Jewish Community Action records
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of various administrative materials, including: meeting minutes, board materials, programs, posters, photographs, financial materials, fundraising materials, publicity materials, correspondence, newsletters, and planning documents.
Dates
- 1993-2017
Conditions Governing Access
Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.
Copyright
This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.
Biographical / Historical
Jewish Community Action is a non-profit organization that brings together members of the Jewish community in alliance with diverse communities to act on issues of social, economic and racial justice. Founded in 1995 under the name Jewish Metropolitan Organizing Project, the name changed to Jewish Community Action in 1996. The organization's office was first located in Minneapolis and then relocated to St. Paul in 2000. Jewish Community Action used community organizing strategies and tactics that included an Inreach and assembly to determine the work the organization would do. Over the first 10 years, the organization's budget significantly expanded and its membership grew substantially as well. As the organization grew, it worked on campaigns related to marriage equality, voter ID, workers rights, minimum wage, affordable housing, immigrant rights, racial justice and criminal justice.
More information on JCA's current work can be found on their website at jewishcommunityaction.org.
Extent
25.05 Cubic Feet (21 boxes -- 18 Paige boxes, 1 Hollinger box, 1 half Hollinger box, 1 oversize flat box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the administrative, program, and capaign records of Jewish Community Action, a non-profit organization that brings together members of the Jewish community in alliance with diverse comunities to act on issues of social, economic, and racial justice.
Arrangement
This collection is divided into series:
- Programming and events
- Funding and fundraising
- General administrative
- Newsletters and publicity
- Photographs
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Jewish Community Action in 2019.
- Antisemitism Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Housing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Human rights advocacy -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jewish Americans Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jews -- Minnesota Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Postville Immigration Raid, Postville, Iowa, 2008 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Racial justice Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social advocacy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social justice Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Voting -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Jewish Community Action records, 1993-2017
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kate Dietrick and Vic Rosenthal
- Date
- August 2021
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Processing of collection made possible by a Minnesota Historical and Cultural Heritage Grant.
Collecting Area Details
Contact The Upper Midwest Jewish Archives Collecting Area
