Community Engagement Core (CEC)

The CACHET Community Engagement Core (CEC) engages with underserved minority communities in Chicago to identify and address environmental hazards of concern.

[Community Engagement Core (CEC) @CEC_CACHET]

Thank you Drs. Erdal and McGuinn for your support and sharing your scientific expertise with residents and community organizations in the Southeast Side.

[Brett Chase @brettchase]

Southeast Siders disrupt an alderman's town hall, demanding he withdraw support for reinstating mining in Chicago. The proposal would clear the path for a massive underground development. https://t.co/UrD8ZEHvnW

[UIC School of Public Health @uicpublichealth]

RSVP for Day 4 #NationalPublicHealthWeek events: Our annual Minority Health Conference and a viewing of “The Hills” with filmmaker, Ines Sommer https://t.co/yyaUjwY2PY

[Brett Chase @brettchase]

BREAKING: Gov. Pritzker's administration enters agreement with US EPA to toughen environmental oversight in low-income areas almost four years after giving an OK to scrap-metal operator General Iron. https://t.co/QVKREt1tSu

[People for Community Recovery @pcrchi]

Black activists are leading the fight for environmental justice across the nation. This Black history month we recognize their efforts along with the trailblazing legacy of PCR's founder Hazel Johnson, the mother of the environmental justice movement. Happy Black History Month🌱

[Brett Chase @brettchase]

UPDATE: The EPA will investigate a toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway under its Superfund program. Putrid smells make neighbors sick and tests have shown harmful metals and other contaminants. https://t.co/H2df5TU8ws

[Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) @N4EJchicago]

Calling on all community members! The proposed Damen Silos demolition is up for public comment again, as the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is reviewing the application submitted by MAT asphalt's owner. 🧵

⏰ Thu, Feb 1 at 7pm
📍McKinley Park Fieldhouse (2210 W Pershing Rd)

[Blacks in Green™ @BlacksInGreen]

📣 FEB 1-3: Are you a community-based org, municipality, or individual wanting to learn about federal grant opportunities & receive technical assistance for environmental & energy justice projects? Then join us for Justice Comes of Age next week! RSVP at https://t.co/IOiav0DMjK

[People for Community Recovery @pcrchi]

Happy Birthday to PCR's founder Hazel Johnson.💚 Hazel was known as the mother of the environmental justice movement. Join us on Zoom at 6pm CT tonight for our annual celebration of her birthday, and conversation on the movement she founded and PCR's continued work. Link in bio🔗

[UIC School of Public Health @uicpublichealth]

Join our partner @BlacksInGreen for the launch event of their new Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center, with resources and networking to build #environmentaljustice. Free RSVP: https://t.co/qShlyDfOss

[People for Community Recovery @pcrchi]

Join us on Jan 25 as we celebrate the birthday of our founder, the late Hazel Johnson. Tune in for a conversation with PCR executive director Cheryl Johnson featuring guest speaker Dr. David Pellow on the movement Hazel founded and our continued work. Link to register in bio 🔗

[UIC School of Public Health @uicpublichealth]

SPH's @MaleckiKristen has chaired a national committee providing surveillance of the #environmentalhealth impacts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio. Read their latest public workshop findings: https://t.co/BbMwJQC8DX

[Community Engagement Core (CEC) @CEC_CACHET]

This Saturday (10/14) one of our own UIC SPH students, Citlalli Trujillo will be a guest speaker at the Chicago Humanities event: Public Art and Environmental Justice in Chicago Event!
To learn more about Art and EJ initiatives, register for the event: https://t.co/yGc2PvW1Uk

[Let's Talk Public Health @LTPHmedia]

@CEC_CACHET has a new mobile app for Chicago residents (EnvironReport) to report their environmental concerns. This app empowers the community to easily report their concerns that will lead to a more timely resolution. #HealthComm #PublicHealth // More: https://t.co/ZKyvrWA3Xe

[Jeni Hebert-Beirne @jeni_hb]

So pleased to be apart of this community-led collaboration along with our @uicpublichealth @uiccomhealthsci and @CEC_CACHET students and community partners!

[UIC School of Public Health @uicpublichealth]

New research led by #UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda establishes an enduring connection between racial segregation, childhood blood lead levels: https://t.co/R1IiYEvRAd

[Community Engagement Core (CEC) @CEC_CACHET]

Honored to have listened to the excellent presentations from our UIC-SPH faculty member, Dr. Serap Erdal and #UIC Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda @ISExposureSci @uicpublichealth

[Neighbors for Environmental Justice (N4EJ) @N4EJchicago]

TONIGHT: Give public comment on the proposed Damen Silos demolition

[LVEJO @LVEJO]

La Ciudad los alienta a personas que no tiene aceso a aire frio usar las bibliotecas públicas, los centros para personas mayores, las instalaciones del Distrito de Parques, el Centro Cultural o seis centros de servicios comunitarios que están abiertos hoy.