Featured panel at next week's March 18 ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: “Community Violence Intervention: Building Data & Relationships to Address Trauma and Promote Healing.” Panelists include the Institute for Nonviolence Chicago & @cornersresearch.bsky.social RSVP bit.ly/ARCCLE

I'm honored to be on the host committee this year for @crossroadsfund.bsky.social spring fundraiser, Seeds of Change! Join me to raise money for Chicago social justice movements! Fri, March 13, 2026: Malcolm X College: 5:30 pm.🌱 🎟️Buy Tickets/Sponsorship today: crossroadsfund.org/seedsofchange

Seed Grant FUNDING for Community Research from Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities 👉Community Research Capacity-Building $2,500, 6 mos 👉Partnership Development $5K, 12 mos 👉Research Pilot $25K, 24 mos bit.ly/ARCCgrants Info sessions: Feb 27 virtual, Mar 18 in-person Due Apr 23

New Fellowship, Applications Open! Health Science Reporting Fellowship for Community Media Journalists is co-led by @publicnarrative.bsky.social & the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities at Northwestern University. Deadline: March 16, 2026 Learn more: lnkd.in/ggefwD5x

Join us at the ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange next month on March 18 in Pilsen- RSVP here: lnkd.in/gPGM5rsK

Happy holidays from the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities! As we close out 2025, we hold deep gratitude for the ways our community continued to show up for one another, organizing, questioning, resisting, & advocating in the face of ongoing harm impacting our neighborhoods.

West Garfield Park residents are expected to live on average until 67 years old, compared to 87 in the Loop. This is the widest death gap in Chicago.

As they live Chicago’s ‘Death Gap,’ a three-generation West Side family fights to end it

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Chicagoans! I was part of this project about a decade ago. Highly recommend! The experiences and friendships are lasting gifts. Apply by THIS FRIDAY Nov 14

CROSSROADS FUND@crossroadsfund.bsky.social · last yr.

[𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗝𝗘𝗖𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡] If you’re Interested in being part of the next 2026 Giving Project? Complete our interest form at bit.ly/gp-26form

It is a time to gather, a time to connect, a time to reimagine & plan, a time to act... Join the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities Fall Partner Gathering! Opp for community & academic researchers to discuss challenges & reimagine what’s possible together. 👉 bit.ly/ARCCFallGathering

Yessssssssssss!!!!! ⚡❤️🔥✨

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We’re launching a website of revolutionary speculative fiction, art and poetry set in the world of Everything for Everyone! We’re calling it Project 2052. To support author honoraria, subscribe as a sustainer, make a one-time donation, or pitch a story here: www.commonnotions.org/project2052.

Bad Press is a documentary that will take you through the freedom of the press journey in a Tribal community! A must see for those that care about the role of the press in democracy! Oct 24, Northwestern University, Evanston

join me and my pals at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social where i'll be bringing my patented run-on sentences and cul-de-sac musings to this panel for new doc by the brilliant @samfeder.bsky.social tickets are limited!

Must read @amjpublichealth.bsky.social commentary: “Why Building Power is Key to Protecting Academic Public Health and Advancing Health Equity”: lnkd.in/gE-fh_vr

Recommendations in Call to Action: -Sustain & Strengthen Community Partnerships -Protect Academic Freedom & Scientific Integrity -Support Colleagues Facing Threat & Disruption -Support Resilience -Promote Advocacy & Effective Communication brnw.ch/21wWweb

Standing Up for Core Principles in Departments of Social and Behavioral Sciences in Public Health: Department Chairs Speak Out | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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For the public health community, the moral imperative is clear. It must uphold its values to protect the needy, denounce racism & other forms of discrimination, & advocate social justice-regardless of political retribution." From @shwoolf.bsky.social et al. ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

The Plight of Marginalized Populations in 2025: The Assault on Health Equity Through a Systems Lens | AJPH | Vol. 115 Issue 11

American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) from the American Public Health Association (APHA)

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"Chicago’s health leaders & hospital CEOs must now step forward as their predecessors once did.... (with) a declaration that hospitals are sanctuaries, not staging grounds for federal raids." Model citywide policy is needed to...rebuild trust in Chicago’s health institutions as safe havens for all

Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County@checookcounty.bsky.social · 11mo ago

www.checookcounty.org/so/57PdFwENi... Chicago is Choosing Justice Over Fear, As It Has In the Past. In 1850, the federal government deputized local officials to enforce slavery. In 2025, it demands cooperation in deportation. Chicago resisted nearly two centuries ago, and it still is today.

