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Build Power with JCUA at Mayoral Candidate Forums

January 14, 2019

| By Hannah Wolod

Dear JCUA Members and Supporters – With Chicago municipal elections coming up, I wanted to remind you all why civic engagement is so critical to JCUA’s work. We’ve said it before and I will say it again here – If we want a city council and mayor that will support our values and our campaigns for …

Get Involved in Chicago Municipal Elections with JCUA

December 21, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Civic Engagement

Municipal Elections are in Two Months! Opportunities for Civic Engagement with JCUA JCUA is excited to be working on civic engagement leading up to the Chicago Municipal elections this February. If we want a city council and mayor that will support our efforts to create a more just Chicago, we need to work to elect representatives who feel accountable …

December Update

December 14, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Other

Spread Light with Your Year-End Gift to JCUA Over 100 JCUA friends joined us for our Chai-Lights Hanukkah Party (click for photos!). We are inspired by your energy and passion for pursuing justice, and are grateful that so many of you choose to live your Jewish values with us. This year, we hope that you will make …

Congregational Energy for Impact

December 5, 2018

| By Paul Peterson

Categories: Congregation Partners

I began working with JCUA’s police accountability organizing efforts two years ago in order to express my Jewish values – the primary importance of good deeds, taking a stand against acts of injustice, caring for the stranger in our midst – and felt fortunate to find JCUA just before the election debacle that put the …

Build Community with JCUA

December 5, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Fundraising, Jewish Community

2018 has been a challenging year. Racism, bigotry, antisemitism – these scourges feel more prevalent, public and dangerous than ever before, but these are not new threats. Our community partners and our own Jewish community have been fighting systemic oppression for generations. That is why JCUA was founded; that is what has fueled our work since, and …