Justice (Tzedek)

The JCUA Organizing Fellowship is a seven-month social justice initiative that offers young adults, ages 18-23, the opportunity to learn community organizing through a Jewish lens and gain experience working on local campaigns for racial and economic justice. Fellows join a cohort of young Jews from across the city and suburbs, where they develop and strengthen their Jewish social justice identities, while building organizing skills to combat the root causes of inequity in Chicago through progressive, systemic change.

Organizing Fellows meet twice a month from October to May on weekday evenings. Alongside regular workshops, Fellows attend JCUA actions and events throughout the year and conduct one-on-one relationship-building conversations with each another and the broader JCUA community. Throughout the program, participants develop a dynamic understanding of Jewish identity and tradition and take action on JCUA’s campaigns for immigration justice, affordable housing, and community safety. Fellows dive deep into concepts of power, intersectionality, and systemic oppression; learn the history and building blocks of organizing in Chicago: building people power, developing campaigns, creating effective direct action; actively participate in JCUA’s current campaign work; and build Jewish social justice community with young people from across Chicagoland.

To learn more about the Organizing Fellowship, visit https://jcua.org/what-we-do/youth-organizing/organizing-fellowship/.

Activate your Jewish values and deepen your service journey. Spend two years as a full-time fellow, serving your communities directly, building community, and mobilizing your peers in immersive service and Jewish learning. Learn more at https://werepair.org/get-involved/fellowship/.

Together, live out our Jewish values and become part of a movement to address social injustices. Joining the Service Corps provides the opportunity to serve with local nonprofit organizations, learn alongside a cohort, and earn a stipend. For more information, visit https://werepair.org/get-involved/service-corps.

The Jewish Changemakers Fellowship offers three-weeks of online leadership development for current and aspiring Jewish leaders, between the ages of 20-24. Those who complete the requirements (7-10 hours/week) earn a $350 stipend. Visit https://www.jewishchangemakers.org for more information.

Avodah offers three primary programs to advance your social justice leadership: The Jewish Service Corps, placing young adults ages 21-26 into a year of full-time service at leading nonprofits in Chicago, New York, New Orleans, and Washington, DC; The Avodah Justice Fellowship, convening cohorts of early-career professionals working on social and economic issues for eight months of intensive learning, mentorship, and community-building in an inclusive Jewish framework; and The Avodah Institute for Social Change, training Jewish leaders from across the Jewish professional sector in social change work to transform the culture of American Jewish life. Visit https://avodah.net for more information.