Youth Organizing Posts
Meet JCUA’s summer interns!
JCUA develops powerful leaders in the Jewish community by providing training, mentorship, and resources for personal growth. Each summer, it...
Immigration victories with help from Or Tzedek teens
JCUA and our partners in the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) recently finished another successful legislative...
Introducing Our 2022 Summer Interns
JCUA is excited to welcome our three summer interns to the team! Dalya Lessem Elnecave, Julia Stern, and Elie...
D’var Torah on Bring Chicago Home
On Saturday, June 4, 2022, Dalya delivered the following D’var Torah at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago. Shabbat Shalom....
Ezra Adamski on Lobbying Day in Springfield
It’s easy to forget how great the Midwestern emptiness is once you escape Chicago’s city limits. The city keeps...
Or Tzedek teens take on Bring Chicago Home campaign
Throughout Or Tzedek, we’ve been learning about organizing and where it exists on the continuum of change-making. (I’d always...
Claire Schwartz on the creation of JCUA’s Youth Organizing Caucus
I was a member of JCUA’s Or Tzedek teen internship program during the summer of 2018, where I learned...