NSL’S INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS

NSL D.C. Leadership Program-

Emerging change agents from Israel and Palestine who come from diverse political, religious and professional backgrounds are equipped with the tools necessary to create a new story of economic, political and social change.

  • Delegates live in Palestinian-Israeli pairs with American host families in Washington, DC for 7 weeks each summer.  

  • They have work-placements in the offices of Representatives and Senators and in other high-level organizations.

  • NSL delegates use the Narrative Method to craft their personal stories of struggle and hope. Delegates share their stories at speaking engagements on Capitol Hill and across DC.

  • NSL’s delegates participate in strategic meetings with organizations like the United States Institute of Peace, J Street, the United Nations Development Program, and the Swedish Embassy, and with various US Congressmen and Senators, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Tim Kaine, and Rep. Joe Kennedy.

  • Each delegate arrives in Washington, DC with a proposed Project for Change (PFC). Working together in Palestinian-Israeli teams, they collaborate on joint social impact projects.

NSL in the Region-building lasting change

-Delegates return to the region after the summer prepared to implement their PFCs.

-PFCs become eligible for startup seed funding and receive technical support from the Alumni Network.

#SheLeads

#SheLeads was a digital gender lens leadership program that trained, mobilized, and united 20 women from Israel and Palestine who were committed to becoming leaders in their respective fields, and were interested in building an allyship with each other to expand their perspectives and knowledge.

Participants went through the #SheLeads online program to develop skills in political strategic thinking, United Nations legal training, gender lens investments and diplomacy. #SheLeaders also learned from, and connect with, prominent women leaders and develop their own stories and policy solutions. 

#SheLeads revolutionized the digital space to lift up women's voices. Together we formed a strong coalition of women millennial leaders from Israel and Palestine to build a future where women's voices are front and center in the political discourse.

The culmination of this project was hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.