Register here to join us on Thursday 3/25 from 3-4PM for Q&A about the details and implications of the criminal justice reform bill recently passed by the Illinois legislature.
Beckee Birger (Director of Education and Movement Building, JCUA) and Khadine Bennett (Director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs, ACLU-IL) will discuss how the bill relates to police accountability measures, what implementation will involve, and what we need to continue organizing around even after this bill passes.
We will send out a Zoom link before the event.
This is an additional Campaign Selection Process meeting. From 3:00-4:00 we will share the video of the presentations from the February 23 CSP Meeting #3, and then from 4:00-5:00 we will have open space for discussion and questions among members. We hope the additional discussion space on Sunday will allow JCUA members to check in with one another about the campaigns prior to the vote closing on Monday at 5:00 pm.
You can register here for this meeting.
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/2T2xn2UWPUebRyfu5
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Or Tzedek Community Organizing Internship yearly cohort for teens. Click here to learn more, and reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.
Register here to join JCUA for a series of book discussions on the Battle of Lincoln Park by Daniel Kay Hertz! This is an opportunity to learn together about the history of gentrification and activism in our Chicago neighborhoods, and talk about the implications for the political work we do now.
We’ll discuss the first part of the book, Part 1: The Invention of Old Town, on Sunday March 7 from 4-5 PM, and Part 2: The Conservation of Lincoln Park on Sunday March 21 from 1-2 PM. The series will end with a Q&A and book talk with Daniel Hertz sometime in April, date TBD.
Suggestions for where to find the book are in the registration form. If you don’t have time to read the book in the next few weeks but still would like to learn with us, listening to Daniel Hertz’s interview on Episode 44 of The Lit Review Podcast would be good background for our discussions.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.
Join of for our on-going series, The Torah of Organizing. In this session, which you can register for here, we’ll explore what the Torah has to say about policing. This will be an interactive, chavruta (paired-learning) event. This will be an all-levels-are-welcome space, so if you’ve never explored Torah in this way before, this is a perfect place to start. All you need is curiosity and the desire to learn with other JCUA community members!
The JCUA Immigration Committee is hosting a fundraiser for the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund! We know that our communities have the resources to free people held in immigration detention here in Chicago and throughout the Midwest.
Join us for a relational fundraising training on Sunday, March 14th from 5-6:30 to get started, and on Thursday March 18th from 6-7:30 to make calls together. You can register for both here.
A regular meeting for JCUA’s youth organizing caucus – any high school aged person is welcome to attend! We will be building community and deciding where JCUA’s youth will be focussing their energy for the coming months. Reach out to Mara (mara@jcua.org) or Marissa (marissa@jcua.org) with questions or interest!
As we approach Passover, the JCUA Immigration Committee is hosting a fundraiser for the Midwest Immigrant Bond Fund! We know that our communities have the resources to free people held in immigration detention here in Chicago and throughout the Midwest, and we know that in the spirit of Passover we are obligated to help release our communities from bondage.
Join us for a relational fundraising training on Sunday, March 14th from 5-6:30 to get started, and on Thursday March 18th from 6-7:30 to make calls together. You can sign up for both here.
Register here to join JCUA for a series of book discussions on the Battle of Lincoln Park by Daniel Kay Hertz! This is an opportunity to learn together about the history of gentrification and activism in our Chicago neighborhoods, and talk about the implications for the political work we do now.
We’ll discuss the first part of the book, Part 1: The Invention of Old Town, on Sunday March 7 from 4-5 PM, and Part 2: The Conservation of Lincoln Park on Sunday March 21 from 1-2 PM. The series will end with a Q&A and book talk with Daniel Hertz sometime in April, date TBD.
Suggestions for where to find the book are in the registration form. If you don’t have time to read the book in the next few weeks but still would like to learn with us, listening to Daniel Hertz’s interview on Episode 44 of The Lit Review Podcast would be good background for our discussions.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please reach out to Mara Wolkoff (mara@jcua.org) with questions or interest.