JCUA Blog

Meet JCUA’s New Development Associate – Matt!

| By Hannah Wolod
Categories: Other
Hello! My name is Matt Teitelbaum and I’m absolutely thrilled to have recently joined the staff at JCUA as a Development Associate. I moved to Chicago in April of 2018 looking for new opportunities after graduating from college in Baltimore, Maryland with a double major in political science and public relations. JCUA immediately stood out …

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Thank you for making Acts of Change a success!

| By Hannah Wolod
Categories: Other
We are so grateful to the nearly 400 guests who joined us for our 2018 Annual Acts of Change Dinner in celebration of JCUA’s work over the past year. The evening was a huge success, surpassing our fundraising goals and enabling JCUA to continue to grow its impact on social justice in Chicago. We were honored to present Peggy Slater with the Rabbi …

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JCUA Provides Two New Zero-Interest Loans to Latinos Progresando and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives

| By Hannah Wolod
Categories: CVP
 Community Ventures Program Update: JCUA Provides Two New Zero-Interest Loans to Latinos Progresando and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Latinos Progresando (LP), A 20-year old community organization, was awarded a $100,000 CVP loan to acquire and rehabilitate a 9330 sq. ft. facility in Little Village. This will allow LP to expand its services to the community through high-quality, low-cost immigration legal services, technical assistance to small …

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