Jewish Council on Urban Affairs - JCUA
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JCUA brings together the Jewish community to pursue justice with our neighbors in Chicago & Illinois Your Jewish Social Justice Voice in Chicago
06/17/2026
Meet Avery Kaplan, JCUA's new Community Development Program Manager!
Avery will steward the Community Ventures Program (CVP), JCUA's interest-free loan fund for affordable housing and community development. They think of CVP as a circle, where money cycles and recycles through communities locked out of mainstream finance, helping catalyze affordable housing projects across Chicagoland and creating a region where we can all thrive.
Since 1991, CVP has provide $10.6M in zero-interest loans across 75 projects in 31 neighborhoods, leading to the creation or preservation of 5,400 affordable housing units and 1,600 quality jobs.
Welcome to JCUA, Avery! Learn more about them at jcua.org/blog
The short film we premiered at Acts of Change 2026: JCUA members Sam Schoenburg, Libby Moreno, Dalia Woods, and Rabbi Daniel Kirzane on what it means to build community and organize for justice with JCUA.
You can support this sacred work by donating at jcua.org/aoc
06/15/2026
What a magical night.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Acts of Change, to celebrate Benetta Mansfield and Representative Delia Ramirez, and to power JCUA's work for 2026 and beyond!
If you couldn't be there, you can still support JCUA by making a donation of any amount at jcua.org/aoc
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