October 2-4, we held the 1st Local Conference of Leaders of Dialogue. Apart from the annual Leaders of Dialogue conferences, which we organize in Warsaw, we want to meet our leaders in the places where they actually do their work. This time we visited them in Będzin, Gliwice, Zabrze, Wielowieś and Toszek.

The Local Conference of Leaders of Dialogue was co-financed from funds granted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund and the Pratt Foundation.

Thanks to Karolina and Piotr Jakoweńko (Brama Cukermana), Dariusz Walerjański and Grzegorz Kamiński we spent a very intensive weekend, getting to know the history of Jewish culture in Zagłębie and Upper Silesia.
The goal of the meeting was to present the work of the local Leaders there: their everyday work for the Polish-Jewish dialogue and commemoration of Jewish history. The meeting created a space in which we could share and exchange experiences and inspiration. As a group, supportive of each other, we are much stronger.