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- EIN 36-2538957
- info@jcua.org
- 312-663-0960
- 610 S Michigan Ste 500 Ste 500 Chicago IL 60605 USA
- www.jcua.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Children & Youth, Civil Rights, Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy, Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Youth Development
Mission: The mission of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) is to combat poverty, racism and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicago’s diverse communities. Guided by prophetic Jewish principles, JCUA pursues social and economic justice for Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by promoting a vision of empowering communities from within. Since 1964, JCUA has assisted groups in low-income and minority communities, built coalitions with diverse groups, advocated on issues of poverty and racism and mobilized a Jewish constituency to create a more just city.
Geographic areas served: Chicago and Beyond
Programs: Or tzedek teen social justice program-jcua led a year-long program of teen social justice champions with 40+ participants. 30+ teenagers participated in the or tzedek summer immersion program. Several workshops and educational opportunities expanded or tzedek's reach to hundreds of teens across chicago who learned about systemic racism and discrimination.
community organizing-jcua dedicated time and staff to base-building activities using membership as a central strategy to work on issue campaigns across the city, including measures to prevent gun violence and wage theft. Working with directly-affected communities, jcua advocated for more humane deportation policies and better treatment of detainees, along with a more fair tax structure to help low-income workers in illinois.
community investment-jcua loaned zero-interest predevelopment funds to preserve senior housing in albany park and continued to assist with the redevelopment of the rosenwald building in bronzeville (230 new units of affordable housing), a culinary training facility for formerly homeless people on the near west side, and the rehabilitation of foreclosed properties in lawndale and austin. Jcua raised new corporate funds for its lending pool.