JB USA

Hey, welcome! Today is May 17, 2012.

Current Youth Trustees (aka NJRs) and the National Youth Committee (NYC).

Recent News

For the latest information on JB USA's projects, check out our blog: http://cisvjbusa.wordpress.com/

What We Do

These are some of our projects, events, and activities

• APRIL Global Youth Service Day (GYSD): this a day in which all of the JB USA chapter participate in a service project. This is done with an organization called Youth Service America, an LMO whose mission is to create a global culture of youth who are committed to a lifetime of service, leadership and achievement. This year GYSD will happen on April 15-17th. To learn more about this organization check out their website: ysa.org

• OCTOBER The youth NBM. The adults have their NBM at the same time.

• APRIL JB Presidents training: we have a meeting called Chapter Development weekend for training and education. **NOTE: for us, JB President basically means LJR.

• MAY National Mini Camp (formerly NYM) --

• ALL YEAR Local (~8 per year) and regional mini camps (5 per year)

• DEPENDS JB National programs: besides mini camps, which are for all ages, we have three programs that are focused on specific age groups: Discovery (ages 11-13), Forum (ages 14-17), Summit (ages 18-25).
  • Discovery: a weekend-long program similar to a Village experience. In national programs, there tends not to be programming foryounger JBers. We wanted to fill that void, and keep JBers who are just coming back from international programs involved (and provide opportunities for people who did not get to attend international programs over the summer).
  • Forum: combines educational activities with JB leadership training for high school-age JBers. Participants don't need to be JB Presidents/LJRs or have
  • Summit: modeled after Seminar Camp, this program allows older JBers to design and carry out a collaborative, community-based project. Summit often involves Mosaic. It's cool stuff. HAPPY NEWS: Also, we're thrilled to be having the 2011 Summit with JB Canada!

Who We Are

JB USA is a thriving and active organization with a strong organizational structure (JB USA's Structure & People) and a TON of cool projects (as you know from reading the previous section). We've subdivided our 22 chapters into 5 regions

The 5 regions, ...

• JB Southern Region
• JB Northeast
• JB East-Midwest
• JB West-Midwest
• JB West

... and the 22 chapters within those regions

JB Atlanta Area JB Brandywine Valley JB Chattanooga JB Cincinnati JB Columbus JB Dallas/Fort Worth JB Detroit JB Jacksonville JB Gulf Coast JB Maine JB Miami County

JB Michigan City JB New York JB Northeast Ohio JB Northwest Ohio JB Philadelphia JB Pittsburgh JB Rocky Mountain JB San Francisco JB Smoky Mountain JB Springfield JB Washington, DC

Here's a map that shows where all these chapters are -- as you can say we are very well-represented on the east coast, in the mid-west, and in the south, though the West still has room to grow http://www.ijb.cisv.org/mwiki/images/5/56/800px-Map_of_USA_with_state_names_svg.png

National structure: don't believe everything you've heard -- the JB USA structure is actually very easy to understand. Basically we have 3 NJRs (1 that works just with our national EC, called the Executive Youth Trustee, and 2 that do normal NJR stuff for the JB, called the Committee Youth Trustee/-Elect), 1 committee that helps the NJRs with training and communication (National Youth Committee - NYC), 1 committee in charge of our National Mini Camp (NYMC). Our JB Presidents (LJRs) = the "National Junior Board of Trustees/NJBOT," are the voting/governing body of JB USA. We also have a National JB Advisor that oversees all the local JB advisors and acts as an additional link between youth adults. Finally, we have a JB Historian to help us document events and preserve information for the future, and to help us uncover where our organization is coming from. See a neat graphic here: JB USA's Structure & People.

• Videos: Thomas Bryenton (2009-2011) got Ben Blackshear to help him make videos about some of

JBers For Life

Every year the Nation Junior Board of Trustees, or the NJBoT, votes to name one person a JBer for Life. This person embodies the spirit of Junior Branch and utilizes that spirit as they actively participate in CISV USA. Past recipients include:

• 2003-Sharon Lipps
• 2004-Mary Brophy
• 2005-Jane Van Fleet
• 2006- Chris Banks
• 2007 - Frank Nefos
• 2007 - Carolyn Shavel
• 2008 - Bruce Perlman
• 2009 - Nancy Wiles
• 2010 - Brett Vottero
• 2011 - Machteld van Hoek

Our Personal Pages

Meet our friends from the Junior Branch, they are:

Hoppy Martin Rottler Adrienne Divertie Katie Basse Thomas Bryenton Ben Blackshear Stephen Russell Steph Sheffler

Phil Van Hoek Sam Taussig Kathryn Leonnig Laura Aday Jeremiah Roper Dora Moore Daniel Priddy Josh Mansfield

Hana Strickland Allison Feikes Laura Berstler Richard Bryenton Megan Deino Alex Basse Claire Bens Veronica Reynolds

Rachel Buff Quinn Porter Stephanie Ouellette Caitlin Hewel Annabella Collins Halley McClure Add a personal page and add yourself to the list!

JB USA Former Youth Trustees

FLASHBACKS

NJRs, the National Youth Committee, and the National Youth Meeting Committee ca. 2007

NJRs & National Youth Committee, ca. 2010

Say Hi, It'd Be Great To Hear From You

We ♥ Maru!

Hey there JB World! Say NO to the mercilous slaughter of our thick skinned mammalian friends and look out for armadillos whenever you drive!

-This message brought to you by the animal rights gladiators at JB Jacksonville

I love JB USA & can't wait for things to come! -Katie Basse

About time someone depicted properly the whacky system that you guys have in JB USA! - Chris Settle

Dude, take me back to the NJB list.

JB Canada returns your incredible love and support!-JB Canada