JCUA Blog - Jewish Council on Urban Affairs

Take Action for Police Accountability with CPCA and GAPA

June 28, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: JCUA Project and Campaign Endorsements, Police Brutality

Take Action with CPCA for a Just Police Union Contract Join the Coalition for Police Contracts Accountability (CPCA) for a press conference and canvassing on the one-year anniversary of the expiration of the Fraternal Order of Police union contract. We will demand our aldermen and mayor change the current union contract to end CPD’s code of silence and allow for real accountability and transparency around police misconduct. …

Meet Danny Cooper – JCUA’S 2018 Summer Organizing and Communications Intern

June 26, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Interns & Internships

Hi! My name is Danny Cooper, and I am the Organizing and Communications Intern this summer. I am very excited about the opportunity to contribute to JCUA’s important justice work, particularly in the current tumultuous political environment. I grew up in New York City and am a rising senior at Northwestern University, where I am …

Meet Avital Raff – JCUA’s 2018 Summer Organizing Intern!

June 26, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Interns & Internships

Hi! My name is Avital Raff and I am working as an Organizing Intern with JCUA this summer. I am excited to be working with such a rich and energized organization that unites the Chicago Jewish community around social justice work. I grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey until my family relocated to Evanston, …

Meet Rachel Williams – JCUA’s 2018 Or Tzedek Intern!

June 26, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Interns & Internships

Hi! My name is Rachel Williams and I am very excited to be joining the JCUA Team as the Or Tzedek Intern this summer. The work that Or Tzedek does to teach teens building blocks of social justice grounded in Jewish tradition and identity is close to my heart, and I am thrilled to have the …

Take Action for Immigration Justice at a Local, State and National Level

June 20, 2018

| By Hannah Wolod

Categories: Immigration Reform

Take Action for Immigration Justice with JCUA As we head into a period of mourning in the Jewish calendar, we must work together to repair the systems that are tearing immigrant families and lives apart. We must end the criminalization of immigrants and refugees in Chicago, Illinois and the United States. We cannot stand idly …