Nachum Segal | Interview with CEO at Amudim Zvi Gluck

[music] Golak, the founder of Amudum, is with us. He's also asking everybody to get to it now. Make sure to double your impact, double your value by giving and giving generously over the next few minutes. We're at 2.73 million, 78% of the goal, and we're trying to get to three and a half million as soon as possible. Well, the rumor has it that uh that we may be extending things a bit tonight. What could you tell us about this rumor? >> Well, [clears throat] you know, like any good fundraiser, you know, if we need more money, you just stretch it out. No, but I will say this. We have a lot of requests for certain key segments that people kept messaging us. So, what we're doing is the uh amazing team that we have here and Cippy and Co are actually putting together right now those segments that were most requested so that starting at 9:00 until midnight, they're going to be playing the most requested segments that were played. And then by Thursday, people will be able to go to the website unithill.com and watch all the segments individually, whichever people enjoy the most and be able to watch it. and as you mentioned earlier and keep supporting Amuim not just for the campaign but throughout Thursday becomes available on demand included in what you'll see between 9 and midnight is Jewish Jeopardy a very popular one if you have the other titles feel free to share it with us but that's going to continue >> well the one that he just mentioned right now we had the um uh the Shabas and Nate uh that's that's going to be replayed opposite of addiction which was also very very popular courage to care and courage in the chaos. So, we're we're talking about the segments that were the uh if I'm not mistaken, I think two out of those have our esteemed clinical director on them, right? Miriam Lankree. >> Your thoughts as you look at a big board that says 2.7 million and says 78% of our goal so far. >> So, what is a goal? You know, and a goal is something we want to get to, right? But at Amu, we we understand that it's more about showing up. It's about being there for people that need it. It's always nice to get to the goal, but that's not what it's about. And we appreciate and I look at it over 3,000 people sent a very, very, very loud message today. And that message is to those that are struggling, to victims and survivors of abuse, to people battling addiction. That message is very, very clear. Let's look at the number, right?$2,738,268. Obviously, yes, we'd love to get the 3.5 million and the website is open. People can give money whenever they can. The match ends at 9:00 [clears throat] p.m. Uh although we did speak to some of the sponsors to ask them if they're willing to keep the match going till midnight only because that's, you know, now that we're doing the stream till midnight, >> right? >> Um but hopefully that. But again, let's look at the message. What is the messaging? You know, we're living in crazy times and to be able to send that message. Can I read you a message that we got today? I got to read this to you. This is uh this came today. I I'm not even going to make this up. Okay. People ask us what what's the purpose of Unite to Heal, right? And I always say it's a fundraiser, but it's also about awareness. It's about, you know, doing what we do, right? Okay. I'll be honest. This was not sent to me. This was sent to another one of the staff members. >> I'll be honest, though. Last night, I was such a mess. I'm tearing up now. I really didn't know how I can go on and live the night. I was about to call the suicide hotline and just tell them it was over right before I went on to Amu's campaign and watched a little. And I guess the fact that there's a whole community trying to help me just last night trying to raise money for an organization that helped the abused is honestly what kept me alive and saved me from suicide. >> Wow. Earlier earlier we mentioned that uh among the most difficult situations you have to deal with when people in our community feel that that their time is over. And all I'll say is and I know that this is heavy but it's the end. So why not encourage people to support a cause that's addressing this issue. If people knew the numbers, the statistics, which I don't think you're going to share with us now, of how many cases you had to deal with that unfortunately ended in terrible tragedy, they'd be shocked. >> You know, just recently I was um featured in a couple of clips of mine made their way around the Jewish hemisphere, you know, interviews. And you know what they say, right? Going viral in the Jewish world means more than 5,000 people saw it. So, I went viral. But, um, people were still messaging, "Gh, the numbers. You're lying. You're this. You're that." I'm like, "You know what? I don't get paid for making up numbers." You know, I don't get paid for saying what's happening. People need to know what's really going on without acknowledging. I mean, Mendy Allam said it at that first ever conference, okay? When he said, [snorts] "We don't have all the answers, but let's start asking the questions. If we can ask the questions, we can try to get to the answers. We can't ask the questions without acknowledgement of what's happening. And you know what? It's been 11 years [clears throat] over 20,000 people that has been assisted by Amu. Um, you know, amazing work. The case managers really, I mean, it's the lifeline behind I mean, obviously without, you know, the entire team, you know, D'Vorah, Andy, you know, our board of directors and everybody that makes it happen, but uh, you know, the the lifeline is being there for people when they need it and and being able to answer that call and and that's what we do. [music]