Current Kadima COVID Guidelines

Kadima COVID Guidelines 8/2021

Values:

1. Reliable Communication & Honesty: We communicate regularly with our membership as the situation changes about what we can and are doing, and what we can’t.
2. Staying Informed: We make our evaluation and decisions following the lead of those with the most scientific information and informed by Public Health - Seattle & King County guidance.
3. Access & Equity: We make decisions and send communications with our most vulnerable community members in mind.
4. Expressing Care for Ourselves & Each Other: We express and perform physical, emotional, and spiritual acts of care such as listening; creating space for emotion (fear, sadness, surprise, happiness, anger, and beyond); providing the opportunity for community members to show up with physical support for one another; making spiritual counseling accessible to one another; opening ourselves up for receiving requests for care.

Scope & Commitments:

• Kadima is committed to being a multi-access community that centers disability justice, understanding that for some, online events have not and will not work for them, and for others, onsite events will continue to not work for them -- all for a wide range of reasons and needs. As they are deemed safe by public health professionals, we will have a mix of outdoor onsite events and online events with an aim to serve all of our members. 
• In-person gatherings may be held outdoors utilizing these guidelines. 
• Parties responsible for determining when an event will be held in person are listed below.
• This policy applies to all Kadima community events with the exception of Kadima School. Young people’s programming will have a different set of guidelines that are based on this document and adapted to young people who largely are not yet eligible to be vaccinated. Our Director of Youth & Family Learning, with guidance from staff, teachers, and school families, are in process creating those guidelines and planning Kadima School 5782.

Gathering Guidelines: 
When we gather in-person, we ask everyone to wear a mask and practice physical distancing and Kadima will not serve food. For small outdoor gatherings closed to 10 households or less where everyone in attendance is vaccinated, masking is optional and physical distancing shall be practiced. While we follow these guidelines, for summer 2021, we will hold no indoor events.

Responsible Parties for Community Programming:
When a party chooses to hold an in-person event, Kadima requires that all outdoor gathering requirements, as listed above, are met. 

• Lifecycle Events: The family leading the event, in collaboration with staff, will create events that are responsive to the needs of the family and the needs of congregants.
• Services, Rituals, Holiday Celebrations, & Community Education: Staff, in collaboration with the Beit Avodah when relevant, will create programs that are responsive to the spiritual, social, and physical needs of the Kadima community.
• School: Staff, in collaboration with teachers, will create programming that is responsive to and informed by the unique needs of the young people and families in each class. (Youth and family programming falls outside the scope of these guidelines; see note above under “Scope & Commitments”.)
• Partnerships: Staff and board will make decisions about in-person partnerships based on the guidance below.
• Staff & Clergy Visits: Staff will meet in person with community members at their own discretion, following all guidelines as outlined above.