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Building power and momentum for social justice and health equity in Illinois since 1981. www.hmprg.org/links/

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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Health & Medicine has released our 2026 Policy Priorities—advancing health equity and human rights across Illinois. In a moment of real threats to public health and democracy, we remain clear, committed, and action-oriented. 🔗 www.hmprg.org/health... #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #PolicyAdvocacy
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Health & Medicine Policy Research Group is searching for its next Executive Director—an experienced public health leader ready to guide a mission-driven organization advancing health equity across Illinois. Search led by Morten Group. Apply here: www.mortengroup.com/...
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
A milestone for aging equity in Illinois. 🌱 The state has announced EngAging Illinois, a new Multisector Plan for Aging. Proud that work through Illinois Aging Together at Health & Medicine helped lay the groundwork.💙 ilaging.illinois.gov...
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Thank you to everyone who supported Health & Medicine in 2025. 💜 As we step into our 45th year, we carry forward a legacy of courage, compassion, and justice—because of you. ✨ There’s still time to make a year-end gift: 🔗 www.hmprg.org/donate/ #HealthJustice #HealthEquity #IllinoisHealth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
As the year ends, our work has never been more urgent. ⚠️ Your support helps ✨ push for equitable public health funding ✨ advance reproductive justice ✨ build a diverse, prepared health workforce Join us in this work. www.hmprg.org/donate/ #HealthEquity #IllinoisHealth
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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
FULL STORY: Mayor Johnson now faces what could be the biggest decision of his time in office: whether to veto the spending plan approved by the City Council over his objections. 34 votes are need to override a veto; his critics appear 3 votes short. @wttw.bsky.social
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City Council Votes 30-19 to Approve Final Part of 2026 Budget. Will Mayor Veto It?
“We may not have the majority of the City Council but we do have the people,” Mayor Brandon Johnson said just before the the Chicago City Council voted to approve a budget he fiercely opposed.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Healthcare workers: Learn how HB1312 protects patients + providers from ICE in hospitals. Join the training on Dec 14 at CTU HQ, 11am. Details + registration: bit.ly/hcwnoice #Chicago #HealthJustice #ImmigrantRights
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Access to quality maternity care shouldn’t depend on your ZIP code. Kennedy-King’s new midwife program is a powerful step toward closing long-standing gaps on Chicago’s South Side.
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Maternity Care Is Lacking On The South Side. Kennedy-King's Midwife Program Aims To Change That
Students in the program will train in a state-of-the-art simulation classroom and earn national certification and state licensure.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Chicago’s budget = Chicago’s health. 🏙️❤️‍🩹 On In the Loop, experts break down what alternative budget proposals could mean for equity, community wellbeing, and the services people rely on. Listen:
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Critique of Chicago alders’ alternative budget proposals
“People need to decide whether to tax corporations and pay for youth jobs, violence prevention… or tax Chicagoans and cut vital services,” says Julie Dworkin, co-executive director of the Institute for the Public Good.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Illinois is facing uncertainty—and public health is under pressure. But we’re not stepping back. ✊🔥 Health & Medicine is advancing aging equity, public health funding, reproductive justice, workforce support, and trauma-informed care statewide. 💜🏥 www.hmprg.org/donate/ #StrongerTogether
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Health & Medicine is nearing 45 years of advancing health justice in Illinois. 💜 Your year-end gift strengthens advocacy, leadership development, and community partnerships statewide. 🌱🏥 Consider $50 monthly or a $150 one-time gift. www.hmprg.org/donate/
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Chicago families are still feeling the trauma of recent immigration raids — from daycare centers to schools to neighborhoods across the city. Chicago Health’s new reporting captures the impact and what communities are doing to heal. 💜 Read here: chicagohealthonline.... #HealthJustice #Chicago
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After the Raids - Chicago Health
Chicago families grapple with trauma following federal agents' immigration sweeps.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Learn more about Nicole’s work and the impact on Chicago’s street medicine community ⬇️ bit.ly/4pxOMSG #StreetMedicine #WoundCare #HealthEquity #HomelessnessResponse #SchweitzerFellows #CommunityHealth #ChicagoHealth #HMPRG
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Breaking barriers to reentry: Jenna Pasanen began by creating reentry workshops for women at Cook County Jail and then helped build a university–jail learning partnership. Her Schweitzer Fellowship sparked work that’s become a model for trauma-informed support. Read more: bit.ly/48jjIPm
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
