IJBC 2021

I N F O PAC K

CONTENT WELCOME!

WHAT IS IJBC?

IJB BASICS

IJR ELECTIONS

FACILITATORS

TECH TEAM

SESSIONS

SCHEDULE

WELCOME! Welcome to IJBC 2021!

We are so excited to have you participating in our second online International Junior Branch Conference. Usually IJBC is held in person, but because of our current circumstances, it will be held entirely online like last year. Having a virtual IJBC has given us the opportunity to involve more people and try a lot of new things. We have learned so much over the past year and a half of online work and have applied it to this conference. This year we’re continuing the conversations we started last year and we’re so excited to be building Junior Branch with all of you. Almost every session on our schedule will be run twice, to make it as accessible as possible across timezones. We are so proud of what you have all accomplished this year working online and we hope that you can take things from IJBC 2021 to bring back to your own work. We have loved seeing all of the local/national/and regional initiatives that have come out of one of the most difficult times a lot of us have lived through. We hope that IJBC Online continues to contribute to a new norm of accessible online content and we are so honoured to be sharing this experience with you. Thank you for participating in IJBC and we look forward to learning with you! !

Santana and Lexi IJRs

WHAT IS IJBC? IJBC (or the International Junior Branch Conference) is a conference for Junior Branch members to learn, discuss important issues in and outside of the organization, and connect with JBers from around the world. IJBC is a combination of training sessions, educational content, and discussions about the future of Junior Branch. We aim to provide methods and tools for Junior Branches to apply at the local and national level. After IJBC, participants are expected to have increased their attitudes, skills and knowledge to become active global citizens and to have new ideas and skills to use in their local, national, and regional contexts. Usually IJBC takes place every year in a location chosen by the NJRs, however we didn’t want to lose this opportunity to connect because of Covid, so we moved online!

PAST IJBC?

In the past, we’ve held IJBC in each of the 3 regions, last year’s conference being held in Bangkok, Thailand! Usually we are able to have around 100 participants but with our conference being online, we have the cool opportunity to open IJBC up to more people.

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INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR BRANCH International Junior Branch is made up of a lot of different hard-working JBers. We have people working on the regional level as well as the international level to improve Junior Branch on the international level and also support JBers nationally and locally. We are made up of three main groups: our Regional Junior Branch Teams, our International Junior Branch Team (IJB Team), and our International Junior Representatives (IJRs).

REGIONAL JUNIOR BRANCH TEAMS

Americas Junior Branch Team (AJB), Europe Middle East and Africa Junior Branch Team (EJB), Asia Pacific Junior Branch Team (APJB) We have three Regional Junior Branch Teams working with NJRs and Local JBers to support their JBs. Each region is divided into smaller neighbourhoods that are a group of National Junior Branches. One of the responsibilities of the regional teams is to work with their Neighbourhood. They are also responsible for planning the regional junior branch meetings that happen around Easter each year.

There are 3 different roles that someone can hold on the IJB Team: Committee member, specialist, or project manager. Committee members are JBers who sit on CISV International committees (in Chapter Development, Training & Quality Assurance, Resources & Infrastructure, and Educational Programmes), bringing their experience and providing a JB perspective. They work with CISV members to improve the organization as a whole and liaise back to the IJB Team. Specialists each focus on one topic, working on ways to support JBers and improve our current practices. They are responsible for working with the IJRs, Regional Teams, and NJRs to bring information to Junior Branch.

INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR BRANCH

TEAMS

The International Junior Branch Team is made up of JBers from across the world who are either working in specific areas of Junior Branch or representing Junior Branch in CISV. The IJB Team is responsible for representing JB on different CISV committees, creating projects to support JB, and helping lead Junior Branch as a whole. Right now we have 13 people on the IJB Team.

Project Managers have only one focus in their role on the IJB Team. Each has a project they are working to bring to life. Our projects are spread across different themes and target different audiences, from NJRs to local JBers. All three roles on the IJB Team often find opportunities to collaborate and work together. Often our projects have pieces that overlap or members have specific knowledge that benefits a project. We are working to become more efficient in what we do but over the past few years a lot of progress has been made.

