Upcoming Events
JCUA stays busy! Join us for an upcoming committee meeting, training, special event, coalition gathering, and more.
Immigration Advocacy in Springfield: May 2023
Join JCUA and our ICIRR coalition partners for a trip to Springfield to advocate for our immigration justice platform! Traveling to talk to our representatives face-to-face is a powerful way to demonstrate our commitment to the platform. We'll carpool down to Springfield in the morning and join our ICIRR partners for a brief training. We'll […]
Youth Organizing Caucus Meeting
ZoomJoin the Youth Organizing Caucus for their May meeting. Register here.
NCJW Salon: Anti-Hate
ZoomJudy Levey, Executive Director of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and Beth Gendler, Executive Director of Jewish Community Action (in Minnesota) will speak about the work they’re doing within and beyond the Jewish community to combat antisemitism and white supremacy. They will share elements of training programs that they offer to a variety of multiracial and inter-generational audiences, and innovative strategies for […]
Housing and Economic Justice Committee Meeting
HybridJoin the Housing and Economic Justice Committee for their May meeting, hybrid at SketchPad and Zoom. Register here.
Organizing 101
Sketchpad 4411 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL, United StatesPlease join us for JCUA's annual Organizing 101 training! Organizing 101 will cover the foundational skills and concepts around community organizing: power analysis, values, relationships, self-interest; one-on-ones, and our connections as Jews. This training is a great opportunity to learn and practice core organizing skills, meet other JCUA members, and gain a better understanding of our methods […]
May Kol Or Meeting
HybridWe invite those who identify as JOC to come join us for our monthly Kol Or meetings. This meeting will be hybrid and we will be gathering at Sketchpad. Register here.
CCPSA Meeting
Malcolm X College 1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, ILEvanston Tikkun Leil Shavuot
Beth Emet The Free Synagogue 1224 Dempster St, Evanston, ILAll are welcome on Thursday evening, May 25, beginning at 6:30 pm, as multiple Evanston communities will again join together under the banner of “One Jewish Evanston” to celebrate the beginning of Shavuot. At 9:45pm, learn with JCUA Housing Justice Fellow Sam Rose and JCUA member Rabbi Suzanne Griffel about class and the Jewish community. […]
Money Talks: Class Analysis Working Group
Edgewater Beach Community Garden 5301 N Sheridan Rd, Chicago, ILInterested in developing a class analysis? Interested in interrogating your own giving practices? Want to talk to a community of cool people about money? Join us for dinner and discussion for our kickoff Money Talks meeting! Register here.
Immigration Committee Meeting
Join the Immigration Committee for their ~monthly meeting. Register here.
Acts of Change 2023
Artifact Events 4325 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, ILEvery year, JCUA members, supporters, and partners come together for Acts of Change, our flagship event. We spend a fun and enlivening summer evening celebrating JCUA’s collective impact, honoring leaders in our community, and sustaining our work into the future. We are proud to present the Rabbi Robert J. Marx Social Justice Award to Gerry & Steve […]