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Hey there, my name is Michelle
Jacobson.

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I use she, her pronouns, and I
am one of the leaders for the

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Salon Elise Group at JCC Denver
this year.

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I am so excited to be leading
this group.

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We're going to talk about so
many really interesting and

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important things, and it's going
to be such a nice space for

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youth to come together and
discover their identities and

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how they relate to both their
sexuality and their Judaism and

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how those two identities can
live together in a really happy

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and healthy way.

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When I was in high school, I was
part of a sort of similar

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leadership program for the
Jewish community, and it really

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helped me discover who I am,
what my passions were, and how I

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could use my Jewish values to
help address so many different

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inequities in the world.

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And I'm really grateful for that
experience, and I really want to

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help provide that experience for
a bunch of queer youth in

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Colorado.

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I really hope to see you soon.