Mikva Challenge Teen Health Council! Our mission is to research, recommend, and implement positive health policy and practices in youth across Chicagoland.
INVESTING IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: Mayor Lightfoot joins CDPH Commissioner Arwady, 6th Ward Alderman and Health Committee Chair Sawyer and other City leaders to announce the City’s investment in mental health services. https://t.co/8tVGVfWBDr
The Teen Health Council from last school year was an important partner in the youth section of Healthy Chicago 2025. Check out the launch here and read the report on their website!
A recommendation from Chicago's Youth Advisory Council, a group of 110 high school students that brainstormed over the summer:
To deal with the pandemic's trauma, host weekly support groups led by a social worker in all Chicago high schools.
@MikvaChallenge@_abetterchicago
Our State of Chicago Youth webinar with @_abetterchicago is live now! Tune in on our Facebook to hear about the fantastic work our youth did over the course of the summer.
NOW is the perfect time for #CopsOutCPS. With school going remote, students will need support and resources, not money going towards cops.
AUGUST 13. Logan Square Park. 12pm. #PoliceFreeScbools
Read the opinion piece I wrote for the @TheTRiiBE!!
“We must strive to protect and value all of our students; we can’t cherry-pick which minority groups we’re going to fight for.”
https://t.co/CiwmuPIwry
Today, the THC council met with @LurieHCN@claudiosrivera and other youth to discuss health disparities in Chicago among topics such as immigration and the Covid-19
Virus. Thank you so much for a great discussion!
This weekend, THC member Trinity helped lead a protest at her school. We're so proud of her for using her voice and organizing fellow students to enact change in their school!
“GWHS students are leading this #CPDoutofGW movement... Our generation of youth isn’t afraid to make the adults in positions of power uncomfortable, and they’ll never stop fighting against the injustices in this school, city, and country.” — @CPDoutofGW on Instagram #CopsOutCPS