WHY JOURNEYS TO CHANGE?
ABBE MARCUS!
Your guide to the people, stories and places where history happened.
ABOUT US
OUR TEAM
ABBE MARCUS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Abbe Marcus, has spent decades building relationships with people in communities throughout the country with lived wisdom and understandings of history and justice. Her educational and social justice experiences as the Co-Founder and Executive Director at J-Teen Leadership, and in positions at The Workers Circle, the 92nd St. Y, the Jewish Education Project and Westchester Jewish Community Services have shaped her passion for immersive and experiential learning. She has created, developed, and led numerous trips for teens and adults to Georgia, Alabama, Virginia, Washington, DC, Detroit, Charleston, Oklahoma City and Nashville, immersing participants in the sites' civil rights history, exposing them to life-changing narratives from leaders and activists, and creating community service activities. She is curious about people and history and believes every journey is an adventure, every journey can be life changing. Abbe is an active board member of Foot Soldiers Park and Westchester Jewish Coalition for Immigration (WJCI).
AARON MARCUS
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Aaron Marcus is a researcher, writer, and filmmaker interested in history, memory and the complicated links between them. He worked on the 2021 documentary In Search of Monsters (aka Guantanamo Diary Revisited), which was awarded Germany’s prestigious Stern Prize for journalism in 2022. Aaron studied social sciences and German at Wesleyan University, and has an MA in European Studies from the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2006 Aaron helped cofound J-Teen Leadership alongside Amanda Bilski.
RONNIE SIEGEL
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
After earning a BFA in communication design, Ronnie Siegel held graphic design positions in both advertising agencies and non-profit organizations. Eventually she combined her right-brain passion for visually communicating stories with her left brain curiosity for marketing strategy by earning an MBA in Marketing. Her business and design skills led her to positions at the 92nd St. Y, Citigroup and J-Teen Leadership, where she had the great fortune and privilege of working with Abbe and helping J-Teen Leadership innovate and grow. Ronnie was in the first cohort to complete Westchester County's Launch 1000 entrepreneurial accelerator program and, in addition to working with Journeys to Change, has her own freelance graphic design business.
OUR MISSION
The mission of JOURNEYS TO CHANGE is to move you to another place in your understanding of people, places and history by getting close to the past, hearing unfiltered narratives, and interacting with local people through volunteer experiences. Our goal is to inspire and empower you to take action and get involved in your community and beyond.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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OUR ADVISORY BOARD
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