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 Living Artist Society
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, including the 92nd St. Y. 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 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, Collage Creative.
IMANI FORD
LEGAL INTERN AND PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Imani Ford is a part-time third year law student at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University with five years of experience in both legal practice and nonprofit work. Before law school, she studied Government & Law and Latin American & Caribbean Studies at Lafayette College and even spent a semester studying human rights in Costa Rica. A proud and lifelong Westchester resident, Imani loves serving her community. Post-law school, Imani plans to explore movement lawyering, a style of lawyering that emphasizes engaging with social movements in order to achieve systemic change and address the root causes of inequality and injustice.
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
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