INTERNATIONAL JUNIOR

REPRESENTATIVES

There are always two IJRs, a junior and a senior, who are responsible for coordinating the IJB Team, representing Junior Branch, and planning the International Junior Branch Conference. Right now, your IJRs are Natasha from Indonesia (senior) and Santana from Canada (junior). One of the roles the IJRs take on is coordinating the IJB Team. They work with the specialists, committee members, and project managers on their projects and offer feedback and advice. The IJRs also represent Junior Branch more formally and have one vote each as members of CISV International. This includes voting for new Governing Board members and voting on motions. New committees or working groups also often ask for a JB representative, so the IJRs work with them to find someone to fit the role. Finally, the IJRs are responsible for coordinating and planning IJBC. In nonpandemic years, this means working with the hosting country to organize the site and logistics as well as working with the facilitators to plan the content.

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IJR ELECTIONS Every year, the National Junior Representatives vote on a new International Junior Representative to start their 2-year term from the end of IJBC. This will take place online in August this year. Please find below the timeline for the IJR Election Process: 15 JAN -1 APR 2021 1 APR -15 APR 2021

Nomination for IJR opens Nominees decide to accept/decline their nomination

15 APR - 1 MAY 2020

Candidates fill in and submit the IJR Written Questionnaire

1 MAY - 23 AUG 2021

Candidacy period

23 AUG 2021

Deadline for NJRs to update the NJR Directory to vote To do this, please contact your National Secretaries and/or your Regional Team

23 AUG 2021

IJR Candidate Q&A We will be changing the way we do IJR candidate Q&As to make them more accessible. This year, we will compile a list of questions with input from JBers and give them to the candidate. The candidate then has 48 hours to record their answers and send it to the IJRs. All JBers will have access to the video.

25 AUG 2021

IJR Candidate Q&A published We will publish our Q&A on the IJB website

From 00:00 GMT

Election voting window

27 AUG to

We will publish the election form in the IJB website and provide the

23:59 GMT 29 AUG

link to the registered NJR emails. Eligible NJRs may cast their vote within the voting window

29 AUG 2020

Election result announcement

IJR CANDIDATE

VOTING

This year, we have 1 International Junior Representative

candidate,

Nguyen

from CISV Vietnam. You can read her IJR Questionnaire here! Voters will have the option to vote for, against and abstain the candidate. To be elected, the candidate requires a 50% + 1 of the votes cast, including abstentions. You can find the IJR Election Procedures here

ACTION ITEMS National Junior Representatives to update the NJR Directory with the correct Senior NJR email address by Monday, August 23 2021 NJRs to receive and share the link to the published Candidate Q&A on Wednesday, August 25 2021 Senior NJRs to receive the link to vote in their registered email address, and cast their vote within the voting window (00:00 GMT 27 August to 23:59 GMT 29 August)

IJBC 2021 FACILITATORS

IJBC Facilitators have been working really hard for months to deliver participants the best content sessions for IJBC 2021. Get to know a little bit about them!

JOAO (POR)

Hello everyone. I’m João from Portugal. I’m currently 22 years old (although i’l turn 23 during IJBC :)) and I am studying law in Lisbon. I joined CISV in 2010, JB in 2015 and I just recently stepped down from my position within the organization. Ever since i attended my first EJBEAM in 2017 that I have been absolutely in love with the international scene of Junior Branch, so i cannot wait for this opportunity to get to meet you all in IJBC 2021

XIME (MEX)

Hola amigos! My name is Ximena but you can call me Xime. I’m 19 years old and I’m from Mexico. Currently I’m mosaic board in my chapter Querétaro. I joined CISV/JB in 2018 and I was a JC in 2019. Ever since I’ve been involved in many local and international projects/ initiatives. CISV has completely changed my life. It has made me a more conscious, open minded, skilled girl and thanks to having this opportunity, I discovered what I want to do with my life. I’m a very open, social and kind person and I tend to make friends really easy so I hope I’m getting to know all of you during this IJBC.

