{"id":35867,"date":"2014-05-01T20:52:10","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=35867"},"modified":"2014-05-01T20:52:10","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T20:52:10","slug":"lights-camera-take-action-yachad-launches-video-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/inspiration\/lights-camera-take-action-yachad-launches-video-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Lights, Camera, Take Action! Yachad Launches Video Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"yachad85\"<\/a>Just what does inclusion mean to you?<\/p>\n

That was the question posed by the Yachad Youth Leadership Council (YYLC) last month in their \u201cLights, Camera, Take Action!\u201d video contest.<\/p>\n

As part of the competition, Yachad members and the Jewish community at large were invited to submit a short video describing what the term meant to them. More than a dozen individuals and teams from across the world, including Yachad chapters in Boston, Florida, Chicago and Israel, submitted a video. The videos were then posted to Yachad\u2019s Facebook page where Facebook users could \u201clike\u201d the video. The creator of the video with the most \u201clikes\u201d wins an iPad and has their video used for Yachad promotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole idea was to find ways to get people talking about inclusion in places like Facebook where individuals already are,\u201d explained Rebecca Schrag, director of school and community programming for Yachad and the supervisor for YYLC. YYLC is made up of dedicated high school students from across the United States who help implement Yachad programming in their area.<\/p>\n

Entries included an answer in Claymation, a rap to the theme song of \u201cThe Fresh Prince of Bel Air,\u201d an original song and a reunion featuring several members of the 2012 Yad B\u2019Yad, Yachad\u2019s summer program. Other videos, like the one from Yachad member Jonathan Spiller, took a different tact. Spiller created a heartfelt message of his own experience within Yachad.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enthusiastic response to \u2018Lights, Camera, Take Action!\u2019 and the genuineness of the videos communicates far more effectively and beautifully the positive, mutual benefits of inclusion,\u201d explained Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, international director of Yachad\/ The National Jewish Council for Disabilities.<\/p>\n

The competition was created by Hannah Tessel, a senior at Mayanot and president of the YYLC, and Shira Levie, an 11th<\/sup> grader at Frisch and member of YYLC, with support from the rest of the council.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone scrolls through their [Facebook] newsfeed and through that we can spread the message of inclusion,\u201d explained Levie.<\/p>\n

Here are some of our favorites:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QT9n4VgRMDg<\/p>\n