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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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

Announcing our 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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

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

💲 FUNDING 💲 for Community Research! from Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities
Community Capacity Building, Partnership Development, Research Pilot
Learn more http://bit.ly/ARCCgrants!
Info sessions: Feb 27 virtual, Mar 18 in-person
Due Apr 23

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

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

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

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.

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WBEZ @wbez.org · 20/11/2025

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.

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Yessssssssssss!!!!! ⚡❤️🔥✨

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

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!

One sheet for documentary film "Heightened Scrutiny." An upside down supreme court building hangs guillotine-like above the thumbnails of filmmaker Sam Feder and the guest speakers Lilly Wachowski (me,) Crispin Torres, Mickey R Mahoney and AllienSteve Mullen.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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

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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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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

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/...

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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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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

"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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

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

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

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.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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!

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

⭐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.

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Health in Partnership @hiporg.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

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...

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A flyer for the Abolitionist Public Health Network from Health in Partnership. It announces the launch of the eighth cohort for public health students and workers across the U.S. to build relationships across prison walls and support abolition as a public health strategy.

**Key details:**

* More info and application: [bit.ly/AbSPHFall2025](http://bit.ly/AbSPHFall2025)
* Application deadline: **Friday, August 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM PT / 11:59 PM ET**
* Questions? Email: **[christine@healthinpartnership.org](mailto:christine@healthinpartnership.org)**
* Includes illustrations of raised fists and logos with a colorful design background.

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Cindy Veldhuis, PhD @cbv.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

🎨 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.

four half day workshop on design for academics and researchers. Email MSS_education@northwestern.edu to get on the list to be alerted when registration starts.

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Debt Collective 🟥 @debtcollective.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

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.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

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...

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Pediatric Patients and Family Perspectives on NIH-funded Pediatric Research

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

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.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

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

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Congratulations to my dear colleague and partner, Jhmira Latrice Alexander, MPA (@publicnarrative.bsky.social), on being recognized as a 2025 Leader for a New Chicago! Excited to see you continuing to soar ⭐

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Center for Racial and Disability Justice @crdjustice.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Next Friday, May 16, join us at Access Living for the Disability Reproductive Equity Day Celebration! 🎉✨ The event will feature panels, stories of lived experience, & shared health resources—all centering disabled voices. 🕐 1–4PM | 📍115 W. Chicago Ave #DisabilityJustice #ReproductiveEquity

Flyer with bright, cheerful design in pink, purple, and yellow. At the top are the logos for Access Living and the Center for Racial & Disability Justice. Large bold text in the center reads: “Join Us for Disability Reproductive Equity Day Celebration.” Event details listed below:

When: Friday, May 16, 2025

Resource Fair: 1PM – 2PM

Program: 2PM – 4PM

Where: Access Living – 115 W. Chicago Avenue

Description notes an early celebration of Disability Reproductive Equity Day, featuring lived experiences, panels on reproductive health policy, and health resources.
Bottom left includes a heart and hands graphic, and contact info for Sebastian Nalls (snalls@accessliving.org). Bottom right has a circular badge reading: “Friday, May 16, 2025.”

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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

No one deserves detention. No one deserves deportation. No one deserves prison. No one deserves to be separated from their loved ones. No human is illegal. Free them all.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Support community leadership! Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities invites community leaders to apply to Community Research Fellowship's inaugural cohort: 18-month progrm to advance community research in their orgs, communities, & across research landscape bit.ly/ARCCfellows Due May 9

Support community leadership!
Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities invites community leaders to apply to the Community Research Fellowship's inaugural cohort: 18-mo prgm to advance community research in their orgs, communities, & across research landscape
https://bit.ly/ARCCfellows Due May 9

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

NIH-funded LGBT+ health work has been obliterated. This denies “a small but real percentage of the population answers to critically important questions about their health”, says Shirley Tilghman. “You cannot eliminate a segment of the population by executive order, but you can harm them greatly.”

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

“We are at a moment right now where people are asking themselves why can’t the Democratic Party defend this assault on democracy . . . and I would submit to you that if you can’t draw the line at genocide, you probably can't draw the line at democracy.” — Ta-Nehisi Coates

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

This thread shares that UMich, Yale, U of AZ have set aside funds to support researchers who are getting these disgusting grant announcements from NIH… Who else? This small step should spread…

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Usha Lee McFarling @usha.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

“If we just sit back and allow ourselves to shrink back in the face of darkness and denialism, then we don’t deserve the jobs that we have." @jondoesscience.bsky.social on the need for researchers to speaking out. w/ @hollylynchez.bsky.social + Melissa Simon. Story: www.statnews.com/2025/03/21/r...

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‘We’re living in the Twilight Zone’: Researchers decry Trump administration assault on science

At the STAT Summit on Thursday, researchers called for a "full-throated defense" of university research again the attacks by the Trump administration.

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Connecting in person with people feels like one of the most helpful things right now. Let's support, share, plan TOGETHER! This Thurs Mar 20 in McKinley Park: bit.ly/Mar20arcc

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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Substantial updates to the list of cancelled grants👇 - THANK YOU to all who have contributed. Crowdsourcing restores faith in humanity. - It's still a work in progress. You'll see more updates shortly. - There are multiple teams & efforts engaged in tracking & advocacy. More to come soon!

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Rescinded NIH & NSF Grants

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Let's gather & organize for health justice! ARCC Community Research Learning Exchange: 3/20 👀 topics/presenters below & at bit.ly/Mar20arcc Connect w/ARCC grantees & '25 Award Winner: PrEP4Teens Learn more abt Community Organizing w/ SWOrganizing Project Palenque LSNA @christiandiaz.bsky.social

ARCC Community Research Grant Funding Learn more at bit.ly/ARCCgrants

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Nominate Community Changemaker or Org for @publicnarrative.bsky.social inaugural Dr. Timuel D. Black, Jr. Award for Civic Engagement. Celebrates legacy of Dr. Black, historian, educator, & author who advocated for civil rights, social justice, & community empowerment. Due Mar 21 bit.ly/drtimblk

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

⭐Health Justice & Critical Science in a Time of Oligarchy & Opportunistic Science Denialism: an Ecosocial Analysis⭐ April 10 @uicpublichealth.bsky.social with Social Epidemiologist Nancy Krieger irrpp.uic.edu/events/healt...

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J Brown (they/she) @jfbrown.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

⭐Next Wed 3/12: Building a Collective Vision of Liberation⭐ @prisonculture.bsky.social, Beth Richie, Avalon Betts-Gaston in convo about abolition, dismantling prison industrial complex, and what time it is on the clock of the world. irrpp.uic.edu/events/build... @interruptcrim.bsky.social

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Trans Up Front @transupfrontil.com · 01/03/2025

Very excited to announce our next BIG protest! Please sign up on our Mobilize event page. www.mobilize.us/indivisiblec...

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