Founding Director

Name

Ilana

Surname

Schatz

Promotion year

2013

Country of residence

USA

Age

60

Phone number

510-525-1567

Field of activity

Fair Trade

Entity

Fair Trade Judaica

Job title

Founding Director

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Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

Biography

Ilana has been involved in social justice organizing for the past 25 years. She is the Founding Director of Fair Trade Judaica, a nonprofit building a fair trade movement in the US Jewish community. She previously founded The Volunteer Action Center, a Jewish social action and justice center in Oakland, CA. Key efforts included a community-based business mentorship project, community investing, organizing volunteer opportunities, integrating Jewish social justice values into community Life. Ilana serves on the board of the Northern California Loan Fund, which provides financing and expertise to strengthen low-income neighborhoods and enable disadvantaged people to build a better future. Ilana has served as a lay spiritual leader at her synagogue for the past 15 years.