TUYA (EGY) helloo, I’m Tuya from Egypt. I’m 18 years old, just graduated highschool and am about to start university in California. I’ve been involved in JB ever since j was 13 and it never gets old. I loved getting to know so many different ppl last IJBC online and am even more excited this year. See you soon <3

TOMAS (BRA) Hi everyone, I’m Tomas from Brazil. I’m 19 years old and currently an undergraduate student majoring in International Relations at the University of São Paulo. I’ve been a CISVer for 13 years and a Jber for 8, so I have much love and history for our organization! I am currently the Sr NJR fo JB Brazil. Beyonds that, I’m a big meme person so if you have any please send them to me at IJBC!

SHAMS (EGY) Hey everyone! My name is Shams (it means sun in arabic) and I’m 17 years old. I live in Cairo and have been part of CISV since i was 11 and JB since i was 14. I’m currently in the process of stepping down from a short term NJR position, and am hoping to stay involved in JB and CISV internationally through things like IJBC. I’m very passionate about the organization because I really love what it stands for and the culture it’s trying to spread, so I decided I wanted to contribute to that by becoming a facilitator in this year’s IJBC. Can’t wait to see you all there! <3

ALISHA (INA) Hello! I’m Alisha or Asha! I’m 22 years old, JB from Indonesia. I’ve been in JB since I was 14 and have been involved in many activities from CISV. For me, being a part of JB is an amazing journey. I love it when I can learn something new and be a part of the activities who can develop my own skills. Currently, I’m also a part of the behavior team in GSRDInternational Working Group. By joining this group, I feel I can be more aware and open up my mind about diversity that occurs in the scope of CISV and the global. Outside CISV, I’m a final year psychology student with a discipline Industrial and Organizational Psychology, also I’m an intern in one of mental health platformsas an HR Specialist. I also like cooking, watching K- Drama, listening to music and hiking! I’m so excited for IJBC 2021!

VY (VIE)

Hi :) I’m Vy and I’m this year’s IJR candidate. I’m 18 and I joined JB in 2019. Within IJB, I’m most involved in DEI works as the IJB liaison on the GSRD working group. IJBC has always been a great platform for JBers around the world to connect and learn from each other, and this year presents an extra special opportunity for reflection given our last year online. I currently live in Hanoi, Vietnam, but will be leaving for Dublin soon for my college, where I study sociology and statistics! Some of my interests are Spotify playlists, AO3, and intersectional advocacy.

DJAMIL (ALG) Aloha :) I’m Djamil, I’m the JR NJR of Algeria as well as the project manager for the EMEA JB team. I joined JB in 2019 and since then, all I remember is a journey full of good memories, love and passion. If I start stating my favourite parts of JB I won’t stop, so I’ll only give the most important one which is for me the spirituality behind JB. I’m really honoured and proud to be one of the facilitators of this year’s IJBC and I’m really excited for you to discover all that we came up with. Besides CISV, I’m a writer, and I have a bachelor in mechanical engineering, and now I’m aiming for new studies in the field of literature and arts.

NOUR (LEB) Hello everyone :] This is Nour from Lebanon !! I’m 17 and currently the content coordinator for JB Lebanon. I joined JB Lebanon in late 2019, but didn’t truly have a chance to get into CISV until IJBC 2020. Through there I grew such a strong passion for CISV and met such wonderful people, and am now so excited to be a part of the facilitator team this IJBC !! Outside of CISV I’m about to start uni in Sweden. Some of my interests are music, reading, working out and learning all kinds of new things !

BRENO (BRA)

Hi, I’m Breno! I am 19 years old and soon to be the senior LJR for the Rio de Janeiro chapter!!! Ever since I joined CISV in 2017, JB has been my sweetheart and every opportunity I had to be there and exercise the CISV way inside and outside the CISV community I took and embraced it. I’m really excited to be adding some of my twists and ideas to this IJBC! Outside of CISV my favorite things are cooking and discovering new things!

