Walking the Walk
Wissahickon Network 2011-2012
The Wissahickon Network is comprised of high school students from 3 congregations, a church, a synagogue and a mosque. Students from these communities gather 10 times during the school year for meaningful conversation about values and rituals of their traditions and put their values into action through environmental stewardship work. Sessions are held at each others’ communities as well as at the Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association.
Group Leaders
Ilanit Goldberg, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Intern
Student Group Leaders
Rebecca Marx
Service Learning Partner:
Wissahickon Valley Watershed Association
Congregational Partners:
The Congregational Partners serve a number of functions for the group, including:
- Recruiting participating youth for the year-long program;
- Providing a mentor who accompanies the youth and offers guidance and assistance;
- Hosting at least one session and providing a tour of the worship space.
The three Congregational Partners for the Philadelphia group are:
Bethlehem Baptist Church, Spring House
Congregation Beth Or, Maple Glen
North Penn Mosque, Lansdale
What We Do
- What We Do
- Alternative Spring Break
- Community Events
- Education & Dialogue
- Interfaith Women Leadership Initiative
- Quest
- Religious Leaders Council
- Walking the Walk
- Zones of Peace
- Faith Immersion Series
Walking the Walk Program
Program Photos
From our participants
A symbol of modesty
to keep your body for yourself,
worn in unity with her community.
I wonder how it feels
and what it’s like
to see it in the mirror.
I’ll never know
but I can ask.
-Poetry by
Emma, Beth Am Israel