Choices Event to Highlight Hope in Disaster
This year’s Choices event is right around the corner! Join us on Sunday, October 30th as we celebrate women’s impact in our community and hear from Talia Levanon, an inspiring woman who is strengthening communities all over the world.
Speaking from Global Experience
Talia Levanon is the director of the Israel Trauma Coalition (ITC), a network of organizations dedicated to creating a continuum of care for communities recovering from the trauma of natural disasters and terror attacks. When disaster strikes across the globe, Israeli organizations respond quickly with aid and support. But after wounds have been healed and hungry bellies filled, a harder job begins: treating emotional and psychological injuries. This is when ITC steps in, providing ongoing psycho-social care and training local leaders to help residents process the tragedy, gain resilience, and move forward with their lives.
Looking back at her life, Talia Levanon could say she started training in international relations as a little girl. Born in Switzerland, she grew up in Nigeria and completed her post-secondary education in Israel. Her first work with the wounded and bereaved was as a casualty officer in the Israeli army. Years later, while pregnant with her third child, she began studying social work and earned her MSW from Bar Ilan University. Now, with over 30 years experience in international trauma care and bereavement, Talia has represented Israel to the United Nations in forums dedicated to victims of terror and worked with the WHO, UNICEF, and CDC on several post-disaster and preparedness projects. We look forward to hearing her speak about the ITC’s important work in Israel and around the world.
Don’t Miss this Popular Event
With over 500 women set to attend this year’s event, Choices co-chairs Debbie Jeroff, Wendi Klein and Yael Rubanenko Horwitz, along with Women's Philanthropy chair Lisa Pullan, Choices committee members, and Jewish Federation staff, have been hard at work on an evening that is sure to be remembered.
See you there!
Choices Event Details
Sunday, October 30, 2016 | 5:00 p.m.
Beth Israel Synagogue | 989 West 28th Ave, Vancouver
Tickets $50 plus $136 minimum gift to the 2016 Federation Annual Campaign, Women's Philanthropy.
Includes dinner | Dietary laws observed
Purchase tickets here or contact Eva Bach at ebach@jewishvancouver.com or 604.257.5108.
Click here to make your minimum $136 gift to the 2016 Federation Annual Campaign, Women’s Philanthropy.