SANTANA (CAN) Hi I’m Santana, the senior IJR, from Canada. I’ve been in JB since I was 13 and have been involved locally, national, regionally, and internationally. My favourite part of JB is learning from other people, so I’m really excited for what IJBC is going to bring! Outside of CISV, I’m doing my Masters in Public Policy and I love knitting.

LEXI (AUT) hi, I’m Lexi, the junior IJR, from Vienna, Austria. I have been in CISV since I went to a village as a child and I joined JB when I was 17. Since then, I have been involved on the local, national, regional and international level of Junior Branch. JB has often been my comfort place, and I like that we can try out new things and ideas, and it’s ok if they fail sometimes. Outside of CISV, I study literary translation and I like to read, sew and do puzzles.

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IJBC 2021 TECH TEAM SEBA (CHL) Hey, I’m Sebastian, part of the Tech Team. I am from Chile, participating in the JB since 2019, participating mostly at a national and regional level. I really enjoy the atmosphere and people I’ve met as a JBer, being this what I treasure from activities such as the IJBC. That’s why I’ve been trying to do my best for this year’s event! Also, I’m a high school student, interested in programming and playing the guitar.

PABLO (SPA)

Hello, it’s Pablo here. I’ve been around JB since 2016, and I’ve had uncountable amounts of fun. In my way to let younger JBers take the lead of this amazing platform, I found myself joining the Tech Team that will help during this IJBC to try to make it as accessible for everyone as possible. As for myself, I’m very political, curious, and I’d like to be a professor in the future.

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JÚLIA (BRA)

Hello! I’m Júlia from Brasil and I’m a part of the Tech Team for this year’s IJBC. I’m currently a junior member of the AJB Team and I have been around the JB since 2018, participating mainly on a local and regional level. It has been a great experience to participate in the behind the scenes of the event and I can’t wait to see what it’s going to be like this year! I also go to university for Public Policy and I love baking and singing.

JAMES (PHI)

What up y’all! The name’s James, part of this year’s IJBC tech team, and I’m from the Philippines. I’m currently the senior member of the APJB Team and the region’s communication specialist. Have been part of the JB for as long as I can remember and I can honestly say that it has been a blast to be involved in a fun, diverse, and like minded community. Besides having quite a passion for the JB, I’m quite passionate about being creative and creating something out from an idea especially through photography, graphic designing, animation and cinematography.

YUGAM (IND)

Namaste! I’m Yugam from JB India and I’m a part of this year’s tech team. I’m also a junior member of the APJB team. I have been a part of JB since 2018. Outside cisv, I love editing videos and clicking pictures! I begin college this month as a student of Global Affairs. Looking forward to having fun and helping you guys with any tech related stuff. Let’s make the best of IJBC!

SOFIA FAINBERG(BRA)

Hello guys! I am Sofia from JB Brasil! I am a member from the tech team of IJBC 2021. I have been around JB since 2017 and I am really excited to have a lot of fun and make this event amazing! Anything you need related to tech, I am here to help! From my life out of CISV, I love design and photography. I am really looking forward to meet you all!

SOFIA FISCHER (BRA) Hey everyone! I’m also Sofia from Brazil, and I’m one of the Tech Team Members :) I joined JB exactly 1 year ago, at last year’s IJBC, and have fallen in love with it since then! I’m currently a junior LJR, and am trying to get involved in JB as much as I can! Other than that, I love gardening, practicing sports, baking and doing some arts and crafts every now and then. I still have a couple of years left at school, but plan on studying Biology after that :) I’m super excited to get to meet every single one of you, and am sure it’ll be amazing! Kisses and see ya!

