Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County

06/20/2020

https://www.facebook.com/121672707932878/posts/2569984469768344/?sfnsn=mo&d=n&vh=e

05/29/2020

Last day to join in signing this important demand that the public health authority of Illinois Department of Public Health be used immediately to protect the health and dignity of all held in ICE custody and the unaccompanied minors under the supervision of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

To sign on:
https://lnkd.in/gMFganz

https://lnkd.in/ge9qB2V

The Illinois Department of Health (IDPH) has the legal authority to protect the health of all including those held at IL ICE Detention Centers (EXECUTIVE BRANCH (20 ILCS 2305/) Department of Public Health Act). Demand now that they immediately do site visits to all ICE detention sites and put a plan...

09/11/2019

We're 10 days away from the launch of the Organizing Health Institute! A no cost training connecting Health and community/labor organizing. Learn more and register using this link,

Information about the Organizing Health institute (OHi) The Organizing Health institute (OHi) is the training for action arm of Reimagine Health, a multi-pronged power building project of the Collaborative for Health Equity Cook County (CHE)*. To register, go here (estimated time: 5-10 minute...

07/04/2019

Very excited to announce the official launch of our newest project, Reimagine Health. https://www.checookcounty.org/reimagine-health-1

As part of the project, we are offering learning experiences to connect community and labor organizing with health equity work in meaningful ways. The first opportunity is July 19th! Register soon, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nTligkG2wZYZ6vaHR16u5qMX29SjFy8pdBekrkottpw/edit

Multi-sector leaders in Cook County Illnois and the Chicago area confronting racism to eliminate health inequities. Where people place power matter..

03/24/2019

This Thursday! Come out and support restaurant workers in their efforts to build power to challenge the restaurant associations efforts to take away respect and dignity.

03/12/2019

03/12/2019

BREAKING NEWS - The City of Chicago plans to borrow nearly a billion dollars on March 13th, in part to pay for the cop academy. This means its not just $95 million, but rather $247 MILLION after interest to big banks. CALL YOUR ALDERPERSON NOW, and tell them we demand ! What would you do with $247 million for your community?

03/11/2019

CHE leader and steering committee member, Lilian Jimenez, “we can’t afford to lose a hospital” that primarily services African American and Latinx communities.

https://thevillagefreepress.org/2019/03/10/closing-westlake-a-matter-of-life-and-death-doctors-say/?fbclid=IwAR2fbglbQk3aRrdNuzJAcMUJX7-T6ZaJf_cdwmKTDOtBiGcka9SeBBP9yXE

Today, Illinois Health Services Review Board is holding a Public Hearing on Monday, March 11, 2019, at the Bulger Park Community Center, 1601 Hirsch Street, Melrose Park, Illinois.

Public sign-in for the hearing will begin at 1:00 p.m.; the hearing will begin at 2:00 p.m. and continue through 8:00 p.m.https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/hfsrb/events/Pages/Public-Hearing--18-042.aspx

If you can't attend in person, the system is still accepting witness slips for a pervious meeting. At a min. we can add to the list of folks that support to keep Westlake open!

PASO - West Suburban Action Project

Sunday, March 10, 2019 || By Michael Romain || || Updated: 8:16 p.m. Featured image: Westlake medical staffers testified during a House committee hearing in Chicago on March 8. | File …

03/07/2019

03/07/2019

speaking about OCAD’s work against deportation and criminalization at the Roundtable Discussion: Gender Justice and Racial Justice: Putting Words Into Action with Chicagoland Movements hosted by the Arab American Cultural Center at UIC