“I was born a sickle cell patient, but I chose to become a researcher.” ❤️ Dr. Ronisha Edwards-Elliott, Director of Chicago AHEC & Workforce Programs, recently defended her PhD—turning lived experience into leadership in health equity. Read her story: ow.ly/zBg750XtPWj
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
💚 Impact Report What does health equity look like in practice? Schweitzer Fellows partner with communities across Chicago to expand access to care, challenge inequities, and build lasting change. Explore their stories in the Impact Report: bit.ly/48lDmeO #SchweitzerFellows
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Black Midwifery Collective @blackmidwifery.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
. @hmprg.bsky.social partnered with us to guide the strategic planning process and summit design, ensuring that community voices remained at the center of every conversation.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
🎉 Fellows Fest 2025–2026 is here! Support Chicago’s Schweitzer Fellows as they advance health equity and justice across our city - cbo.io/app/public/bi... 💚 #FellowsFest #HealthEquity #SchweitzerFellows
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
💜 The Cook County Board honored Margie Schaps for a lifetime of leadership in health equity and justice. Her impact continues to shape Health & Medicine’s voice for justice in health care. #HealthEquity #PublicHealth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📢 Health & Medicine urges greater public health investment and immigrant protections in Cook County. Read Policy Director Wesley Epplin’s full FY2026 budget testimony and recommendations: tr.ee/hdNNO-I1-1 #HealthEquity #FundPublicHealth #CookCounty
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
BlueSky: 🚀 Launch your career in health policy with Health & Medicine! Applications are open for our 2026 Graduate Paid Internship Program (Feb 2–Apr 20). Join us in advancing health equity. Apply by Nov 28 → tr.ee/jfFCf8VnHn #PublicHealth #Internship
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📣 Schweitzer Fellowship Applications Are Open Graduate students across disciplines can design and lead projects that advance health equity and address unmet health needs in Chicago communities. Apply by February 1, 2026 → www.hmprg.org/chicag... #SchweitzerFellowship #HealthEquity
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Health & Medicine is entering a new chapter. A. Gita Krishnaswamy, M.Ed., MPH has been named Interim Executive Director as Margie Schaps prepares to retire after decades of visionary leadership. 🔗 www.hmprg.org/a-new-... #HealthEquity #LeadershipTransition #PublicHealth #HMPRG
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
🌿 #BirthCenterWeek wrap-up: Over 400+ birth centers nationwide & growing! Illinois has 5 accredited centers + 2 more coming soon. Each one expands access to midwife-led, family-centered care. 👶
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌿 Celebrating #BirthCenterWeek with the new Quincy Medical Group Birth Center in Quincy, IL! Opening soon, QMG’s birth center will offer midwife-led care. 👶 Another step forward as Illinois expands access to safe, empowering birth options. ✨ #BelovedBirth #BCW2025 #BirthCenterEquity
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌿 Celebrating #BirthCenterWeek with the new Quincy Medical Group Birth Center in Quincy, IL! Opening soon, QMG’s birth center will offer midwife-led care. 👶 Another step forward as Illinois expands access to safe, empowering birth options. ✨ #BelovedBirth #BCW2025 #BirthCenterEquity
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌿 Celebrating #BirthCenterWeek with the upcoming Chicago South Side Birth Center! As the city’s first freestanding birth center, it’s building a safe, affirming, community-rooted space for Black birthing families on the South Side. 🤎 #BelovedBirth #BCW2025 #BirthCenterEquity
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🤝 Birth Center of Chicago has supported nearly 450 births since 2021. This fall, they’ll welcome Certified Professional Midwives for even more personalized care. 🌿👶 #BelovedBirth #BirthCenterWeek
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🤝 Birth is a partnership of care, respect & love. 🌿 Since 2021, the Birth Center of Chicago has supported nearly 450 births—and this fall, they’ll welcome Certified Professional Midwives for even more personalized care. 👶 #BelovedBirth #BirthCenterWeek
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🏥 Meeting families where they are. PCC South in Berwyn—Illinois’ first licensed birth center—has long modeled affordable, community-rooted, midwifery-led care. 👶 #BelovedBirth #BCW2025 #BirthCenterWeek
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🌿 Since 2016, Bloomington-Normal Birth Center has welcomed 1,000+ babies in a safe, midwife-led space. Families call it “powerful.” #BCW25 #BelovedBirth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
💧 Burr Ridge Birth Center has welcomed 500+ babies since 2021 in a serene, home-like space. Families call it “beautiful” & “transformative.” 🌿👶 #BelovedBirth #BirthCenterWeek
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
We’re celebrating National Birth Center Week 🌿 with @AABC & @BirthCenterEquity! Birth centers = midwife-led, family-centered care 👶 ✨ High-quality ✨ Cost-effective ✨ Covered by Medicaid + most insurance IL has 5 accredited centers + 2 more on the way. #BirthCenterWeek #BelovedBirth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
We’re just 1 week away from the 2025 Awards Gala ✨ 🏆 Health: Jesus “Manny” Estrada, Booker Marshall 🏆 Medicine: Dan Lustig 🏆 Policy: Dalia Galvan Morales 🏆 Research: Corinne Kodama 🏆 Group: PAES Network, Enlace Chicago 🏆 Emerging Leader: Dayna Pham Tickets: cbo.io/app/public/bi...
