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. Following a Hub-and-Spokes Governance model, representatives from each Core Team come together to form our Coordinating Team.
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.
We periodically hold community meetings to gather input from all CJC members and vote on important decisions.
Current teams:
Coordinating Team
- Made up of representatives from each core 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
- Team members: Esther David, Harley, Itsik, Jennie, Karly, Laurel
- Have questions about this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Gatherings Team
- Plans most gatherings, including Shabbat and holidays
- Interim Leader: Rabbi Miriam
- Team members: Jennie, Laurel, Louise, Maria
- Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Community Care Team
- Helps create a welcoming atmosphere and foster relationships between community members
- Facilitates chesed support (mealtrains, rideshares, mutual aid, etc.)
- Interim Leader: Rabbi Miriam
- Team members: Alana, Harley, Itsik, Karly, Laurel, Tim
- Adjacent Roles:
- Chesed Coordinator: Victoria
- Transit Coordinator: Colin
- Director of Welcoming: Harley
- Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
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
- Team members: Amaryllis, Edda, Esther David, Hallie, Rabbi Miriam
- Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Justice Team
- Helps CJC members plug into local organizing
- Facilitates CJC’s role in local justice ecosystem
- Organizes cultural resistance and learning gatherings
- Organizes tzedakah campaigns
- Team members: C, Harley, Karly, Rabbi Miriam, Nicole
- Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Rabbi Miriam
Kids Team
- In charge of kids education, intergenerational activities, & childcare at adult-oriented events
- Future goals: revive Childcare Co-op; design a kids education program to supplement Neshama b’Teva.
- Leader: Laurel
- Team members: Edda, Rabbi Miriam
- Have questions or want to join either the Kids Team or the childcare Co-op? Contact Laurel
Finance Team
- In charge of fundraising and financial sustainability
- Leader: Itsik
- Team members: Celeste, Lucie, Naomi
- Have questions or want to join this team? Contact Itsik
Teams we hope to add soon:
- 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 this 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
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