Community Engagement: A Short Course to Optimize Research Endeavors (CE-SCORE) Learn the principles & practices of community-engaged research. Interactive, learner-centered online course that emphasizes practical application, critical reflection, & engagement . Apply by 9/2: lnkd.in/gmPUb9U3

Communication to the public about research findings is more important than ever Check out this fellowship opportunity

Scholars Strategy Network@scholars.org · last yr.

📢 Applications for the SSN Media Fellowship are open! New to media work? Get tailored support, workshops, and mentorship from experienced public scholars to share your research. #Media #Fellowship 📆 Apply by September 1st: buff.ly/hksHqpL

We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.

Let’s talk lung health! 🫁 Join ARCC Seed Grantees Erie Neighborhood House, Drs. Ashley Smith-Nuñez & Marquita Lewis for Breathe Easy— a free, community-centered event on managing asthma & protecting your lungs. 🗓️ July 31 | 🕔 5–6:30 PM | 📍1347 W Erie Scan the QR code to register — all are welcome!

⭐Community Leadership for Community-Driven Research⭐ The Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities is proud to announce the inaugural cohort of Chicagoland Community Research Fellows- a transformative program investing in community leadership for community-driven research & health justice.

We're launching the 8th cohort of our Abolitionist Public Health Network! Learn more & apply by August 1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Read this amazing work by ARCC Seed Grantee @blackmidwifery.bsky.social

Black Midwifery Collective@blackmidwifery.bsky.social · last yr.

The Community Birth Study of SE Cook County—including Chicago’s South Side—set out to: 🌀 Identify unmet perinatal needs 🌀 Assess the demand for midwifery-led care 🌀 Amplify the voices of local Black and Brown childbearing people Click this link to read: blackmidwiferycollective.org/community-bi...

My latest essay in @literaryhub.bsky.social: Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability lithub.com/mahmoud-khal...

Mahmoud Khalil, Zohran Mamdani, and the Politics of Vulnerability

Last Friday, June 20, after 104 days of unlawful incarceration, former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was released from an ICE prison in Jena, Louisiana. Mahmoud returned to New York City, where h…

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🎨 Calling all health researchers! Tired of confusing graphs, chaotic slides, and posters no one reads? 📊📈📉 💡Join us for “Visualizing Health Research” — a hands-on workshop that will give you a toolbox 🧰 to level up your design game. 🧵👇 🧠 Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on email list.

The federal government is telling you they cannot afford to house you, feed you, educate you or heal you — but that they do have enough resources and scale to criminalize, assault, deport and incarcerate your neighbors simply going to work or taking their kids to graduation.

Call for Patient Perspectives @health.nationalacademies.org seeking testimonies from pediatric patients/families abt benefits of NIH research, improvements to children’s health & well-being, & other considerations for future of pediatric research Submit by Jul 13 survey.alchemer.com/s3/8328252/P...

Community-Engaged Research Conference Wed, Jun 4, 11:30 AM–1:30 PM Register: bit.ly/3SYpoHh Keynote by Joel Rodriguez of Southwest Organizing Project (ARCC Steering Committee member). Community partners, faculty, research staff, trainees are all welcome and encouraged to attend.

Come join me at @npaforg.bsky.social's virtual event, Hear Me Now: Innovative Storytelling in Uncertain Times, on Thursday, May 22, 11-2:30 pm CT RSVP Here: www.patientadvocate.org/events

Grateful for the leadership of the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) Steering Committee! Since our founding in 2008 through to today, ARCC is driven & inspired by this group! Photos from our May mtg hosted by member, Inner-City Muslim Action Network