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Life-affirming work deserves strong support. 🌿 Our trainings are built for health workers, educators, advocates & case managers working for a more just world. 💜 Join us: hmprg.formstack.com/... #HealthJustice #CommunityCare
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Your gift goes twice as far thanks to our $30K Board Match. Support the 2025 Awards Gala and help us build power for health justice. Join us Sept 17 at the Bridgeport Art Center: cbo.io/app/public/bi... #HealthJustice #AwardsGala
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Black Midwifery Collective @blackmidwifery.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Volunteers are needed for the Illinois Birth Justice State Strategic Plan Summit with @hmprg.bsky.social! 🗓️ September 25–26, 2025 📍 Chicago's South Side Be part of a powerful gathering shaping the future of birth justice in Illinois! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1XWH... #BirthJustice
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Black Midwifery Collective @blackmidwifery.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Calling all midwives, doulas, & other birth workers & advocates! Join us & @hmprg.bsky.social Sept 25–26 in Chicago for the IL Birth Justice Summit. Free for students & birth workers, childcare included! Register here, help shape the future: bit.ly/ILSSPsummit
Register today! IL Birth Justice Summit Sept 25 & 26 Chicago. Black Midwifery Collective. Health & Medicine Policy Research Group
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
One month to go! Help us hit our $250K goal to power health equity. 🌟 Join us Sept. 17 for the Health & Medicine Awards Gala. 🎟️ Tickets & sponsorships: cbo.io/app/public/bi... #HealthEquity #AwardsGala #FundPublicHealth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
📢 Margie Schaps, Executive Director of Health & Medicine, writes in the Chicago Sun-Times on how the “Big Beautiful Bill” will slash Medicaid & Medicare, harming millions. Access to care must be protected. 👉 Read here: chicago.suntimes.com... #HealthEquity #FundPublicHealth #HealthJustice
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Very few left unscathed with 'Big Beautiful Bill'
Virtually all Americans’ health will be harmed by the cuts in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." Also, tough talk on JB Pritzker's complaints about the GOP's redistricting efforts in Texas and the potholes wreaking havoc in the city.
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Medicaid is a lifeline for millions in Illinois—and it’s under threat. Cuts could mean lost coverage, strained hospitals, and fewer resources for rural communities. Read more: news.wttw.com/2025/0... #HealthEquity #Medicaid #PublicHealth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
New in Crain’s Chicago Business: Health & Medicine’s Executive Director Margie Schaps explains how Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” will gut Medicaid and slash Medicare — with consequences for patients, providers, and entire communities. Read the Op-Ed: www.chicagobusiness....
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How Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' Act will affect you: opinion | Crain's Chicago Business
The impact won’t stop with Medicaid or Medicare enrollees.
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Black Midwifery Collective @blackmidwifery.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Join BMC & @hmprg.bsky.social for a powerful summit to connect & build a shared vision for birth justice in Illinois. Sept. 25 welcomes all interested in shaping the future. Sept. 26 is a private session for invited birth workers & stakeholders. Register now: www.eventbrite.com/e/illinois-b...
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
🎓 Join us Aug 14 at 1PM for a virtual Lunch & Learn: Helping Young Men of Color Thrive in Health Career Pathways Hear from students + program leaders on what works, what doesn’t, and how we can build stronger support. 📧 mmcclintock@hmprg.org for the link. #HealthEquity #YouthPathways
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Join us Sept 25 for the Illinois Birth Justice State Strategic Plan Summit 🗣️👶🏾 Hosted by HMPRG & the Black Midwifery Collective. Day 1 is open to all; Day 2 is invite-only. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e... #BirthJustice #HealthEquity #ReproductiveJustice
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Illinois Birth Justice State Strategic Plan Summit
Join us for a powerful gathering to shape the future of birth justice in Illinois!
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
🎂 Medicaid turns 60. Still covering 70M+ people. Still holding up the system. Now facing the biggest cuts in its history. This isn’t just policy. It’s people. It’s care. It’s survival. #Medicaid60 #HealthJustice #ProtectMedicaid
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Chicago deserves a strong public health system—one that’s fully funded, fully staffed, and ready to meet the moment. Sign our letter calling for $52M in local investment in CDPH to advance health equity and protect our communities. 🔗 bit.ly/FundPublicHea... #FundPublicHealth #HealthEquity
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Celebrate health justice and community power with us. Join Health & Medicine at the 2025 Awards Gala on Sept 17 at the Bridgeport Art Center—an evening of food, drinks, and recognition for those driving real change. Tickets + sponsorships: cbo.io/app/public/bi... #HealthEquity #HMPRG
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Health & Medicine’s Mayra Diaz shared testimony on how disinformation and chronic underfunding are undermining public health—and what we can do about it. Read the full remarks: www.hmprg.org/senior... #FundPublicHealth #HealthEquity #PublicHealth
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Health & Medicine Policy Research Group @hmprg.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
📖 Chapter 8: Putting the Care Back in Health Care — our final chapter in Under the Skin. What stuck with you most from Villarosa’s call to action? Drop your thoughts below ⬇️ and stay tuned for our next book club pick. #UnderTheSkin #BookClub #HealthEquity #CareNotCrisis
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