IJBC 2021 SESSIONS

IJBC will be full of very interesting and relevant sessions, remember you can participate in as many sessions as you want. Find out more about them:

NEW HORIZONS THREAD SESSIONS ON 7 AUG 13:00, 8 AUG 1:00, 13 AUG 7:00 & 19:00 UTC

In the aftermath of this challenging year, we are hoping with this thread to provide you with a moment to stop, take a deep breath, clear your mind from the franticness of trying to maintain Junior Branch throughout a pandemic, and finally, to gaze at the future and our path towards it. We will explore our current strengths, weaknesses, challenges and from that foundation we will chart a roadmap for the future of JB at both the national and international level.

BREAKING THE LOOP

This session aims to provide a platform for a reflection on the current state of motivation at both and individual and organizational level. While simultaneously, allowing us to tackle some of the most pressing issues that Junior Branch faces today.

PAVE THE WAY

This session was mainly created for the participants to reflect on the current situation and how can we use what we’ve learned to build an even better jb in the next 5 years

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION THREAD SESSIONS ON 7 AUG 7:00 & 19:00, 15 AUG 7:00 & 19:00 UTC

Participants in this thread will reflect on their activism, specifically in the context of CISV/ JB. Through this evaluation and reflection, they will gain better ASK (Attitudes, skills, and knowledge) that will allow them to better their advocacy.

INDIVIDUAL SAVIOR COMPLEX

Through group discussions and reflective prompts, participants will be given an opportunity to look at their privileges through an analytical lens and how these advantages may have resulted in an unhealthy relationship with advocacy.

INSTITUTIONAL SAVIOR COMPLEX

Picking up on the individual reflection done in the first session, participants will apply their understanding of the saviour complex to dissect CISV and JB’s mission and advocacy, and different ways our organization may have tiptoed into performative activism. Through simulation activities, they will reflect on the systemization of implicit biases and how to reconstruct their activism to cater better to the community they aim to serve.

COMMUNITY BUILDING THREAD SESSIONS ON 8 AUG 13:00, 9 AUG 1:00, 14 AUG 13:00, 15 AUG 1:00 UTC

Welcome to the community building thread ! We’re so excited to have you be a part of this. In this thread we will be exploring what it truly means to be a CISV community in all of its aspects and branches; and how to communicate well through all of this to maintain a sustainable community. We’ll also be delving into how to improve these communities in order to strengthen them and be more inclusive.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

PARALLEL PANELS:

For this activity, we want to address communication with the group of participants. They will be confronted with different situations in which they will have to be wise on how they will do things.

DEFYING GRAVITY

A panel to talk about how you can defy the JB hierarchy and the stereotypes behind it

BEING A LEADER IS BEING A GOOD COMMUNICATOR?

This panel will talk about how being a good communicator makes one a good Leader.

MORE FROM IJBC 2021! INTRODUCTION SESSIONS

If this is your first time at an international JB event, and you want to better understand the structure and different roles, this session is for you! Our Introduction to IJBC is for everyone, will introduce the conference, and be the official start of IJBC!

OPEN SPACES

Open spaces are a place where JBers can bring their own topics they are passionate about and facilitate their own discussion or activity.

ZOOM OUT

Zoom out groups are an opportunity to meet other JBers and debrief about what we’ve discussed so far. Each Zoom Out we will have different groups, so feel free to participate as many or as few times as you would like

MOVIE CLUB

At IJBC, we will be holding another movie club on the film “The Shawshank Redemption”. Information on the movie can be found here (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111161/ ). We encourage you to watch the movie on your own, and we will be having a debrief together during the second weekend of IJBC. The movie can be found on Netflix. This movie deals with sensitive topics, such as being in prison, violence, and assault.

DATE/TIME: 6 AUG 7:00, 13:00, 19:00 & 7 AUG 1:00 UTC

DATE/TIME: 8 AUG 10:00 & 22:00, 14 AUG 7:00 & 19:00 UTC

DATE/TIME: 8 AUG 16:00, 14 AUG 22:00, 15 AUG 16:00 UTC

DATE/TIME: 14 AUG 10:00 UTC

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