Identity Foundation and Connection

Emerging on the other side of the pandemic -- especially as a teenager -- was no easy feat. According to the US Surgeon General’s 2023 report, loneliness is the most critical current national epidemic in the United States. While this spans across all ages, it is the youth of our country who are the most impacted. Since youth already face difficulties such as food insecurity, and gender, educational, and racial inequities, they are more susceptible to the implications of a lack of social connection, belonging, and community.

Now, more than ever, post-pandemic (with the greatest social isolation implications of our generation) we must take a stand to fight this increasing statistic.

Our Projects:

  • Thanksgiving Dinner with Foster Nation, November 2023

  • Gender Equity Meal Event

  • Women Supporting Women “Galentine's Day” Culinary Workshop, February 2024

  • “Breaking Bread” Event with Israeli and Palestinian youth

  • Field trip to see Filmmaker Peter Decherney at the University of Pensylvania’s upcoming Abayudaya Jewish Communities photography exhibit in LA as a collaboration of UCLA Alan D. Leve for Jewish Studies, the Penn Global Documentary Institute and Hillel at UCLA.

  • "Quick BItes" -- small interviews hosted with OUR SEAT members tackling the questions we ask at our events, so that everyone can feel like they're part of the conversation, even if they're not physically present.