About JCC PresenTense Chicago
We live in a world facing remarkable challenges, but within the Jewish community there is enormous potential to face and fix the world around us... PresenTense Chicago is built around the idea that we can unleash our community’s potential to solve these problems. By tapping the talents and passions of young Jewish professionals in Chicago, we can enable social innovators among us to transform our community and create a better future.
While the PresenTense program is new to Chicago, it is not a new program. From 2007 to 2011, PresenTense with its partner organizations have helped 158 social entrepreneurs launch 149 ventures. 109 ventures (73%) still operate today. In 2011, 718 volunteers -- acting as members of Steering committees, mentors or coaches -- worked on PresenTense programs to drive them to success. These ventures have impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals in the areas of the arts, philanthropy, the environment, education, social action, and Israel advocacy. And they are only getting started.
We would like to share with you the recipe for this type of exponential engagement of young Jewish business professionals and social innovators. Through this website, you can get an insiders’ view into how PresenTense process runs and what makes it work.
If you would like to make an impact and participate in PresenTense Chicago, please contact Sara Massarik, Chicago coordinator, at smassarik@gojcc.org or call 312-999-0333.
While the PresenTense program is new to Chicago, it is not a new program. From 2007 to 2011, PresenTense with its partner organizations have helped 158 social entrepreneurs launch 149 ventures. 109 ventures (73%) still operate today. In 2011, 718 volunteers -- acting as members of Steering committees, mentors or coaches -- worked on PresenTense programs to drive them to success. These ventures have impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals in the areas of the arts, philanthropy, the environment, education, social action, and Israel advocacy. And they are only getting started.
We would like to share with you the recipe for this type of exponential engagement of young Jewish business professionals and social innovators. Through this website, you can get an insiders’ view into how PresenTense process runs and what makes it work.
If you would like to make an impact and participate in PresenTense Chicago, please contact Sara Massarik, Chicago coordinator, at smassarik@gojcc.org or call 312-999-0333.
