinian NGOs. She holds a J.D. from the UC Berkeley School of Law and a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated magna cum laude in Political Science and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.