Core Teams & Decision Making
We are creating this community together and are incredibly grateful for all the ways our members contribute their time and energy. It is a holy act to create and sustain community.
Currently at CJC, most decision making happens within our Core Teams, each of which is tasked with a particular focus. Any CJC member is welcome to join any team. We periodically hold community meetings to gather input and vote on important decisions.
More teams will emerge, and the below teams may shift or disband, as the community’s needs shift, new needs arise, and our capacity increases.
Current teams:
Gatherings Team
- Plans most gatherings, including Shabbat and holidays
- Leader: Emma
- Current team members: Jennie, Laurel, Louise, Rabbi Miriam
Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Emma.
Community Care Team
- Helps foster relationships between community members
- Facilitates chesed support (mealtrains, rideshares, mutual aid, shiva gatherings, etc.)
- Leader: Harley
- Chesed coordinator: Karly
- Current team members: Christiana, Itsik, Rabbi Miriam, Ryn, Tim
Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Harley.
Need chesed support? Email cjc.chesed AT gmail DOT com or fill out this form: https://bit.ly/cjc-chesed-form
Access Team
- In charge of improving accessibility at CJC gatherings
- Determines COVID and health equity policy based on science and community needs, centering the needs of immunocompromised people
- Plays advisory role with other teams
- Current team members: Amaryllis, Esther David, Hallie, Mara, Rabbi Miriam
Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Justice Team
- Facilitates CJC’s role in local justice ecosystem
- Organizes cultural resistance and learning gatherings
- Current team members: C, Harley, Karly, Mara, Rabbi Miriam, Nicole
Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Childcare Co-op
- In charge of childcare at large adult-oriented events
Have questions or want to join either the Kids Team or the Childcare Co-op? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Finance Team
- In charge of fundraising and keeping track of finances
- Leader: Itsik
- Current team members: Celeste, Naomi
Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Itsik
Coordinating Team
- Made up of representatives from each team, this team coordinates between the teams and thinks about big picture issues that don’t fit solely with a single team
- Leader: Rabbi Miriam
- Current team members: Emma, Esther David, Harley, Itsik, Laurel
Teams we hope to add soon:
- Kids Team – In charge of designing a kids education program to supplement Neshama b’Teva.
- Governance Working Group – formalize governance structures and develop a code of conduct and bylaws, with lots of opportunities for community input. This group will dissolve once it has completed its task.
- If you’re interested in being part of either group, please let Rabbi Miriam know.
Past teams:
Israel/Palestine Working Group
- Informed by the Israel/Palestine Community Meeting held on 1/21/24 and subsequent survey, this team helped discern CJC’s role in the local Palestinian solidarity movement, held an Israelism screening, planned our first solidarity Mimouna, and launched our book club joint with JVP.
- Active February 2024 – January 2025, when it morphed into our Justice Team
- Leader: Rabbi Miriam
- Group members: Celeste, Cicely, Danny, Harley, Jennie, Kae, Karly, Mark, Nicole, Lila, Lucie, Tim
Visioning Team
- Created our membership structure and determined our community values, with input from all CJC members using a consultative decision-making process.
- Active March 2022 – December 2023, when it completed its task and dissolved
- Leader: Rabbi Miriam
- Team members: Carson, Cicely, Hope, Itsik, Samia
Art by Emma Reed
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