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J Brown (they/she)
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Director/Co-Founder, Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities
queer/non-binary. we can all be free. love Chicago
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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
crossroadsfund.bsky.social CROSSROADS FUND @crossroadsfund.bsky.social · Aug 28
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November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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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
October 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Yessssssssssss!!!!!
⚡❤️🔥✨
genderhorizon.com M. E. O'Brien @genderhorizon.com · Jun 30
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.
Project 2052 — Common Notions Press
Project 2052 is a website of revolutionary speculative short fiction, visual art and poetry, set in the world of Everything for Everyone: An Oral History of the New York Commune, 2052–2072.
www.commonnotions.org
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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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
October 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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lillywachowski.bsky.social
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.
October 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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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

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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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October 13, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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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)
ajph.aphapublications.org
October 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
jfbrown.bsky.social
"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
checookcounty.bsky.social Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County @checookcounty.bsky.social · Oct 13
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.
October 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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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
August 28, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Communication to the public about research findings is more important than ever
Check out this fellowship opportunity
scholars.org Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · Aug 21
📢 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
August 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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erikahall.bsky.social
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.
July 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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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!
July 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
jfbrown.bsky.social
⭐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.
⭐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.
July 17, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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hiporg.bsky.social
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...
**Alt text:** 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.
July 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Read this amazing work by ARCC Seed Grantee @blackmidwifery.bsky.social
blackmidwifery.bsky.social Black Midwifery Collective @blackmidwifery.bsky.social · Jun 25
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...
June 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
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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June 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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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.
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.
June 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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debtcollective.bsky.social
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.
June 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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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...
Pediatric Patients and Family Perspectives on NIH-funded Pediatric Research
survey.alchemer.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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.
May 30, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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
May 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
jfbrown.bsky.social
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
Grateful for the leadership of the Alliance for Research with Chicagoland Communities (ARCC) Steering Committee! Since our founding in 2008 through to today, ARCC us driven & inspired by this group! Photos from our May mtg hosted by member, Inner-City Muslim Action Network
May 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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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 ⭐
fieldfoundation.bsky.social Field Foundation @fieldfoundation.bsky.social · May 20
In partnership with @macfound.org, we’re excited to announce the 2025 Leaders for a New Chicago, an initiative that recognizes leaders from outside the city’s traditional power structure with the aim of bringing new voices, creativity, and innovation into the systems that shape Chicago. 1/
This image showcases the 2025 Leaders for a New Chicago awardees. The layout features individual black and white portrait photographs of the eight award recipients arranged in a grid format with four portraits at the top and four at the bottom. Each leader is shown with a warm, confident expression, representing the diverse backgrounds of these community changemakers. In the center of the image is a bold red banner displaying "2025 Awardees" in large white text. Above this banner, the logos of the Field Foundation and MacArthur Foundation appear on the left and right sides on a red background, with the "Leaders for a New Chicago" logo featuring a star symbol positioned in the center. The unified design emphasizes both the prestige of the award and the collective impact these individuals are making in redefining civic leadership and reimagining Chicago's future from the ground up. This clean, bold social media graphic announces the 2025 Leaders for a New Chicago awardees against a striking red background. In the upper left corner, the "Leaders for a New Chicago" logo appears in a white box with a star symbol. To the right, "2025 awardees" is displayed in large white text. The center of the image lists all eight award recipients' names in two columns of white text: Left column: * Jhmira Alexander * Enneréssa LaNette Davis * Alice Kim * Cheryl Miller Right column: * Andrea Ortiz * Nissa Rhee * Dave Spencer * Hac Tran At the bottom, a concise description explains: "The Leaders for a New Chicago Award is a $50,000, no-strings-attached prize that recognizes individuals leading transformative change in their communities—from the ground up." The graphic is anchored by the logos of both sponsoring organizations—the Field Foundation (left) and MacArthur Foundation (right)—at the bottom of the image. This vibrant social media image showcases the 2024 Leaders for a New Chicago cohort photographed together on a modern staircase with distinctive yellow accents. The group of eight diverse leaders is arranged with some standing on different steps and two seated at the front, all presenting warm, confident expressions. The image features a stylish composition with individuals wearing colorful attire that adds personality to the professional portrait. Notable is a woman in a bright lime green dress at the center, another in a black and white patterned dress, and a person wearing a yellow patterned scarf. The setting's contemporary architecture with sleek lines and contrasting dark walls creates an elegant backdrop. The photo is framed with a green border, and the "Leaders for a New Chicago" logo appears in the bottom right corner—a white star inside a white box with bold text. This official branding identifies these individuals as recipients of the prestigious $50,000 no-strings-attached award that recognizes grassroots leaders who are driving transformative change in their communities across Chicago. The composition effectively captures the collaborative spirit and diverse backgrounds of these community changemakers who are working to redefine civic leadership and reimagine Chicago's future from the ground up.
May 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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crdjustice.bsky.social
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.”
May 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM