We won! Celebrating an amazing organizing victory with the passage of ECPS

| By Jonathan Elbaz
Categories: Grassroots Organizing
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By Jackie Baldwin, JCUA Community Organizer For five years, the JCUA community has worked to transform public safety through powerful civilian oversight over the Chicago Police Department. The people of Chicago — particularly the Black and Brown communities facing police misconduct and brutality — were demanding change, calling for greater accountability and a larger role in shaping the …

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JCUA Member Spotlight: Brother Mike Eldridge

| By Gwen Tucker
Categories: Other
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JCUA is highlighting amazing members in our community working at the intersection of social justice, organizing, and Jewish values. Today we spotlight Brother Mike Eldridge, a core member of JCUA’s Kol Or Jews of Color Caucus and the Police Accountability & Public Safety Committee. Mike grew up in Albany Park, Chicago with his aunt where …

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7 Questions with Cydney Wallace

| By Jonathan Elbaz
Categories: About JCUA, Other
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Cydney Wallace was born and raised on the south side of Chicago. She graduated high school a year early and attended Spelman College in Atlanta, where she met her husband of nearly thirteen years. Cydney began working for Epiq Global (formerly Document Technologies, Inc.) in 2011 pushing a mail cart and, as of April 2019, …

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