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.
JCUA’s Kol Or is a place for those who identify as Jews of Color to build community and play an influential role in the direction of JCUA’s work. Meet in the Winter Garden of the library at 1:15 and in Room 3N-6 at 1:45.
Contact community organizer Jackie Baldwin (jackie@jcua.org) with questions.
Join us for our Police Accountability Committee meeting at 6:30 pm. This meeting will take place via zoom. Contact avra@jcua.org to attend.
Please note: our committee meetings are open to members- become a member here. https://jcua.org/membership/
Join us at Sketchpad for a new JCUA member orientation. The orientation will begin promptly at 6:15 (snacks served at 6:00 pm) and will go until 8:15 PM. This location is wheel-chair accessible.
Sign up for membership at jcua.org/membership.
RSVP here. Contact Anna Rubin (anna@jcua.org) with questions.
Alderpeople Matt Martin, Andre Vasquez, and Maria Hadden hold a town hall to discuss the city budget, how it impacts the North side, and how we can implement the bold vision for our communities that we know is possible.
RSVP for the event.
Co-sponsored with ONE Northside, The People’s Lobby and Jane Addams Senior Caucus.
We will be meeting next on Sunday, October 20 at 1:00 pm. Please fill out this RSVP form to let us know if you can make it!
When: Sunday, October 20, 1:00 pm
Where: North Suburban Location TBD
We will be debriefing the breakout group discussions from our September 17th event, discussing the upcoming legislative session in Springfield and what’s on the horizon for the Campaign for a Welcoming IL, and laying the groundwork and brainstorming ideas for bringing the fight for a Graduated Income Tax to Illinois. Join us!
Email Anna Rubin (anna@jcua.org) with any questions
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Or Tzedek Community Organizing Internship yearly cohort for teens. Click here to learn more!
JCUA’s White Racial Justice Working Group will be meeting to continue to learn together and hold each other accountable around racial justice. If you are interested in joining a future cohort, or want to get involved in other racial justice efforts, contact avra@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.
Join us for a vigil commemorating the first anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting, in which a white nationalist gunman stormed into a Pittsburgh synagogue and murdered 11 Jews.
Together we will hold space to honor the lives lost and grieve for our Jewish family. We will connect our struggle to those of all groups under attack, and we will recommit ourselves to building a world where all of us are liberated.
More information here.
Join us on Monday, October 28 at 6:30 pm at SketchPad (4700 N. Ravenswood Ave.) for our ~monthly Immigration Committee meeting. We will have an orientation for first-time attendees at 6:10 pm.
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.
The next Fair Tax 2020 Committee meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 6 at Sketchpad, 4700 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL . Please RSVP and contact organizer Jackie Baldwin: jackie@jcua.org if you have any questions.
JCUA will be putting on our first ever Intersections of Antisemitism & White Supremacy training. Registration is now closed. Please contact avra@jcua.org for more information.
Join us for our Police Accountability Committee meeting on Wednesday, November 13th at 6:30 pm at a south side location TBD. RSVP here. Contact avra@jcua.org to attend.
Please note: our committee meetings are open to members- become a member here. https://jcua.org/membership/
We hope to have at least 2 members of each congregation present as we discuss next steps around bringing the Fair Tax and GAPA campaigns, as well as Racial Justice trainings, to our congregations. We will also be welcoming our newest Congregation Partner, Am Yisrael, to our gatherings for the first time!
This meeting is open to any members of JCUA’s Congregation Partners who wish to join. Feel free to invite other members of your congregation to attend as well. And please RSVP to ensure we have enough food for everyone – we are excited to share a meal together!
Thursday, November 14
6:00-8:00 pm (Dinner will be served at 6:00 pm and our meeting will begin around 6:15 pm)
SketchPad (4700 N. Ravenswood Ave., Door on Leland)
This is a regular meeting of the JCUA Or Tzedek Community Organizing Internship yearly cohort for teens. Click here to learn more!
Are you one of the 134,000 in the CPD’s Gang Database? Then come learn about the Chicago Police Department’s Gang Database and the community campaign working to take it down. A legal volunteer will walk participants through filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to determine if you are in the database.
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.