JAINA Convention 2013 07 Detroit MI

Author(s): Federation of JAINA
Publisher: USA Federation of JAINA

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Youth Activity Speakers
Nissim Reuben is a native of Gujarat and part of India's small Jewish community. For the last several years, Nissim has served as the American Jewish Committee's Indian-Jewish program director. He now lives in Washington, D.C., and has organized a wide range of events: meetings between top Indian and Israeli lobbyists, joint trips to Israel and India, and even Hanukkah dinners at the Indian ambassador's house.
Parth Savla is the first person to work full-time for JAINA, managing the organization's day-to-day activities and coordinating projects. He is also managing JAINA's first Summer Internship Program, which combines leadership training, professional skill-building, and the practice of Jain values. He is the founder of TruVizon Designs, an online marketing and business development company, and the Global Education Leadership (GEL) Group, which encourages youth locally and globally to dissolve boundaries through empathy and compassion. He has provided life coaching to adults and youth for nearly a decade, and enjoys leading groups where people support each other to reach their goals in 100 days.
Priyal Gandhi is the current Director of Education for YJA. She lives in Northern Virginia and will be a freshman at the University of Virginia this fall. She loves music, dancing, art, and being an active Jain at her local temple and in YJA. She is also somewhat of an amateur artist, music (and musical) lover, chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream fanatic, and always ready to dance - anything from garba to Persian style! At the temple, she has graduated from the JAINA pathshala curriculum and now helps teach 5-7 year olds. Learning about how to make Jainism applicable in our daily lives is important to Priyal - as is community service.
Salonee Shah is the current Director of Project Development for YJA. She is also a Teach for America teacher, teaching technology in a small town called Durant, Mississippi. This year, she has worked with the JAINA Executive Board to promote various internships for Jain youth. In her free time, she loves extreme action adventure sports, traveling, meeting new people, dancing, and chocolate.
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