It’s difficult to think strategically about what we hope to accomplish—harder still to commit to those objectives in writing, where we can look back and see whether we met our own expectations; there’s nothing worse than letting oneself down. And we all know how difficult it is to keep to resolutions.

But resolutions can be powerful, too. It is only when we set, and live up to, resolutions that we find out how much we can truly achieve. Indeed, it is through setting resolutions as part of the Real Partners. Real Peace. initiative that campus activists at the University of Florida passed a resolution in their student government, by a vote of 66 to 1, supporting Israel in its quest for peace; that campus activists at Yale University passed a resolution in the Yale Political Union opposing unilateral Palestinian statehood; that campus activists at UConn collected hundreds of signatures for a statement of support calling for an immediate resumption of direct negotiations, without preconditions, between Israelis and Palestinians; that campus activists at Cornell organized a lobbying trip to Washington, DC; and that campus activists on dozens of other campuses around the country, in just the past few weeks, have found themselves capable of achieving more in campus Israel advocacy, in the month of September, than many ever thought possible.

In the spirit of the New Year, consider some potential resolutions. You can, of course, tailor them for yourself and for your own campus Israel network. But I would suggest that you choose at least one that seems appropriate and share it with a friend to hold yourself accountable. Better still—choose one that two or more of you could do together; a resolution that we take on with a friend is more achievable than one we take for ourselves.

Here, then, for your consideration, are some campus Israel advocacy New Year resolutions:

•This year, I resolve to think more strategically about campus Israel advocacy. Instead of planning programs like a “hookah in the sukkah” or a camel on the quad simply for the sake of having a program, I will help to set strategic relationship-building goals for my campus Israel network and help to tailor our programming to meet those goals, rather than the other way around.

•This year, I resolve to ask completely new people to participate in our campus Israel network, in completely new and different ways. I will stop asking people to attend programs where they can only be passive listeners; that’s demeaning and suggests that they are no better than seat-warmers. Instead, I will ask them to contribute their skills and their passions, and identify the needs that our network has that they, and only they, can meet.

•This year, I resolve to extend my campus Israel network to include key decision-makers for Israel, on campus and beyond. I will forge a personal, lasting, sincere relationship with at least one such decision-maker. I will ensure that they know who I am and why I care so passionately about Israel and how it is portrayed and perceived on my campus.

•This year, I resolve to improve my own advocacy skills by attending one of the many advocacy training programs offered by the organizations that support the campus Israel network. I will not let my own uncertainties in my own abilities, the belief that someone else is better qualified or better positioned, or the fallacy that I should (or do!) already know everything I need to know prevent me from acquiring the skills that I need.

•This year, I resolve not only to visit Israel personally, but also to bring with me someone important to my campus Israel network who has never been there, so that they can experience firsthand the qualities that make me so passionate in my commitment.

•This year, I resolve to mentor another member of the campus Israel network. None of us can accomplish what our campus community needs by ourselves. I resolve to share what I know and have learned, and to help make it easier for others to do the same.

•This year, I resolve to give back. I know that I did not get to where I am on my own. The campus Israel network deserves my support as much as it has supported me.

•This year, I resolve to move the needle. Activity is not enough; I resolve not just to be busy as a campus Israel supporter, but to work systematically to improve the environment regarding Israel on my campus in tangible, measurable, concrete ways.

•This year, I resolve to get outside my comfort zone and to do something new to build a better campus Israel environment. I know that doing the same old things will only lead to the same old results. I resolve to seek innovation and creative thinking; and, once I find it, I resolve to act on it.

Find a resolution that speaks to you and make it part of your own resolutions for the New Year, whether it be a spiritual or merely academic New Year that you are contemplating. And I hope, too, that the New Year is filled with health, happiness, peace, and joy for all of us and for Israel.