Event Calendar
The meeting will be from 6:15 until 8:00 PM at SketchPad (4700 N. Ravenswood). There will be an orientation for first time attendees at 6:00 PM. And there will be snacks!
We will be reviewing JCUA’s Leadership Development tools, going over a JCUA Civic Engagement plan for the municipal elections, and, as always, sharing campaign/committee updates and doing some relationship building.
Please note that JCORE meetings are for JCUA members. Sign up for membership at jcua.org/membership
RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/C79weLmVfR9noBmH3
Join us on Monday, January 14th at 6:30 pm at Beth Emet (1224 Dempster Street, Evanston) for our ~monthly Immigration Committee meeting. RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/NULpxyjkdhLzFluF3
JCUA is participating in the Grassroots Collaborative #ReImagineChicago Mayoral candidates forum. The #ReImagineChicago platform is a broad vision for a more just Chicago, including three campaigns we are working on: civilian oversight of the Chicago Police Department, the Welcoming City Ordinance, and the #EraseTheDatabase campaign
Wednesday, January 16, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
New Mt. Pilgrim Church
4301 W. Washington Blvd.
RSVP Here
The Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability is teaming up with Community Renewal Society for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Faith in Action Assembly & Mayoral Candidate Forum so that we can let our candidates know we care deeply about police accountability. RSVP here.
Time/Date: Monday, January 21st, 9am-12pm
Location: Liberty Baptist Church (4849 South King Drive)
Childcare will be provided.
Email avra@jcua.org for questions.
Join Avodah, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Mishkan Chicago, Repair the World and Silverstein Base Hillel for our third annual Chicago Justice Series. This year we will focus on themes of safety and security through a Jewish lens: examining our relationships as Jews to law enforcement historically and today, exploring local work on police accountability, and thinking about how various identities we hold may impact how we think about our own safety.
The series will begin with a public kickoff event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in the evening and will continue with cohort-based learning monthly until the end of May. Looking forward to seeing you for a meaningful discussion over a delicious (and free!) dinner. Please RSVP.
If you are interested in being a part of the cohort for the entire series, please email Hannah Arwe at hannaharwe@jcua.org.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please visit jcua.org/organizingfellowship to learn more about the program.
If you are interested in getting more involved with JCUA‘s campaign work on police accountability, this is a great way to do so. Committee meetings are for members only, so if you haven’t yet, join us!
You can RSVP for the meeting here.
*Update: Due to extreme weather conditions, the meeting will not be a conference call instead. Contact avra@jcua.org for call information.
Please email Avra Shapiro for more information (avra@jcua.org).
Join ICIRR members at our annual summit, where we will launch our 2019 legislative platform!
Redefining Citizenship: A New Vision for Collective Liberation
Join us for a rally, accountability session, and breakout sessions where we will be challenging the traditional notion of citizenship. What does citizenship for all mean? And how do we come to a more inclusive understanding of what it means to be a citizen in our society?
The summit is our time to unite around issues that are important to us, and get ready to fight and win our campaigns for this year!
AES is hosting a conversation on how Illinois can support immigrants through upcoming pieces of legislation from ICIRR’s 2019 platform. It will take place from 10:30 – 11:30 am on Sunday, Feb 10 in the Rose Crown Room at Anshe Emet.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please visit jcua.org/organizingfellowship to learn more about the program.
Join us on Monday, February 18th at 6:30 pm at SketchPad (4700 N. Ravenswood Ave.) for our ~monthly Immigration Committee meeting. If you are new to the committee, or want a refresher, there will be a brief orientation at 6:15 pm. We look forward to seeing you there!
*Please note: we have a slightly longer RSVP form this time! Please hang in there as we update our database system!
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please visit jcua.org/organizingfellowship to learn more about the program.
Join Avodah, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Mishkan Chicago, Repair the World and Silverstein Base Hillel for our third annual Chicago Justice series. This year we will focus on themes of safety and security through a Jewish lens: examining our relationships as Jews to law enforcement historically and today, exploring local work on police accountability, and thinking about how various identities we hold may impact how we think about our own safety.
Register below for the series, which costs $25 a person and includes dinners at all sessions. If cost is a barrier to participation we are happy to work with you – we want this space to be accessible to everyone. Email Rabbi Megan (rabbimegan@gmail.com) and we will make it work!
Register through Mishkan Chicago’s page
Session Dates
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Thursday February 21, 6:30-8:30
What do safety and security look like to each of us? What could it look like? In the opening session of the cohort we will begin by situating ourselves in what makes us feel safe, how our intersecting identities impact that and in how we want to build Jewish community as a cohort addressing safety and security. We will engage with and reflect on sources from historians, thinkers and leaders that bring up different frameworks for understanding community safety and accountability.
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Thursday March 28, 6:30-8:30
What does Judaism teach us about safety? In this session we will bring in Jewish texts of different kinds to examine what our own traditions, values and practices tell us about the creation of safety, the role of police and other accountability systems. We will reflect upon what these mean for us now and how we want to continue unpacking meanings of safety through a Jewish lens.
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Tuesday April 23, 6:30-8:30
How do systems of policing and security impact those within them?In our third session we will develop an analysis of policing and safety that understands the systemic impact police have on society as well as the experiences of those who operate within the police system. We will engage with resources and text that illuminate how a system like the Chicago Police Department functions and how those working within it understand their role in building community safety.
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Thursday May 9, 6:30-8:30
Where do we go from here? Before our closing Shabbat on May 31st, this final session will provide space to think about how we bring what we have learned in this series to our daily lives. What this looks like will depend on the flow of the conversation thus far in the series. We will learn about ongoing campaign work around police accountability including ways to get involved and take action. There will also be space to brainstorm together about community safety planning in Jewish spaces, and other opportunities to continue unpacking issues around safety and security.
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Friday May 31, 6-9 pm, Shabbat Dinner
Register through Mishkan Chicago’s page
We will be heading down to Springfield on Tuesday, March 5 to kickoff our fights for KIFTA and RISE in Springfield this year. We’ll rally in the rotunda with the rest of our partners in the Campaign for a Welcoming IL, and then we will try to talk to our state legislators to secure their support for our bills.
We are working to coordinate transportation for everyone who is interested in attending. Please reach out to Anna Rubin (anna@jcua.org) ASAP to ensure you have a seat waiting for you on March 5!
Join us for our ~monthly Police Accountability Committee meeting on Thursday, March 7th, at 6:30 pm, with a 6:00 orientation for newer folks. Meeting location and carpooling document are in the RSVP form here.
*Note: meetings are for members only. Sign up to become a member here.
Contact avra@jcua.org for more info.
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Organizing Fellowship yearly cohort for college-aged young folks. Please visit jcua.org/organizingfellowship to learn more about the program.
At this gathering we will continue to build relationships across congregations, dig into some questions that have been coming up for several of our partners (like: how do you track and keep volunteers and participants engaged long term??), and share best practices around recent and upcoming congregation justice events, with an eye towards Passover programming. Join us!